Pericytes are perivascular cells imbedded within the basement membrane of microvascular endothelial cells. Importantly, pericytes are critical for microvascular integrity especially endothelial barrier integrity and immune quiescence and may participate in organ disease notably vascular dementia or heart failure. However, little is known about pericyte homeostasis in adult tissues. Our aim is to investigate the behavior of pericytes after they have been reduced by 50% in the brain and heart of adult mice. To deplete pericytes in mice, we used diphtheria toxin (DTA)-mediated conditional cell ablation. More specifically, we used Pdgfrb-Cre/ERT2; Rosa-DTA mice, in which DTA expression is induced specifically in pericytes by Pdgfrb promoter-driven expression of Cre/ERT2 and may be temporally controlled by tamoxifen injections. To induce a 50% pericyte depletion, adult mice were injected with 1 mg tamoxifen for 2 consecutive days and sacrificed 4, 7, 14, 21 and 28 days after the first injection to follow their fate over time. We found pericytes are renewed both in the brain and in the heart. Their renewal follows the same kinetic in both organs, i.e. their number starts to increase between 7 and 14 days after the first tamoxifen injection and pericytes are fully renewed 21 days after they were depleted. The origin of the new pericytes is still under investigation, however, what we found is that pericytes being renewed, transiently express smooth muscle actin alpha 2 (ACTA2), at least in the heart. This study indicates for the first time that pericytes can undergo extensive remodeling after tissue injury in adults.