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Brain pericytes in culture display diverse morphological and functional phenotypes.
Cell biology and toxicology - 1 Dec 2023
Brown Lachlan S, King Natalie E, Courtney Jo-Maree, Gasperini Robert J, Foa Lisa, Howells David W, Sutherland Brad A
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Pericytes play several important functions in the neurovascular unit including contractile control of capillaries, maintenance of the BBB, regulation of angiogenesis, and neuroinflammation. There exists a continuum of pericyte subtypes along the vascular tree which exhibit both morphological and transcriptomic differences. While different functions have been associated with the pericyte subtypes in vivo, numerous...
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