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Central Nervous System Pericytes Contribute to Health and Disease

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CELLS
卷 11, 期 10, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cells11101707

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Alzheimer's disease; angiogenesis; mesoangioblast; neurodevelopmental disorders; neuroinflammation; neurovascular unit; multiple sclerosis; neuroCOVID-19; stroke

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  1. HORIZON EUROPE SEEDS - University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy [S08]

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Understanding pericyte (PC) signaling is crucial for the function and modified cell-cell interactions of the neurovascular unit (NVU). PCs play a crucial role in controlling the functions and blood-brain barrier stability of endothelial, astrocyte, and oligodendrocyte precursor cells. Dysfunctional PC signaling could also serve as a potential biomarker for NVU pathology.
Successful neuroprotection is only possible with contemporary microvascular protection. The prevention of disease-induced vascular modifications that accelerate brain damage remains largely elusive. An improved understanding of pericyte (PC) signalling could provide important insight into the function of the neurovascular unit (NVU), and into the injury-provoked responses that modify cell-cell interactions and crosstalk. Due to sharing the same basement membrane with endothelial cells, PCs have a crucial role in the control of endothelial, astrocyte, and oligodendrocyte precursor functions and hence blood-brain barrier stability. Both cerebrovascular and neurodegenerative diseases impair oxygen delivery and functionally impair the NVU. In this review, the role of PCs in central nervous system health and disease is discussed, considering their origin, multipotency, functions and also dysfunction, focusing on new possible avenues to modulate neuroprotection. Dysfunctional PC signalling could also be considered as a potential biomarker of NVU pathology, allowing us to individualize therapeutic interventions, monitor responses, or predict outcomes.

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