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Comment
. 2020 Sep;46(9):1777-1778.
doi: 10.1007/s00134-020-06147-7. Epub 2020 Jun 12.

Pericyte alteration sheds light on micro-vasculopathy in COVID-19 infection

Nathalie Cardot-Leccia  1 , Thomas Hubiche  2 , Jean Dellamonica  3 , Fanny Burel-Vandenbos  1 , Thierry Passeron  4   5
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Pericyte alteration sheds light on micro-vasculopathy in COVID-19 infection

Nathalie Cardot-Leccia et al. Intensive Care Med. 2020 Sep.
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Pericyte loss in the lung of COVID-infected patient. Pericytes, highlighted by α SMA immunostaining (× 400), were dramatically decreased in alveolar capillaries in COVID + lung (b), while they were abundant in normal parenchyma (a) (asterisk shows venules lumen). Pericytes seemed preserved in venular walls in COVID + (B insert). Cleaved caspase 3 staining revealed apoptosis of a pericyte in inter-alveolar septum of COVID + lung (c)
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