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ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2025

Macrophage Lyn Kinase Is a Sex-Specific Regulator of Post-Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Neuroinflammation.

Rezwanul Islam, Hadi Hasan Choudhary, Feng Zhang, Hritik Mehta, Jun Yoshida, Ajith Thomas, Khalid Hanafy

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Article in Journal of the American Heart Association, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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  1. Toll like receptor 4 (TLR4) in neuroinflammation: From acute hemorrhagic stroke to chronic neurodegeneration.Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2026
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Rezwanul IslamCooper Medical School of Rowan University Camden NJ USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9249-7039
Hadi Hasan ChoudharyCooper Medical School of Rowan University Camden NJ USA.
Feng ZhangCooper Medical School of Rowan University Camden NJ USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1106-7449
Hritik MehtaCooper Medical School of Rowan University Camden NJ USA.
Jun YoshidaCooper Medical School of Rowan University Camden NJ USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0466-8521
Ajith ThomasCooper Medical School of Rowan University Camden NJ USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4412-3152
Khalid HanafyCooper Medical School of Rowan University Camden NJ USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5979-1367

Funding

Modulation of the TLR4-Lyn interaction in SAHR01NS109174 · NINDS · ROWAN UNIVERSITY · PI HANAFY, KHALID A. · 2019 to 2023
$2.4M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS109174
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLyn kinase is a member of the Src family of tyrosine kinases, primarily known for its role in regulating immune cell signaling. It can phosphorylate and modulate the activity of various proteins involved in immune responses, including Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4). TLR4-mediated inflammatory pathways have been extensively studied; however, the sex-specific interaction of TLR4 and Lyn in neuroinflammation after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) has yet to be investigated. SAH occurs due to a ruptured aneurysm, and the consequences often lead to neuroinflammation and cognitive impairments. In our study, we investigated the sex-specific involvement of Lyn kinase in regulating TLR4 signaling to understand the TLR4-mediated inflammatory response after SAH.

methodsCell-specific Lyn knockout mice of both sexes were used for this study. Wild-type and conditional knockout mouse brains were analyzed by multicolor flow cytometry, immunohistochemistry, and western blotting at postoperative day 7 following SAH surgery. An unbiased spatial transcriptomic analysis was performed with the frozen mouse brain tissues. A 3-dimensional brain stroke model and cerebrospinal fluid samples of patients with SAH were also used for this study.

resultsOur overall animal and patient data from flow cytometry, immunohistochemistry, western blot, cognitive function tests, and spatial transcriptomic data revealed that Lyn kinase is a sex-specific regulator in inflammatory cytokine production, red blood cell phagocytosis, neuronal apoptosis, and cognitive function, as well as a negative regulator of TLR4 signaling pathways.

conclusionsOur results highlight sex-specific modulation of Lyn kinase activity in TLR4 signaling after hemorrhagic stroke and indicate that successful treatment of neuroinflammation may require sex-specific treatments.

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MacrophagesNeuroinflammatory Diseasessrc-Family KinasesSubarachnoid HemorrhageAnimalsBrainDisease Models, AnimalFemaleHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutSex FactorsSignal TransductionToll-Like Receptor 4lyn protein-tyrosine kinasesrc-Family KinasesTlr4 protein, mouseToll-Like Receptor 4Lyn kinasemicrogliasex‐specific inflammationsubarachnoid hemorrhagetoll‐like receptor‐4

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PMCPMC12184241

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