Central nervous system diseases commonly occur with the destruction of the blood-brain barrier.As a primary cause of morbidity and mortality,stroke remains unpredictable and lacks cellular biomarkers that accurately q...Central nervous system diseases commonly occur with the destruction of the blood-brain barrier.As a primary cause of morbidity and mortality,stroke remains unpredictable and lacks cellular biomarkers that accurately quantify its occurrence and development.Here,we identify NeuN^(+)/CD45^(−)/DAPI^(+)phenotype nonblood cells in the peripheral blood of mice subjected to middle cerebral artery occlusion(MCAO)and stroke patients.Since NeuN is a specific marker of neural cells,we term these newly identified cells as circulating neural cells(CNCs).We find that the enumeration of CNCs in the blood is significantly associated with the severity of brain damage in MCAO mice(p<0:05).Meanwhile,the number of CNCs is significantly higher in stroke patients than in negative subjects(p<0:0001).These findings suggest that the amount of CNCs in circulation may serve as a clinical indicator for the real-time prognosis and progression monitor of the occurrence and development of ischemic stroke and other nervous system disease.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.81871448,81701353,and 82073380)the Science and Technology commission of Shanghai Municipality(2017SHZDZX01)+1 种基金the MedicalEngineering Cross Foundation of Shanghai Jiao Tong University(Nos.19X190020154,YG2016MS60,ZH2018QNA54,ZH2018QNA49,and YG2021QN129)the Shanghai Sailing Program(19YF1446900).
文摘Central nervous system diseases commonly occur with the destruction of the blood-brain barrier.As a primary cause of morbidity and mortality,stroke remains unpredictable and lacks cellular biomarkers that accurately quantify its occurrence and development.Here,we identify NeuN^(+)/CD45^(−)/DAPI^(+)phenotype nonblood cells in the peripheral blood of mice subjected to middle cerebral artery occlusion(MCAO)and stroke patients.Since NeuN is a specific marker of neural cells,we term these newly identified cells as circulating neural cells(CNCs).We find that the enumeration of CNCs in the blood is significantly associated with the severity of brain damage in MCAO mice(p<0:05).Meanwhile,the number of CNCs is significantly higher in stroke patients than in negative subjects(p<0:0001).These findings suggest that the amount of CNCs in circulation may serve as a clinical indicator for the real-time prognosis and progression monitor of the occurrence and development of ischemic stroke and other nervous system disease.
