Variations in internal structure, composition and protein distribution between intra- and extra-articular knee ligaments and tendons.

ABSTRACT: Tendons and ligaments play key roles in the musculoskeletal system in both man and animals. Both tissues can undergo traumatic injury, age-related degeneration and chronic disease, causing discomfort, pain and increased susceptibility to wider degenerative joint disease. To date, tendon and ligament ultrastructural biology is relatively under-studied in healthy, non-diseased tissues. This information is essential to understand the pathology of these tissues with regard to function-related injury and to assist with the future development of tissue-engineered tendon and ligament structures. This study investigated the morphological, compositional and extracellular matrix protein distribution differences between tendons and ligaments around the non-diseased canine stifle joint. The morphologi

SUBMITTER: Kharaz YA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5978954 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature