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SUBMITTER: Sheng J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3930421 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sheng Jingwei J Shim Winston W Lu Jun J Lim Sze Yun SY Ong Boon Hean BH Lim Tien Siang TS Liew Reginald R Chua Yeow Leng YL Wong Philip P
Journal of cellular and molecular medicine 20140201 2
Telocytes (TCs) with exceptionally long cellular processes of telopodes have been described in human epicardium to act as structural supporting cells in the heart. We examined myocardial chamber-specific TCs identified in atrial and ventricular fibroblast culture using immunocytochemistry and studied their electrophysiological property by whole-cell patch clamp. Atrial and ventricular TCs with extended telopodes and alternating podoms and podomers that expressed CD34, c-Kit and PDGFR-β were iden ...[more]