Pericytes: Cell biology and pathology

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-11

  Allt, G ^a   Lawrenson, J G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endothelial cells; Pericytes

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR;

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL INTERACTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERDIGITATING CELL; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TIGHT JUNCTION;

EID: 0035015517     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000047855     Document Type: Review

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