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ReviewNature reviews. Neuroscience2015

Development and functions of the choroid plexus-cerebrospinal fluid system.

Melody P Lun, Edwin S Monuki, Maria K Lehtinen

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Review in Nature reviews. Neuroscience, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 404 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

404 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  19. Embryonic cerebrospinal fluid pressure in fetal mice in utero: External factors pressurize the intraventricular space.Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists · 2026
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  20. Choroid plexus alterations in long COVID and their associations with IL-6.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Melody P Lun1] Department of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. [2] Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA.
Edwin S MonukiDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, California 92697, USA.
Maria K LehtinenDepartment of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.

Funding

Control of neural stem cells by the nascent cerebrospinal fluidR01NS088566 · NINDS · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI LEHTINEN, MARIA · 2014 to 2024
$5.5M
Cerebrospinal fluid proteome mediated signaling in the developing CNSR00NS072192 · NINDS · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI LEHTINEN, MARIA · 2012 to 2014
$727k
Cerebrospinal fluid proteome mediated signaling in the developing CNSK99NS072192 · NINDS · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI LEHTINEN, MARIA · 2010 to 2011
$180k
NINDS NIH HHS K99 NS072192NINDS NIH HHS K99/R00 NS072192NINDS NIH HHS R00 NS072192NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS088566
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The choroid plexus (ChP) is the principal source of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), which has accepted roles as a fluid cushion and a sink for nervous system waste in vertebrates. Various animal models have provided insights into how the ChP-CSF system develops and matures. In addition, recent studies have uncovered new, active roles for this dynamic system in the regulation of neural stem cells, critical periods and the overall health of the nervous system. Together, these findings have brought about a paradigm shift in our understanding of brain development and health, and have stimulated new initiatives for the treatment of neurological disease.

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AnimalsCerebrospinal FluidChoroid PlexusHumans

Identifiers

PMID26174708
PMCPMC4629451

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