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Telocytes

Connecting Cells

  • Describe the existence of telocytes in various organs and tissues
  • Present the morphological characteristics of telocytes
  • Explore genomic and proteomic profiles of telocytes

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 913)

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. The History of Telocyte Discovery and Understanding

    • Jian Wang, Meiling Jin, Wen-huan Ma, Zhitu Zhu, Xiangdong Wang
    Pages 1-21
  3. Decoding Telocytes

    • Junjie Xiao, Yihua Bei
    Pages 23-39
  4. Extracellular Microvesicles (ExMVs) in Cell to Cell Communication: A Role of Telocytes

    • Mariusz Z. Ratajczak, Daniel Ratajczak, Daniel Pedziwiatr
    Pages 41-49
  5. Telocytes in Chronic Inflammatory and Fibrotic Diseases

    • Lidia Ibba-Manneschi, Irene Rosa, Mirko Manetti
    Pages 51-76
  6. Telocytes: New Players in Gallstone Disease

    • Artur Pasternak, Krzysztof Gil, Andrzej Matyja
    Pages 77-103
  7. Features of Telocytes in Agricultural Animals

    • Ping Yang, Nisar Ahmed, Shakeeb Ullah, Qiusheng Chen, Yonghua Zheng
    Pages 105-113
  8. The Telocyte Subtypes

    • Maria-Giuliana Vannucchi, Maria-Simonetta Faussone-Pellegrini
    Pages 115-126
  9. The Potential Role of Telocytes for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

    • Raymund E. Horch, Annika Weigand, Justus P. Beier, Andreas Arkudas, Anja M. Boos
    Pages 139-147
  10. Presence of Telocytes in a Non-innervated Organ: The Placenta

    • Cleofina Bosco, Eugenia Díaz
    Pages 149-161
  11. Telocytes in Exocrine Glands Stroma

    • Mihnea Ioan Nicolescu
    Pages 163-176
  12. Telocyte Behaviour During Inflammation, Repair and Tumour Stroma Formation

    • L. Díaz-Flores, R. Gutiérrez, M. González-Gómez, L. Díaz-Flores Jr, F. Valladares, N. Rancel et al.
    Pages 177-191
  13. Paracrine Signaling in the Prostatic Stroma: A Novel Role for the Telocytes Revealed in Rodents’ Ventral Prostate

    • Bruno D. A. Sanches, Lara S. Corradi, Patricia S. L. Vilamaior, Sebastião R. Taboga
    Pages 193-206
  14. Roles of Telocytes in the Development of Angiogenesis

    • Yonghua Zheng, Xiangdong Wang
    Pages 253-261
  15. Electrophysiological Features of Telocytes

    • Daniel Dumitru Banciu, Adela Banciu, Beatrice Mihaela Radu
    Pages 287-302

About this book

This book elucidates the genetic, biological, morphological and functional aspects of telocytes. Telocytes are a recently defined type of interstitial (stromal) cells, with very long (tens to hundreds of micrometres) and very thin prolongations (mostly below the resolving power of light microscopy). The book describes the presence of telocytes in various organs and tissues, details their morphological characteristics, explores their genomic and proteomic profiles, puts forward preclinical evidence of their application, and discusses their potential in the context of clinical therapeutics. As such, it offers a valuable guide for biologists and clinicians alike.

Dr. Xiangdong Wang is a distinguished Professor of Medicine. He is Director of the Shanghai Institute of Clinical Bioinformatics, Executive Director of the Clinical Science Institute at Fudan University Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai, China; Dr. Dragos Cretoiu is an Associate Professor of Pathology at the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University Medical School, Shanghai, China

    Xiangdong Wang

  • Department of Cellular and Molecular Med, Carol Davila Univ of Medicine&Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania

    Dragos Cretoiu

About the editors

Dr. Xiangdong Wang is a distinguished Professor of Medicine. He is Director of the Shanghai Institute of Clinical Bioinformatics, Executive Director of the Clinical Science Institute at Fudan University Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai, China; Dr. Dragos Cretoiu is an Associate Professor of Pathology at the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Telocytes

  • Book Subtitle: Connecting Cells

  • Editors: Xiangdong Wang, Dragos Cretoiu

  • Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1061-3

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-1060-6Published: 11 November 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9318-0Published: 07 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-1061-3Published: 31 October 2016

  • Series ISSN: 0065-2598

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 440

  • Number of Illustrations: 37 b/w illustrations, 151 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Cell Biology, Molecular Medicine

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Softcover Book USD 179.99
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