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Pericytes: developmental, physiological, and pathological perspectives, problems, and promises.

Annika Armulik, +2 more
- 16 Aug 2011 - 
- Vol. 21, Iss: 2, pp 193-215
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The history of investigations into pericytes, the mural cells of blood microvessels, are reviewed, emerging concepts are indicated, and problems and promise are pointed out.
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This article is published in Developmental Cell.The article was published on 2011-08-16 and is currently open access. It has received 2120 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Pericyte & Mural cell.

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