Pericytes are functional components of the neurovascular unit (NVU) that are located around
the blood vessels, and their roles in the regulation of cerebral health and diseases has been …

Pericytes are multi-functional cells embedded within the walls of capillaries throughout the
body, including the brain. Pericytes were first identified in the 1870s, but little attention was …

Pericytes play an indispensable role in various organs and biological processes, such as
promoting angiogenesis, regulating microvascular blood flow, and participating in immune …

Pericytes, as mural cells of microvessels, are important regulators of vascular structure
formation and function maintenance in the process of cerebrovascular maturation …

Pericytes, the mural cells surrounding microcirculation, are gaining increasing attention for
their roles in health and disease of the central nervous system (CNS). As an essential part of …

Neurodegenerative and cerebrovascular diseases cause considerable human suffering,
and therapy options for these two disease categories are limited or non‐existing. It is an …

Pericytes are unique, multi-functional mural cells localized at the abluminal side of the
perivascular space in microvessels. Originally discovered in 19th century, pericytes had …

Pericytes are perivascular multipotent cells located on capillaries. Although pericytes are
discovered in the nineteenth century, recent studies have found that pericytes play an …

Brain pericytes are an important constituent of neurovascular unit. They encircle endothelial
cells and contribute to the maturation and stabilization of the capillaries in the brain. Recent …

Pericytes, as a key cellular part of the blood-brain barrier, play an important role in the
maintenance of brain neurovascular unit. These cells participate in brain homeostasis by …