Concept information
Preferred term
Pericytes
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Cells, Rouget
- Rouget Cells
Scope note
- Unique slender cells with multiple processes extending along the capillary vessel axis and encircling the vascular wall, also called mural cells. Pericytes are imbedded in the BASEMENT MEMBRANE shared with the ENDOTHELIAL CELLS of the vessel. Pericytes are important in maintaining vessel integrity, angiogenesis, and vascular remodeling.
History note
- 99
In other languages
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Finnish
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pericytus
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perisyytti
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Rouget
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Rouget-solu
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Rouget-solut
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Swedish
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Rouget-celler
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020286
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