Skip to main content
. 2019 Mar 22;20(6):1456. doi: 10.3390/ijms20061456

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Brain capillaries featuring pericytes. (A) Cross-section of a brain capillary illustrating the capillary basement membrane, as well as the endothelial cells and brain pericytes abluminal to endothelial cells sharing a contiguous basement membrane. (B). The neurovascular unit (NVU) of the blood–brain barrier (BBB) featuring capillary endothelial cells with tight junction, pericytes and astrocytes. (C) The NVU and other brain parenchymal cells, including neurons and microglia. Important functions of pericytes are also shown listed 1–5.