Publication: The cellular matrix: a feature of tensile bearing dense soft connective tissues
Authors
Lo, I.K. ; Chi, S. ; Ivie, T. ; Frank, C.B. ; Rattner, J.B.
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Murcia : F. Hernández
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Abstract
The term connective tissue encompasses a
d iverse group of tissues that reside in dif f e r e n t
e nvironments and must support a spectrum of
mechanical functions. Although the extracellular matrix
of these tissues is well described, the cellular
architecture of these tissues and its relationship to tissue
function has only recently become the focus of study. It
n ow appears that tensile-bearing dense connective
tissues may be a specific class of connective tissues that
display a common cellular organization characterized by
fusiform cells with cytoplasmic projections and ga p
junctions. These cells with their cellular projections are
organised into a complex 3-dimensional network leading
to a phy s i c a l l y, chemically and electrically connected
cellular matrix. The cellular matrix may play essential
roles in extracellular matrix formation, maintenance and
remodelling, mechanotransduction and during injury and
healing. Thus, it is likely that it is the interaction of both
the extracellular matrix and cellular matrix that provides
the basis for tissue function. Restoration of both these
matrices, as well as their interaction must be the goal of
strategies to repair these connective tissues damaged by
either injury or disease.
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