Tunneling nanotubes evoke pericyte/endothelial communication during normal and tumoral angiogenesis

Abstract Background Nanotubular structures, denoted tunneling nanotubes (TNTs) have been described in recent times as involved in cell-to-cell communication between distant cells. Nevertheless, TNT-like, long filopodial processes had already been described in the last century as connecting facing, g...

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Published in:	Fluids and Barriers of the CNS
Main Authors:	Mariella Errede, Domenica Mangieri, Giovanna Longo, Francesco Girolamo, Ignazio de Trizio, Antonella Vimercati, Gabriella Serio, Karl Frei, Roberto Perris, Daniela Virgintino
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2018-10-01
Subjects:	Tunneling nanotubes Pericytes Cell-to-cell communication Angiogenesis Developing cerebral cortex Glioblastoma
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12987-018-0114-5