In vitro tendon tissue development from human fibroblasts demonstrates collagen fibril diameter growth associated with a rise in mechanical strength

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 242, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 2-8

  Herchenhan, Andreas ^a   Bayer, Monika L ^a   Svensson, René B ^a   Magnusson, S Peter ^a   Kjær, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

FIB SEM; Fibrin; TEM; Tendon construct; Tendon engineering

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSION; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE GROWTH;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MORPHOGENESIS; TENDONS; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84870949576     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.23896     Document Type: Article

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