Tenocyte
Specialised fibroblast forming the cellular component of tendons.
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Tenocytes are elongated fibroblast-like cells residing between collagen fibre bundles in tendons. They synthesise and maintain the dense type-I collagen extracellular matrix that gives tendons their tensile strength. After tendon injury, tenocyte migration into the wound and reorganisation of newly synthesised collagen determine the speed and quality of repair. BPC-157 upregulates growth-hormone-receptor expression in tenocytes, the mechanism proposed for its tendon-healing effects in rodent transection models.