Pericytes: Cell Biology and Pathology

A plasticity window for blood vessel remodelling is defined by pericyte coverage of the preformed endothelial network and is regulated by PDGF-B and VEGF

1998 • 1,239 citations

Regulators of Angiogenesis

1991 • 959 citations

Inhibition of endothelial cell movement by pericytes and smooth muscle cells: activation of a latent transforming growth factor-beta 1-like molecule by plasmin during co-culture.

1989 • 914 citations

Retinal Vascular Patterns

1961 • 785 citations

An activated form of transforming growth factor beta is produced by cocultures of endothelial cells and pericytes.

1989 • 767 citations

Pericytes in the microvasculature

1996 • 726 citations

Ultrastructure of mammalian venous capillaries, venules, and small collecting veins

1968 • 679 citations

Inhibition of capillary endothelial cell growth by pericytes and smooth muscle cells.

1987 • 607 citations

The pericyte—A review

1986 • 563 citations

Segmental differentiations of cell junctions in the vascular endothelium. The microvasculature.

1975 • 430 citations

Microvascular pericytes contain muscle and nonmuscle actins.

1985 • 399 citations

Heterogeneity of microvascular pericytes for smooth muscle type alpha-actin.

1991 • 385 citations

Alpha-smooth muscle actin, a differentiation marker of smooth muscle cells, is present in microfilamentous bundles of pericytes.

1989 • 367 citations

The effect of continued hypoxia on rat pulmonary arterial circulation. An ultrastructural study.

1978 • 326 citations

Microvascular pericytes: a review of their morphological and functional characteristics.

1991 • 261 citations

Microvascular pericyte contractility in vitro: comparison with other cells of the vascular wall.

1987 • 221 citations

Beta actin and its mRNA are localized at the plasma membrane and the regions of moving cytoplasm during the cellular response to injury.

1991 • 216 citations

Hypoxia and incorporation of 3H-thymidine by cells of the rat pulmonary arteries and alveolar wall.

1979 • 215 citations

The versatility of microvascular pericytes: from mesenchyme to smooth muscle?

1993 • 210 citations

Product ion of the cytokines interleukin 1 and 6 by murine brain microvessel endothelium and smooth muscle pericytes

1993 • 204 citations

Recent advances in pericyte biology--implications for health and disease.

1991 • 203 citations

Culture of retinal capillary cells using selective growth media

1983 • 192 citations

Contractile proteins in pericytes. II. Immunocytochemical evidence for the presence of two isomyosins in graded concentrations.

1985 • 184 citations

Possible Role of Endothelin in Endothelial Regulation of Vascular Tone

1995 • 182 citations

Contractile proteins in pericytes. I. Immunoperoxidase localization of tropomyosin.

1985 • 171 citations

Capillary growth in the mesentery of normal young rats. Intravital video and electron microscope analyses.

1989 • 150 citations

A morphometric study of the blood-brain barrier in Alzheimer's disease.

1992 • 148 citations

Early and Extensive Contribution of Pericytes/Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells to Microvascular Proliferation in Glioblastoma Multiforme

1995 • 145 citations

Studies on Diabetic Retinopathy

1968 • 144 citations

Pericyte endothelial gap junctions in human cerebral capillaries

1984 • 143 citations

On pericytes, particularly their existence on lung capillaries

1974 • 143 citations

Retinopathy in animal models of diabetes

1995 • 142 citations

Pericyte-endothelial relationships in cardiac and skeletal muscle capillaries

1979 • 141 citations

Differences in pericyte contractile function in rat cardiac and skeletal muscle microvasculatures

1979 • 137 citations

Fibronectin in the microvasculature: localization in the pericyte-endothelial interstitium

1983 • 137 citations

Functional sorting of actin isoforms in microvascular pericytes.

1989 • 136 citations

Blood‐eye barriers in the rat: Correlation of ultrastructure with function

1994 • 131 citations

Toxic action of advanced glycation end products on cultured retinal capillary pericytes and endothelial cells: relevance to diabetic retinopathy

1997 • 130 citations

Prevention of Pericyte Ghost Formation in Retinal Capillaries of Galactose-Fed Dogs by Aldose Reductase Inhibitors

1988 • 118 citations

The Mural Cell in Perspective

1967 • 116 citations

Capillary pericytes: Perspectives and future trends

1991 • 108 citations

Junctional transfer of small molecules in cultured bovine brain microvascular endothelial cells and pericytes

1987 • 108 citations

Endothelin-1 as a Mediator of Endothelial Cell–Pericyte Interactions in Bovine Brain Capillaries

1997 • 107 citations

In SituObservation of Living Pericytes in Rat Retinal Capillaries

1998 • 107 citations

Pericytes, like vascular smooth muscle cells, are immunocytochemically positive for cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase

1984 • 105 citations

T lymphocyte adhesion to human brain pericytes is mediated via very late antigen-4/vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 interactions.

