Vasculome/ RECA-1 ratio analysis revealed significant upregulation of the inflammation-associated stroke vasculome BRM, IKB, Foxf1, and ITIH-5 in the peri-infarct area of the cortex of stroke-vehicle animals at 7 days post EPC transplantation relative to the vasculome/ RECA-1 ration of the stroke-EPC animals (Student t-test; p’s < 0.01). This evidence concerns the gene ITIH5 and Stroke.