Chapter 1 - In Vivo Optical Imaging and Manipulation of Brain Pericytes
Andrée-Anne Berthiaume, Vanessa Coelho-Santos, David A. Hartmann, and Andy Y. Shih, University of Washington, USA
Andy.Shih@SeattleChildrens.org
Chapter 2 – The complex and integral roles of pericytes within the neurovascular unit in health and disease
Brad A. Sutherland, University of Tasmania, Australia
brad.sutherland@utas.edu.au
Chapter 3 – Role of pericytes in brain metastasis
Yoichi Morofujia, Shinsuke Nakagawab, Takashi Fujimotoa, Susumu Yamaguchia, Kenta Ujifukua, and Takayuki Matsuoa, Nagasaki University, Japan
yoichi51@hotmail.com
morofujiyoichi@gmail.com
Chapter 4 – Effects of Cytomegalovirus on Pericytes
Donald J. Alcendor, Meharry Medical College, USA
dalcendor@mmc.edu
Chapter 5 - Pericytes in Retinal Ischemia
Luis Alarcon-Martinez, Gülce Küreli, and Turgay Dalkara, Hacettepe University, Turkey
tdalkara@hacettepe.edu.tr
Chapter 6 – Inflammatory mediators released by brain pericytes as sensors and effectors in blood-brain barrier dysfunction
Shinya Dohgu, Fuyuko Takata, and Yasufumi Kataoka, Fukuoka University, Japan
ykataoka@fukuoka-u.ac.jp
Chapter 7 – TLR-4 signaling in Pericytes
Alessandra Stasi, Rossana Franzin, Giuseppe Stefano Netti, Elena Ranieri, Loreto Gesualdo, Giovanni Stallone, and Giuseppe Castellano, University of Foggia, Italy
giuseppe.castellano@unifg.it
Chapter 8 – EphA7+ Multipotent Pericytes and Their Roles in Multicellular Organisms
Jun-ichi Kawabe, Asahikawa Medical University, Japan
kawabeju@asahikawa-med.ac.jp
Chapter 9 - Skeletal Muscle-Resident Pericyte Responses to Conditions of Use and Disuse
Michael Munroe, Svyatoslav Dvoretskiy, and Marni D. Boppart, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
mboppart@illinois.edu
Chapter 10 - Pericytes in myocardial diseases
Linda Alex, Izabela Tuleta, and Nikolaos G Frangogiannis, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA
nikolaos.frangogiannis@einsteinmed.org
Chapter 11 - Adventitial and skeletal muscle pericytes in health and in ischemic tissue regeneration
A. Rampin, P. Campagnolo, V. Mastrullo, P. Madeddu, and G. Spinetti, University of Bristol, UK
gaia.spinetti@multimedica.it
madeddu@yahoo.com, paolo.madeddu@bristol.ac.uk