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[telocyte]
The name telocytes has been proposed for a cell type previously often referred to as interstitial cells of Cajal. Electron microscopy and cell cultures reveal that these cells are very distinct from interstitial cells of Cajal and differ from all other types of interstitial cells. Telocytes have 2-5 very thin and extremely long (tens up to hundreds of micrometers) cell body prolongations, termed telopodes, not seen in other cell types (Popescu LM and Faussone-Pellegrini MS, 2010).
Telocytes were identified first as a distinct new cell type
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