Tenophages: a novel macrophage-like tendon cell population expressing CX3CL1 and CX3CR1

• Main Authors: Christine Lehner (Author), Gabriel Spitzer (Author), Renate Gehwolf (Author), Andrea Wagner (Author), Nadja Weissenbacher (Author), Christian Deininger (Author), Katja Emmanuel (Author), Florian Wichlas (Author), Herbert Tempfer (Author), Andreas Traweger (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Company of Biologists, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Tendon disorders frequently occur and recent evidence has clearly implicated the presence of immune cells and inflammatory events during early tendinopathy. However, the origin and properties of these cells remain poorly defined. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the presence of cell...