ANOVA	Analysis of variance
BBB	Blood–brain barrier
BrdU	Bromodeoxyuridine
CCA	Common carotid artery
CCL2	C–C motif chemokine ligand 2
CCL2-MSC	Mannitol+CCL2-overexpressing hUC-MSC-treatment group
CCR2	C–C motif chemokine receptor 2
DCX	Doublecortin
ECA	External carotid artery
GFAP	Glial fibrillary acidic protein
GFP	Green fluorescent protein
hUC-MSC	Human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cell
Iba-1	Ionized calcium-binding adapter molecule 1
IV	Intravenous
MAN	Mmannitol-treatment group
M-MSC	Mannitol + hUC-MSC-treatment group
MSC	Mesenchymal stem cell
MCAo	Middle cerebral artery occlusion
MEM	Minimum essential medium
mNSS	Modified neurological severity score
NeuN	Neuronal nuclei
PBS	Phosphate-buffered saline
PFA	Paraformaldehyde
r-tPA	Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator
RECA-1	Rat endothelial cell antigen 1
RT-PCR	Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction
SEM	Standard error of the mean
TTC	2:3:5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor