Immune cell recruitment and pro–IL (interleukin)-1β expression in immune cells 24 h after stroke. A, Gating strategy and flow cytometry analysis of microglia/macrophages CD45int-hi/CD11bhi/CD64hi, monocytes CD45hi/CD11bhi/Ly6Chi, and neutrophils CD45hi/CD11bhi/Ly6Ghi in the ipsilateral hemisphere. B, (i) Percentage of microglia/macrophages, monocytes, and neutrophils vs the total number of live cells in the contralateral and ipsilateral hemisphere. B, (ii) Absolute number of microglia/macrophages, monocytes, and neutrophils in the contralateral and ipsilateral hemisphere (n=4 mice, *P<0.05, **P<0.01, analysed by 2-tailed paired t test). C, Gating strategy analysis and flow cytometry analysis of pro–IL-1β 24 h after stroke. D, (i) Percentage of pro–IL-1β positive cells and (D, ii) geometric mean fluorescence intensity of pro–IL-1β staining in microglia/macrophages, monocytes, and neutrophils (n=6 mice, *P<0.05, **P<0.01, analysed by 2-tailed paired t test). FMO indicates fluorescence minus one; FSC-A, forward scatter–area; FSC-H, forward scatter–height; SSC-A, side scatter–area.