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  • Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,927 Views
23 Pages

An Insight into the microRNAs Associated with Arteriovenous and Cavernous Malformations of the Brain

  • Ioan Alexandru Florian,
  • Andrei Buruiana,
  • Teodora Larisa Timis,
  • Sergiu Susman,
  • Ioan Stefan Florian,
  • Adrian Balasa and
  • Ioana Berindan-Neagoe

2 June 2021

Background: Brain arteriovenous malformations (BAVMs) and cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) are rare developmental anomalies of the intracranial vasculature, with an irregular tendency to rupture, and as of yet incompletely deciphered pathophys...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
6,145 Views
10 Pages

Tailored Treatment Options for Cerebral Cavernous Malformations

  • Jessa E. Hoffman,
  • Blake Wittenberg,
  • Brent Morel,
  • Zach Folzenlogen,
  • David Case,
  • Christopher Roark,
  • Samy Youssef and
  • Joshua Seinfeld

The diagnosis and treatment of cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs), or cavernomas, continues to evolve as more data and treatment modalities become available. Intervention is necessary when a lesion causes symptomatic neurologic deficits, seizure...

  • Review
  • Open Access
243 Views
16 Pages

Spinal Cavernous Malformations: A Narrative Review

  • Aleeza Safdar,
  • Ali Osman and
  • Rouzbeh Motiei-Langroudi

2 February 2026

The management of spinal cord cavernous malformations (SCCMs) involves critical decisions between surgical and conservative treatments, informed by the patient’s preoperative neurological status, lesion characteristics, and timing of interventi...

  • Interesting Images
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,589 Views
7 Pages

Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Multiple Cerebral and Spinal Cavernous Malformations of a Patient with Dementia and Tetraparesis

  • Florian Antonescu,
  • Ioana Butnariu,
  • Florentina Melania Cojocaru,
  • Daniela Nicoleta Anghel,
  • Dana Antonescu-Ghelmez and
  • Sorin Tuță

Cavernomas are rare cerebrovascular malformations that usually occur in sporadic forms with solitary lesions located most often in the hemispheric white matter, but also in the infratentorial or spinal region. Multiple lesions at different CNS levels...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,844 Views
20 Pages

Circulating Blood Prognostic Biomarker Signatures for Hemorrhagic Cerebral Cavernous Malformations (CCMs)

  • Jacob Croft,
  • Brian Grajeda,
  • Luis A. Aguirre,
  • Johnathan S. Abou-Fadel,
  • Cameron C. Ellis,
  • Igor Estevao,
  • Igor C. Almeida and
  • Jun Zhang

Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) are a neurological disorder characterized by enlarged intracranial capillaries in the brain, increasing the susceptibility to hemorrhagic strokes, a major cause of death and disability worldwide. The limited tr...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
7,116 Views
25 Pages

Therapeutic Perspectives on ROCK Inhibition for Cerebral Cavernous Malformations

  • Tadeu L. Montagnoli,
  • Daniela R. de Oliveira and
  • Carlos A. Manssour Fraga

Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCM) are developmental venous dysplasias which present as abnormally dilated blood vessels occurring mainly in the brain. Alterations in vascular biology originate from somatic mutations in genes regulating angiogene...

  • Review
  • Open Access
28 Citations
4,454 Views
20 Pages

Dicarbonyl Stress and S-Glutathionylation in Cerebrovascular Diseases: A Focus on Cerebral Cavernous Malformations

  • Cinzia Antognelli,
  • Andrea Perrelli,
  • Tatiana Armeni,
  • Vincenzo Nicola Talesa and
  • Saverio Francesco Retta

1 February 2020

Dicarbonyl stress is a dysfunctional state consisting in the abnormal accumulation of reactive α-oxaldehydes leading to increased protein modification. In cells, post-translational changes can also occur through S-glutathionylation, a highly co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,950 Views
11 Pages

Displacement of Gray Matter and Incidence of Seizures in Patients with Cerebral Cavernous Malformations

  • Chi-Jen Chou,
  • Cheng-Chia Lee,
  • Ching-Jen Chen,
  • Huai-Che Yang and
  • Syu-Jyun Peng

