"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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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pericytes" by people in Profiles.
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Cardiovascular dysfunction and altered lysosomal signaling in a murine model of acid sphingomyelinase deficiency. J Mol Med (Berl). 2025 May; 103(5):599-617.
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Gestational ozone inhalation elicits maternal cardiac dysfunction and transcriptional changes to placental pericytes and endothelial cells. Toxicol Sci. 2023 11 28; 196(2):238-249.
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Metabolic-vascular coupling in skeletal muscle: A potential role for capillary pericytes? Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol. 2020 03; 47(3):520-528.
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Mutual regulation of tumour vessel normalization and immunostimulatory reprogramming. Nature. 2017 04 13; 544(7649):250-254.
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Altered ratios of pro- and anti-angiogenic VEGF-A variants and pericyte expression of DLL4 disrupt vascular maturation in infantile haemangioma. J Pathol. 2016 06; 239(2):139-51.
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AKT2 Promotes Bone Marrow Cell-Mediated Aortic Protection in Mice. Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Jun; 101(6):2085-96.
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Targeting vascular pericytes in hypoxic tumors increases lung metastasis via angiopoietin-2. Cell Rep. 2015 Feb 24; 10(7):1066-81.
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New light is shed on the enigmatic origin of the lung myofibroblast. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2013 Oct 01; 188(7):765-6.
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Origin and function of myofibroblasts in kidney fibrosis. Nat Med. 2013 Aug; 19(8):1047-53.
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Coronary microvascular pericytes are the cellular target of sunitinib malate-induced cardiotoxicity. Sci Transl Med. 2013 May 29; 5(187):187ra69.