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Aug 2026
Astrocyte–blood–brain barrier crosstalk in cerebral small vessel disease: linking barrier dysfunction to neurovascular failure
This review highlights astrocytes as active regulators of BBB integrity and neurovascular unit homeostasis and hypothesizes a key mechanistic link between BBB dysfunction and neurovascular failure in CSVD related to disrupted astrocyte–BBB crosstalk.
Mei Xie, Shuang Wu, Ling Yang et al.
· Frontiers in Neurology · 0 citations