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. 2022 Oct 21;4:979768. doi: 10.3389/fmedt.2022.979768

Table 3.

Pericyte sources for tissue models.

Organ in vivo or primary cell LAM Expression Cell Source Evaluated in vitro LAM Expression
“Generic” PC
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    N/A

hiPSC: Orlova et al., 2014; Wanjare et al., 2014; Kumar et al., 2017; Reviewed in Xu et al., 2017 and Browne et al., 2021
  • • 

    Upregulates VCAM-1 (191)

Brain PC
  • • 

    Baseline VCAM-1

  • • 

    Upregulates ICAM-1, VCAM-1

  • • 

    No selectin expression

Primary Human
  • • 

    Baseline VCAM-1

  • • 

    Upregulates ICAM-1, VCAM-1

  • • 

    No selectin expression

hiPSC: Faal et al., 2019; Stebbins et al., 2019
  • • 

    Did not evaluate

Lung PC
  • • 

    Upregulates ICAM-1, VCAM-1

Primary Human
  • • 

    Upregulates ICAM-1, VCAM-1

Immortalized Human
  • • 

    Upregulates ICAM-1, VCAM-1

Kidney PC (Mesangial Cells)
  • • 

    Upregulates ICAM-1

  • • 

    No selectin expression

Primary Human
  • • 

    Upregulates ICAM-1

  • • 

    No selectin expression

Liver PC (Hepatic Stellate Cells, Ito)
  • • 

    Baseline ICAM-1, VCAM-1

  • • 

    Upregulates ICAM-1, VCAM-1

Primary Human
  • • 

    Baseline ICAM-1, VCAM-1

  • • 

    Upregulates ICAM-1, VCAM-1

N/A, not applicable; PC, pericyte; LAM, leukocyte adhesion molecule; VCAM-1, vascular cell adhesion molecule-1; ICAM-1, intercellular adhesion molecule-1; hiPSC, human induced pluripotent stem cell.