Neurovascular unit disruption and blood–brain barrier leakage in MCT8 deficiency
Abstract Background The monocarboxylate transporter 8 (MCT8) plays a vital role in maintaining brain thyroid hormone homeostasis. This transmembrane transporter is expressed at the brain barriers, as the blood–brain barrier (BBB), and in neural cells, being the sole known thyroid hormone-specific tr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-11-01
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| Series: | Fluids and Barriers of the CNS |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12987-023-00481-w |