Treating MCAO rats with Naotaifang (a traditional Chinese herbal medicine compound) extract involves inhibition of acute cerebral ischemia-induced neuronal ferroptosis and neurobehavioral disorder through TFR1/DMT1 and SCL7A11/GPX4 pathways (Lan et al., 2020). This evidence concerns the gene SLC11A2 and Cerebral ischemia.