NSC transplantation in the stroke-affected mouse brain significantly increased the expression of Iduna (P < 0.05), a gene-encoding protein with well-known protective effects on hypoxic damage, and significantly down-regulated the expression of damage-supportive genes, Casp3 (P < .01) and Aifm1 (P < 0.001). Here, AIFM1 is linked to stroke disorder.