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Kenji Tamura

Researcher at Osaka Medical College

Publications -  285
Citations -  9293

Kenji Tamura is an academic researcher from Osaka Medical College. The author has contributed to research in topics: Breast cancer & Cancer. The author has an hindex of 39, co-authored 262 publications receiving 6174 citations.

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Brain metastatic cancer cells release microRNA-181c-containing extracellular vesicles capable of destructing blood–brain barrier

TL;DR: It is shown that cancer-derived extracellular vesicles, mediators of cell–cell communication via delivery of proteins and microRNAs (miRNAs), trigger the breakdown of BBB, and that systemic injection of brain metastatic cancer cell-derived EVs promoted brain metastasis of breast cancer cell lines and are preferentially incorporated into the brain in vivo.