Measuring 65 plasma cytokines and chemokines revealed that individuals with stroke due to LAA, CE, and SVO have a stronger inflammatory response than those with sCeAD, particularly for the analytes HGF, SDF-1α, IL-2R, CD30, TNF-RII, IL-16, MIF, APRIL, and SCF. The gene discussed is HGF; the disease is Stroke.