Commentaries on the publication entitled Evidence for continuity of interstitial spaces across tissue and organ boundaries in humans

Abstract

Interstitial connective tissues are one of the four basic types of animal tissue and continuously distributed throughout the body. Illustrated by the movements of the micron-sized particles across the defined tissue boundaries and the continuously distributions of the fluorescently stained hyaluronic acid within the fibrous tissues around blood vessels and nerves, the authors of this paper suggested that interstitial fluid (ISF) is not fixed locally but would flow through fibrous matrices for a long-distance, even between more distant parts of the body. However,the fluid-filled interstitial spaces are similar with the interstitial tissue channel, lacking a distinct spatial structure for "free" interstitial fluid flow, which might be the key to comprehend the whereabouts and directions of a systemic fluid flow and circulation.