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After treatment with rhein, the infarction\/edema ratio, BV-2 cell viability, expression of NLRP3 inflammasome, and levels of microglial polarization and pyroptosis were detected. Finally, NLRP3 inhibitors (MCC950) were used to assess whether rhein exerted its effects by inhibiting the activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome in regulating pyroptosis and polarization of microglia. Rhein permeated the blood\u2013brain barrier of rats after tMCAO, protected against tMCAO-induced brain injury, and inhibited microglial NLRP3 inflammasome activation and pyroptosis after tMCAO or OGD\/R.\u00a0It also suppressed tMCAO- or OGD\/R-induced polarization of the M1 phenotype in microglia, and skewed them toward the M2 phenotype. 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