Post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus of prematurity is associated with disruption of tight junctions and increased macrophage activity in the choroid plexus

Authors

• Maria Garcia-Bonilla, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Rajiv Swarup, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Owen W Limbrick, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Habeebah Z Vohra, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Ayodamola Otun, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Konrad McKalip, Virginia Commonwealth University
• William Bernhardt, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Kirill Shumilov, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Marie Michenkova, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Jayne Crouthamel, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Mackenzie Newman, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Krikor Dikranian, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• James P McAllister Ii, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• David D Limbrick, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Journal

Fluids and Barriers of the CNS

Publication Date

3-31-2026

Volume

23

Issue

1

First Page

73

Document Type

Open Access Publication

DOI

10.1186/s12987-026-00800-x

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Garcia-Bonilla, M., Swarup, R., Limbrick, O.W. et al. Post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus of prematurity is associated with disruption of tight junctions and increased macrophage activity in the choroid plexus. Fluids Barriers CNS 23, 73 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12987-026-00800-x This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

Recommended Citation

Garcia-Bonilla, Maria; Swarup, Rajiv; Limbrick, Owen W; Vohra, Habeebah Z; Otun, Ayodamola; McKalip, Konrad; Bernhardt, William; Shumilov, Kirill; Michenkova, Marie; Crouthamel, Jayne; Newman, Mackenzie; Dikranian, Krikor; McAllister Ii, James P; and Limbrick, David D, "Post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus of prematurity is associated with disruption of tight junctions and increased macrophage activity in the choroid plexus." Fluids and Barriers of the CNS. 23, 1. 73 (2026).
https://digitalcommons.wustl.edu/oa_4/7369

Department

ICTS (Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences)

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