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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Main Authors: Charles Pin-Kuang Lai, Xandra Owen Breakefield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2012.00228/full