Telocytes revisited

SM Cretoiu, LM Popescu - Biomolecular concepts, 2014 - degruyter.com
Telocytes (TCs) are a novel interstitial (stromal) cell type described in many tissues and
organs (www. telocytes. com). A TC is characterized by a small cell body (9–15 μm) and a …

Telocytes in regenerative medicine

Y Bei, F Wang, C Yang, J Xiao - Journal of cellular and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Telocytes (TC s) are a distinct type of interstitial cells characterized by a small cell body and
extremely long and thin telopodes (Tps). The presence of TC s has been documented in …

TELOCYTES – a case of serendipity: the winding way from Interstitial Cells of Cajal (ICC), via Interstitial Cajal‐Like Cells (ICLC) to TELOCYTES

LM Popescu… - Journal of cellular and …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Ramon y Cajal discovered a particular cell type in the gut, which he named 'interstitial
neurons' more that 100 years ago. In the early 1970s, electron microscopy/electron …

Cardiac telocytes—their junctions and functional implications

M Gherghiceanu, LM Popescu - Cell and tissue research, 2012 - Springer
Telocytes (TCs) form a cardiac network of interstitial cells. Our previous studies have shown
that TCs are involved in heterocellular contacts with cardiomyocytes and cardiac …

Experimental acute myocardial infarction: telocytes involvement in neo‐angiogenesis

CG Manole, V Cismaşiu… - Journal of cellular …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
We used rat experimental myocardial infarction to study the ultrastructural recovery,
especially neo‐angiogenesis in the infarction border zone. We were interested in the …

Telocytes: ultrastructural, immunohistochemical and electrophysiological characteristics in human myometrium

SM Cretoiu, D Cretoiu, A Marin… - Reproduction …, 2012 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Telocytes (TCs) have been described in various organs and species (www. telocytes. com)
as cells with telopodes (Tps)–very long cellular extensions with an alternation of thin …

Telocytes and putative stem cells in the lungs: electron microscopy, electron tomography and laser scanning microscopy

LM Popescu, M Gherghiceanu, LC Suciu… - Cell and tissue …, 2011 - Springer
This study describes a novel type of interstitial (stromal) cell—telocytes (TCs)—in the human
and mouse respiratory tree (terminal and respiratory bronchioles, as well as alveolar ducts) …

Telocytes in human skin–are they involved in skin regeneration?

L Ceafalan, M Gherghiceanu… - Journal of cellular …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Telocytes (TCs), a particular interstitial cell type, have been recently described in a wide
variety of mammalian organs (www. telocytes. com). The TCs are identified morphologically …

Identification of telocytes in skeletal muscle interstitium: implication for muscle regeneration

LM Popescu, E Manole, CS Şerboiu… - Journal of cellular …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Skeletal muscle interstitium is crucial for regulation of blood flow, passage of substances
from capillaries to myocytes and muscle regeneration. We show here, probably, for the first …

Cardiomyocytes derived from human embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells: comparative ultrastructure

M Gherghiceanu, L Barad, A Novak… - Journal of cellular …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) are generated from fully differentiated somatic cells
that were reprogrammed into a pluripotent state. Human iPSC which can be obtained from …