Abstract

Millions of people suffer an acute stroke each year, resulting in an enormous global burden of residual disability and mortality. Despite decades of work to discover effective therapeutics to prevent the consequences of ischemic injury and promote recovery, there have been hundreds of failed clinical trials. Genetics and other omics offer the opportunity to apply ‘reverse translational’ approaches to discover mechanisms important to mitigating injury and promoting recovery. In this chapter, we present a rationale and outline methodology for this broad investigative approach, including the development of creative endophenotypes and integration of multi-omic bioinformatics, as means of enhancing the discovery pathway. We also discuss the urgent need to expand collaborations and harness emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence to phenotype large enough cohorts to have adequate power to find genes and pathways relevant to stroke outcomes. Finally, we discuss challenges and future directions in this rapidly expanding area of stroke research.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationStroke Genetics, Third Edition
PublisherSpringer International Publishing
Pages547-584
Number of pages38
ISBN (Electronic)9783031417771
ISBN (Print)9783031417764
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2024

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