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- noun Plural form of
pericyte .
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Examples
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For instance, the researchers took pericytes from the pancreas and then reinjected them into an injured muscle.
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Cutting VEGF levels in the tumor in turn increases the activity of cells called pericytes that surround the blood vessels, stabilizing them and making them more susceptible to chemotherapy, Cheresh explained.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2008
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The scientists, led by Bruno Péault, PhD, deputy director of the Stem Cell Research Center at Children's Hospital, identified cells known as pericytes that are multipotent, meaning they have broad developmental potential.
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Through purification in the lab, these pericytes could then be coaxed into becoming whatever type of tissue the scientists desired.
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In their laboratory in the John G. Rangos Sr. Research Center, researchers were able to identify pericytes in all human tissues they analyzed, including muscle, fat, pancreas, placenta and many other samples.
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In this in vitro study, we found that pericytes generated contractions that physically altered the microvascular environment.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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With an atomic force microscope, researchers at MIT measured the stiffness of the contracting pericytes and the consequent degree of wrinkling the pericytes caused in the membrane.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Now, it appears that the mechanical signals from pericytes can also play a role in regulating the sprouting of new blood vessels.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The study, published in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, is among the first to examine mechanical signaling by pericytes as a potential driver of angiogenesis, which is crucial in the progression of cancer, diabetic retinopathy, and age-related macular degeneration.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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We directly imaged and quantified the contraction these pericytes exerted to wrinkle the underlying membrane and examined how specific drugs amplified and mitigated this contractile force.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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