Meningeal lymphatic vessels at the skull base drain cerebrospinal fluid

JH Ahn, H Cho, JH Kim, SH Kim, JS Ham, I Park… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Recent work has shown that meningeal lymphatic vessels (mLVs), mainly in the dorsal part
of the skull, are involved in the clearance of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), but the precise route …

Functional aspects of meningeal lymphatics in ageing and Alzheimer's disease

S Da Mesquita, A Louveau, A Vaccari, I Smirnov… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Ageing is a major risk factor for many neurological pathologies, but its mechanisms remain
unclear. Unlike other tissues, the parenchyma of the central nervous system (CNS) lacks …

[HTML][HTML] Nasopharyngeal lymphatic plexus is a hub for cerebrospinal fluid drainage

JH Yoon, H Jin, HJ Kim, SP Hong, MJ Yang, JH Ahn… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the subarachnoid space around the brain has long been known
to drain through the lymphatics to cervical lymph nodes,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,–, but the connections and …

Outflow of cerebrospinal fluid is predominantly through lymphatic vessels and is reduced in aged mice

Q Ma, BV Ineichen, M Detmar, ST Proulx - Nature communications, 2017 - nature.com
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) has been commonly accepted to drain through arachnoid
projections from the subarachnoid space to the dural venous sinuses. However, a lymphatic …

A dural lymphatic vascular system that drains brain interstitial fluid and macromolecules

A Aspelund, S Antila, ST Proulx, TV Karlsen… - Journal of Experimental …, 2015 - rupress.org
The central nervous system (CNS) is considered an organ devoid of lymphatic vasculature.
Yet, part of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drains into the cervical lymph nodes (LNs). The …

Non-invasive MR imaging of human brain lymphatic networks with connections to cervical lymph nodes

MS Albayram, G Smith, F Tufan, IS Tuna… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Meningeal lymphatic vessels have been described in animal studies, but limited comparable
data is available in human studies. Here we show dural lymphatic structures along the dural …

CNS lymphatic drainage and neuroinflammation are regulated by meningeal lymphatic vasculature

A Louveau, J Herz, MN Alme, AF Salvador… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Neuroinflammatory diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, are characterized by invasion of the
brain by autoreactive T cells. The mechanism for how T cells acquire their encephalitogenic …

How do meningeal lymphatic vessels drain the CNS?

D Raper, A Louveau, J Kipnis - Trends in neurosciences, 2016 - cell.com
The many interactions between the nervous and the immune systems, which are active in
both physiological and pathological states, have recently become more clearly delineated …

Structural and functional features of central nervous system lymphatic vessels

A Louveau, I Smirnov, TJ Keyes, JD Eccles… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
One of the characteristics of the central nervous system is the lack of a classical lymphatic
drainage system. Although it is now accepted that the central nervous system undergoes …

Anatomy and function of the vertebral column lymphatic network in mice

L Jacob, LSB Boisserand, LHM Geraldo… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Cranial lymphatic vessels (LVs) are involved in the transport of fluids, macromolecules and
central nervous system (CNS) immune responses. Little information about spinal LVs is …