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tendon cell

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tendon cell
n.
Any of various elongated fibroblastic cells arranged in rows between the collagenous tendon fibers.


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Although researchers are still investigating exactly how fluoroquinolones cause tendon injuries, studies suggest that they can degrade tendon cells.
Once the stem cells were surrounded by mature tendon tissue, researchers hoped that local chemical cues would induce the bone marrow stem cells to develop into tendon cells.
It appears that it can either become a tendon cell and make new tendon tissue, or act by inducing the cells already within the tendon to make tendon tissue.
 
 
 
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