Telocytes in the Spleen
Fig 2
Isloated splenic TCs under phase-contrast microscope.
A. Splenic TCs with typical morphology of piriform or triangular and small cell bodies and slender TPs; B. TCs forming a 3 D structure anchored by hetero- and homocellular junctions with their TPs; C. circle-like structure in TCs cultured in vitro, in which the long prolongations extended to support the wall of the circle-like structure. Scale bar = 20μm.