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Secondly, their shape is rather similar to the generally larger microspikes or microvilli.
On the other hand, microvilli are more permanent discrete cylindrical projections about 0.1 μm in diameter and up to 2 μm in length [ 29] that may serve different purposes, such as in brushborder membranes of the intestinal epithelium or in lymphocytes.
Initially during spreading, the cells lost microvilli from their upper cell surface and formed microextensions with a diameter of about 0.2 μm and a maximal length of about 10 μm.
In the literature, terms such as slender filopodia [ 34, 35], or slender microvilli [ 36, 37] have been used.
All filopodia and microvilli are morphologically slender and these descriptive terms in general have not been used to refer to microextensions having a particular dimension.