1995 • 104 citations

Degeneration of Intramural Pericytes in Diabetic Retinopathy

1970 • 96 citations

The effect of endothelin 1 on the retinal microvascular pericyte

1992 • 95 citations

The cytoarchitecture of the wall and the innervation pattern of the microvessels in the rat mammary gland: A scanning electron microscopic observation

1984 • 95 citations

Production of Endothelin 1 by Cultured Bovine Retinal Endothelial Cells and Presence of Endothelin Receptors on Associated Pericytes

1989 • 88 citations

Observations on Small Blood Vessels of Skin in the Normal and in Diabetic Patients

1966 • 87 citations

Vasoactive hormones and cAMP affect pericyte contraction and stress fibresin vitro

1988 • 86 citations

Regulators Of Angiogenesis

1991 • 83 citations

The isolation and culture of endothelial cells and pericytes from the bovine retinal microvasculature: A comparative study with large vessel vascular cells

1986 • 81 citations

Degenerated intramural pericytes (‘ghost cells’) in the retinal capillaries of diabetic rats

1991 • 76 citations

ATP causes retinal pericytes to contract in vitro

1988 • 76 citations

Pericytes of the brain microvasculature express γ‐glutamyl transpeptidase

1991 • 76 citations

Diabetes-related histopathologies of the rat retina prevented with an aldose reductase inhibitor

1990 • 75 citations

Differential expression of α‐actin mRNA and immunoreactive protein in brain microvascular pericytes and smooth muscle cells

1994 • 74 citations

Cell specific effects of glycosaminoglycans on the attachment and proliferation of vascular wall components

1986 • 74 citations

Aldose reductase and polyol in cultured pericytes of human retinal capillaries

1989 • 73 citations

Collagen production by cultured retinal capillary pericytes.

1980 • 68 citations

In VivoPericyte–Endothelial Cell Interaction during Angiogenesis in Adult Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle

1996 • 65 citations

In situ analysis of microvascular pericytes in hypertensive rat brains

1988 • 58 citations

Pericyte form and distribution in rat retinal and uveal capillaries.

1985 • 56 citations

Scanning electron microscopy of pericytes in rat red muscle

1982 • 54 citations

Pericytes in human cerebral microvasculature

1987 • 54 citations

The plasmalemmal vesicular system in striated muscle capillaries and in pericytes

1984 • 49 citations

Analysis of relationships between pericytes and gas exchange capillaries in neonatal and mature bovine lungs

1983 • 48 citations

Studies on inflammation. Fate of intramural vascular deposits induced by histamine.

1965 • 46 citations

Ultrastructure of cerebellar capillary hemangioblastoma

1985 • 45 citations

Pericyte degeneration and thickening of basement membranes of cerebral microvessels in complex partial seizures

1990 • 45 citations

Pericyte growth and contractile phenotype: Modulation by endothelial‐synthesized matrix and comparison with aortic smooth muscle

1993 • 44 citations

Prostacyclin is the major prostaglandin synthesized by bovine retinal capillary pericytes in culture.

1988 • 44 citations

Ultrastructure of pericytes in early stages of histamine‐induced inflammation

1990 • 43 citations

Role of prostaglandins in microcirculatory function.

1985 • 39 citations

Characterization of microvascular cell cultures from normotensive and hypertensive rat brains: Pericyte—endothelial cell interactions in vitro

1987 • 38 citations

Ultrastructure of infantile hemangioendothelioma of the liver

1978 • 37 citations

Differentiation of pericytes in culture is accompanied by changes in the extracellular matrix

1991 • 34 citations

Hypertensive Breakdown of Cerebral but Not of Retinal Blood Vessels in Rhesus Monkey

1979 • 33 citations

Characterization of Endothelin Receptors and Effects of Endothelin on Diacylglycerol and Protein Kinase C in Retinal Capillary Pericytes

1989 • 32 citations

Rat retinal blood vessels.

1979 • 32 citations

Pericytes on the dermal microvasculature of the rat skin

1984 • 30 citations

Characteristics of lung pericytes in culture including their growth inhibition by endothelial substrate

1987 • 30 citations

Changes in the expression pattern of blood-brain barrier-associated pericytic aminopeptidase N (pAP N) in the course of acute experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

1995 • 30 citations

Tridimensional Views of the Relationship of Pericytes to Endothelial Cells of Capillaries in the Human Choroid and Retina

1975 • 28 citations

Neurotoxicity of adriamycin passed through the transiently disrupted blood-brain barrier by mannitol in the rat brain

1987 • 28 citations

Adrenergic receptors on cerebral microvessels: pericyte contribution

1989 • 28 citations

Actin in cultured bovine retinal capillary pericytes: Morphological and functional correlation

1986 • 24 citations

Glycosaminoglycan synthesis and secretion by bovine retinal capillary pericytes in culture

1987 • 23 citations

Possible Role of Endothelin in Endothelial Regulation of Vascular Tone

1995 • 15 citations

Two- and Three-Dimensional Ultrastructure of Endothelium and Pericyte Interdigitations in Capillary of Human Granulation Tissue

1989 • 14 citations

Ecto-5?-nucleotidase is expressed by pericytes and fibroblasts in the rat heart

1995 • 14 citations

Endothelium and pericyte interdigitation: Pathway for epidermal growth factor?

1990 • 13 citations

Transforming Growth Factor-β and Urokinase Plasminogen Activator Presents at Endothelial Cell-Pericyte Interdigitation in Human Granulation Tissue

1997 • 12 citations

Interleukin-2 alters the positions of capillary and venule pericytes in rat cremaster muscle.

1994 • 11 citations

Morphology of Brain Microvessels: A Comparative Approach1

2015 • 8 citations

[Ultrastructural differences between the choriocapillaries and retinal capillaries on the human eye].

1969 • 7 citations

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