Identification of telocytes in the lamina propria of rat duodenum: transmission electron microscopy

Recently the new term ‘telocytes’ has been proposed for cells formerly known as interstitial Cajal-like cells. In fact, telocytes are not really Cajal-like cells, they being different from all other interstitial cells by the presence of telopodes, which are cell-body prolongations, very thin, extrem...

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Main Authors: Carmona, I Cantarero, Bartolomé, M J Luesma, Escribano, C Junquera
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3822490/