Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8460289 | Annals of Anatomy - Anatomischer Anzeiger | 2018 | 33 Pages |
Abstract
We found six articles containing relevant studies aimed at liking myocardial infarction and telocytes. The studies that were analysed in this review failed to show, beyond a reasonable doubt, that telocytes do actually have significant roles in myocardial regeneration after myocardial infarction. The main issues to be addressed in future studies are a correct characterization of telocytes, and a differentiation from other cell types that either have similar morphologies (using electron microscopy) or similar immunophenotypes, with emphasis on endothelial progenitors, which were previously shown to have similar morphology, and functions in cardiac regeneration after myocardial infarction.
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Authors
Sorin Hostiuc, Mihai Marinescu, Mihnea Costescu, Maria AluaÈ, Ionut Negoi,