Neural tube-associated boundary caps are heterogeneous with a non-neural crest-derived subpopulation that may originate from the developing meninges, which gives rise to derivatives that migrate along nerves to detach and differentiate into skin mural cells.

Spatio-temporal analysis using live imaging in zebrafish reveals mural cells as a source of pro-lymphangiogenic factors including chemokine and growth factor signalling, necessary for robust lymphatic endothelial cell migration and survival.

Increases of extracellular potassium silence capillary pericyte calcium signaling, suggesting a participation of capillary pericytes in the potassium-mediated neurovascular communication.

Fibro-inflammatory progenitors represent a subpopulation of perivascular cells in visceral adipose tissues of mice that promote inflammation and fibrosis.

Genetic inactivation of the transcription factor, Zfp423, in visceral white adipocyte precursors leads to the formation of thermogenic adipocytes in visceral fat depots and improves insulin sensitivity in obese mice.

Progenitor cells for the muscle layer around the coronary arteries have been identified revealing a key step in how the embryo forms these important blood vessels.

Activation of TRPA1 channels on cerebral capillary endothelial cells initiates a retrograde signal that propagates and dilates upstream arterioles.

A survey of the transcriptomic landscape of the mouse ovary at the single-cell level reveals both the cellular complexity of this organs and the dynamic nature of the cellular states that accompany estrous cycling.

Identification of a novel role for central nervous system-resident progenitors in the patterning of the vascular network around the developing spinal cord.