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SUBMITTER: Ivanova EA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4736424 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ivanova Ekaterina A EA Orekhov Alexander N AN
Stem cells international 20160105
Pericytes are pluripotent cells that can be found in the vascular wall of both microvessels and large arteries and veins. They have distinct morphology with long branching processes and form numerous contacts with each other and with endothelial cells, organizing the vascular wall cells into a three-dimensional network. Accumulating evidence demonstrates that pericytes may play a key role in the pathogenesis of vascular disorders, including atherosclerosis. Macrovascular pericytes are able to ac ...[more]