Genes expected to be absent, or expressed at a notably low level, in these cells, and whose absence supports the assignment of this cell annotation.
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Rationale
STEAP4 (STEAP family member 4) and COL25A1 (collagen type XXV alpha 1) show enriched expression in pericytes in single-nucleus adipose tissue datasets, and are used here to identify this population. Together these markers identify pericytes within the mural cell compartment and distinguish them from smooth muscle cells and stromal populations in adipose tissue.
