Ultrastructural Characteristics of Placental Telocytes

Telocytes of placental villi were studied by electronic microscopy during physiological pregnancy. Ultrastructural features of telocytes indicating their heterogeneity and presence of at least three types of villi depending on their localization and kind were observed. All placental telocytes were c...

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Published in:Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine 2017-03, Vol.162 (5), p.693-698
Main Authors: Nizyaeva, N. V., Sukhacheva, T. V., Kulikova, G. V., Nagovitsyna, M. N., Poltavtseva, R. A., Kan, N. E., Tyutyunnik, V. L., Pavlovich, S. V., Serov, R. A., Shchyogolev, A. I.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Cell Biology
Female
Humans
Internal Medicine
Laboratory Medicine
Localization
Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
Mitochondria
Organelles
Pathology
Physiological aspects
Placenta
Placenta - cytology
Pregnancy
Stem cells
Stroma
Telocytes - ultrastructure
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Summary:Telocytes of placental villi were studied by electronic microscopy during physiological pregnancy. Ultrastructural features of telocytes indicating their heterogeneity and presence of at least three types of villi depending on their localization and kind were observed. All placental telocytes were characterized by small amount of organelles including mitochondria. Presence of long thin processes, which generated a branching network by contacting with each other, served as a typical feature of telocytes including telocytes of the stroma and intermediate villi. Telocytes were absent in the terminal villi.
ISSN:0007-4888
1573-8221
DOI:10.1007/s10517-017-3690-5