Expression Patterns and Phenotypic Changes Regarding Stemness in Brain Pericytes in Health and Disease

Akiko Nakano-Doi¹, Takayuki Nakagomi^1*, Rika Sakuma¹, Ai Takahashi^1,2, Yasue Tanaka^1,3,4, Miki Kawamura^1,5,6 and Tomohiro Matsuyama¹

¹Institute for Advanced Medical Sciences, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan, E-mail: nakagomi@hyo-med.ac.jp

²Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University, Hyogo, Japan, E-mail: nakagomi@hyo-med.ac.jp

³Department of Neurosurgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan, E-mail: nakagomi@hyo-med.ac.jp

⁴Division of Neurosurgery, Amagasaki Chuo Hospital, Hyogo, Japan, E-mail: nakagomi@hyo-med.ac.jp

⁵Department of Neurology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, E-mail: nakagomi@hyo-med.ac.jp

⁶Division of Internal Medicine, Osaka Rosai Hospital, Osaka, Japan, E-mail: nakagomi@hyo-med.ac.jp