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. 2020 Oct;46(10):1967-1968.
doi: 10.1007/s00134-020-06220-1. Epub 2020 Aug 25.

Apoptosis and pericyte loss in alveolar capillaries in COVID-19 infection: choice of markers matters. Author's reply

Fanny Burel-Vandenbos  1 , Nathalie Cardot-Leccia  1 , Thierry Passeron  2   3
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Apoptosis and pericyte loss in alveolar capillaries in COVID-19 infection: choice of markers matters. Author's reply

Fanny Burel-Vandenbos et al. Intensive Care Med. 2020 Oct.
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NG2 and α-SMA immunolabelling in normal lungs (× 400). a NG2 immunolabelling in the control lung used in Cardot-Leccia et al. [5]. The alveolar capillaries are lined by NG2 expressing cells demonstrating the presence of pericytes around the capillaries. b α-SMA immunolabelling in a second lung control (autopsy from a 64-year-old woman died from a non-pulmonary etiology, i.e. necrotizing fasciitis) showing a delicate α-SMA positive network along the capillaries, corresponding to normal pericytes
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