10 December 2021

Seizures are the most common presentation in patients with cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs). Based on the hypothesis that the volume or proportion of gray matter (GM) displaced by CCMs is associated with the risk of seizure, we developed an al...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,109 Views
13 Pages

Inflammation in Cerebral Cavernous Malformations: Differences Between Malformation Related Epilepsy vs. Symptomatic Hemorrhage

  • Jan Rodemerk,
  • Adrian Engel,
  • Julius L. H. Horstmann,
  • Laurèl Rauschenbach,
  • Marvin Darkwah Oppong,
  • Alejandro N. Santos,
  • Andreas Junker,
  • Cornelius Deuschl,
  • Michael Forsting and
  • Philipp Dammann
  • + 5 authors

27 September 2025

Background and Objective: Cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM) is a vascular disorder causing seizures, neurological deficits, and hemorrhagic stroke. It can be sporadic or inherited via CCM1, CCM2, or CCM3 gene mutations. Inflammation is broadly re...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,852 Views
9 Pages

The First Potentially Causal Genetic Variant Documented in a Polish Woman with Multiple Cavernous Malformations of the Brain

  • Elżbieta Szczygieł-Pilut,
  • Daniel Pilut,
  • Michal Korostynski,
  • Piotr Kopiński,
  • Daniel P. Potaczek and
  • Ewa Wypasek

27 July 2023

Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) are relatively common in the central nervous system. They occur in two forms, sporadic and familial (FCCMs). Three genes are recognized to be associated with FCCM, including CCM1, CCM2, and CCM3, the latter als...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,748 Views
25 Pages

A Systematic Review of MicroRNAs in Hemorrhagic Neurovascular Disease: Cerebral Cavernous Malformations as a Paradigm

  • Roberto J. Alcazar-Felix,
  • Aditya Jhaveri,
  • Javed Iqbal,
  • Abhinav Srinath,
  • Carolyn Bennett,
  • Akash Bindal,
  • Diana Vera Cruz,
  • Sharbel Romanos,
  • Stephanie Hage and
  • Issam A. Awad
  • + 7 authors

Hemorrhagic neurovascular diseases, with high mortality and poor outcomes, urge novel biomarker discovery and therapeutic targets. Micro-ribonucleic acids (miRNAs) are potent post-transcriptional regulators of gene expression. They have been studied...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,430 Views
15 Pages

31 August 2022

Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is generally considered a substitute for cranial cavernous malformations (CCMs). However, prognostic factors for post-radiosurgery CCM rebleeding and adverse radiation effects have not been well evaluated, and the effe...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
1,576 Views
9 Pages

A Novel CCM3 Mutation Associated with a Severe Clinical Course in a Child with Multiple Cerebral Cavernous Malformations

  • Olga Belousova,
  • Denis Semenov,
  • Eugenia Boulygina,
  • Svetlana Tsygankova and
  • Alexander Konovalov

22 February 2025

Background: Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) are vascular lesions linked to mutations in the CCM1, CCM2, and CCM3 genes, resulting in angiogenesis dysregulation. This case study highlights the clinical course of a child with severe CCMs and ex...

  • Article
  • Open Access
66 Views
11 Pages

Safety and Efficacy of Stroke Thrombolysis for Patients with Cerebral Cavernous Malformations: Literature Review and Nationwide Cohort Study

  • Huanwen Chen,
  • Rachel K. Laursen,
  • Matthew K. McIntyre,
  • Monika Jain,
  • Hamza A. Salim,
  • Dhairya A. Lakhani,
  • Ajay Malhotra,
  • Dheeraj Gandhi and
  • Marco Colasurdo

8 February 2026

Background: Intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) is relatively contraindicated in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients with intracranial vascular malformations per current guidelines. Thus, the presence of cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) may compli...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
979 Views
11 Pages

Metabolic Syndrome and Hemorrhagic Stroke in Hispanic Elderly Patients with Cerebral Cavernous Malformations

