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Pericyte mechanics and mechanobiology [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Cell Science, 2021
ABSTRACT Pericytes are mural cells of the microvasculature, recognized by their thin processes and protruding cell body. Pericytes wrap around endothelial cells and play a central role in regulating various endothelial functions, including angiogenesis and inflammation.
Dessalles, Claire   +2 more
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Renal pericytes: regulators of medullary blood flow [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Regulation of medullary blood flow (MBF) is essential in maintaining normal kidney function. Blood flow to the medulla is supplied by the descending vasa recta (DVR), which arise from the efferent arterioles of juxtamedullary glomeruli.
Peppiatt-Wildman, Claire M.   +10 more
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TLR-4 Signaling in Pericytes

open access: yes, 2021
Introduction Pericytes are cells with intriguing properties that have only recently attracted the attention of numerous researchers. In the past years, their function was mainly associated with microvascular homeostasis, angiogenesis and maintenance ...
Elena Ranieri   +13 more
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Sympathetic nerve-derived ATP regulates renal medullary blood flow via vasa recta pericytes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Pericyte cells are now known to be a novel locus of blood flow control, being able to regulate capillary diameter via their unique morphology and expression of contractile proteins. We have previously shown that exogenous ATP causes constriction of vasa
Peppiatt-Wildman, C. M.   +12 more
core   +1 more source

Pericytes in the Liver [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Liver pericytes, commonly named hepatic stellate cells (HSCs), reside in the space between liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs) and hepatocytes. They display important roles in health and disease. HSCs ensure the storage of the majority of vitamin A in a healthy body, and they represent the major source of fibrotic tissue in liver disease ...
Enis, Kostallari, Vijay H, Shah
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Endogenous brain pericytes are widely activated and contribute to mouse glioma microvasculature. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common brain tumor in adults. It presents an extremely challenging clinical problem, and treatment very frequently fails due to the infiltrative growth, facilitated by extensive angiogenesis and ...
Andreas Svensson   +4 more
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Brain Microvascular Pericytes—More than Bystanders in Breast Cancer Brain Metastasis

open access: yesCells, 2022
Brain tissue contains the highest number of perivascular pericytes compared to other organs. Pericytes are known to regulate brain perfusion and to play an important role within the neurovascular unit (NVU).
Danyyl Ippolitov   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neural pericytes: A genomic archival state programmed by CHromatin topology

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Cell Biology, 2022
Accumulating evidence suggests that mural pericytes, apart from stabilizing the associated microvessels, play additional roles in regeneration of local cellular elements.
Ramin M. Farahani
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Capillary pericytes express α-smooth muscle actin, which requires prevention of filamentous-actin depolymerization for detection

open access: yeseLife, 2018
Recent evidence suggests that capillary pericytes are contractile and play a crucial role in the regulation of microcirculation. However, failure to detect components of the contractile apparatus in capillary pericytes, most notably α-smooth muscle actin
Luis Alarcon-Martinez   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Intact Kidney Slice Model to Investigate Vasa Recta Properties and Function in situ [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background: Medullary blood flow is via vasa recta capillaries, which possess contractile pericytes. In vitro studies using isolated descending vasa recta show that pericytes can constrict/dilate descending vasa recta when vasoactive substances are ...
Kennedy-Lydon, T.   +10 more
core   +1 more source

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