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ReviewScience translational medicine2025

Molecular hallmarks of hydrocephalus.

Andrew T Hale, Blake Zhou, Arjun Rajan, Phan Q Duy, Mubeen Goolam, Seth L Alper, Maria K Lehtinen, Madeline A Lancaster, Ryann M Fame, Kristopher T Kahle

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Review in Science translational medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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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

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.

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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

10 authors.

Andrew T HaleDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3182-2966
Blake ZhouNeurosciences Graduate Program, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9241-4929
Arjun RajanDevelopmental Biology Graduate Program, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7043-1031
Phan Q DuyDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA.
Mubeen GoolamDepartment of Human Biology and Neuroscience Institute, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7925, South Africa.
Seth L AlperDivision of Nephrology and Vascular Biology Research Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6228-2512
Maria K LehtinenBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7243-2967
Madeline A LancasterMedical Research Council, Laboratory for Molecular Biology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2324-8853
Ryann M FameNeurosciences Graduate Program, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8244-2624
Kristopher T KahleBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5922-7547

Funding

Genetic Analysis and Manipulation Core (GAEC)P50HD105351 · NICHD · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI SCOTT Loren POMEROY, MUSTAFA SAHIN · 2021 to 2026
$9.4M
Human Genetics and Molecular Mechanisms of Vein of Galen Aneurysmal MalformationR01NS117609 · NINDS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Titus Jonathon Boggon, Kristopher T. Kahle · 2020 to 2026
$3.3M
Targeting the Choroid Plexus-Cerebrospinal Fluid System to Treat Post-Hemorrhagic HydrocephalusR01NS129823 · NINDS · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI MARIA LEHTINEN · 2023 to 2026
$2.6M
Genetics and Developmental Biology Training ProgramT32GM141828 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI MARGARET T FULLER, Gavin J Sherlock · 2022 to 2026
$2.6M
Human Genetics and Molecular Mechanisms of Congenital HydrocephalusR01NS111029 · NINDS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI DENIZ, ENGIN, JIN, SHENG CHIH · 2020 to 2024
$2.5M
Modulation of Choroid Plexus Immuno-secretory Function to Restore Cerebrospinal Fluid Homeostasis in HydrocephalusR01NS109358 · NINDS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Kristopher T. Kahle · 2018 to 2026
$2.4M
How cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) potassium supports brain development and activityR01MH136258 · NIMH · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Ryan Marie Fame · 2024 to 2026
$2.0M
Conserved regulation of the switch from proliferation to differentiation in the germ line stem cell lineageR01GM122951 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI FULLER, MARGARET T · 2018 to 2020
$956k
Understanding the mechanisms of congenital hydrocephalus using genomic sequencing approachesR21NS135321 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI CHONG, ZECHEN, ROCQUE, BRANDON GEORGE · 2023 to 2023
$393k
NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD105351NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM122951NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM141828NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH136258NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS109358NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS111029NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS117609NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS129823NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS135321
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hydrocephalus (HC) is a failure of brain and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) homeostasis often associated with dilation of the CSF-filled ventricles (ventriculomegaly). Hallmarks of HC include aberrant CSF dynamics, neural stem cell dysfunction resulting in impaired neurogenesis and corticogenesis, biomechanical instability at the brain-CSF interface, and disrupted synaptogenesis and neural circuitry. Pleiotropic mechanisms, including genetic and environmental insults to the brain, contribute to neurodevelopmental comorbidities. Hypothesis generation from genome-wide, single-cell multi-omic analyses coupled to experimental validation using induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cerebral organoids will refine molecular classification of HC subtypes and may lead to precision-based surgical and pharmacologic treatments.

Indexed as

HydrocephalusAnimalsBrainHumansNeural Stem CellsNeurogenesis

Identifiers

PMID40465691
PMCPMC12316480

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