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

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 729-740

  Popescu, L M ^a,b   Faussone Pellegrini, Maria Simonetta ^c  

^a CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b VICTOR BABES NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Digestive tract; Genitourinary tract; Interstitial Cajal like cells (ICLC); Interstitial cells; Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC); Mammary gland; Myocardium; Myometrium; Pancreas; Regenerative medicine; Stromal cells; Telocytes; Telopodes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERSTITIAL CELLS OF CAJAL; MALE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 77953946498     PISSN: 15821838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2010.01059.x     Document Type: Editorial

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