Pericyte distribution and capillary dimensions were determined in tissue obtained at autopsy
from human pectoral, abdominal, quadriceps femoris, and gastrocnemius muscle of 20 …

Ultrastractural morphometry was used to quantify capillary basement membrane width,
pericyte coverage of capillaries, pericyte degeneration, and the extent of acellular capillaries …

Ultrastructural morphometric techniques were used to quantify pericyte degeneration in
retinal and uveal capillaries of streptozotocin-diabetic rats in order to assess the suitability of …

Aims/hypothesis Thickening of the basement membrane and selective loss of pericytes
occur early in diabetic retinopathy. As we showed previously that pericyte adhesion is …

Diabetic retinopathy is a potentially blinding eye disease that threatens the vision of one-
ninth of patients with diabetes. Progression of the disease has long been attributed to an …

Capillary sizes, the amounts of endothelium, pericytes, basal lamina (BL), and lumina were
measured with planimeter on electron micrographs of 20 capillary cross sections from each …

One of the earliest histopathological signs of diabetic retinopathy is a selective loss of
intramural pericytes from retinal capillaries. In the present study, the retinal vessels of rats …

Incipient diabetic retinopathy is characterized by increased vascular permeability and
progressive vascular occlusion. Pericyte loss precedes capillary occlusion in the diabetic …

purpose. To determine effects of α-dicarbonyl modification of an extracellular matrix protein
on retinal capillary pericyte attachment and viability. methods. Primary cultures of bovine …

To evaluate the variations of capillary calibers and those of basal lamina (BL), pericytes,
endothelium, and lumen within a sample of skeletal muscle and among samples from …