195 Aberrant Brain Biomechanics Initiates Ventricular Dilation in a Genetic Subtype of Congenital Hydrocephalus
Phan D, Dahl P, Koundal S, Pedram M, Deniz E, Benveniste H, Malvankar N, Kahle K. 195 Aberrant Brain Biomechanics Initiates Ventricular Dilation in a Genetic Subtype of Congenital Hydrocephalus. Neurosurgery 2023, 69: 32-32. DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002375_195.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVentricular dilationCongenital hydrocephalusCongenital brain malformationsHuman congenital hydrocephalusCerebrospinal fluid circulationNeural stem cell proliferationCortical hypoplasiaAqueductal obstructionBrain parenchymaBrain malformationsMouse modelHydrocephalus patientsNeurogenesis resultsVentricular expansionNeural stem cell fateCSF circulationIntracranial physiologyCSF flowGenetic subtypesPrimary physiological factorCSF dynamicsCell proliferationCSFSame point mutationHydrocephalusThe choroid plexus links innate immunity to CSF dysregulation in hydrocephalus
Robert S, Reeves B, Kiziltug E, Duy P, Karimy J, Mansuri M, Marlier A, Allington G, Greenberg A, DeSpenza T, Singh A, Zeng X, Mekbib K, Kundishora A, Nelson-Williams C, Hao L, Zhang J, Lam T, Wilson R, Butler W, Diluna M, Feinberg P, Schafer D, Movahedi K, Tannenbaum A, Koundal S, Chen X, Benveniste H, Limbrick D, Schiff S, Carter B, Gunel M, Simard J, Lifton R, Alper S, Delpire E, Kahle K. The choroid plexus links innate immunity to CSF dysregulation in hydrocephalus. Cell 2023, 186: 764-785.e21. PMID: 36803604, PMCID: PMC10069664, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.01.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-infectious hydrocephalusTLR4-dependent immune responseBlood-cerebrospinal fluid barrierSmall molecule pharmacotherapyCell cross talkPharmacological immunomodulationCytokine stormNeuroimmune disordersBrain infectionDrug treatmentImmune responseAcquired hydrocephalusHydrocephalus modelChoroid plexusFluid barrierHydrocephalusEpithelial cellsCSFMulti-omics investigationsCross talkHypersecretionHemorrhagePharmacotherapyImmunomodulationPlexus