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Formation of the blood–brain barrier: Wnt signaling seals the deal

Capillaries in the brain are especially selective in determining which blood-borne components gain access to neurons. The structural elements of this blood–brain barrier (BBB) reside at the tight junction, an intercellular protein complex that welds together adjacent endothelial cell membranes in th...

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Autor principal: Polakis, Paul
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2575777/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18955557
http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.200810040