C-C chemokine receptor 2 (CCR2) + Mo/MΦ have been found to spread through the brain tissue in the early phase of stroke and have been implicated in both early stage inflammation and later functional recovery (Garcia-Bonilla et al., 2016; Fang et al., 2018; Pedragosa et al., 2020). The gene discussed is CCR2; the disease is Stroke.