“…Caspase-1 has been previously confirmed to mediate BBB disruption in the CNS, specifically critical in ECs' injury and repair of the BBB (Israelov et al, 2020). As specific caspase-1 inhibitors have been confirmed to alleviate BBB deterioration since 2010 (Wu et al, 2010), targeting caspase-1 in stroke contributes to a promising end with a better functional outcome (Wu et al, 2010;Lin et al, 2018;Liang et al, 2019Liang et al, , 2020Li et al, 2020b;Zhang et al, 2020), milder cerebral edema (Wu et al, 2010;Lin et al, 2018;Liang et al, 2019;Li et al, 2020b;Zhang et al, 2020), and lower occurrence of HT (Ismael et al, 2018;Chen et al, 2021a). However, the mechanisms about caspase-1 inhibition on stroke-induced BBB damage remain illdefined yet.…”