title: Tendon homeostasis: the right pull.
abstract: Mechanotransduction, the conversion of a biophysical force into a cellular response, allows cells and tissues to respond to their mechanical milieu. How muscle force is translated through TGF-β signaling to regulate tendon homeostasis offers an interesting in vivo example of mechanotransduction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel. amnon.sharir@weizmann.ac.il
authors.forename: Amnon
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sharir
authors.forename: Elazar
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zelzer
mesh_terms: D006706:Homeostasis; D006801:Humans; D040542:Mechanotransduction, Cellular; D013710:Tendons / Q000502:physiology*; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta