Age-dependent regulation of tendon crimp structure, cell length and gap width with strain

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 4447-4455

  Legerlotz, Kirsten ^a   Dorn, Jonas ^a   Richter, Jens ^a   Rausch, Martin ^a   Leupin, Olivier ^a  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Automated image analysis; Mechanical properties; Tendon fascicle; Tendon morphology; Tenocyte shape

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CELL SIGNALING; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; STRAIN;

AUTOMATED IMAGE ANALYSIS; CELL GAPS; CELL LENGTHS; GAP WIDTHS; INDIRECT MEASURE; TENDON FASCICLE; TENDON MORPHOLOGY; TENOCYTE; TENOCYTE SHAPE; THREE DIMENSIONS;

TENDONS;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TENDON; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SECTION; ACUTE DISEASE; AGING; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL SIZE; GENETICS; INJURY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGING; ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; TENDONS;

EID: 84908223470     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2014.05.029     Document Type: Article

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