Combined Effects of Pericytes in the Tumor Microenvironment

Combined Effects of Pericytes in the Tumor Microenvironment

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Pericytes are multipotent perivascular cells whose involvement in vasculature development is well established.Evidences in the literature also suggest that pericytes display immune properties and that these cells may serve as an in vivo reservoir of stem ORG LENTILS CAN cells, contributing to the regeneration of diverse tissues.Pericytes are also capable of tumor homing and are important cellular components of the tumor microenvironment (TME).In this review, we highlight the contribution of pericytes to some classical hallmarks of cancer, namely, tumor angiogenesis, growth, metastasis, and evasion Hayward LED WaterBowl of immune destruction, and discuss how collectively these hallmarks could be tackled by therapies targeting pericytes, providing a rationale for cancer drugs aiming at the TME.