Publication Title

Front Cardiovasc Med

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2018

Keywords

development; differentiation capacity; heterogeneity; origin; pericyte

Abstract

Pericytes are mural cells surrounding blood vessels, adjacent to endothelial cells. Pericytes play critical roles in maturation and maintenance of vascular branching morphogenesis. In the central nervous system (CNS), pericytes are necessary for the formation and regulation of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and pericyte deficiency accompanies CNS diseases including multiple sclerosis, diabetic retinopathy, neonatal intraventricular hemorrhage, and neurodegenerative disorders. Despite the importance of pericytes, their developmental origins and phenotypic diversity remain incompletely understood. Pericytes express multiple markers and the origin of pericytes differs by tissue, which may cause difficulty for the identification and understanding of the ontogeny of pericytes. Also, pericytes have the potential to give rise to different tissues

Clinical Institute

Cancer

Clinical Institute

Cardiovascular (Heart)

Specialty/Research Institute

Earle A. Chiles Research Institute

Specialty/Research Institute

Cardiology

Specialty/Research Institute

Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

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