Lung pericyte-like cells are functional interstitial immune sentinel cells

Volume: 312, Issue: 4, Pages: L556 - L567
Published: Apr 1, 2017
Abstract
Pericytes are perivascular PDGF receptor-β + (PDGFRβ + ) stromal cells required for vasculogenesis and maintenance of microvascular homeostasis in many organs. Because of their unique juxtaposition to microvascular endothelium, lung PDGFRβ + cells are well situated to detect proinflammatory molecules released following epithelial injury and promote acute inflammatory responses. Thus we hypothesized that these cells represent an unrecognized...
Paper Details
Title
Lung pericyte-like cells are functional interstitial immune sentinel cells
Published Date
Apr 1, 2017
Volume
312
Issue
4
Pages
L556 - L567
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