Publication Date:
2015-04-03
Description:
Article A key event during metastasis to the brain is the migration of cancer cells through the blood–brain barrier (BBB). Here the authors show that cancer-cell-derived extracellular vesicles promote metastasis by promoting BBB breaching. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms7716 Authors: Naoomi Tominaga, Nobuyoshi Kosaka, Makiko Ono, Takeshi Katsuda, Yusuke Yoshioka, Kenji Tamura, Jan Lötvall, Hitoshi Nakagama, Takahiro Ochiya
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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