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Pericytes are contractile cells that wrap around the endothelial cells of capillaries and venules throughout the body. Also known as Rouget cells or mural cells, pericytes are embedded in basement membrane where they communicate with endothelial cells of the body`s smallest blood vessels by means of both direct physical contact and paracrine sign....
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<pathology> Cell associated with the walls of small blood vessels: not a smooth muscle cell, nor an endothelial cell. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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(per´e-sīt) one of the peculiar elongated, contractile cells found wrapped about precapillary arterioles outside the basement membrane. Pericyte, its processes wrapped around the capillary epithelium.
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Cell associated with the walls of small blood vessels: not a smooth muscle cell, nor an endothelial cell.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: per′i-sīt Definitions: 1. One of the slender, mesenchymallike cells found in close association with the outside wall of postcapillary venules; it is relatively undifferentiated and may become a fibroblast, endothelial cell, or smooth muscle cell. Synonyms: adventitial cell, pericapillary cell, perithelial cell &...
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pericyte A slender, relatively undifferentiated, connective tissue cell that occurs around capillaries or other small blood vessels.
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