Dynamic involvement of telocytes in modulating multiple signaling pathways in cardiac cytoarchitecture

I Cucu, MI Nicolescu, ȘS Busnatu… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cardiac interstitium is a complex and dynamic environment, vital for normal cardiac structure
and function. Telocytes are active cellular players in regulating main events that feature …

A synopsis of signaling crosstalk of pericytes and endothelial cells in salivary gland

I Cucu, MI Nicolescu - Dentistry Journal, 2021 - mdpi.com
The salivary gland (SG) microvasculature constitutes a dynamic cellular organization
instrumental to preserving tissue stability and homeostasis. The interplay between pericytes …

Subsets of telocytes: Myocardial telocytes

MC Rusu, S Hostiuc, AD Vrapciu, L Mogoantă… - Annals of Anatomy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Telocytes (TCs) are morphologically defined as small-sized cells with long, thin, moniliform
processes called telopodes (Tps). Numerous papers imply that TCs are a distinctive cell …

Prostaglandin E2-transporting pathway and its roles via EP2/EP4 in cultured human dental pulp

N Ohkura, K Yoshiba, N Yoshiba, Y Oda… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction Prostaglandin E 2 (PGE 2) exerts biological actions through its
transport pathway involving intracellular synthesis, extracellular transport, and receptor …

The telopode-and filopode-projecting heterogeneous stromal cells of the human sclera niche

CE Petrea, Ş Crăiţoiu, AD Vrapciu, VS Mănoiu… - Annals of Anatomy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Telocytes (TCs) are stromal cells defined by the presence of long and slender prolongations
(telopodes). They are a biologically and functionally heterogeneous population that has not …

Knockdown of TPI in human dermal microvascular endothelial cells and its impact on angiogenesis in vitro

C Herre, A Nshdejan, R Klopfleisch, GM Corte… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Angiogenic behaviour has been shown as highly versatile among Endothelial
cells (ECs) causing problems of in vitro assays of angiogenesis considering their …

The molecular phenotypes of ureteral telocytes are layer-specific

MA Dobra, AD Vrapciu, F Pop, N Petre, MC Rusu - Acta Histochemica, 2018 - Elsevier
Telocytes (TC) are the delicate interstitial (stromal) cells defined by their long, thin and
moniliform processes termed telopodes. Numerous studies determined that different subsets …

Stromal cells/telocytes and endothelial progenitors in the perivascular niches of the trigeminal ganglion

MC Rusu, VS Mănoiu, D Creţoiu, SM Creţoiu… - Annals of Anatomy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Stromal cells/telocytes (SCs/TCs) were recently described in the human adult
trigeminal ganglion (TG). As some markers are equally expressed in SCs/TCs and …

Lymphatic lacunae of the human eye conjunctiva embedded within a stroma containing CD34+ telocytes

MI Nicolescu, MC Rusu, LM Voinea… - Journal of Cellular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
An accurate identification of telocytes (TCs) was limited because of the heterogeneity of cell
types expressing the markers attributed to TCs. Some endothelial lineage cells also could fit …

Wnt inhibition promotes vascular specification of embryonic cardiac progenitors

DE Reichman, L Park, L Man, D Redmond… - …, 2018 - journals.biologists.com
Several studies have demonstrated a multiphasic role for Wnt signaling during embryonic
cardiogenesis and developed protocols that enrich for cardiac derivatives during in vitro …