"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 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pericytes" by people in Profiles.
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Nelson D, Thompson KJ, Wang L, Wang Z, Eberts P, Azarin SM, Kalari KR, Kandimalla KK. Pericyte Control of Gene Expression in the Blood-Brain Barrier Endothelium: Implications for Alzheimer's Disease. J Alzheimers Dis. 2024; 99(s2):S281-S297.
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Torres DJ, Pitts MW. Pericytic porters: helping leptin step in. Trends Endocrinol Metab. 2021 12; 32(12):958-959.
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Alcendor DJ. Human Vascular Pericytes and Cytomegalovirus Pathobiology. Int J Mol Sci. 2019 Mar 22; 20(6).
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Aronoff DM, Correa H, Rogers LM, Arav-Boger R, Alcendor DJ. Placental pericytes and cytomegalovirus infectivity: Implications for HCMV placental pathology and congenital disease. Am J Reprod Immunol. 2017 Sep; 78(3).
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Grigsby JG, Allen DM, Ferrigno AS, Vellanki S, Pouw CE, Hejny WA, Tsin ATC. Autocrine and Paracrine Secretion of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in the Pre-Hypoxic Diabetic Retina. Curr Diabetes Rev. 2017; 13(2):161-174.
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Betts-Obregon BS, Mondragon AA, Mendiola AS, LeBaron RG, Asmis R, Zou T, Gonzalez-Fernandez F, Tsin AT. TGF? induces BIGH3 expression and human retinal pericyte apoptosis: a novel pathway of diabetic retinopathy. Eye (Lond). 2016 Dec; 30(12):1639-1647.
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Bentolila LA, Prakash R, Mihic-Probst D, Wadehra M, Kleinman HK, Carmichael TS, P?ault B, Barnhill RL, Lugassy C. Imaging of Angiotropism/Vascular Co-Option in a Murine Model of Brain Melanoma: Implications for Melanoma Progression along Extravascular Pathways. Sci Rep. 2016 Apr 06; 6:23834.
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Li Q, Chen Y, Li B, Luo C, Zuo S, Liu X, Zhang JH, Ruan H, Feng H. Hemoglobin induced NO/cGMP suppression Deteriorate Microcirculation via Pericyte Phenotype Transformation after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Rats. Sci Rep. 2016 Feb 25; 6:22070.
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Wilkerson I, Laban J, Mitchell JM, Sheibani N, Alcendor DJ. Retinal pericytes and cytomegalovirus infectivity: implications for HCMV-induced retinopathy and congenital ocular disease. J Neuroinflammation. 2015 Jan 09; 12:2.
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Lugassy C, P?ault B, Wadehra M, Kleinman HK, Barnhill RL. Could pericytic mimicry represent another type of melanoma cell plasticity with embryonic properties? Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 2013 Sep; 26(5):746-54.