Expert Opin Biol Ther 2010 May;10(5):689-700. Stem cells for tendon tissue engineering and regeneration. Yin Z, Chen X, Chen JL, Ouyang HW. Abstract IMPORTANCE OF THE FIELD: Tendon injuries are common especially in sports activities, but tendon is a unique connective tissue with poor self-repair capability. With advances in stem cell biology, tissue engineering is…

Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2009 May 29;383(2):235-9. Epub 2009 Apr 5 The roles of TGF-beta1 gene transfer on collagen formation during Achilles tendon healing. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=%22Hou%20Y%22%5BAuthor%5D, Mao Z, Wei X, Lin L, Chen L, Wang H, Fu X, Zhang J, Yu C Abstract Collagen content and cross-linking are believed to be major determinants of tendon structural…