2022
A neural stem cell paradigm of pediatric hydrocephalus
Duy PQ, Rakic P, Alper SL, Robert SM, Kundishora AJ, Butler WE, Walsh CA, Sestan N, Geschwind DH, Jin SC, Kahle KT. A neural stem cell paradigm of pediatric hydrocephalus. Cerebral Cortex 2022, 33: 4262-4279. PMID: 36097331, PMCID: PMC10110448, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhac341.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric hydrocephalusPrimary treatment strategyOptimal surgical managementDevelopmental brain malformationsAnimal model studiesSurgical managementCerebral ventricleCSF diversionVentricular distentionHydrocephalic childrenTreatment strategiesBrain malformationsNeurodevelopmental disabilitiesGerminal neuroepitheliumHydrocephalusStem cell paradigmNeural stem cell fateRecent human geneticBrain surgeryCSF circulationBrain ventriclesCSF volumeNeuroprogenitor cellsBrain defectsCSF homeostasisBrain ventricles as windows into brain development and disease
Duy PQ, Rakic P, Alper SL, Butler WE, Walsh CA, Sestan N, Geschwind DH, Jin SC, Kahle KT. Brain ventricles as windows into brain development and disease. Neuron 2022, 110: 12-15. PMID: 34990576, PMCID: PMC9212067, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.12.009.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Genomic approaches to improve the clinical diagnosis and management of patients with congenital hydrocephalus.
Allington G, Duy PQ, Ryou J, Singh A, Kiziltug E, Robert SM, Kundishora AJ, King S, Haider S, Kahle KT, Jin SC. Genomic approaches to improve the clinical diagnosis and management of patients with congenital hydrocephalus. Journal Of Neurosurgery Pediatrics 2021, 29: 168-177. PMID: 34715668, DOI: 10.3171/2021.8.peds21368.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchManagement of patientsCongenital hydrocephalusFuture clinical trialsCongenital brain disordersOutcome prognosticationUnderlying pathogenesisClinical trialsCurative strategiesTreatment stratificationIncomplete clearanceDiagnostic adjunctPatient benefitClinical practiceBrain disordersBrain ventriclesClinical diagnosisGenetic counselingHuman genetic studiesHydrocephalusPatientsPathogenesisNeurosurgical communitySubsequent enlargementRecent findingsMolecular nomenclatureGenomics of human congenital hydrocephalus
Kundishora AJ, Singh AK, Allington G, Duy PQ, Ryou J, Alper SL, Jin SC, Kahle KT. Genomics of human congenital hydrocephalus. Child's Nervous System 2021, 37: 3325-3340. PMID: 34232380, DOI: 10.1007/s00381-021-05230-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCongenital hydrocephalusBrain developmentPoor neurodevelopmental outcomesRecent whole-exome sequencing studiesPost-surgical patientsHuman congenital hydrocephalusPathogenesis of hydrocephalusCerebrospinal fluid accumulationDamaging de novoPrimary pathomechanismEarly brain developmentNeural stem cell growthNeurodevelopmental outcomesOutcome prognosticationHuman brain developmentCSF diversionTreatment stratificationWhole-exome sequencing studiesFluid accumulationBrain ventriclesClinical toolHydrocephalusGenetic counselingDisease mechanismsSubstantial minority
2020
Exome sequencing implicates genetic disruption of prenatal neuro-gliogenesis in sporadic congenital hydrocephalus
Jin SC, Dong W, Kundishora AJ, Panchagnula S, Moreno-De-Luca A, Furey CG, Allocco AA, Walker RL, Nelson-Williams C, Smith H, Dunbar A, Conine S, Lu Q, Zeng X, Sierant MC, Knight JR, Sullivan W, Duy PQ, DeSpenza T, Reeves BC, Karimy JK, Marlier A, Castaldi C, Tikhonova IR, Li B, Peña HP, Broach JR, Kabachelor EM, Ssenyonga P, Hehnly C, Ge L, Keren B, Timberlake AT, Goto J, Mangano FT, Johnston JM, Butler WE, Warf BC, Smith ER, Schiff SJ, Limbrick DD, Heuer G, Jackson EM, Iskandar BJ, Mane S, Haider S, Guclu B, Bayri Y, Sahin Y, Duncan CC, Apuzzo MLJ, DiLuna ML, Hoffman EJ, Sestan N, Ment LR, Alper SL, Bilguvar K, Geschwind DH, Günel M, Lifton RP, Kahle KT. Exome sequencing implicates genetic disruption of prenatal neuro-gliogenesis in sporadic congenital hydrocephalus. Nature Medicine 2020, 26: 1754-1765. PMID: 33077954, PMCID: PMC7871900, DOI: 10.1038/s41591-020-1090-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCongenital hydrocephalusPoor neurodevelopmental outcomesPost-surgical patientsCerebrospinal fluid accumulationNeural stem cell biologyGenetic disruptionWhole-exome sequencingPrimary pathomechanismEarly brain developmentNeurodevelopmental outcomesHigh morbidityCSF diversionMutation burdenFluid accumulationBrain ventriclesCH casesBrain developmentDe novo mutationsPatientsExome sequencingCSF dynamicsDisease mechanismsHydrocephalusNovo mutationsCell typesInflammation in acquired hydrocephalus: pathogenic mechanisms and therapeutic targets
Karimy JK, Reeves BC, Damisah E, Duy PQ, Antwi P, David W, Wang K, Schiff SJ, Limbrick DD, Alper SL, Warf BC, Nedergaard M, Simard JM, Kahle KT. Inflammation in acquired hydrocephalus: pathogenic mechanisms and therapeutic targets. Nature Reviews Neurology 2020, 16: 285-296. PMID: 32152460, PMCID: PMC7375440, DOI: 10.1038/s41582-020-0321-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosthaemorrhagic hydrocephalusPostinfectious hydrocephalusNeurosurgical disordersPathogenic mechanismsToll-like receptor 4Pathogenesis of hydrocephalusImportant protective responseEpendymal denudationCommon neurosurgical disorderSustained inflammationInflammatory mediatorsNeuroinflammatory conditionsImmune cellsReceptor 4Therapeutic approachesReparative inflammationCerebrospinal fluidCSF pathwaysHydrocephalusTherapeutic targetInflammationTherapeutic interventionsBrain ventriclesProtective responsePhysical irritants