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. 2013 Aug 29;17(8):1016–1024. doi: 10.1111/jcmm.12111

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Fig. 2 — Transmission electron microscopy images show telocytes (TC) with telopodes (Tp) beneath the basement membrane of the conjunctival epithelium (A), sclera (B) and choroid (C). (A) Telocyte with two telopodes (Tp1, Tp2) beneath the corneal epithelium (EC) are visible. (B) Telocytes with overlapping telopodes (Tp) run in parallel layers in the sclera. The alternating thin segments (podomeres) and small dilations (podoms, arrows) generate the moniliform appearance of telopodes. (C) Telocytes extend telopodes (Tp) beneath Bruch's membrane (B) of the pigmentary cell of the retina (RPC) and ciliary body (PEC). Telopodes are more difficult to observe at lower magnification because of the electron-dense melanocytes (M); scale bars: A–C – 5 μm.