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. 2012 Dec 13;16(12):2851–2860. doi: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2012.01617.x

Table 1.

Comparison between human pericytes and adventitial perivascular cells 21,22

Pericytes Adventitial cells
Perivascular location Capillaries and microvessels Large vessels
Human tissue origin Adult, foetal and embryonic skeletal muscle and pancreas, adult WAT, foetal skin, small intestine, brain, foetal and embryonic BM, term and mid-term placenta Adult WAT, foetal skeletal muscle, lung and BM
FACS selection CD146+CD34-CD56-CD45- CD34+CD31-CD146-CD45-
Markers in vitro CD146, NG2, PDGFRβ, αSMA, CD90, CD73, CD105, CD44, ALP, nestin, vimentin CD34, CD90, CD73, CD105, CD44, vimentin
Markers in vivo CD146, NG2, PDGFRβ, α SMA, CD90, CD73, CD105, CD44, ALP CD34, CD90, CD73, CD105, CD44
Documented differentiation potential Osteogenic, adipogenic, chondrogenic, myogenic Osteogenic, adipogenic, chondrogenic, pericytic