IL17A and stroke disorder: Levels of IL-17A (Fig. 2a) were influenced by sex (main effect of sex; F(1, 30): 31.64; p = 0.0001) and by MCAo (main effect of stroke, F(1, 30): 5.982; p = 0.02), which was mainly restricted to males (interaction effect, F(1, 30): 4.17; p = 0.05).