Pericytes, the mural cells of blood microvessels, have recently come into focus as regulators
of vascular morphogenesis and function during development, cardiovascular homeostasis …

In the nineteenth century, a French researcher, Charles-Marie Benjamin Rouget, revealed a
population of contractile cells associated with small blood vessels, which were initially …

Pericytes are mural cells surrounding blood vessels, adjacent to endothelial cells. Pericytes
play critical roles in maturation and maintenance of vascular branching morphogenesis. In …

Pericytes are mural cells of the microcirculation that have been shown to play key roles in
regulating microvascular morphogenesis and stability throughout each tissue bed and organ …

Pericytes are known as the mural cells in small-caliber vessels that interact closely with the
endothelium. Pericytes play a key role in vasculature formation and homeostasis, and when …

Vascular pericytes provide critical contributions to the formation and integrity of the blood
vessel wall within the microcirculation. Pericytes maintain vascular stability and homeostasis …

It takes two to make blood vessels—endothelial cells and pericytes. While the endothelial
cells are the better characterized of the two, pericytes are now coming into focus as …

We review the morphofunctional characteristics of pericytes and report our observations.
After a brief historical background, we consider the following aspects of pericytes: A) Origin …

Blood vessels are composed of two interacting cell types. Endothelial cells form the inner
lining of the vessel wall, and perivascular cells—referred to as pericytes, vascular smooth …

The cardiovascular system constitutes the first functional organ system of the developing
mammalian embryo [1]. In the mouse, a functional cardiovascular system is required for …