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Summary Pericytes are defined by their location in vivo; the pericyte partially surrounds the endothelial cell of the microvessel and shares a common basement membrane with it. As an integral part of the microvasulature, pericytes play a fundamental role in maintaining local and tissue homeostasis. Current evidence also suggests that pericytes function as progenitor cells capable of differentiating...
Vascular pericytes are defined by their location in vivo within the basement membrane of venules, arterioles and capillaries (D. Shepro and N.M.L., Morel, FASEB J. 7, 1031-1038, 1993). During bone formation the appearance of osteoprogenitor cells coincides with the vascular invasion of the matrix. Evidence suggests that the marrow stroma is the major source of osteoprogenitor cells. However, recent...
Bovine retinal pericytes (BRP) in culture synthesise a low M r collagenous polypeptide which appears similar, but not identical, to bovine type X collagen and which we have called 'BRP collagen'. This polypeptide displays the following characteristics: (i) it is sensitive to digestion by bacterial collagenase and is resistant to pepsin digestion; (ii) it has an apparent M r of 45 kDa...
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