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ReviewFrontiers in neuroscience2023

Meningeal lymphatics and their role in CNS disorder treatment: moving past misconceptions.

Alexandra Melloni, Longsha Liu, Vivek Kashinath, Reza Abdi, Khalid Shah

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Review in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Alexandra MelloniCenter for Stem Cell and Translational Immunotherapy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Longsha LiuCenter for Stem Cell and Translational Immunotherapy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Vivek KashinathDepartment of Nephrology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Reza AbdiDepartment of Nephrology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Khalid ShahCenter for Stem Cell and Translational Immunotherapy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The central nervous system (CNS) was previously thought to lack lymphatics and shielded from the free diffusion of molecular and cellular components by the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier (BCB). However, recent findings have redefined the roles played by meningeal lymphatic vessels in the recruitment and drainage of lymphocytes from the periphery into the brain and the potentiation of an immune response. Emerging knowledge surrounding the importance of meningeal lymphatics has the potential to transform the treatment of CNS disorders. This review details the most recent understanding of the CNS-lymphatic network and its immunologic implications in both the healthy and diseased brain. Moreover, the review provides in-depth coverage of several exciting avenues for future therapeutic treatments that involve the meningeal lymphatic system. These therapeutic avenues will have potential implications in many treatment paradigms in the coming years.

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brain tumorscentral nervous systemimmunotherapeuticslymphatic drainagemeningeal lymphaticsneurodegenerative disease

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PMID37502683
PMCPMC10368987

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