Within pericytes, TRPC6, ITGA1, XAF1, CYR61 and CTGF were upregulated in DCM and TIMP1, CCL2, AGT, ACE2, IFITM2/3 and TGFB3 were downregulated in DCM. Here, IFITM2 is linked to familial dilated cardiomyopathy.