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ArticleContraception and reproductive medicine2016

Identification and potential role of telocytes in human uterine leiomyoma.

Essam R Othman, Dalia A Elgamal, Abeer M Refaiy, Ibraheem I Abdelaal, Asmaa F Abdel-Mola, Ayman Al-Hendy

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Article in Contraception and reproductive medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Telocytes: Active Players in the Rainbow Trout (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021
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  6. Telocytes inside of the peripheral nervous system - a 3D endoneurial network and putative role in cell communication.Romanian journal of morphology and embryology = Revue roumaine de morphologie et embryologie
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Essam R OthmanOB-GYN Department, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
Dalia A ElgamalHistology Department, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
Abeer M RefaiyPathology Department, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
Ibraheem I AbdelaalOB-GYN Department, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
Asmaa F Abdel-MolaHistology Department, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
Ayman Al-HendyOB-GYN Department, Medical College of Georgia MCG, Augusta Univerity, Augusta, GA USA.
Assiut University · EGAugusta University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTelocytes are specialized interstitial tissue cell type. Our aim is to characterize telocytes in human uterine leiomyoma (ULM) and its adjacent myometrium (Myo-F) as well as normal myometrium (Myo-N).

methodsULMs and Myo-F tissues were taken from hysterectomy specimens done to treat symptomatic uterine fibroids (

resultsTelocytes could be detected in ULMs, Myo-F and Myo-N using c-KIT immunostaining. Electron microscopy confirmed the presence of telocytes in the three types of tissues identifying their characteristic features including small triangular or fusiform cell bodies with extensive cellular prolongations. ULM telocytes showed ultrastructural features suggestive of high cellular activities. Cell counts of ULM telocytes (3.35 ± 0.39) were significantly higher (

conclusionsTelocytes are detected in higher numbers and activity in ULMs than Myo-F or Myo-N. In ULMs, telocytes can work as a hormonal sensors for stem cells, provide scaffold for newly formed myocytes, or control important downstream signaling pathways.

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LeiomyomaMyometriumStem cellsTelocytes

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PMID29201401
PMCPMC5693520
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