Making Ends Meet: Myeloid Cells Catalyze Blood Vessel Repair in the Brain

Aleksandra Deczkowska; Michal Schwartz

doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2016.04.024

Making Ends Meet: Myeloid Cells Catalyze Blood Vessel Repair in the Brain

Immunity. 2016 May 17;44(5):1081-3. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2016.04.024.

Authors

Aleksandra Deczkowska¹, Michal Schwartz²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel.
² Department of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel. Electronic address: michal.schwartz@weizmann.ac.il.

PMID: 27192572
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2016.04.024

Abstract

Hemorrhagic stroke, primarily caused by rupture of blood vessels in the brain, is a leading cause of death and disability in adults. In this issue of Immunity, Liu et al. (2016) demonstrate that repair of cerebrovascular ruptures can be directly mediated by myeloid cells.

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MeSH terms

Brain / blood supply*
Humans
Myeloid Cells*