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Biology of Pericytes – Recent Advances: Role of Pericytes in Brain Metastasis

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We would like to express our gratitude to Masami Niwa (Emeritus Professor of Nagasaki University/PhamaCocell Company Ltd., Japan), Maria A. Deli (Biological Research Centre, Hungary), and William A. Banks (Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System and University of Washington, USA) for helpful discussions in preparing the manuscript. We wish to thank Kei Sato, Yuki Matsunaga, Yusuke Iki, Nobutaka Horie, and Tsuyoshi Izumo for providing insights and expertise that greatly assisted in the preparation of this manuscript, although they may not agree with all of the interpretations/conclusions of this paper.

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Morofuji, Y., Nakagawa, S., Fujimoto, T., Yamaguchi, S., Ujifuku, K., Matsuo, T. (2021). Biology of Pericytes – Recent Advances: Role of Pericytes in Brain Metastasis. In: Birbrair, A. (eds) Biology of Pericytes – Recent Advances. Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, vol 68. Humana, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62129-2_3

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