Table 1.

Classifications and biomarkers of perivascular stem cells

Classifications	Biomarkers	PDGFRβ	αSMA	CD146	desmin	NG2	CD13	CD44	VIM	Nestin	CD56	CD34	CD31	vWF	Sca-1	References
	Cell surface	+		+		+	+	+			+	+	+
	Uniprot no. for human	P09619	P62736	P43121	P17661	Q6UVK1	P15144	P16070	P08670	P48681	P13591	P28906	P16284	P04275
	Uniprot no. for mouse	P05622	P62737	Q8R2Y2	P31001	Q8VHY0	P97449	P15379	P20152	Q6P5H2	P13595	Q64314	Q08481	Q8CIZ8	P05533
	Names descirbed (nomenclature)
Perivascular cells at different locations	Pericytes in general	+	+	+		+		+		+	-	-	-	-
	Pericytes in brain tissue	+	+	+	+	+	+									10
	Capillary-associated pericytes.	+	-	+		+	+									10,52
	Venules-associated pericytes		+			-										52
	Arterioles-associated pericytes		+			+										13,46,51
	Pericytes of microvessels		+													52
Perivascular cells at different stages	Perivascular cells		+			+										52
	Intermediate perivascular cells (PVC)		+			+										52
	Smooth muscle perivascular cells		+			-										52
	Bone marrow-derived pericyte precursors	+													+	55
	Attaching pericytes	+	+/−		+/−	+/−										55
	Mature pericytes	+/−	+/−		+/−	+/−										55
Pericytic markers related cells or structure	Mural cells in all large vessels		+			+										52
	Arteriole vSMC	+/−	+		+/−											55
	vSMCs in large vessels		+	+	+	+	+									10
	Mesenchymal stem cells			+				+								52,54
	Wharton’s jelly		+			-										52
Associated cells with no pericytic markers	Endothelial cells		-			-						+	+	+		52,94
	Adventitial cells		-									+			+	52,56
	Adventitial perivascular cells											+				52
Other species (Chiken) pericytes	Pericytes				+				+							53
	Smooth muscle perivascular cells		+		+				+							53