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Not All Pericytes Are Born Equal: Pericytes from Human Adult Tissues Present Different Differentiation Properties
22 Aug 2016
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Pericytes (PCs) have been recognized for a long time only as structural cells of the blood vessels. The identification of tight contacts with endothelial cells and the ability to interact with surrounding cells through paracrine signaling revealed additional functions of PCs in maintaining the homeostasis of the perivascular environment. PCs got the front page, in the late 1990s, after the identification and...
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