  • Alok K. Dwivedi,
  • David Jang,
  • Ofek Belkin,
  • Justin Aickareth,
  • Mellisa Renteria,
  • Majd Hawwar,
  • Jacob Croft,
  • M Ammar Kalas,
  • Marc Zuckerman and
  • Jun Zhang

Background/Objectives: Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) are neurological disorders that increase the risk of hemorrhagic stroke. The Mexican Hispanic population has a higher prevalence of both CCMs and metabolic syndrome (MetS), defined by the...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
29 Citations
7,664 Views
18 Pages

22 March 2021

Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) are vascular lesions that affect predominantly microvasculature in the brain and spinal cord. CCM can occur either in sporadic or familial form, characterized by autosomal dominant inheritance and development o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,589 Views
25 Pages

Whole-Genome Omics Elucidates the Role of CCM1 and Progesterone in Cerebral Cavernous Malformations within CmPn Networks

  • Jacob Croft,
  • Brian Grajeda,
  • Liyuan Gao,
  • Johnathan Abou-Fadel,
  • Ahmed Badr,
  • Victor Sheng and
  • Jun Zhang

28 August 2024

Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) are abnormal expansions of brain capillaries that increase the risk of hemorrhagic strokes, with CCM1 mutations responsible for about 50% of familial cases. The disorder can cause irreversible brain damage by c...

  • Review
  • Open Access
25 Citations
10,898 Views
19 Pages

Cerebral Cavernous Malformation Proteins in Barrier Maintenance and Regulation

  • Shu Wei,
  • Ye Li,
  • Sean P. Polster,
  • Christopher R. Weber,
  • Issam A. Awad and
  • Le Shen

Cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM) is a disease characterized by mulberry shaped clusters of dilated microvessels, primarily in the central nervous system. Such lesions can cause seizures, headaches, and stroke from brain bleeding. Loss-of-functio...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,356 Views
12 Pages

Inflammatory Mechanisms in a Neurovascular Disease: Cerebral Cavernous Malformation

  • Ying Li,
  • Abhinav Srinath,
  • Roberto J. Alcazar-Felix,
  • Stephanie Hage,
  • Akash Bindal,
  • Rhonda Lightle,
  • Robert Shenkar,
  • Changbin Shi,
  • Romuald Girard and
  • Issam A. Awad

17 September 2023

Cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM) is a common cerebrovascular malformation causing intracranial hemorrhage, seizures, and focal neurologic deficits. A unique CCM lesional inflammatory microenvironment has been shown to influence the clinical cour...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,422 Views
4 Pages

Cerebral Cavernous Malformation in a Patient with Pontine Hemorrhage: A Case Study

  • Myrto Palkopoulou,
  • Eleni Bakola,
  • Marina Foliadi,
  • Petros Stefanidis and
  • P. Teresa Acquaviva

21 September 2020

The cerebral cavernous malformations are benign vascular hamartomas, with thin and dilated vascular walls and therefore constantly susceptible to hemorrhage. Clinically, they present with recurrent headaches, acute intracranial hemorrhage and focal n...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,256 Views
25 Pages

Controversies in Cavernous Malformation Management: A Comprehensive Review of Current Literature

  • Erika Carrassi,
  • Edoardo Mazzucchi,
  • Laura Raus,
  • Mario Lecce,
  • Laura Marucci,
  • Alessia Farneti and
  • Stefano Telera

4 December 2025

Intracranial cavernous malformations (CMs) are angiographically occult, slow-flow vascular lesions composed of dilated, mulberry-like capillary clusters lacking intervening brain parenchyma. CMs typically have a low annual hemorrhage risk and are oft...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,215 Views
19 Pages

Dysregulated Hemostasis and Immunothrombosis in Cerebral Cavernous Malformations

  • Maria Ascencion Globisch,
  • Favour Chinyere Onyeogaziri,
  • Ross Osborne Smith,
  • Maximiliano Arce and
  • Peetra Ulrica Magnusson

20 October 2022

Cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM) is a neurovascular disease that affects 0.5% of the general population. For a long time, CCM research focused on genetic mutations, endothelial junctions and proliferation, but recently, transcriptome and proteom...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,377 Views
20 Pages

