In agreement with these visual observations, we observed significantly lower levels of BrdU incorporation in lymphocytes stimulated in the presence of unmanipulated ischemic stroke serum relative to those which were stimulated in the presence of unmanipulated serum derived from control groups, an effect which was partially ablated as a result of sCD163 depletion (Fig. 5C). The gene discussed is CD163; the disease is ischemic stroke.