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pericyte

pericyte noun: a type of mesenchymal cell which in aggregation forms a contractile wrapping around a capillary.

Noun

pericyte (plural pericytes)

  1. A type of mesenchymal cell which in aggregation forms a contractile wrapping around a capillary.
    • Since 1873, when Rouget regarded pericytes as contractile elements (Rouget 1874), the discussion concerning this ability has never ceased. Pericytes are likely to respond to vasoactive molecules such as nitric oxide, prostacyclin, angiotensin II, and endothelin-1, because they express respective...2007, Martin Krũger, Ingo Bechmann, “Pericytes”, in Thomas E. Lane, Monica Carson, Conni Bergmann, Tony Wyss-Coray, editors, Central Nervous System Diseases and Inflammation, page 39
    • However, due to the morphological similarities of rodent retinal capillary endothelial cells and pericytes, markers allowing for the distinction of retinal capillary cells were crucial for quantitative analysis.2008, Frederick Pfister, Yuxi Feng, Hans-Peter Hammes, Pericyte Loss in the Diabetic Retina, Elia Duh, Diabetic Retinopathy, Humana Press, page 249

Examples of pericyte in a sentence

  • Since 1873, when Rouget regarded pericytes as contractile elements (Rouget 1874), the discussion concerning this ability has never ceased.2007, Martin Krũger, Ingo Bechmann, “Pericytes”, in Thomas E. Lane, Monica Carson, Conni Bergmann, Tony Wyss-Coray, editors, Central...
  • This vessel is assembled by mesonephros-derived endothelial stem cells and subsequently becomes stabilized by pericytes.2009, Michail S. Davidoff, Ralf Middendorff, Dieter Müller, Adolf F. Holstein, The Neuroendocrine Leydig Cells and their Stem Cell...

Forms of pericyte

pluralpericytes

Origin of pericyte

From peri- + -cyte.

Words formed from pericyte

Questions about pericyte

What does pericyte mean?
Pericyte means a type of mesenchymal cell which in aggregation forms a contractile wrapping around a capillary.
How do you use pericyte in a sentence?
Since 1873, when Rouget regarded pericytes as contractile elements (Rouget 1874), the discussion concerning this ability has never ceased.
What part of speech is pericyte?
Pericyte is a noun.
What is the plural of pericyte?
The plural of pericyte is pericytes.

Words near pericyte in the dictionary

  1. pericystectomy
  2. pericystic
  3. pericystitis
  4. pericysts
  5. pericytal
  6. pericyte
  7. pericytes
  8. pericytheria
  9. pericytherion
  10. pericytial
  11. pericytic

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