ABSTRACT
The proceedings contain 32 papers. The topics discussed include: characterization of pericyte changes in healthy and type 2 diabetic muscles;using a PDGFR-CREERT2 transgenic mouse line to deplete pericytes in the brain;megadose vitamin C: a new therapeutic to reverse renal microcirculatory dysfunction in sepsis and COVID-19;stroke accentuates age-dependent neutrophil impairment;biological control of adipose tissue repair - implications for healing of surgical wounds;circulating CCR6+ ILC levels are altered in alemtuzumab-treated multiple sclerosis patients;cladribine alters lymphocyte trans-endothelial migration via CD49D expression in multiple sclerosis patients;extracellular vesicles and mimetic technologies for theranostics;and novel phosphorescent stain for microvesicle penetration through brain microvascular endothelium.