Similar to our preceding studies [23, 33–35], MSC and IL13-MSC grafts were able to survive in the pro-inflammatory stroke environment and displayed a similar remodeling pattern, MSC graft-infiltrating CCR2RFP/+ monocytes/macrophages at the core of the MSC grafts and brain-resident CX3CR1eGFP/+ microglia and astrocytes surrounding the MSC grafts . Here, IL13 is linked to stroke disorder.