Volume 27, No 7, Jul 2017

ISSN: 1001-0602 
EISSN: 1748-7838 2018 
impact factor 17.848* 
(Clarivate Analytics, 2019)

Volume 27 Issue 7, July 2017: 849-850

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

Remote control of BBB: A tale of exosomes and microRNA

Zhen Zhao¹ and Berislav V Zlokovic¹

¹Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute and Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA Correspondence: Zhen Zhao, E-mail: zzhao@usc.edu; Berislav V Zlokovic,(zlokovic@usc.edu)

Exosome-mediated intercellular communication has become an emerging field of human health and diseases. A recent study published by Cell Research reports that in zebrafish neurons can remotely regulate blood-brain barrier integrity by delivering miR-132 through secretion of exosomes.

10.1038/cr.2017.71

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