And precisely what is your doctor doing about inflammation post-stroke? ANYTHING AT ALL? Does s/he even know about inflammation?
IL-21 stokes brain inflammation post stroke
- Nature Reviews Immunology
- 14,
- 215
- doi:10.1038/nri3656
- Published online
Much of the secondary tissue damage associated with ischaemic stroke is caused by inflammation, but the factors involved in this neuroinflammation remain unclear. This study showed that interleukin-21 (IL-21) expression is greatly increased in the brain of mice following cerebral ischaemic reperfusion injury, that Il21−/− mice have reduced brain injury,…
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