CD8A and atherosclerosis: It was found that the patients with atherosclerosis or ischemic stroke exhibited significant difference in gene profiling and 9 common genes were found in GES16561 and GES100927 including AQP9, CD2, CD3D, CD8A, FCGR3A, ITGAM, KCNJ15, MMP9, and NPL, suggesting that the DEGs were related to the progression of ACI.