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ReviewCells2021

Cells with Many Talents: Lymphatic Endothelial Cells in the Brain Meninges.

Irina Suárez, Stefan Schulte-Merker

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In one paragraph

Review in Cells, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Lymphatic vasculature in the central nervous system.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2023
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Irina SuárezInstitute for Cardiovascular Organogenesis and Regeneration, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Stefan Schulte-MerkerInstitute for Cardiovascular Organogenesis and Regeneration, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3617-8807
University of Münster · DE

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft CRC1348Medizinische Fakultät, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster IMF
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The lymphatic system serves key functions in maintaining fluid homeostasis, the uptake of dietary fats in the small intestine, and the trafficking of immune cells. Almost all vascularized peripheral tissues and organs contain lymphatic vessels. The brain parenchyma, however, is considered immune privileged and devoid of lymphatic structures. This contrasts with the notion that the brain is metabolically extremely active, produces large amounts of waste and metabolites that need to be cleared, and is especially sensitive to edema formation. Recently, meningeal lymphatic vessels in mammals and zebrafish have been (re-)discovered, but how they contribute to fluid drainage is still not fully understood. Here, we discuss these meningeal vessel systems as well as a newly described cell population in the zebrafish and mouse meninges. These cells, termed brain lymphatic endothelial cells/Fluorescent Granular Perithelial cells/meningeal mural lymphatic endothelial cells in fish, and Leptomeningeal Lymphatic Endothelial Cells in mice, exhibit remarkable features. They have a typical lymphatic endothelial gene expression signature but do not form vessels and rather constitute a meshwork of single cells, covering the brain surface.

Indexed as

AnimalsBrainEndothelial CellsHumansLymphangiogenesisLymphatic SystemMacromolecular SubstancesMeningesMacromolecular Substancesendocytosislymphatic cellsmeningesregeneration

Identifiers

PMID33918497
PMCPMC8067019
OpenAlexW3150113567

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