For example, genes encoding the efferocytic receptor CD1430 and several bridging molecules that facilitate the recognition of apoptotic cells (GAS6 and C1q)30 were upregulated in brain monocytes/macrophages (Figure 1E), suggesting that monocytes/macrophages in the brain may participate in phagocytic clearance of dead cells after ischemic stroke. Here, GAS6 is linked to ischemic stroke.