“…To prevent disturbance of brain homeostasis due to alterations in the systemic blood composition, the brain is protected by a series of barriers, including the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and the blood-cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) barrier (De Bock et al, 2014). It has been suggested that systemic inflammation may contribute to the impairment of the BBB (Kortekaas et al, 2005;Stolp and Dziegielewska, 2009) and the blood-CSF barrier (Demeestere et al, 2015;Marques et al, 2009Marques et al, , 2007Vandenbroucke et al, 2012). Furthermore, multiple neurodegenerative disorders, including Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease, have been associated with disruption of the BBB (Lee and Pienaar, 2014;Li et al, 2015;Stolp and Dziegielewska, 2009) and the blood-CSF barrier (Balusu et al, 2016a;Bergen et al, 2015;Brkic et al, 2015;Gorle et al, 2016;Pisani et al, 2012;Vandenbroucke, 2016;Vawter et al, 1996).…”