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Scheme of the three possible mechanisms used by bacterial vesicles to penetrate the BBB. EVs can cross the BBB by themselves, in infected immune cells or through bacteria in different disorders. Once bacterial EVs are inside the brain, membrane components and the cargo of vesicles act as ligands of innate immune receptors (e.g., TLRs, NALP3 inflammasome) and activate the inflammatory immune response.
