Ventricular-subventricular zone stem cell niche adaptations in a mouse model of post-infectious hydrocephalus
Herman J, Rittenhouse N, Mandino F, Majid M, Wang Y, Mezger A, Kump A, Kadian S, Lake E, Verardi P, Conover J. Ventricular-subventricular zone stem cell niche adaptations in a mouse model of post-infectious hydrocephalus. Frontiers In Neuroscience 2024, 18: 1429829. PMID: 39145299, PMCID: PMC11322059, DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2024.1429829.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPost-infectious hydrocephalusVentricular-subventricular zoneInfluenza virusMouse modelMouse-adapted influenza virusIntact ependymaStem cellsPostnatal day 4Stem cell numbersStem cell nicheCell-to-cell transmissionOlfactory bulbMultiorgan hemorrhageLateral ventricleIntracerebroventricular injectionVentriculomegalyEmbryonic dayVentricular systemDay 4Cell nicheNo significant reductionHydrocephalusSignificant reductionVentricleCell number184 PTEN Mutations Portend Cerebral Ventriculomegaly With Autism-Like Deficits in Cortical Circuitry
DeSpenza T, Kizlitug E, Allington G, Barson D, O'Connor D, Robert S, Mekbib K, Singh A, Phan D, Nanda P, Mandino F, Constable T, Lake E, Carter B, Gunel M, Lifton R, Luikart B, Kahle K. 184 PTEN Mutations Portend Cerebral Ventriculomegaly With Autism-Like Deficits in Cortical Circuitry. Neurosurgery 2024, 70: 46-46. DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002809_184.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWhole-exome sequencingFetal ventriculomegalyCongenital hydrocephalusExome sequencingChoroid plexus hyperplasiaMutated genesCa2+ imagingMutant mouse modelsPTEN mutantsHuman fetal brainPten mutant miceSporadic CHCerebral ventriculomegalyCSF diversionObstructive hydrocephalusCH patientsCSF secretionPharmacological mTORC1 inhibitionNeurodevelopmental assessmentRadiographic biomarkersFetal brainPTEN mutationsAqueductal stenosisPTEN deletionVentriculomegaly