Zongji Shen

No ORCID on file · 4 papers in corpus
article 2018
An in vitro investigation of telocytes-educated macrophages: morphology, heterocellular junctions, apoptosis and invasion analysis
Journal of translational medicine ·doi:10.1186/s12967-018-1457-z

BACKGROUND: Telocytes (TCs), a recently discovered novel type of interstitial cells, were also found in a wide variety of human and mammalian reproductive organs/tissues, including uterus, oviduct and placenta. Previously, we demonstrated t…

article 2015
Ultrastructure damage of oviduct telocytes in rat model of acute salpingitis
Journal of cellular and molecular medicine ·doi:10.1111/jcmm.12548

Acute salpingitis (AS) is an inflammatory disease which causes severe damage to a subset of classically described cells lining in oviduct wall and contributes to interstitial fibrosis and fertility problems. Telocytes (TCs), a newly discove…

article 2014
Telocytes damage in endometriosis‐affected rat oviduct and potential impact on fertility
Journal of cellular and molecular medicine ·doi:10.1111/jcmm.12427

Women with endometriosis (EMs) have unexplained infertility. The recently identified telocytes (TCs) might participate in the maintenance of structural and functional integrity of oviduct tissue, but so far the involvement of TCs in EMs-aff…

article 2013
Immunohistochemical alterations of cajal-like type of tubal interstitial cells in women with endometriosis and tubal ectopic pregnancy
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics ·doi:10.1007/s00404-013-2878-9

PurposeThe aim of the study was to observe alterations of pacemaker cells termed cajal-like type of tubal interstitial cells (t-ICC) in oviduct from early-stage EMs and tEP, discuss underlying mechanisms and potential role in tubal factor i…