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ReviewStroke2025

Blood Biospecimen Recommendations for Research on Stroke Outcomes and Recovery.

Robynne G Braun, Matthew A Edwardson, Chad M Aldridge, Steven C Cramer, Carlos Cruchaga, Stefan T Engelter, Jin-Moo Lee, Jane M Maguire, Tara M Stanne, Boryana Stamova and 5 more

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Review in Stroke, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Robynne G Braun *Department of Neurology, University of Maryland, Baltimore (R.G.B.).ORCID 0000-0002-3579-6665
Matthew A Edwardson *Department of Neurology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC (M.A.E.).ORCID 0000-0002-0327-5531
Chad M AldridgeDepartments of Neurology and Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (C.M.A.).ORCID 0000-0003-0539-9762
Steven C CramerDepartment of Neurology, University of California Los Angeles, California Rehabilitation Institute (S.C.C.).ORCID 0000-0002-6214-6211
Carlos CruchagaDepartment of Psychiatry (C.C.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.ORCID 0000-0002-0276-2899
Stefan T EngelterNeurology and Rehabilitation, Department of Clinical Research, Department of Neurology and Stroke Center, University Department of Geriatric Medicine FELIX PLATTER, University of Basel, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland (S.T.E., C.T.).ORCID 0000-0003-3855-6234
Jin-Moo LeeDepartment of Neurology (M.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.ORCID 0000-0002-3979-0906
Jane M MaguireFaculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, Australia (J.M.M.).
Tara M StanneDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, Sweden (T.M.S.).ORCID 0000-0001-9668-0407
Boryana StamovaDepartment of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento (B.S.).ORCID 0000-0002-5440-8816
Christopher TraenkaNeurology and Rehabilitation, Department of Clinical Research, Department of Neurology and Stroke Center, University Department of Geriatric Medicine FELIX PLATTER, University of Basel, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland (S.T.E., C.T.).ORCID 0000-0002-7600-1005
Cristina Gallego-FabregaStroke pharmacogenomics and genetics lab, Sant Pau Institute of Research (IR SANT PAU), Sant Pau Hospital, Barcelona, Spain (C.G.-F., I.F.-C.).ORCID 0000-0003-3229-5512
Israel Fernandez CadenasStroke pharmacogenomics and genetics lab, Sant Pau Institute of Research (IR SANT PAU), Sant Pau Hospital, Barcelona, Spain (C.G.-F., I.F.-C.).ORCID 0000-0003-4821-2363
Arne G LindgrenDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Neurology, Lund University (A.G.L.).ORCID 0000-0003-1942-7330
International Stroke Genomics Consortium (ISGC) and the ISGC Global Alliance for Acute and Long-Term Outcome Studies

Funding

Transcriptional Profiling of the Post-Stroke Immune Response to Tailor Rehabilitation TimelinesR03HD114143 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI BRAUN, ROBYNNE · 2024 to 2024
$252k
NICHD NIH HHS R03 HD114143
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The impact of trait-associated genetic variants on stroke risk is by now a well-established area of research that has continued to accelerate since the introduction of genome-wide technologies. More recently, the field has seen an increasing interest in the biology of stroke recovery. Studies designed to evaluate stroke recovery have unique needs that differ from those in studies of stroke risk and acute stroke outcomes. Here we outline the essential considerations for researchers aiming to develop or contribute to blood biomarker research on stroke recovery. Our recommendations incorporate the latest evidence and technologies that have emerged since the prior International Stroke Genetics Consortium Global Alliance recommendations were published in 2015. Nominated contributors with expertise in stroke recovery and genomics met over the course of 9 months and defined the scope of topics, discussed current practice and standards, and revised the recommendations to reflect consensus achieved through 2 rounds of anonymized surveys. Our writing group defined an updated and expanded set of recommendations applicable to a range of research priorities including (1) elucidating the biology of stroke recovery, (2) determining genetic variations associated with good versus poor stroke outcomes and recovery, (3) identifying druggable (or otherwise therapeutically actionable) gene or protein targets for enhanced recovery, and (4) identifying blood biomarkers that can predict stroke outcomes and recovery. The resulting work offers comprehensive guidance on essential preanalytical considerations for blood biomarker studies, encompassing blood collection timing, specimen processing and storage procedures, and regulatory aspects such as informed consent and data sharing. These guidelines will enable the consistent collection of human data on recovery biology at scale, providing the foundational evidence necessary to drive subsequent clinical translation.

Indexed as

Recovery of FunctionStrokeBiomarkersHumansSpecimen HandlingBiomarkersbiomarkersgenomicsmultiomicsprecision medicinerecovery of functionstroke

Identifiers

PMID40982604
PMCPMC12668223

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