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SUBMITTER: Brenna S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7866382 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Brenna Santra S Krisp Christoph C Altmeppen Hermann Clemens HC Magnus Tim T Puig Berta B
International journal of molecular sciences 20210129 3
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are double membrane structures released by presumably all cell types that transport and deliver lipids, proteins, and genetic material to near or distant recipient cells, thereby affecting their phenotype. The basic knowledge of their functions in healthy and diseased brain is still murky and many questions about their biology are unsolved. In neurological diseases, EVs are regarded as attractive biomarkers and as therapeutic tools due to their ability to cross the b ...[more]