Lenka Lapides

No ORCID on file · 4 papers in corpus
observational 2025
Clustering of Uterine Natural Killer Cells Around Uterine Glands in Women with Recurrent Implantation Failure and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss: An Immunohistochemical Study
International journal of molecular sciences ·doi:10.3390/ijms262010109

The immunological factor of sterility, specifically the abnormal count and activity of uterine NK (uNK) cells, may represent one of the potential contributors affecting specific subgroups of sterile couples undergoing assisted reproductive …

review 2023
The Neglected Uterine NK Cells/Hamperl Cells/Endometrial Stromal Granular Cell, or K Cells: A Narrative Review from History through Histology and to Medical Education
International journal of molecular sciences ·doi:10.3390/ijms241612693

Reproductive immunology is at the forefront of research interests, aiming to better understand the mechanisms of immune regulation during gestation. The relationship between the immune system and the implanting embryo is profound because th…

review 2022
Telocytes in the Female Reproductive System: Up-to-Date Knowledge, Challenges and Possible Clinical Applications
Life (Basel, Switzerland) ·doi:10.3390/life12020267

From their initial description in 2005 to this day, telocytes (TCs) have been described in the ovary, uterine tubes, uterus, vagina, mammary gland, and placenta. Their morphological features, immunophenotype, physiological functions, and ro…

review 2020
From TELOCYTES to TELOCYTOPATHIES. Do Recently Described Interstitial Cells Play a Role in Female Idiopathic Infertility?
Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) ·doi:10.3390/medicina56120688

The invention of such state-of-the art microscopic techniques like atomic force microscopy with a resolution of fractions of a nanometer, and the overall current level of knowledge in morphological disciplines have brought about a widesprea…