Multidrug-Loaded Lipid Nanoemulsions for the Combinatorial Treatment of Cerebral Cavernous Malformation Disease

  • Andrea Perrelli,
  • Annalisa Bozza,
  • Chiara Ferraris,
  • Sara Osella,
  • Andrea Moglia,
  • Silvia Mioletti,
  • Luigi Battaglia and
  • Saverio Francesco Retta

Cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM) or cavernoma is a major vascular disease of genetic origin, whose main phenotypes occur in the central nervous system, and is currently devoid of pharmacological therapeutic strategies. Cavernomas can remain asym...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,161 Views
20 Pages

Next-Generation Sequencing Advances the Genetic Diagnosis of Cerebral Cavernous Malformation (CCM)

  • Valerio Benedetti,
  • Rosalia Canzoneri,
  • Andrea Perrelli,
  • Carlo Arduino,
  • Andrea Zonta,
  • Alfredo Brusco and
  • Saverio Francesco Retta

Cerebral Cavernous Malformation (CCM) is a cerebrovascular disease of genetic origin that predisposes to seizures, focal neurological deficits and fatal intracerebral hemorrhage. It may occur sporadically or in familial forms, segregating as an autos...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,152 Views
20 Pages

Cerebral Cavernous Malformation 1 Determines YAP/TAZ Signaling-Dependent Metastatic Hallmarks of Prostate Cancer Cells

  • Sangryong Park,
  • Ho-Young Lee,
  • Jayoung Kim,
  • Hansol Park,
  • Young Seok Ju,
  • Eung-Gook Kim and
  • Jaehong Kim

5 March 2021

Enhanced Yes-associated protein (YAP)/transcriptional co-activator with PDZ-binding motif (TAZ) signaling is correlated with the extraprostatic extension of prostate cancer. However, the mechanism by which YAP/TAZ signaling becomes hyperactive and dr...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2,303 Views
20 Pages

4 September 2025

Cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM) is a cluster of abnormal blood vessels in the brain that leads to severe neurological deficits, seizures, and fatal hemorrhagic stroke. Currently, there is no available drug treatment for CCM. Most CCMs are conse...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2,501 Views
15 Pages

Orbital cavernous venous malformations (CVMs) are the most common primary lesions in the orbit, characterized by slow growth and benign nature. CVMs that become symptomatic require intervention. Surgical management is guided by the expertise of the o...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
1,498 Views
12 Pages

Another Rare Cause of Hypertrophic Olivary Degeneration Following Cavernous Malformation Hemorrhage: A Case Report

  • Sigita Skrastiņa,
  • Marija Roddate,
  • Kristaps Rancāns,
  • Evija Miglāne,
  • Aleksandrs Kalniņš and
  • Arturs Balodis

15 August 2025

Introduction: Hypertrophic olivary degeneration (HOD) is a rare form of trans-synaptic degeneration involving the Guillain–Mollaret triangle, characterized by enlargement of the inferior olivary nucleus—unlike the atrophy typical of most...

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
6,102 Views
28 Pages

KRIT1 Loss-Of-Function Associated with Cerebral Cavernous Malformation Disease Leads to Enhanced S-Glutathionylation of Distinct Structural and Regulatory Proteins

  • Laura Cianfruglia,
  • Andrea Perrelli,
  • Claudia Fornelli,
  • Alessandro Magini,
  • Stefania Gorbi,
  • Anna Maria Salzano,
  • Cinzia Antognelli,
  • Francesca Retta,
  • Valerio Benedetti and
  • Saverio Francesco Retta
  • + 5 authors

17 January 2019

Loss-of-function mutations in the KRIT1 gene are associated with the pathogenesis of cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs), a major cerebrovascular disease still awaiting therapies. Accumulating evidence demonstrates that KRIT1 plays an important r...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,577 Views
14 Pages

Distant Recurrence of a Cerebral Cavernous Malformation in the Vicinity of a Developmental Venous Anomaly: Case Report of Local Oxy-Inflammatory Events

