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pericyte

contractile cells that wrap around the endothelial cells of capillaries and venules throughout the body
Thing cell_type Q500446
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Summary

pericyte is a cell type[1]. pericyte draws 730 Wikipedia views per month (cell type category, ranking #64 of 335).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Charles Marie Benjamin Rouget[3]
  • Named after: Charles Marie Benjamin Rouget[4]
  • Subclass of: connective tissue cell[5], mural cell[6]
  • Commons category: Pericyte[7]
  • Time of discovery or invention: 1873[8]
  • Described by source: The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)[9]

Why It Matters

pericyte has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] pericyte is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Morphology and Properties of Pericytes. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Morphology and Properties of Pericytes. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Morphology and Properties of Pericytes. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · فيصل · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 4357422-1
    Subclass of → —
    Instance of → cell type
    Named after → Charles Marie Benjamin Rouget
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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