This scar tissue, made mostly from the protein collagen, gives support and structure to the affected area. Scar tissue is thicker and more fibrous than normal skin, which is why it often looks and ...

Sutured ends of the tendon may retract, and the gap becomes filled with scar tissue. Sublimis and profundus tendons, which are sutured in the same plane, will adhere to each other, cause flexion ...

Patellar tendon tears involve the partial or complete rupture of the band of connective tissue that attaches the bottom of the kneecap (patella) to the top of the shinbone (tibia). A tendon is a cord ...

A diabetic environment can induce metabolic changes, negatively affecting tendon homeostasis, leading to alterations in biomechanical properties and histopathology. Numerous studies have investigated ...

This dual stimulation caused cells to better retain their healthy, tendon-specific properties, while being expanded in the lab, allowing them to be utilized in tissue repair and regeneration ...

Neovessels gradually disappear from scar tissue by undergoing programmed cell death (apoptosis ... After tendon injury (rat flexor tendon laceration), early MMP9 activity appears to play a predominant ...

It serves as a connective building block that holds together your muscles, tendons ... known types of collagen, but type I is the most prevalent (it exists in all connective tissue and makes ...

Tendon cells become more chondroid in shape, with more cytoplasmic organelles for increased protein production. The primary proteins are large proteoglycans, and this results in matrix change due to ...