Sex influences gliovascular unit assembly and function in the developing mouse brain
Lucie Lemale, Myriam Abioui-Mourgues, Lydie Naulé, Rodrigo Alvear‐Perez, Marina Rubio, Denis Vivien, Mathilde Lefebvre, Tristan Hourcade, Anne-Cécile Boulay, Sakina Mhaouty‐Kodja, Martine Cohen‐Salmon, Barbara Delaunay-Piednoir
This study compares postnatal maturation of the gliovascular unit in male and female mice, revealing sex-specific differences in angiogenesis, cell composition, and transcriptomic trajectories regulated by oestrogenic signalling.
bioRxiv · Oct 8, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience