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Perivascular spaces, glymphatic dysfunction, and small vessel disease

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Mestre, Humberto, Kostrikov, Serhii, Mehta, Rupal I., Nedergaard, Maiken·2017·Clinical Science

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Cerebral small vessel diseases (SVDs) range broadly in etiology but share remarkably overlapping pathology. Features of SVD including enlarged perivascular spaces (EPVS) and formation of abluminal protein deposits cannot be completely explained by the putative pathophysiology. The recently discovered glymphatic system provides a new perspective to potentially address these gaps. This work provides a comprehensive review of the known factors that regulate glymphatic function and the disease mechanisms underlying glymphatic impairment emphasizing the role that aquaporin-4 (AQP4)-lined perivascular spaces (PVSs), cerebrovascular pulsatility, and metabolite clearance play in normal CNS physiology. This review also discusses the implications that glymphatic impairment may have on SVD inception and progression with the aim of exploring novel therapeutic targets and highlighting the key questions that remain to be answered.

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  • Sleep quality is compromised in cardiovascular diseases, perhaps providing a link to impaired glymphatic clearance and subsequent protein aggregation and dementia.

    “It is also well-establish that the quality of sleep is compromised in cardiovascular diseases (93) perhaps providing a link to impaired glymphatic clearance and subsequent protein aggregation and dementia (94).”

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  • Hypertension induces hypertrophy of vascular smooth muscle cells and arterial wall stiffening, dampening pulsatility and compliance, reducing convective perivascular flow.

    “Hypertension in particular induces hypertrophy of vascular smooth muscle cells, with a stiffening of the arterial wall that dampens arterial wall pulsatility and compliance, thus reducing convective perivascular flow (94, 100).”

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Authors
Mestre, H., Kostrikov, S., Mehta, R. I., & Nedergaard, M.
Affiliations
  • University of Rochester Medicine (US)
  • University of Copenhagen (DK)
Corresponding author
Nedergaard, Maiken
Venue
Clinical Science
Published
2017-08-10
Volume
131
Issue
17
Pages
2257-2274
ISSN
  • 0143-5221 (ISSN-L)
  • 1470-8736
OpenAlex
W2742497781
Cited by
403
References
127
Citations by year
2026: 54 · 2025: 58 · 2024: 66 · 2023: 52 · 2022: 53 · 2021: 40 · 2020: 32 · 2019: 32 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 2
FWCI
2.70
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
other-oa
Locations
  • Clinical Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Lundbeckfonden (R155-2016–552)
  • Israel Science Foundation
  • Novo Nordisk Fonden (NNF13OC0004258)
  • National Institute on Aging (R01AG048769)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01NS078304, K08NS089830, R01NS100366)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Ion Transport and Channel Regulation
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Barrier Structure and Function Studies
Keywords
cerebral small vessel disease, enlarged perivascular spaces, glymphatic system, glymphatic dysfunction, aquaporin-4, perivascular spaces, therapeutic target
MeSH terms
Animals, Blood Vessels, Brain, Humans, Aquaporin 4, Cerebral Small Vessel Diseases

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