Morphology of Migrating Telocytes and Their Potential Role in Stem Cell Differentiation During Cartilage Development in Catfish (Clarias gariepinus)

Light microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and immunohistochemistry were used to examine the telocytes (TCs). TCs had a cell body and telopodes which formed 3D networks in the cartilage canals and extended their telopodes to become the foremost cellular elements penetrating the cartilage matrix.