Open AccessScanning electron microscope evidence of telocytes in vasculature
Author(s) -
Li Hua,
Lu Shanshan,
Liu Hongnian,
Ge Junbo,
Zhang Hongqi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of cellular and molecular medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.44
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1582-4934
pISSN - 1582-1838
DOI - 10.1111/jcmm.12333
Subject(s) - scanning electron microscope , electron microscope , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , materials science , medicine , optics , physics , composite material
Abstract Here, we here present scanning electron microscope data for the existent telocytes ( TC s) on the endothelial surface of the wall of pig coronary arteries, internal thoracic arteries and carotid arteries. These cells have a small (8.39 ± 1.97 μm/4.95 ± 0.91 μm) cell body of different shapes (from round to triangular, depending on the number of cellular prolongations) with very long (of about 30 μm) and thin cellular processes called telopodes (Tps), which have uneven calibre. The number of Tps ranges between 2 and 6. Tps typically present the alternation of podoms and podomers, and also have a dichotomic branching pattern. These data could influence the current attempts for elucidating the role(s) of TC s.