The central nervous system is an immunologically active environment where several components of the immune and inflammatory response interact among them and with the constituents of nervous tissue and vasculature in a critically orchestrated manner, influencing physiologic and pathologic processes. In particular, inflammation takes a central role in the pathogenesis of intracranial aneurysms (IAs). The common pathway for aneurysm formation involves endothelial dysfunction and injury, a mounting inflammatory response, vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) phenotypic modulation, extracellular matrix remodeling, and subsequent cell death and vessel wall degeneration. We conducted a literature review (1980-2014) by Medline and EMBASE databases using the searching terms “IA” and “cerebral aneurysm” and further search was performed to link the search terms with the following key words: inflammation, hemodynamic(s), remodeling, macrophages, neutrophils, lymphocytes, complement, VSMCs, mast cells, cytokines, and inflammatory biomarkers. The aim of this review was to summarize the most recent and pertinent evidences regarding the articulated processes of aneurysms formation, growth, and rupture. Knowledge of these processes may guide the diagnosis and treatment of these vascular malformations, the most common cause of subarachnoid hemorrhage, which prognosis remains dismal.
Hemodynamics, inflammation, vascular remodeling, and the development and rupture of intracranial aneurysms: a review
Signorelli F
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2015-01-01
Abstract
The central nervous system is an immunologically active environment where several components of the immune and inflammatory response interact among them and with the constituents of nervous tissue and vasculature in a critically orchestrated manner, influencing physiologic and pathologic processes. In particular, inflammation takes a central role in the pathogenesis of intracranial aneurysms (IAs). The common pathway for aneurysm formation involves endothelial dysfunction and injury, a mounting inflammatory response, vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) phenotypic modulation, extracellular matrix remodeling, and subsequent cell death and vessel wall degeneration. We conducted a literature review (1980-2014) by Medline and EMBASE databases using the searching terms “IA” and “cerebral aneurysm” and further search was performed to link the search terms with the following key words: inflammation, hemodynamic(s), remodeling, macrophages, neutrophils, lymphocytes, complement, VSMCs, mast cells, cytokines, and inflammatory biomarkers. The aim of this review was to summarize the most recent and pertinent evidences regarding the articulated processes of aneurysms formation, growth, and rupture. Knowledge of these processes may guide the diagnosis and treatment of these vascular malformations, the most common cause of subarachnoid hemorrhage, which prognosis remains dismal.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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