# Hyalocyte

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'''Hyalocytes''', also known as '''vitreous cells''', are cells of the [vitreous body](/source/vitreous_body), which is the clear gel that fills the space between the lens and the retina of the [eye](/source/human_eye). Hyalocytes occur in the peripheral part of the vitreous body, and may produce [hyaluronic acid](/source/hyaluronic_acid) and [collagen fibrils](/source/collagen),<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Sommer | first1 = F | last2 = Brandl | first2 = F | last3 = Weiser | first3 = B | last4 = Tesmar | first4 = J | last5 = Blunk | first5 = T | last6 = Göpferich | first6 = A | date = May 2009 | title = FACS as useful tool to study distinct hyalocyte populations | journal = Exp Eye Res. | volume = 88 | issue = 5| pages = 995–9 | doi=10.1016/j.exer.2008.11.026| pmid = 19073178 }}</ref><ref name=Paulsen />  Hyalocytes are star-shaped (stellate) cells with oval [nuclei](/source/Cell_nucleus).<ref name=Paulsen>{{cite book|last=Paulsen|first=Douglas F.|title=Histology and cell biology : examination and board review|chapter=Chapter 24. Sense Organs|year=2010|publisher=Appleton & Lange|location=Stamford, Conn.|isbn=978-0071476652|edition=5th}}</ref>

The development of the vitreous is organized into three stages: primary, secondary, and tertiary.<ref name=Vaughan />  During the primary stage, which occurs from 3–6 weeks, the basic components of the vitreous begin to form from the [mesenchyme](/source/mesenchyme) [embryonic cell](/source/embryonic_cell) layer.<ref name=Vaughan />  Hyalocytes likely develop from the vascular primary vitreous.<ref name=Vaughan>{{cite book|last=Cunningham|first=Emmett T.|author2=Paul Riordan-Eva|title=Vaughan & Asbury's general ophthalmology.|chapter=Chapter 1. Anatomy & Embryology of the Eye|year=2011|publisher=McGraw-Hill Medical|location=New York|isbn=978-0071634205|chapter-url=http://accessmedicine.com/resourceTOC.aspx?resourceID=720|edition=18th}}</ref>

== See also ==
[List of distinct cell types in the adult human body](/source/List_of_distinct_cell_types_in_the_adult_human_body)

==References==
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