A Shifting Immune Landscape: ILC Redistribution and Neutrophil Polarization in Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Dementia (VCID)
Lei P. Wang, Sahar Emami Naeini, Bidhan Bhandari, Logan Rush, Hannah Mallalieu Rogers, Hesam Khodadadi, Chandramohan G. Wakade, Jack Chung-Kai Yu, David C. Hess, Évila Lopes Salles, Babak Baban
This study investigates how vascular dysfunction in VCID affects innate immune cells, finding compartment-specific ILC redistribution and pro-inflammatory neutrophil polarization in the brain.
bioRxiv · Aug 23, 2026 · PreprintImmunology