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SUBMITTER: Chasseigneaux S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6095852 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20180816 1
Brain mural cells form a heterogeneous family which significantly contributes to the maintenance of the blood-brain barrier and regulation of the cerebral blood flow. Current procedures to isolate them cannot specifically separate their distinct subtypes, in particular vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) and mid-capillary pericytes (mcPCs), which differ among others by their expression of smooth muscle actin (SMA). We herein describe an innovative method allowing SMA<sup>+</sup> VSMCs and SMA<s ...[more]