Characterization of differential properties of rabbit tendon stem cells and tenocytes

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Tendons are traditionally thought to consist of tenocytes only, the resident cells of tendons; however, a recent study has demonstrated that human and mouse tendons also contain stem cells, referred to as tendon stem/progenitor cells...

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Main Authors: Wang James, Zhang Jianying
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-01-01
Series:BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2474/11/10