  • Andrea Bianconi,
  • Luca Francesco Salvati,
  • Andrea Perrelli,
  • Chiara Ferraris,
  • Armando Massara,
  • Massimiliano Minardi,
  • Gelsomina Aruta,
  • Miriam Rosso,
  • Barbara Massa Micon and
  • Saverio Francesco Retta
  • + 1 author

24 November 2022

Background: Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) are a major type of cerebrovascular lesions of proven genetic origin that occur in either sporadic (sCCM) or familial (fCCM) forms, the latter being inherited as an autosomal dominant condition link...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
1,772 Views
17 Pages

Venous Malformation of the Maxilla: A Systematic Review and a Report of an Unusual Case

  • Alexandre Perez,
  • Elena Pierantozzi,
  • Anaël Jose Cancela,
  • Valerio Cimini and
  • Tommaso Lombardi

Background: Venous malformation, formerly designated as cavernous hemangioma, is a rare vascular lesion characterized by significant endothelial cells proliferation, predominantly affecting young females. Diagnosis is challenging due to its low incid...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,373 Views
17 Pages

17 April 2023

Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) are abnormally dilated intracranial capillaries that form cerebrovascular lesions with a high risk of hemorrhagic stroke. Recently, several somatic “activating” gain-of-function (GOF) point mutation...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,755 Views
14 Pages

Molecular and Cellular Characterization of Primary Endothelial Cells from a Familial Cavernomatosis Patient

  • Laura Lorente-Herraiz,
  • Angel M. Cuesta,
  • Jaime Granado,
  • Lucía Recio-Poveda,
  • Luisa-María Botella and
  • Virginia Albiñana

Cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM) or familial cavernomatosis is a rare, autosomal dominant, inherited disease characterized by the presence of vascular malformations consisting of blood vessels with an abnormal structure in the form of clusters....

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,688 Views
11 Pages

Cerebellar Cavernoma Resection: Case Report with Long-Term Follow-Up

  • Corneliu Toader,
  • Matei Serban,
  • Razvan-Adrian Covache-Busuioc,
  • Mugurel Petrinel Radoi,
  • Ghaith Saleh Radi Aljboor,
  • Horia Petre Costin,
  • Antonio Daniel Corlatescu,
  • Luca-Andrei Glavan and
  • Radu Mircea Gorgan

11 December 2024

Background: Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs), particularly when located in the cerebellum, pose unique clinical challenges due to the risk of hemorrhage and proximity to critical neurovascular structures. Surgical resection is often necessary...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,816 Views
15 Pages

Challenges in the Management of Cavernoma-Related Epilepsy: Seizure Outcomes, Antiseizure Medication Practices, and Access to Intraoperative Technologies in Kazakhstan

  • Karashash Menlibayeva,
  • Chingiz Nurimanov,
  • Iroda Mammadinova,
  • Ainur Turzhanova,
  • Serik Akshulakov and
  • Yerbol Makhambetov

15 September 2025

Objective: This study aims to analyze the diagnostic patterns of cavernoma-related epilepsy, the management of antiseizure medications, and clinical outcomes following microsurgical treatment in patients with late-diagnosed epilepsy secondary to cave...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,435 Views
17 Pages

Assessing the Relationship between Surgical Timing and Postoperative Seizure Outcomes in Cavernoma-Related Epilepsy: A Single-Institution Retrospective Analysis of 63 Patients with a Review of the Literature

  • Elsa Nico,
  • Christopher O. Adereti,
  • Ashia M. Hackett,
  • Andrea Bianconi,
  • Anant Naik,
  • Adam T. Eberle,
  • Pere J. Cifre Serra,
  • Stefan W. Koester,
  • Samuel L. Malnik and
  • Michael T. Lawton
  • + 4 authors

Background: Patients with supratentorial cavernous malformations (SCMs) commonly present with seizures. First-line treatments for cavernoma-related epilepsy (CRE) include conservative management (antiepileptic drugs (AEDs)) and surgery. We compared s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,841 Views
18 Pages

Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Altered Expression of Genes Involved in Hypoxia, Inflammation and Immune Regulation in Pdcd10-Depleted Mouse Endothelial Cells

  • Carmela Fusco,
  • Grazia Nardella,
  • Lucio Di Filippo,
  • Elisabetta Dejana,
  • Davide Cacchiarelli,
  • Antonio Petracca,
  • Lucia Micale,
  • Matteo Malinverno and
  • Marco Castori

27 May 2022

Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCM) are capillary malformations affecting the central nervous system and commonly present with headaches, epilepsy and stroke. Treatment of CCM is symptomatic, and its prevention is limited. CCM are often sporadic b...

