Abnormalities in Pericytes on Blood Vessels and Endothelial Sprouts in Tumors

Endothelial cells of tumor vessels have well-documented alterations, but it is less clear whether pericytes on these vessels are abnormal or even absent. Here we report that α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) and desmin-immunoreactive pericytes were present on >97% of blood vessels viewed by confocal...

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Main Authors: Morikawa, Shunichi, Baluk, Peter, Kaidoh, Toshiyuki, Haskell, Amy, Jain, Rakesh K., McDonald, Donald M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Investigative Pathology 2002
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1867175/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11891196
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