@ARTICLE{Aleksandrovych_Veronika_Telocytes_2019,
 author={Aleksandrovych, Veronika and Pasternak, Artur and Gil, Krzysztof},
 volume={vol. 59},
 number={No 4},
 journal={Folia Medica Cracoviensia},
 pages={33-44},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2019},
 publisher={Oddział PAN w Krakowie; Uniwersytet Jagielloński – Collegium Medicum},
 abstract={Knowledge of uterine fibroids has existed since the time of Hippocrates. However, there are still wide gaps in the understanding of its pathogenesis. No single theory explains the background of uterine fibroid pathology, which affects more than 50% of women worldwide. By contrast, a newly depicted cell type called telocytes was only recently identified in the past twenty years. Th ese cells have evoked ambivalent opinions in the scientific community. The unique features of telocytes coupled with experimental evidence by numerous researchers and our hypotheses and conceptions are discussed in this review. We emphasize the main telocyte interactions in the context of the uterine fibroid architecture. This review reveals the pivotal role of telocytes, describing their contacts with smooth muscle cells, fibroblasts, vessels and nerves, inflammatory cells and stem cells. Our data are based on the latest publications and our own results.},
 type={Article},
 title={Telocytes in the architecture of uterine fibroids},
 URL={http://journals.pan.pl/Content/114762/PDF/FMC%204-19%204-Aleksadrovych.pdf},
 doi={10.24425/fmc.2019.131378},
 keywords={uterine fibroids, extracellular matrix, telocytes, stem cell niche, CD34, telopodes},
}