Nature Communications (Oct 2020)

Transplantation of hPSC-derived pericyte-like cells promotes functional recovery in ischemic stroke mice

  • Jiaqi Sun,
  • Yinong Huang,
  • Jin Gong,
  • Jiancheng Wang,
  • Yubao Fan,
  • Jianye Cai,
  • Yi Wang,
  • Yuan Qiu,
  • Yili Wei,
  • Chuanfeng Xiong,
  • Jierui Chen,
  • Bin Wang,
  • Yuanchen Ma,
  • Lihua Huang,
  • Xiaoyong Chen,
  • Shuwei Zheng,
  • Weijun Huang,
  • Qiong Ke,
  • Tao Wang,
  • Xiaoping Li,
  • Wei Zhang,
  • Andy Peng Xiang,
  • Weiqiang Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19042-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 20

Abstract

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Pericytes play an essential role in blood brain barrier (BBB) integrity. Here, the authors generate pericyte-like cells (PCs) from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) which display functional properties and also promote BBB recovery in a mouse model of cerebral artery occlusion.