Gliomas and the vascular fragility of the blood brain barrier

Gliomas and the vascular fragility of the blood brain barrier

Astrocytes, members of the glial family, interact through the exchange of soluble factors or by directly contacting neurons and other brain cells, such as microglia and endothelial cells. Astrocytic projections interact with vessels and act as additional elements of the Blood Brain Barrier (BBB). By...

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Main Authors: Luiz Gustavo eDubois, Loraine eCampanati, Cassia eRighy, Isabella eD'Andrea-Meira, Tania Cristina Leite De Sampaio e Spohr, Isabel ePorto-Carreiro, Cláudia Maria Pereira, Joana eBalça-Silva, Suzana Assad Kahn, Marcos F. DosSantos, Marcela de Almeida Rabello Oliveira, Adriana eXimenes-da-Silva, Maria Celeste Lopes, Eduardo eFaveret, Emerson eGasparetto, Vivaldo eMoura-Neto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
Subjects:
Blood-Brain Barrier
Exosomes
Glioblastoma
Neural Stem Cells
miRNA
tumor-related epileptic seizures
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncel.2014.00418/full

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