从iPSC衍生的健康人体天体细胞选择性地将针对神经元基因的miRNA加载到细胞外囊中

Sara Gordillo-Sampedro1, Lina Antounians2, Wei Wei3

  • 1Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

概括

健康的天体细胞释放出具有特定微RNA (miRNA) 载荷的细胞外囊泡 (EV). 这些EV可以作为神经发育障碍的生物标志物,如雷特综合征 (RTT),并通过RNA结合蛋白加载.

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