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ReviewSignal transduction and targeted therapy2025

Meningeal lymphatic drainage: novel insights into central nervous system disease.

Qiang Zhang, Yin Niu, Yingpei Li, Chenyang Xia, Zhi Chen, Yujie Chen, Hua Feng

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Review in Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

50 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Qiang ZhangDepartment of Neurosurgery and State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burn and Combined Injury, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, 400038, China.
Yin NiuDepartment of Neurosurgery and State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burn and Combined Injury, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, 400038, China.
Yingpei LiDepartment of Neurosurgery and State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burn and Combined Injury, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, 400038, China.
Chenyang XiaDepartment of Neurosurgery and State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burn and Combined Injury, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, 400038, China.
Zhi ChenDepartment of Neurosurgery and State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burn and Combined Injury, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, 400038, China. zhichen@tmmu.edu.cn.
Yujie ChenDepartment of Neurosurgery and State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burn and Combined Injury, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, 400038, China. chenyj@tmmu.edu.cn.
Hua FengDepartment of Neurosurgery and State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burn and Combined Injury, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, 400038, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4489-9217

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82371333National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82371361State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury (State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, TMMU) SKLYQ202002
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years, increasing evidence has suggested that meningeal lymphatic drainage plays a significant role in central nervous system (CNS) diseases. Studies have indicated that CNS diseases and conditions associated with meningeal lymphatic drainage dysfunction include neurodegenerative diseases, stroke, infections, traumatic brain injury, tumors, functional cranial disorders, and hydrocephalus. However, the understanding of the regulatory and damage mechanisms of meningeal lymphatics under physiological and pathological conditions is currently limited. Given the importance of a profound understanding of the interplay between meningeal lymphatic drainage and CNS diseases, this review covers seven key aspects: the development and structure of meningeal lymphatic vessels, methods for observing meningeal lymphatics, the function of meningeal lymphatics, the molecular mechanisms of meningeal lymphatic injury, the relationships between meningeal lymphatic vessels and CNS diseases, potential regulatory mechanisms of meningeal lymphatics, and conclusions and outstanding questions. We will explore the relationship between the development, structure, and function of meningeal lymphatics, review current methods for observing meningeal lymphatic vessels in both animal models and humans, and identify unresolved key points in meningeal lymphatic research. The aim of this review is to provide new directions for future research and therapeutic strategies targeting meningeal lymphatics by critically analyzing recent advancements in the field, identifying gaps in current knowledge, and proposing innovative approaches to address these gaps.

Indexed as

Central Nervous System DiseasesLymphatic VesselsMeningesAnimalsHumans

Identifiers

PMID40320416
PMCPMC12050339

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