PLA2G7 and ischemic stroke: Recent studies have found that the level of Lp-PLA2 is not only related to the formation of lipid atherosclerotic plaques, ischemic stroke and vascular inflammation, but also to the occurrence of coronary heart disease (Bonnefont-Rousselot, 2016; Qiao et al., 2020; Qin et al., 2020).