I have read that AP (alkaline phosphatase) identifies pericytes in skeletal muscle (Cossu 2007 and 2011), but are there other ones?
Many thanks in advance,
I would normally use NG2 antibody to label pericytes in the brain and the eye.
Hi Osvaldo, AP is the best one to look at muscle pericytes, I stained muscle section and many of capillaries are labeled. Otherwise other good markes as breedge state are Ng2, CD146 and PDGFRb (CD140b).
If you wanted to identify brain or skeletal muscle pericytes then this simple technique could be useful.
Microvasc Res. 2013 Sep;89:164-8. doi: 10.1016/j.mvr.2013.05.008. Epub 2013 Jun 10.
A simple method to fluorescently label pericytes in the CNS and skeletal muscle.
Edwards IJ1, Singh M, Morris S, Osborne L, Le Ruez T, Fuad M, Deuchars SA, Deuchars J.
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