loading...| Preferred Name |
pericyte |
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| Synonyms |
pericyte cell adventitial reticular cell cell of Rouget pericyte of Rouget ARC adventitial cell |
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| 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. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000669 |
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| 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. |
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| has_exact_synonym |
pericyte cell adventitial reticular cell cell of Rouget pericyte of Rouget ARC |
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| has_related_synonym |
adventitial cell |
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| label |
pericyte |
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| prefixIRI |
CL:0000669 |
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| prefLabel |
pericyte |
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| subClassOf |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000630 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000183 |