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In organizing thrombi angiogenesis is not dependent on invasion of vasa vasora from the vascular wall. Mononuclear cells of the monohistiocytic system are always present within the clotted blood and are capable of differentiation into various types of mesenchymal cells, including endothelial cells. At first autolytic slits and clefts appear in the fibrinous superficial areas of the thrombus. They are gradually lined by spindle-shaped “pre-endothelial” cells that already possess immunohistological properties of endothelial cells but still resemble primitive mesenchymal cells ultrastructurally. Later these cells gain connection with each other by pseudopodia, overlapping and interdigitation until the channels in the fibrinous matrix are covered by an uninterrupted layer of cells. These cells are now characterized ultrastructurally by the appearance of specific endothelial organelles (Weibel-Palade bodies). Circulation within these channels begins from the blood stream. In addition, angiogenesis by sprouting of vasa vasora from the vascular wall occurs in those areas of the thrombus in contact with the vessel wall. In blood vessels with on unimpaired intimal layer, angiogenesis by invasion of capillaries occurs at an earlier date than capillary formation by mononuclear cells.
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Leu, H.J., Feigl, W. & Susani, M. Angiogenesis from mononuclear cells in thrombi. Vichows Archiv A Pathol Anat 411, 5–14 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00734508
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