Neurovascular Unit: A critical role in ischemic stroke

  • Liyun Wang
    Department of Neurosurgery Shengzhou People’s Hospital (the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University Shengzhou Branch) Shengzhou China
  • Xiaoxing Xiong
    Department of Neurosurgery Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University Wuhan China
  • Luyuan Zhang
    Department of Neurosurgery First Affiliated Hospital School of Medicine Zhejiang University Hangzhou China
  • Jian Shen
    Department of Neurosurgery First Affiliated Hospital School of Medicine Zhejiang University Hangzhou China

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Ischemic stroke (IS), a common cerebrovascular disease, results from a sudden blockage of a blood vessel in the brain, thereby restricting blood supply to the area in question, and making a significantly negative impact on human health. Unfortunately, current treatments, that are mainly based on a recanalization of occluded blood vessels, are insufficient or inaccessible to many stroke patients. Recently, the profound influence of the neurovascular unit (NVU) on recanalization and the prognosis of IS have become better understood; in‐depth studies of the NVU have also provided novel approaches for IS treatment. In this article, we review the intimate connections between the changes in the NVU and IS outcomes, and discuss possible new management strategies having practical significance to IS. We discuss the concept of the NVU, as well as its roles in IS blood‐brain barrier regulation, cell preservation, inflammatory immune response, and neurovascular repair. Besides, we also summarize the influence of noncoding RNAs in NVU, and IS therapies targeting the NVU. We conclude that both the pathophysiological and neurovascular repair processes of IS are strongly associated with the homeostatic state of the NVU and that further research into therapies directed at the NVU could expand the range of treatments available for IS.</jats:p>

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