Telocytes heterogeneity: From cellular morphology to functional evidence

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 64, Issue , 2017, Pages 26-39

  Cretoiu, Dragos ^a,b   Radu, Beatrice Mihaela ^c,d   Banciu, Adela ^d   Banciu, Daniel Dumitru ^d   Cretoiu, Sanda Maria ^a,b  

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

^b VICTOR BABES NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Cancer; Immunophenotype heterogeneity; Regenerative medicine; Stem cells; Telocytes

Indexed keywords

CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CONTACT; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CELLULAR SECRETION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXOCRINE GLAND; EXOSOME; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENOMICS; HEART DISEASE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; SAMPLE; SKIN DISEASE; STAINING; TELOCYTE; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE REPAIR; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE; UTERUS DISEASE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL SHAPE; CYTOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL SHAPE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEOMICS; TELOCYTES;

EID: 85006058937     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2016.08.023     Document Type: Review

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