"Pericytes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Unique slender cells with multiple processes extending along the capillary vessel axis and encircling the vascular wall, also called mural cells. Pericytes are imbedded in the BASEMENT MEMBRANE shared with the ENDOTHELIAL CELLS of the vessel. Pericytes are important in maintaining vessel integrity, angiogenesis, and vascular remodeling.
| Descriptor ID |
D020286
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A07.231.700.750 A10.272.491.677 A11.710 A16.504.660.600
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| Concept/Terms |
Pericytes- Pericytes
- Pericyte
- Rouget Cells
- Cells, Rouget
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pericytes" by people in Profiles.
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Cardiac pericyte reprogramming by MEK inhibition promotes arteriologenesis and angiogenesis of the ischemic heart. J Clin Invest. 2022 05 16; 132(10).
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The SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein disrupts human cardiac pericytes function through CD147 receptor-mediated signalling: a potential non-infective mechanism of COVID-19 microvascular disease. Clin Sci (Lond). 2021 12 22; 135(24):2667-2689.
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Secreted Protein Acidic and Cysteine Rich Matricellular Protein is Enriched in the Bioactive Fraction of the Human Vascular Pericyte Secretome. Antioxid Redox Signal. 2021 05 20; 34(15):1151-1164.
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Reconstruction of the human blood-brain barrier in vitro reveals a pathogenic mechanism of APOE4 in pericytes. Nat Med. 2020 06; 26(6):952-963.
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In Vitro and In Vivo Preclinical Testing of Pericyte-Engineered Grafts for the Correction of Congenital Heart Defects. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 02 18; 9(4):e014214.
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Brain mural cell loss in the parietal cortex in Alzheimer's disease correlates with cognitive decline and TDP-43 pathology. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol. 2020 08; 46(5):458-477.
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Pericyte degeneration causes white matter dysfunction in the mouse central nervous system. Nat Med. 2018 03; 24(3):326-337.
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Endosialin expression in soft tissue sarcoma as a potential marker of undifferentiated mesenchymal cells. Br J Cancer. 2016 08 09; 115(4):473-9.
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Expansion and characterization of neonatal cardiac pericytes provides a novel cellular option for tissue engineering in congenital heart disease. J Am Heart Assoc. 2015 Jun 16; 4(6):e002043.
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MicroRNAs in vascular tissue engineering and post-ischemic neovascularization. Adv Drug Deliv Rev. 2015 Jul 01; 88:78-91.