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Challenges in Pericyte Research: Pericyte-Specific and Subtype-Specific Markers

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This work was partially supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grants: R01HL146574, RF1AG065345, R21AG064422, and R21AG073862.

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Yao, Y. Challenges in Pericyte Research: Pericyte-Specific and Subtype-Specific Markers. Transl. Stroke Res. 13, 863–865 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12975-022-01018-3

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