  • Review
  • Open Access
27 Citations
14,329 Views
27 Pages

Blood-Spinal Cord Barrier: Its Role in Spinal Disorders and Emerging Therapeutic Strategies

  • Neha Chopra,
  • Spiro Menounos,
  • Jaesung P. Choi,
  • Philip M. Hansbro,
  • Ashish D. Diwan and
  • Abhirup Das

21 December 2021

The blood-spinal cord barrier (BSCB) has been long thought of as a functional equivalent to the blood-brain barrier (BBB), restricting blood flow into the spinal cord. The spinal cord is supported by various disc tissues that provide agility and has...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,707 Views
14 Pages

Cas9-Mediated Nanopore Sequencing Enables Precise Characterization of Structural Variants in CCM Genes

  • Dariush Skowronek,
  • Robin A. Pilz,
  • Loisa Bonde,
  • Ole J. Schamuhn,
  • Janne L. Feldmann,
  • Sabine Hoffjan,
  • Christiane D. Much,
  • Ute Felbor and
  • Matthias Rath

9 December 2022

Deletions in the CCM1, CCM2, and CCM3 genes are a common cause of familial cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs). In current molecular genetic laboratories, targeted next-generation sequencing or multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification are...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,113 Views
14 Pages

Endothelial Differentiation of CCM1 Knockout iPSCs Triggers the Establishment of a Specific Gene Expression Signature

  • Robin A. Pilz,
  • Dariush Skowronek,
  • Lara Mellinger,
  • Sander Bekeschus,
  • Ute Felbor and
  • Matthias Rath

16 February 2023

Cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM) is a neurovascular disease that can lead to seizures and stroke-like symptoms. The familial form is caused by a heterozygous germline mutation in either the CCM1, CCM2, or CCM3 gene. While the importance of a sec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,401 Views
15 Pages

The Brainstem Cavernoma Case Series: A Formula for Surgery and Surgical Technique

  • Marcos Tatagiba,
  • Guilherme Lepski,
  • Marcel Kullmann,
  • Boris Krischek,
  • Soeren Danz,
  • Antje Bornemann,
  • Jan Klein,
  • Antje Fahrig,
  • Tomaz Velnar and
  • Guenther C. Feigl

5 September 2023

Background and Objectives: Cavernous malformations (CM) are vascular malformations with low blood flow. The removal of brainstem CMs (BS) is associated with high surgical morbidity, and there is no general consensus on when to treat deep-seated BS CM...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,637 Views
19 Pages

CmPn/CmP Signaling Networks in the Maintenance of the Blood Vessel Barrier

  • Revathi Gnanasekaran,
  • Justin Aickareth,
  • Majd Hawwar,
  • Nickolas Sanchez,
  • Jacob Croft and
  • Jun Zhang

28 April 2023

Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) arise when capillaries within the brain enlarge abnormally, causing the blood–brain barrier (BBB) to break down. The BBB serves as a sophisticated interface that controls molecular interactions between th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,308 Views
33 Pages

mPR-Specific Actions Influence Maintenance of the Blood–Brain Barrier (BBB)

  • Johnathan Abou-Fadel,
  • Xiaoting Jiang,
  • Akhil Padarti,
  • Dinesh G. Goswami,
  • Mark Smith,
  • Brian Grajeda,
  • Muaz Bhalli,
  • Alexander Le,
  • Wendy E. Walker and
  • Jun Zhang

26 August 2022

Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) are characterized by abnormally dilated intracranial microvascular sinusoids that result in increased susceptibility to hemorrhagic stroke. It has been demonstrated that three CCM proteins (CCM1, CCM2, and CCM3...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
6,208 Views
19 Pages

