Pericytes, the multifunctional cells that work within the walls of capillaries, have been a subject of focus in the study of vascular development, cerebral blood flow, cancer, and neurodevelopment ...

Pericytes—dainty little cells that decorate the brain’s smallest blood vessels— are drawing growing research interest, and controversy. For one, whether these cells help control cerebral blood flow ...

A recent study reveals that SARS-CoV-2 may damage blood vessels without infecting cells directly. A recent study reveals the details of how SARS-CoV-2 affects pericytes, a cell type critical for the ...

A new study reveals the crucial role of vascular system cells -- known as pericytes -- in the formation of long-term memories of life events -- memories that are lost in diseases such as Alzheimer's ...

Pericytes are the primary locus of matrix-mellaproteinase-9-dependent (MMP-9) capillary damage and blood leakage during ischemia, according to preclinical findings reported by Medical University of ...

Pericytes are a type of cells found in the brain's blood vessels. Using advanced imaging technique, it was found that these cells grow even in the empty spaces when the pericytes die, reveals a new ...

Discovering the role of pericytes in the blood-retinal barrier suggesting pathogenetic insights into diabetic retinopathy, outlines a new report. Inside the eye, at the interface between blood vessels ...

Of all the body’s organs, the brain is the most like Area 51: Entry to the region is severely restricted, thanks to a barricade of cells and molecules known collectively as the blood-brain barrier.

When NASA astronaut Andrew Feustel returned to earth after 197 days in space, he was in remarkably good health. But as he took his first shaky steps back under the weight of Earth’s gravity, he ...