How muscle contraction strengthens tendons

Nicole O Glenn; Clarissa A Henry

doi:10.7554/eLife.44149

How muscle contraction strengthens tendons

Elife. 2019 Jan 24:8:e44149. doi: 10.7554/eLife.44149.

Authors

Nicole O Glenn¹, Clarissa A Henry^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Hematology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, United States.
² School of Biology and Ecology, University of Maine, Orono, United States.
³ Graduate School for Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, United States.

Abstract

The force generated by muscles leads to signaling that helps to shape nearby tendon precursor cells.

Keywords: Danio rerio; cell biology; developmental biology; mechanical force; mechanotransduction; myotendinous junction; tendon; tenocyte; zebrafish.

MeSH terms

Animals
Humans
Muscle Contraction*
Muscle, Skeletal / physiology
Tendons / physiology*
Zebrafish

Grants and funding

R15 HD088217/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States