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 …

Meningeal lymphatics in central nervous system diseases

AFM Salvador, N Abduljawad… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Since its recent discovery, the meningeal lymphatic system has reshaped our understanding
of central nervous system (CNS) fluid exchange, waste clearance, immune cell trafficking …

[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 …

Mural cells interact with macrophages in the dura mater to regulate CNS immune surveillance

H Min, SM O'Neil, L Xu, EA Moseman… - Journal of Experimental …, 2024 - rupress.org
The central nervous system (CNS) tightly regulates access of circulating immune cells.
Immunosurveillance is therefore managed in the meninges at the borders of the CNS. Here …

Brain regulatory T cells

A Liston, E Pasciuto, DC Fitzgerald… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
The brain, long thought to be isolated from the peripheral immune system, is increasingly
recognized to be integrated into a systemic immunological network. These conduits of …

[HTML][HTML] Immune cells as messengers from the CNS to the periphery: The role of the meningeal lymphatic system in immune cell migration from the CNS

C Laaker, C Baenen, KG Kovács, M Sandor… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In recent decades there has been a large focus on understanding the mechanisms of
peripheral immune cell infiltration into the central nervous system (CNS) in …

[HTML][HTML] The murine meninges acquire lymphoid tissue properties and harbour autoreactive B cells during chronic Trypanosoma brucei infection

JF Quintana, MC Sinton, P Chandrasegaran… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The meningeal space is a critical brain structure providing immunosurveillance for the
central nervous system (CNS), but the impact of infections on the meningeal immune …

Lymphatic vessels in the age of cancer immunotherapy

T Karakousi, T Mudianto, AW Lund - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2024 - nature.com
Lymphatic transport maintains homeostatic health and is necessary for immune surveillance,
and yet lymphatic growth is often associated with solid tumour development and …

[HTML][HTML] Glymphatic and lymphatic communication with systemic responses during physiological and pathological conditions in the central nervous system

E Licastro, G Pignataro, JJ Iliff, Y Xiang, EH Lo… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Crosstalk between central nervous system (CNS) and systemic responses is important in
many pathological conditions, including stroke, neurodegeneration, schizophrenia, epilepsy …

[HTML][HTML] Sustained meningeal lymphatic vessel atrophy or expansion does not alter Alzheimer's disease-related amyloid pathology

S Antila, D Chilov, H Nurmi, Z Li, A Näsi… - Nature Cardiovascular …, 2024 - nature.com
Discovery of meningeal lymphatic vessels (LVs) in the dura mater, also known as dural LVs
(dLVs) that depend on vascular endothelial growth factor C expression, has raised interest …