Communications Biology (Feb 2022)

Precise control of embolic stroke with magnetized red blood cells in mice

  • Yuxiao Jin,
  • Peijun Shi,
  • Yu Wang,
  • Jinghang Li,
  • Jiachen Zhang,
  • Xinxin Zhao,
  • Yaping Ge,
  • Yanjie Huang,
  • Mengzhun Guo,
  • Feidi Wang,
  • Bo Ci,
  • Xian Xiao,
  • Xiaofei Gao,
  • Jianrong Xu,
  • Bobo Dang,
  • Botao Ji,
  • Woo-ping Ge,
  • Jie-Min Jia

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03082-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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SIMPLE and SIMPLeR are proposed as models for embolism, the latter reversibly manipulating magnetized red blood cells to occlude cerebral vessels. Both methods induce age-dependent micro-hemorrhage transformation, with microglia/macrophage depletion preventing hemorrhage transformation.