Advances and controversies in meningeal biology

C Betsholtz, B Engelhardt, GY Koh, DM McDonald… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The dura, arachnoid and pia mater, as the constituent layers of the meninges, along with
cerebrospinal fluid in the subarachnoid space and ventricles, are essential protectors of the …

Lymphatic vessels in the age of cancer immunotherapy

T Karakousi, T Mudianto, AW Lund - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2024 - nature.com
Lymphatic transport maintains homeostatic health and is necessary for immune surveillance,
and yet lymphatic growth is often associated with solid tumour development and …

Trigeminal ganglion neurons are directly activated by influx of CSF solutes in a migraine model

M Kaag Rasmussen, K Møllgård, PAR Bork, P Weikop… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Classical migraine patients experience aura, which is transient neurological deficits
associated with cortical spreading depression (CSD), preceding headache attacks. It is not …

Restoration of cervical lymphatic vessel function in aging rescues cerebrospinal fluid drainage

T Du, A Raghunandan, H Mestre, V Plá, G Liu… - Nature Aging, 2024 - nature.com
Cervical lymphatic vessels (cLVs) have been shown to drain solutes and cerebrospinal fluid
(CSF) from the brain. However, their hydrodynamical properties have never been evaluated …

Brain border-associated macrophages: common denominators in infection, aging, and Alzheimer's disease?

S Da Mesquita, R Rua - Trends in Immunology, 2024 - cell.com
Mammalian brain border-associated macrophages (BAMs) are strategically positioned to
support vital properties and processes: for example, the composition of the brain's …

Clearance and transport of amyloid β by peripheral monocytes correlate with Alzheimer's disease progression

X Huang, C Fowler, Y Li, QX Li, J Sun, Y Pan… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Impaired clearance of amyloid β (Aβ) in late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) affects disease
progression. The role of peripheral monocytes in Aβ clearance from the central nervous …

Multiphoton fluorescence microscopy for in vivo imaging

C Xu, M Nedergaard, DJ Fowell, P Friedl, N Ji - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Multiphoton fluorescence microscopy (MPFM) has been a game-changer for optical
imaging, particularly for studying biological tissues deep within living organisms. MPFM …

Endogenous self-peptides guard immune privilege of the central nervous system

MW Kim, W Gao, CF Lichti, X Gu, T Dykstra, J Cao… - Nature, 2025 - nature.com
Despite the presence of strategically positioned anatomical barriers designed to protect the
central nervous system (CNS), it is not entirely isolated from the immune system 1, 2. In fact …

Cranioencephalic functional lymphoid units in glioblastoma

C Dobersalske, L Rauschenbach, Y Hua, C Berliner… - Nature medicine, 2024 - nature.com
The ecosystem of brain tumors is considered immunosuppressed, but our current
knowledge may be incomplete. Here we analyzed clinical cell and tissue specimens derived …

The perivascular space is a conduit for cerebrospinal fluid flow in humans: A proof-of-principle report

EA Yamamoto, JH Bagley, M Geltzeiler… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
The glymphatic pathway was defined in rodents as a network of perivascular spaces (PVSs)
that facilitates organized distribution of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) into the brain parenchyma …