Co-localization of CD147 with glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)-positive astrocytes was seen in stroke mice but not in sham mice at 72h (Pearson’s correlation coefficient <0.0001, sham (SH) 0.14±0.02 vs. stroke (ST) 0.73±0.03, n=6, Figure 1B). Here, GFAP is linked to Stroke.