Collagen resorption by periodontal ligament fibroblasts at the hard tissue-ligament interfaces of the mouse periodontium.
Electron microscopic examination of the periodontal ligament of the mouse molar at the ligament-cementum and ligament-bone interfaces revealed fibroblasts apparently engaged in the severing and phagocytosis of ligament collagen fibrils originally anchored to bone or cementum as "Sharpey's fibers".
D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000818:Animals; D003094:Collagen / Q000378:metabolism*; D003739:Dental Cementum / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D007365:Intercellular Junctions; D051379:Mice; D010513:Periodontal Ligament / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000166:cytology*; D010587:Phagocytosis; D014078:Tooth Eruption; D014085:Tooth Migration
D003094:Collagen