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Table 1 Antigenic biomarkers expressed by human brain and retinal pericytes

From: Retinal pericytes and cytomegalovirus infectivity: implications for HCMV-induced retinopathy and congenital ocular disease

  

Brain pericytes

Retina pericytes

 

Fibronectin

+

+

Cytoskeletal

Vimentin

+

+

 

Beta catenin

−

−

 

Smooth muscle actin

+

+/−

 

NG2 proteoglycan

+

+

 

CD68

+

+

 

PECAM-1

−

−

 

VCAM-1

+/−

−

Cellular adhesion

ICAM-1

−

−

 

MelCAM-1

−

−

 

E-selectin

−

−

 

VE cadherin

−

−

 

von Willebrand factor

−

−

 

Alpha 4 integrin

−

−

 

TNF-alpha

−

−

Inflammation

NFkB

−

−

 

RANTES

−

−

 

Tissue Factor

−

−

  1. Dashes indicate a negative result for immunofluorescence staining.