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. 2020 Mar 3;7(2):ENEURO.0474-19.2020. doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0474-19.2020

Figure 9.

Figure 9.

Schematic diagram of pericyte-mediated tissue repair and functional recovery after pMCAO. Schematic diagram of this study. PDGFRβ signaling in vascular mural cells plays important roles in mediating post-stroke leptomeningeal arteriogenesis and intrainfarct angiogenesis leading to the recovery of CBF in ischemic areas. After recruitment around endothelial cell (EC) tubes, PDGFRβ-positive pericytes transdifferentiate into fibrotic cells, enhance tissue repair within infarct areas and astrogliosis in peri-infarct areas, and promote peri-infarct oligodendrogenesis (which together is OPC differentiation and myelination) leading to functional recovery. ECM, extracellular matrix.