📚 noun • entry_id 48517
pericyte
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pericito
A type of mesenchymal cell which in aggregation forms a contractile wrapping around a capillary.
2008, Frederick Pfister, Yuxi Feng, Hans-Peter Hammes, Pericyte Loss in the Diabetic Retina, Elia Duh, Diabetic Retinopathy, Humana Press, page 249, However, due to the morphologic…
Since 1873, when Rouget regarded pericytes as contractile elements (Rouget 1874), the discussion concerning this ability has never ceased. Pericytes are likely to respond to vasoac…
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