ArticleNature biomedical engineering2026
Non-invasive characterization of pericyte dysfunction in mouse brain using functional ultrasound localization microscopy.
Article in Nature biomedical engineering, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Longitudinal Awake Mouse Brain Imaging Using Functional Ultrasound and Functional Ultrasound Localization Microscopy.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Microbubble Track-Based Functional Ultrasound Localization Microscopy in Awake Mice.IEEE transactions on medical imaging · 2026Article
- Voice-controlled super-resolution ultrasound imaging and reporting powered by multimodal large language models.NPJ digital medicine · 2026Article
- Clinically translatable ultrasound localization microscopy reveals cerebrovascular remodelling and prognosis in patients with traumatic brain injury.Nature biomedical engineering · 2026Article
- Functional Ultrasound Localization Microscopy on Freely Moving Rats.Research square · 2026Article
- Microbubble Backscattering Intensity Improves the Sensitivity of Three-Dimensional (3-D) Functional Ultrasound Localization Microscopy (fULM).IEEE transactions on medical imaging · 2026Article
- A Minimally Invasive Framework Reveals Region-Specific Cerebrovascular Remodeling in Aging Using Intravital Functional Ultrasound Imaging and Ultrasound Localization Microscopy (fUS-ULM).Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Neurovascular Dysfunction and Glymphatic Impairment: An Unexplored Therapeutic Frontier in Neurodegeneration.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Microbubble Backscattering Intensity Improves the Sensitivity of Three-dimensional (3D) Functional Ultrasound Localization Microscopy (fULM).bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Early microscopic-scale pericyte dysfunction contributes to the initial stages of many neurological diseases and represents a strong candidate target for therapeutic intervention. A non-invasive imaging modality able to image microvascular alterations induced by pericyte dysfunction is needed. In addition, the development of pericyte-focused therapies remains challenging due to the lack of early biomarkers of disease progression. Here we show that cerebral microvascular alterations induced by pericyte dysfunction can be characterized non-invasively in mice using functional ultrasound localization microscopy (fULM). Depletion of endothelial endoglin in adult mice as a model of hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia, leads to pericyte detachment in the arteriole-capillary transition (ACT) zone. Imaging reveals that arteriolar capillaries have irregular shapes, increased diameters, reduced blood speed and neurovascular uncoupling mainly localized in the ACT zone. Transforming growth factor-β signalling activator C381 restores pericyte coverage and neurovascular response. Our study underscores the potential of fULM in characterizing early microvascular alterations. As super-resolution ultrasound transitions to the clinic, our data support its future use in monitoring pericyte-focused therapies in humans.
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