000000742 001__ 742 000000742 005__ 20260120144838.0 000000742 0247_ $$2DOI$$a10.6083/M4QV3JJW 000000742 037__ $$aETD 000000742 245__ $$aStudies on poly-ICLC treatment as a potent neuroprotective therapy against ischemic brain injury 000000742 260__ $$bOregon Health and Science University 000000742 269__ $$a2011 000000742 336__ $$aDissertation 000000742 502__ $$bPh.D. 000000742 502__ $$gNeuroscience 000000742 520__ $$aPreconditioning induces ischemic tolerance by reprogramming the brain’s response to injury, reducing harmful inflammation and enhancing neuroprotective pathways. Seeking clinically applicable stimuli, we identified poly‑IC as a potent preconditioning agent that provides robust protection in vitro and in vivo across multiple murine ischemia‑reperfusion models, with minimal systemic inflammation. Poly‑ICLC activates interferon‑related genes shared with other preconditioning stimuli, and its protection requires IRF7 and type I interferon signaling. Using TLR9 knockout bone‑marrow chimeras, we found that CpG‑induced protection requires TLR9 expression on both hematopoietic and parenchymal cells. These findings highlight poly‑IC/poly‑ICLC as promising prophylactic therapies for ischemic injury. 000000742 540__ $$fCC BY 000000742 542__ $$fIn copyright - single owner 000000742 650__ $$aIschemic Preconditioning$$031418 000000742 650__ $$aInterferon Type I$$020912 000000742 650__ $$aOligodeoxyribonucleotides$$023185 000000742 650__ $$aPoly I-C$$024356 000000742 650__ $$aStroke$$032460 000000742 650__ $$aCerebrovascular Disorders$$016383 000000742 650__ $$apoly ICLC 000000742 650__ $$aToll-Like Receptor 9$$036761 000000742 6531_ $$acpg-oligonucleotide 000000742 691__ $$aSchool of Medicine$$041369 000000742 692__ $$aVollum Institute$$041509 000000742 7001_ $$aBruestle Packard, Amy$$uOregon Health and Science University$$041354 000000742 7201_ $$aStenzel-Poore, Mary$$uOregon Health and Science University$$041354$$7Personal$$eAdvisor$$eMentor 000000742 8564_ $$9c50f9834-2416-42bc-b348-f9b07142e3b0$$s1516227$$uhttps://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/742/files/745_etd.pdf$$ePublic$$260e6b965355263fe2a4c9eca5929f65a$$31 000000742 905__ $$a/rest/prod/st/74/cq/45/st74cq459 000000742 909CO $$ooai:digitalcollections.ohsu.edu:742$$pstudent-work 000000742 956__ $$aGet Accessible Copy$$uhttps://ohsu.libwizard.com/f/requestaccessibledocument 000000742 980__ $$aTheses and Dissertations