PMID- 31147877 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190826 LR - 20190826 IS - 0065-2598 (Print) IS - 0065-2598 (Linking) VI - 1147 DP - 2019 TI - Pericytes in Alzheimer's Disease: Novel Clues to Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy Pathogenesis. PG - 147-166 LID - 10.1007/978-3-030-16908-4_7 [doi] AB - Pericytes in the central nervous system attract growing attention of neurobiologists because of obvious opportunities to use them as target cells in numerous brain diseases. Functional activity of pericytes includes control of integrity of the endothelial cell layer, regeneration of vascular cells, and regulation of microcirculation. Pericytes are well integrated in the so-called neurovascular unit (NVU) serving as a platform for effective communications of neurons, astrocytes, endothelial cells, and pericytes. Contribution of pericytes to the establishment and maintaining the structural and functional integrity of blood-brain barrier is confirmed in numerous experimental and clinical studies. The review covers current understandings on the role of pericytes in molecular pathogenesis of NVU/BBB dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease with the special focus on the development of cerebral amyloid angiopathy, deregulation of cerebral angiogenesis, and progression of BBB breakdown seen in Alzheimer's type neurodegeneration. FAU - Salmina, Alla B AU - Salmina AB AD - Department of Biochemistry, Medical, Pharmaceutical & Toxicological Chemistry, Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky, Krasnoyarsk, Russia. allasalmina@mail.ru. AD - Research Institute of Molecular Medicine & Pathobiochemistry, Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky, Krasnoyarsk, Russia. allasalmina@mail.ru. FAU - Komleva, Yulia K AU - Komleva YK AD - Department of Biochemistry, Medical, Pharmaceutical & Toxicological Chemistry, Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky, Krasnoyarsk, Russia. AD - Research Institute of Molecular Medicine & Pathobiochemistry, Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky, Krasnoyarsk, Russia. FAU - Lopatina, Olga L AU - Lopatina OL AD - Department of Biochemistry, Medical, Pharmaceutical & Toxicological Chemistry, Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky, Krasnoyarsk, Russia. AD - Research Institute of Molecular Medicine & Pathobiochemistry, Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky, Krasnoyarsk, Russia. FAU - Birbrair, Alexander AU - Birbrair A AD - Department of Radiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA. AD - Department of Pathology, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Adv Exp Med Biol JT - Advances in experimental medicine and biology JID - 0121103 MH - *Alzheimer Disease MH - Astrocytes MH - Blood-Brain Barrier MH - Brain MH - *Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy MH - Humans MH - *Pericytes OTO - NOTNLM OT - Alzheimer's disease OT - Amyloid angiopathy OT - Blood-brain barrier OT - Cerebral angiogenesis OT - Pericyte EDAT- 2019/05/31 06:00 MHDA- 2019/08/27 06:00 CRDT- 2019/06/01 06:00 PHST- 2019/06/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/05/31 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/08/27 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/978-3-030-16908-4_7 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Adv Exp Med Biol. 2019;1147:147-166. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-16908-4_7.