Hierarchical ultrastructure: An overview of what is known about tendons and future perspective for tendon engineering

Abnormal tendons are rarely ever repaired to the natural structure and morphology of normal tendons. To better guide the repair and regeneration of injured tendons through a tissue engineering method, it is necessary to have insights into the internal morphology, organization, and composition of nat...

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Autores principales: Shichen Zhang, Wei Ju, Xiaoyi Chen, Yanyan Zhao, Lingchong Feng, Zi Yin, Xiao Chen
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Publicado: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/30fb85b194954060ac2dd9b8c8da388b
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Sumario:Abnormal tendons are rarely ever repaired to the natural structure and morphology of normal tendons. To better guide the repair and regeneration of injured tendons through a tissue engineering method, it is necessary to have insights into the internal morphology, organization, and composition of natural tendons. This review summarized recent researches on the structure and function of the extracellular matrix (ECM) components of tendons and highlight the application of multiple detection methodologies concerning the structure of ECMs. In addition, we look forward to the future of multi-dimensional biomaterial design methods and the potential of structural repair for tendon ECM components. In addition, focus is placed on the macro to micro detection methods for tendons, and current techniques for evaluating the extracellular matrix of tendons at the micro level are introduced in detail. Finally, emphasis is given to future extracellular matrix detection methods, as well as to how future efforts could concentrate on fabricating the biomimetic tendons.