Skull bone marrow channels as immune gateways to the central nervous system

JA Mazzitelli, FE Pulous, LCD Smyth, Z Kaya… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Decades of research have characterized diverse immune cells surveilling the CNS. More
recently, the discovery of osseous channels (so-called 'skull channels') connecting the …

The path to leptomeningeal metastasis

J Remsik, A Boire - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2024 - nature.com
The leptomeninges, the cerebrospinal-fluid-filled tissues surrounding the central nervous
system, play host to various pathologies including infection, neuroinflammation and …

The covariance environment defines cellular niches for spatial inference

D Haviv, J Remšík, M Gatie, C Snopkowski… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
A key challenge of analyzing data from high-resolution spatial profiling technologies is to
suitably represent the features of cellular neighborhoods or niches. Here we introduce the …

Development of a triple-negative breast cancer leptomeningeal disease model in Zebrafish

U Gopal, JD Monroe, AS Marudamuthu, S Begum… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Leptomeningeal disease occurs when cancer cells migrate into the ventricles of the brain
and spinal cord and then colonize the meninges of the central nervous system. The triple …

Therapies beyond Physiological Barriers and Drug Resistance: A Pilot Study and Review of the Literature Investigating If Intrathecal Trastuzumab and New Treatment …

OG Trifănescu, D Mitrea, LN Galeș, A Ciornei… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Approximately 10% of HER2-positive breast cancer patients will develop
leptomeningeal metastases (LM), characterized by the spread of tumor cells within the …

Mechanical filtration of the cerebrospinal fluid: procedures, systems, and applications

M Menéndez González - Expert Review of Medical Devices, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Mechanical methods aimed at the filtration of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) are a
group of therapies that have been proposed to treat neurological conditions where …

Cerebrospinal fluid‐dissemination of a ovarian clear cell carcinoma: A leptomeningial carcinomatosis with diagnostic challenges

A Koyuncuer, E Varol… - Diagnostic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Metastases from ovarian cancer to the central nervous system (CNS) are rare, in particular,
isolated leptomeningeal metastases (LM) are extremely rare. The gold standard in the …

The potential of liquorpheresis to treat leptomeningeal disease.

VM Lu, AH Shah, MM González - World Neurosurgery, 2024 - Elsevier
Leptomeningeal disease (LMD) is a devastating sequela of many cancers with an extremely
poor prognosis. Barriers to improving outcomes are related to the inability for many …

New strategies for the treatment of breast cancer with leptomeningeal metastasis

SM Chew, AD Seidman - Current Opinion in Oncology, 2023 - journals.lww.com
New strategies for the treatment of breast cancer with lepto... : Current Opinion in Oncology
New strategies for the treatment of breast cancer with leptomeningeal metastasis : Current …

Ventriculoperitoneal shunting with an on–off valve for patients with leptomeningeal metastases and intracranial hypertension

KM Huntoon, J Gasco, IC Glitza Oliva… - Neuro-Oncology …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background We report our experience with using a ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) with an
on–off valve and in-line Ommaya reservoir for the treatment of hydrocephalus or intracranial …