The complex mural cell: Pericyte function in health and disease

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 75-89

  Van Dijk, Christian G M ^a   Nieuweboer, Frederieke E ^a   Pei, Jia Yi ^a   Xu, Yan Juan ^a   Burgisser, Petra ^a   Van Mulligen, Elise ^a   El Azzouzi, Hamid ^a   Duncker, Dirk J ^b   Verhaar, Marianne C ^a   Cheng, Caroline ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Pericytes; Vascular disease

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CD146 ANTIGEN; CONNEXIN 43; DESMIN; ENDOGLIN; ENTACTIN; FIBRONECTIN; FRIZZLED 4 PROTEIN; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; GLUTAMYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; LAMININ; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; NESTIN; NEURON GLIAL 2; PERLECAN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR B; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; PROTEIN KINASE C DELTA; REGULATOR OF G PROTEIN SIGNALLING 5; RGS PROTEIN; STROMELYSIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN; WNT7A PROTEIN; WNT7B PROTEIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANGIOGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL CONTACT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL THERAPY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOTHELIAL BARRIER; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROSIS; HEALTH; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIPOTENCY; NEOVASCULAR STABILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PATHOGENESIS; PERICYTE; PERIVASCULAR MORPHOLOGY; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; TIGHT JUNCTION; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION; VASOMOTION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; MICROVASCULATURE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MICROVESSELS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PERICYTES;

EID: 84929176515     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.03.258     Document Type: Review

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