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Pericyte

Pericytes (formerly called Rouget cells) are multi-functional mural cells that adhere to the external surface of the endothelial cells that form the endothelium of capillaries and other microvessels. Pericytes are embedded in the basement membrane of blood capillaries, where they communicate with endothelial cells by means of both direct physical contact…

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FMA
63174
Latin
pericytus
MeSH
D020286
TH
H3.09.02.0.02006

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Pericyte

Nodes87
Edges86
Triples114
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022989
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related to Endothelial and pericyte interactions · 14
Pericyte → Angiopoietin, Endothelial, GTPases, If, N-cadherin, PDGF, Platelet-derived, S1P, Sphingosine-1-phosphate, TGF, The, There, This, Tie-2
related to Blood–brain barrier · 11
Pericyte → ALS, Alzheimer's, Animal, Aside, CNS, Furthermore, It, Loss, Parkinson's, Pericytes, This
related to Neurodegenerative diseases · 10
Pericyte → Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's-causing, Alzheimer's-like, Immunohistochemical, PDGFB, PDGFRB, Pericyte-deficient, Platelet-derived, Studies, The
related to Angiogenesis and the survival of endothelial cells · 9
Pericyte → Certain, However, If, Microvascular, NG2, Pericytes, Such, These, This
related to Diabetic retinopathy · 9
Pericyte → AGE, AGE's, Because, In, Studies, The, This, While, With
related to Skeletal muscle regeneration and fat formation · 9
Pericyte → BaCl2-induced, CD146, Nes, PDGFRβ, Pericytes, The, Type-1, Type-2, While
related to Structure · 9
Pericyte → At, Both, CNS, Important, In, Many, N-cadherin, Pericytes, These
related to Blood flow · 8
Pericyte → For, In, Increasing, It, Pericytes, Recent, Significantly, This
related to Hemangioma · 7
Pericyte → CD31, During, IV, Takahashi, The, VEGF, Willebrand
related to Hemangiopericytoma · 5
Pericyte → Diagnosis, Hemangiopericytoma, In, It, Treatment

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pericytes cells endothelial blood also brain barrier capillaries cell flow vascular membrane signaling loss formation types found may communication diabetic

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
PericyteFMA631741.00infobox
PericyteLatinpericytus1.00infobox
PericyteMeSHD0202861.00infobox
PericyteTHH3.09.02.0.020061.00infobox
Alzheimer'sinstance ofLoss or dysfunction of pericytes is also theorized to contribute to neurodegenerative diseases0.80text
Parkinson'sinstance ofLoss or dysfunction of pericytes is also theorized to contribute to neurodegenerative diseases0.80text
ALS through breakdown of the blood-brain barrier.Blood flowIncreasing evidence suggests that pericytes can regulate blood flow at the capillary levelinstance ofLoss or dysfunction of pericytes is also theorized to contribute to neurodegenerative diseases0.80text
ALS through breakdown of the blood-brain barrierinstance ofLoss or dysfunction of pericytes is also theorized to contribute to neurodegenerative diseases0.80text
hypertensioninstance ofleading to diseases0.80text
tumor formationinstance ofleading to diseases0.80text
or in deficiencyinstance ofleading to diseases0.80text
leading to neurodegenerative diseases.HemangiomaThe clinical phases of hemangioma have physiological differencesinstance ofleading to diseases0.80text

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