Exacerbated VEGF up-regulation accompanies diabetes-aggravated hemorrhage in mice after experimental cerebral ischemia and delayed reperfusion.

ABSTRACT: Reperfusion therapy is the preferred treatment for ischemic stroke, but is hindered by its short treatment window, especially in patients with diabetes whose reperfusion after prolonged ischemia is often accompanied by exacerbated hemorrhage. The mechanisms underlying exacerbated hemorrhage are not fully understood. This study aimed to identify this mechanism by inducing prolonged 2-hour transient intraluminal middle cerebral artery occlusion in diabetic Ins2^Akita/+ mice to mimic patients with diabetes undergoing delayed mechanical thrombectomy. The results showed that at as early as 2 hours after reperfusion, Ins2^Akita/+ mice exhibited rapid development of neurological deficits, increased infarct and hemorrhagic transformation, together with exacerbated down-regulati

SUBMITTER: Lai AKW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8771109 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature