Accumulation of collagen molecular unfolding is the mechanism of cyclic fatigue damage and failure in collagenous tissues

© 2020 The Authors. Overuse injuries to dense collagenous tissues are common, but their etiology is poorly understood. The predominant hypothesis that micro-damage accumulation exceeds the rate of biological repair is missing a mechanistic explanation. Here, we used collagen hybridizing peptides to...

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Main Authors: Zitnay, Jared L (Author), Jung, Gang Seob (Author), Lin, Allen H (Author), Qin, Zhao (Author), Li, Yang (Author), Yu, S Michael (Author), Buehler, Markus J (Author), Weiss, Jeffrey A (Author)
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Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2021-10-04T19:27:13Z.
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