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Illustration of extracellular vesicles moving from blood through endothelial cells and into astrocytes

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2019

Title

Extracellular vesicles

Caption

Extracellular vesicles, also known as exosomes, cross the blood-brain barrier by moving through endothelial cells via a transcytosis process.

Credit

Kristin Johnson/Vascular Biology Program, Boston Children’s Hospital for ACS Nano

Description

Extracellular vesicles
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NIH Research Matters

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Illustration of extracellular vesicles moving from blood through endothelial cells and into astrocytes