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Advancing insights into in vivo meningeal lymphatic vessels with stereoscopic wide-field photoacoustic microscopy.
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- Multispectral photoacoustic microscopy and NIR-II fluorescence imaging of TREM2-positive microglia in Aβ-driven Alzheimer's pathogenesis.Fundamental research · 2026Article
- Meningeal lymphatic dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease: molecular mechanisms, clinical implications, and future perspectives.Molecular neurodegeneration · 2026Review
- [Research progress on vascular endothelial growth factor C in meningeal lymphatic vessel-mediated clearance of amyloid β-protein].Zhejiang da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Zhejiang University. Medical sciences · 2026Review
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- Inducing and monitoring photothrombotic stroke in anesthetic neuroprotection-free mice using functional photoacoustic microscopy.Neurophotonics · 2026Article
- Polymersomes preventing brain infiltration of CD177Nature communications · 2026Article
- Photoacoustic computed tomography monitors cerebrospinal fluid dynamics and glymphatic function.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Noninvasive photoacoustic computed mesoscopy for longitudinal brain imaging.Science advances · 2026Article
- Photoacoustic Microscopy for Multiscale Biological System Visualization and Clinical Translation.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Review
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- The glymphatic system in neurodegenerative diseases and brain tumors: mechanistic insights, biomarker advances, and therapeutic opportunities.Acta neuropathologica communications · 2025Review
- Meningeal lymphatics as a therapeutic target for neurodegenerative disorders.Translational neurodegeneration · 2025Review
- Potential role of meningeal lymphatic drainage in repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation-induced cognitive improvement: A call for further research.World journal of psychiatry · 2025Article
- The Glymphatic-Venous Axis in Brain Clearance Failure: Aquaporin-4 Dysfunction, Biomarker Imaging, and Precision Therapeutic Frontiers.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
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Abstract
Meningeal lymphatic vessels (mLVs) play a pivotal role in regulating metabolic waste from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). However, the current limitations in field of view and resolution of existing imaging techniques impede understanding the stereoscopic morphology and dynamic behavior of mLVs in vivo. Here, we utilized dual-contrast functional photoacoustic microscopy to achieve wide-field intravital imaging of the lymphatic system, including mLVs and glymphatic pathways. The stereoscopic photoacoustic microscopy based on opto-acoustic confocal features has a depth imaging capability of 3.75 mm, facilitating differentiation between mLVs on the meninges and glymphatic pathways within the brain parenchyma. Subsequently, using this imaging technique, we were able to visualize the dynamic drainage of mLVs and identify a peak drainage period occurring around 20-40 min after injection, along with determining the flow direction from CSF to lymph nodes. Inspiringly, in the Alzheimer's disease (AD) mouse model, we observed that AD mice exhibit a ~ 70% reduction in drainage volume of mLVs compared to wild-type mice. With the development of AD, there is be continued decline in mLVs drainage volume. This finding clearly demonstrates that the AD mouse model has impaired CSF drainage. Our study opens up a horizon for understanding the brain's drainage mechanism and dissecting mLVs-associated neurological disorders.
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