In the unstimulated saliva of stroke patients, we demonstrated significantly higher levels of chemotactic factors (CTACK/CCL27, IL-8/CXCL8, MIG/CXCL9, MIF) and growth factors (basic FGF, G-CSF, HGF, LIF, VEGF) compared to controls. The gene discussed is CXCL8; the disease is Stroke.