title: Transmission electron microscope evidence of telocytes in canine dura mater.
abstract: Telocytes (TCs) are a novel type of interstitial cells present in a wide variety of organs and tissues (www.telocytes.com). Telocytes are identified morphologically by a small cell body and specific long prolongations (telopodes) alternating thin segments (podomers) with dilations (podoms). The presence of TCs in rat meninges has been identified in previous research. We here present further evidence that TCs existed in canine dura mater, closed to capillary and surrounded by a great deal of collagen fibres under transmission electron microscope.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Ting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Shanshan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.|Key Laboratory of Medical Imaging Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention of Shanghai, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Hongqi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008297:Male; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D000067170:Telocytes / Q000648:ultrastructure*
keywords: dura mater; telocytes; telopodes; transmission electron microscopy