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Distinct Contributions of Astrocytes and Pericytes to Neuroinflammation Identified in a 3D Human Blood-Brain Barrier on a Chip

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Contributions of microbiome and mechanical deformation to intestinal bacterial overgrowth and inflammation in a human gut-on-a-chip

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Kidney Pericytes: Roles in Regeneration and Fibrosis

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LRP-6 is a coreceptor for multiple fibrogenic signaling pathways in pericytes and myofibroblasts that are inhibited by DKK-1

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Lineage tracing and genetic ablation of ADAM12+ perivascular cells identify a major source of profibrotic cells during acute tissue injury

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Myofibroblasts revert to an inactive phenotype during regression of liver fibrosis

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Targeting Endothelium-Pericyte Cross Talk by Inhibiting VEGF Receptor Signaling Attenuates Kidney Microvascular Rarefaction and Fibrosis

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Pericytes: Developmental, Physiological, and Pathological Perspectives, Problems, and Promises

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Endothelial Cell-Pericyte Interactions Stimulate Basement Membrane Matrix Assembly: Influence on Vascular Tube Remodeling, Maturation, and Stabilization

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(2011) Victoria L Bautch   NATURE MEDICINE

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Multiple stromal populations contribute to pulmonary fibrosis without evidence for epithelial to mesenchymal transition

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Age-Related Intimal Stiffening Enhances Endothelial Permeability and Leukocyte Transmigration

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Endothelial-derived PDGF-BB and HB-EGF coordinately regulate pericyte recruitment during vasculogenic tube assembly and stabilization

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Pericyte-specific expression of PDGF beta receptor in mouse models with normal and deficient PDGF beta receptor signaling

(2010) Ethan A Winkler et al.   Molecular Neurodegeneration

Pericytes Control Key Neurovascular Functions and Neuronal Phenotype in the Adult Brain and during Brain Aging

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Fate Tracing Reveals the Pericyte and Not Epithelial Origin of Myofibroblasts in Kidney Fibrosis

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Endothelial-Mural Cell Signaling in Vascular Development and Angiogenesis

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The Control of Vascular Integrity by Endothelial Cell Junctions: Molecular Basis and Pathological Implications

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Role of Rac 1 and cAMP in endothelial barrier stabilization and thrombin-induced barrier breakdown

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Concepts in microvascular endothelial barrier regulation in health and disease

(2009) Joe G.N. Garcia   MICROVASCULAR RESEARCH

Pericyte contraction induced by oxidative-nitrative stress impairs capillary reflow despite successful opening of an occluded cerebral artery

(2009) Muge Yemisci et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Pericytes and Perivascular Fibroblasts Are the Primary Source of Collagen-Producing Cells in Obstructive Fibrosis of the Kidney

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The blood-brain barrier in brain homeostasis and neurological diseases

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Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells facilitate engineering of long-lasting functional vasculature

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Coordination of Rho and Rac GTPase Function via p190B RhoGAP

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