February 25, 2026
In Rett syndrome, leaky brain blood vessels traced to microRNA
… in The Picower Institute and MIT’s Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. Building vessels and spotting leaks … a key protein for forming a tight seal in blood vessels. Control cells (left) show much more thorough ZO-1. One set of … the cultures harbored the mutation R306C. Osaki created a control microvasculature that was genetically identical …

