2023
The 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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsBlood-Brain BarrierBrainChoroid PlexusCytokine Release SyndromeHumansHydrocephalusImmunity, InnateConceptsPost-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
2022
Impaired neurogenesis alters brain biomechanics in a neuroprogenitor-based genetic subtype of congenital hydrocephalus
Duy PQ, Weise SC, Marini C, Li XJ, Liang D, Dahl PJ, Ma S, Spajic A, Dong W, Juusola J, Kiziltug E, Kundishora AJ, Koundal S, Pedram MZ, Torres-Fernández LA, Händler K, De Domenico E, Becker M, Ulas T, Juranek SA, Cuevas E, Hao LT, Jux B, Sousa AMM, Liu F, Kim SK, Li M, Yang Y, Takeo Y, Duque A, Nelson-Williams C, Ha Y, Selvaganesan K, Robert SM, Singh AK, Allington G, Furey CG, Timberlake AT, Reeves BC, Smith H, Dunbar A, DeSpenza T, Goto J, Marlier A, Moreno-De-Luca A, Yu X, Butler WE, Carter BS, Lake EMR, Constable RT, Rakic P, Lin H, Deniz E, Benveniste H, Malvankar NS, Estrada-Veras JI, Walsh CA, Alper SL, Schultze JL, Paeschke K, Doetzlhofer A, Wulczyn FG, Jin SC, Lifton RP, Sestan N, Kolanus W, Kahle KT. Impaired neurogenesis alters brain biomechanics in a neuroprogenitor-based genetic subtype of congenital hydrocephalus. Nature Neuroscience 2022, 25: 458-473. PMID: 35379995, PMCID: PMC9664907, DOI: 10.1038/s41593-022-01043-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCongenital hydrocephalusCerebral ventricular dilatationPrimary defectNeuroepithelial cell differentiationRisk genesCerebrospinal fluid homeostasisWhole-exome sequencingNeuroepithelial stem cellsCortical hypoplasiaReduced neurogenesisVentricular dilatationVentricular enlargementCH mutationsPrenatal hydrocephalusDisease heterogeneityBrain surgeryCSF circulationHydrocephalusGenetic subtypesFluid homeostasisNeuroepithelial cellsNovo mutationsBrain transcriptomicsStem cellsCell differentiation