Ultrastructural and Immunohistochemical Features of Telocytes in Placental Villi in Preeclampsia

Abstract A new cell type, interstitial Cajal-like cell (ICLC), was recently described in different organs. The name was recently changed to telocytes (TCs), and their typical thin, long processes have been named telopodes (Tp). TCs regulate the contractile activity of smooth muscle cells and play a...

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Main Authors: Natalia V. Nizyaeva, Tatiana V. Sukhacheva, Roman A. Serov, Galina V. Kulikova, Marina N. Nagovitsyna, Natalia E. Kan, Victor L. Tyutyunnik, Stanislav V. Pavlovich, Rimma A. Poltavtseva, Ekaterina L. Yarotskaya, Aleksandr I. Shchegolev, Gennadiy T. Sukhikh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-21492-w