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Figure 1. Endothelial–pericyte interactions in microvessels. Pericytes surrounding endothelial cells share the basement membrane with endothelial cells. A direct pericyte–endothelial contact is established via junctional complexes located to peg–socket contacts at sites were the basement membrane is absent.





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