ReviewFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2023
The elusive brain perivascular fibroblast: a potential role in vascular stability and homeostasis.
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- VINE-seq and MultiVINE-seq for single-nucleus and multiome profiling of the brain vasculature.Nature protocols · 2026Review
- Cellular and signalling mechanisms that regulate the blood-brain barrier.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2026Review
- Neurovascular Signaling in the Perivascular Space: Biophysical Principles and Disruption in Hypertension.Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) · 2026Review
- Identification of distinct and shared biomarker panels in different manifestations of cerebral small-vessel disease through proteomic profiling.Nature aging · 2026Article
- Microengineering of the capillary interface of midbrain dopaminergic neurons to study Parkinson's disease vascular alterations.Communications engineering · 2026Article
- Colorectal cancer relies on an immunosuppressive cellular topography and genomic adaptations for establishing brain metastases.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
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- Identification of distinct and shared biomarker panels in different manifestations of cerebral small vessel disease through proteomic profiling.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Genetic deletion of microRNA-15a/16-1 in pericytes stimulates cerebral angiogenesis and promotes functional recovery after ischemic stroke.Angiogenesis · 2025Article
- The pathobiology of neurovascular aging.Neuron · 2025Review
- Single-cell transcriptomics of vascularized human brain organoids decipher lineage-specific stress adaptation in fetal hypoxia-reoxygenation injury.Theranostics · 2025Article
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Abstract
In the brain, perivascular fibroblasts (PVFs) reside within the perivascular spaces (PVSs) of arterioles and large venules, however their physiological and pathophysiological roles remain largely unknown. PVFs express numerous extracellular matrix proteins that are found in the basement membrane and PVS surrounding large diameter vessels. PVFs are sandwiched between the mural cell layer and astrocytic endfeet, where they are poised to interact with mural cells, perivascular macrophages, and astrocytes. We draw connections between the more well-studied PVF pro-fibrotic response in ischemic injury and the less understood thickening of the vascular wall and enlargement of the PVS described in dementia and neurodegenerative diseases. We postulate that PVFs may be responsible for stability and homeostasis of the brain vasculature, and may also contribute to changes within the PVS during disease.
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