title: Ultrastructural Characteristics of Placental Telocytes.
abstract: Telocytes of placental villi were studied by electronic microscopy during physiological pregnancy. Ultrastructural features of telocytes indicating their heterogeneity and presence of at least three types of villi depending on their localization and kind were observed. All placental telocytes were characterized by small amount of organelles including mitochondria. Presence of long thin processes, which generated a branching network by contacting with each other, served as a typical feature of telocytes including telocytes of the stroma and intermediate villi. Telocytes were absent in the terminal villi.
authors.affiliation: V. I. Kulakov Federal Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia. niziaeva@gmail.com.
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Nizyaeva
authors.affiliation: A. N. Bakulev Scientific Center for Cardiovascular Surgery, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Sukhacheva
authors.affiliation: V. I. Kulakov Federal Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Kulikova
authors.affiliation: V. I. Kulakov Federal Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Nagovitsyna
authors.affiliation: V. I. Kulakov Federal Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Poltavtseva
authors.affiliation: V. I. Kulakov Federal Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Kan
authors.affiliation: V. I. Kulakov Federal Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: V L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Tyutyunnik
authors.affiliation: V. I. Kulakov Federal Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Pavlovich
authors.affiliation: A. N. Bakulev Scientific Center for Cardiovascular Surgery, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Serov
authors.affiliation: V. I. Kulakov Federal Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Shchyogolev
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D010920:Placenta / Q000166:cytology; D011247:Pregnancy; D000067170:Telocytes / Q000648:ultrastructure*
keywords: fibroblast; myofibroblast; physiological pregnancy; telocyte; villous tree of the placenta