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HIF1α gates tendon response to overload and drives tendinopathy independently of vascular recruitment
Greta Moschini, Archana G. Mohanan, Izabella S. Niewczas…·Jess Gerrit Snedeker
Mechanical overload activates hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha (HIF1a) in tenocytes to drive tendinopathy independently of VEGFA-mediated vascular ingrowth, and tenocyte Hif1a deletion prevents overload-induced tendon degeneration in mice.