Identification of class III β-tubulin as a marker of angiogenic perivascular cells

► > Class III β-tubulin identifies angiogenic perivascular cells.► > Our understanding of vascular pericytes in angiogenesis is limited. ► > We show that class III β-tubulin is expressed by perivascular cells only during angiogenesis. ► > Class III β-tubulin expression by perivascular cells correlates with capillary sprouting. ► There is a need for long term high resolution monitoring using a standard methodology.