Efficient Isolation and Phenotypic Characterization of Primary Rat Pulmonary Pericytes
Dinesh Sundaram, Stuti Agarwal, Mathews Valuparampil Varghese, Maki Niihori, Morgan L. Nelson, Dinesh Bharti, Takanori Sano, Vinicio de Jesús Pérez, Olga Rafikova, Ruslan Rafikov, Joel James
This paper describes a method to isolate and characterize primary rat pulmonary pericytes, showing they express pericyte markers and associate with endothelial cells in co-culture.
bioRxiv · Jul 29, 2026 · PreprintCell Biology