Possible Protective Effect of Regulatory T cells on White Matter Microstructural Abnormalities in Stroke Patients

Fumihiko Yasuno^1,2*, Akihiko Taguchi^3,4, Akie Kikuchi-Taura⁵, Akihide Yamamoto², Hiroaki Kazui⁶, Takashi Kudo⁶, Atsuo Sekiyama⁷, Katsufumi Kajimoto³, Toshihiro Soma⁵, Toshifumi Kishimoto¹, Hidehiro Iida² and Kazuyuki Nagatsuka³

¹Department of Neuropsychiatry, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan

²Department of Investigative Radiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan

³Department of Neurology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan

⁴Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation, Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation, Kobe, Japan

⁵Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan

⁶Department of Neuropsychiatry, Osaka University Medical School, Suita, Japan

⁷Department of Brain Science, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

^*Corresponding Author: Fumihiko Yasuno, M.D., Ph.D, Department of Psychiatry, Nara Medical University, 840 Shijocho Kashihara, Nara, 634-8522, Japan, Tel: +81-744-22-3051, Fax: +81-744-22-3854 Email: