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SUBMITTER: Da Mesquita S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6085146 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Da Mesquita Sandro S Louveau Antoine A Vaccari Andrea A Smirnov Igor I Cornelison R Chase RC Kingsmore Kathryn M KM Contarino Christian C Onengut-Gumuscu Suna S Farber Emily E Raper Daniel D Viar Kenneth E KE Powell Romie D RD Baker Wendy W Dabhi Nisha N Bai Robin R Cao Rui R Hu Song S Rich Stephen S SS Munson Jennifer M JM Lopes M Beatriz MB Overall Christopher C CC Acton Scott T ST Kipnis Jonathan J
Nature 20180725 7717
Ageing is a major risk factor for many neurological pathologies, but its mechanisms remain unclear. Unlike other tissues, the parenchyma of the central nervous system (CNS) lacks lymphatic vasculature and waste products are removed partly through a paravascular route. (Re)discovery and characterization of meningeal lymphatic vessels has prompted an assessment of their role in waste clearance from the CNS. Here we show that meningeal lymphatic vessels drain macromolecules from the CNS (cerebrospi ...[more]