KRIT1 Deficiency Promotes Aortic Endothelial Dysfunction

  • Francesco Vieceli Dalla Sega,
  • Raffaella Mastrocola,
  • Giorgio Aquila,
  • Francesca Fortini,
  • Claudia Fornelli,
  • Alessia Zotta,
  • Alessia S. Cento,
  • Andrea Perrelli,
  • Enrica Boda and
  • Saverio Francesco Retta
  • + 5 authors

5 October 2019

Loss-of-function mutations of the gene encoding Krev interaction trapped protein 1 (KRIT1) are associated with the pathogenesis of Cerebral Cavernous Malformation (CCM), a major cerebrovascular disease characterized by abnormally enlarged and leaky c...

  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,050 Views
16 Pages

Cerebral Cavernous Malformation Pathogenesis: Investigating Lesion Formation and Progression with Animal Models

  • Chelsea M. Phillips,
  • Svetlana M. Stamatovic,
  • Richard F. Keep and
  • Anuska V. Andjelkovic

Cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM) is a cerebromicrovascular disease that affects up to 0.5% of the population. Vessel dilation, decreased endothelial cell–cell contact, and loss of junctional complexes lead to loss of brain endothelial barr...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,843 Views
15 Pages

Apparent False Lateralization of Seizure Onset by Scalp EEG in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Associated with Cerebral Cavernous Malformation: A Case Report and Overview

  • Mariana Gaviria Carrillo,
  • Jonathan López,
  • Jesús H. Rodríguez Q.,
  • Ivan Gaona,
  • Gloria Ortiz-Guerrero and
  • Mauricio O. Nava-Mesa

24 August 2020

False lateralization of ictal onset by scalp electroencephalogram (EEG) is an infrequent entity that has been reported in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy associated with hippocampal sclerosis (HS). In these cases, a tendency for rapid sei...

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,301 Views
18 Pages

Involvement of Microglia in the Pathophysiology of Intracranial Aneurysms and Vascular Malformations—A Short Overview

  • Teodora Larisa Timis,
  • Ioan Alexandru Florian,
  • Sergiu Susman and
  • Ioan Stefan Florian

Aneurysms and vascular malformations of the brain represent an important source of intracranial hemorrhage and subsequent mortality and morbidity. We are only beginning to discern the involvement of microglia, the resident immune cell of the central...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,120 Views
11 Pages

Fluoroscopy- and Endoscopy-Guided Transoral Sclerotherapy Using Foamed Polidocanol for Oropharyngolaryngeal Venous Malformations in a Hybrid Operation Room: A Case Series

  • Kosuke Ishikawa,
  • Taku Maeda,
  • Emi Funayama,
  • Naoki Murao,
  • Takahiro Miura,
  • Yuki Sasaki,
  • Dongkyung Seo,
  • Shintaro Mitamura,
  • Shunichi Oide and
  • Satoru Sasaki
  • + 1 author

18 April 2024

Background: Treatment of oropharyngolaryngeal venous malformations (VMs) remains challenging. This study evaluated the effectiveness and safety of fluoroscopy- and endoscopy-guided transoral sclerotherapy for oropharyngolaryngeal VMs in a hybrid oper...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,709 Views
11 Pages

19 May 2025

Background/Objectives: Vascular anomalies represent a complex group of conditions including vascular malformations and haemangiomas. Haemangiomas are benign tumours that have an endothelial origin. In contrast, vascular malformations are characterize...

  • Review
  • Open Access
81 Citations
12,504 Views
22 Pages

Vitamin D Deficiency and the Risk of Cerebrovascular Disease

  • Hyun Ah Kim,
  • Andrea Perrelli,
  • Alberto Ragni,
  • Francesca Retta,
  • T. Michael De Silva,
  • Christopher G. Sobey and
  • Saverio Francesco Retta

Vitamin D deficiency has been clearly linked to major chronic diseases associated with oxidative stress, inflammation, and aging, including cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases, diabetes, and cancer. In particular, the cardiovascular system...

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