Figure 1.

Pancreatic pericytes express interstitial matrix and basement membrane components. RNAseq analysis of pericytes (FACS-purified from the pancreatic tissues of Nkx3.2-Cre;R26-YFP mice based on their YFP labeling) and islets (isolated from wild-type mice), as previously described²¹. Heat maps show mean expression levels (as fragments per kilobase of exon per million aligned fragments [FPKM]) of indicated genes (N = 3; each represents cells of a single mouse). *, Genes exhibiting average pericytic expression levels higher than 50 FPKM and statistically significant differences between pancreatic pericytes and islets.