loading...| Preferred Name |
pericyte |
| Synonyms |
cell of Rouget pericyte cell adventitial reticular cell pericyte of Rouget adventitial cell ARC |
| Definitions |
An elongated, contractile cell found wrapped about precapillary arterioles outside the basement membrane. Pericytes are present in capillaries where proper adventitia and muscle layer are missing (thus distingushing this cell type from adventitial cells). They are relatively undifferentiated and may become fibroblasts, macrophages, or smooth muscle cells. Pericytes are CD10-positive, CD13-positive, CD31-negative, CD45-negative, CD106-positive, CD117-negative, CD140-positive, CD144-negative, CD146-positive, CD271-positive, CD325-positive, NG2-positive, RGS5-positive, SMA-positive, and desmin-positive. A subpopulation is CD248-positive. They are also capable of producing angiopoietin 1, CXCL12, TGF-beta, and VEGF-A. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000669 |
| comment |
Pericytes are CD10-positive, CD13-positive, CD31-negative, CD45-negative, CD106-positive, CD117-negative, CD140-positive, CD144-negative, CD146-positive, CD271-positive, CD325-positive, NG2-positive, RGS5-positive, SMA-positive, and desmin-positive. A subpopulation is CD248-positive. They are also capable of producing angiopoietin 1, CXCL12, TGF-beta, and VEGF-A. |
| database_cross_reference |
BTO:0002441 FMA:63174 |
| definition |
An elongated, contractile cell found wrapped about precapillary arterioles outside the basement membrane. Pericytes are present in capillaries where proper adventitia and muscle layer are missing (thus distingushing this cell type from adventitial cells). They are relatively undifferentiated and may become fibroblasts, macrophages, or smooth muscle cells. |
| has_exact_synonym |
cell of Rouget pericyte cell adventitial reticular cell pericyte of Rouget ARC |
| has_related_synonym |
adventitial cell |
| in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas |
| label |
pericyte |
| prefixIRI |
CL:0000669 |
| prefLabel |
pericyte |
| present_in_taxon | |
| subClassOf |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0008034 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000183 |