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Pericytes in the myovascular niche promote post-natal myofiber growth and satellite cell quiescence
1 Jan 2015
Abstract excerpt
The satellite cells, which serve as adult muscle stem cells, are both located beneath myofiber basement membranes and closely associated with capillary endothelial cells. We observed that 90% of capillaries were associated with pericytes in adult mouse and human muscle. During post-natal growth, newly formed vessels with their neuroglial 2 proteoglycan (NG2)-positive pericytes became progressively associated with...
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