Role of Exosomes/Microvesicles in the Nervous System and Use in Emerging Therapies
Extracellular membrane vesicles (EMVs) are nanometer sized vesicles, including exosomes and microvesicles capable of transferring DNAs, mRNAs, microRNAs, non-coding RNAs, proteins and lipids among cells without direct cell-to-cell contact, thereby representing a novel form of intercellular communic...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2012-06-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Physiology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2012.00228/full |