HIGHLIGHTS
- who: Maofan Liao and collaborators from the Northwestern, United States have published the article: High neutrophil counts before endovascular treatment for acute basilar artery occlusion predict worse outcomes, in the Journal: (JOURNAL)
SUMMARY
Inflammatory factors such as cytokines, chemokines, and matrix metalloproteinase9 (MMP-9) released by neutrophils cause oxidative stress, platelet accumulation, and damage to the blood-brain barrier, accelerating the devastation of the brain (Montaner et_al, 2001; Castellanos et_al, 2003; Shichita et_al, 2012; Jickling et_al, 2015). The increasing neutrophil counts are related to the severity and mortality of stroke (Price et_al, 2004 . . .
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