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ArticlePhysiological research2022

Scanning electron microscopic study of the human uterine tube epithelial lining: surgical biopsy samples and epithelial cell culture.

P Gálfiová, Š Polák, R Mikušová, M Juríková, M Klein, M Csöbönyeiová, Ľ Danišovič, I Varga

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Article in Physiological research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

P GálfiováInstitute of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia. miroslava.jurikova@fmed.uniba.sk.
Š Polák
R Mikušová
M Juríková
M Klein
M Csöbönyeiová
Ľ Danišovič
I Varga
Comenius University Bratislava · SK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article summarizes the importance of the exact morphology of human uterine/fallopian tube epithelium at the scanning electron microscopy (SEM) level for the clinical outcome even nowadays. Visual referential micrographs from SEM reflect two ways to view human epithelial cell lining surfaces: the surface epithelial uterine tube from surgical tissue biopsy and human fallopian tube epithelial cells (HFTEC) culture monolayer surface. One colorized image visualizes ciliated cells, distinguishes them from non-ciliated cells, and provides an educational benefit. A detailed description of the ultrastructure in referential and pathologic human uterine tube epithelium is important in defining the morphological basis of high-grade carcinomas, in the mechanism of pathophysiology, and in discussing options for its prevention. Cell cultures of human fallopian tube epithelial cells offer new approaches in simulating the mechanisms of cancer genesis or may help to elucidate the genetic basis of several diagnoses. New technical approaches in SEM provide higher resolution and detailed surface images. The SEM modality is still one of the current options in diagnostics and may be useful for advancing human reproductive organ cancer research.

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ElectronsFallopian TubesBiopsyCell Culture TechniquesEpithelial CellsEpitheliumFemaleHumansMicroscopy, Electron, Scanning

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PMID36592449
PMCPMC9853999
OpenAlexW4313362797

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