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Despite its significance, the role and underlying mechanisms of the response in the context of ischemic stroke remain elusive. Hence, this study endeavors to shed light on the mechanisms and role of the unfolding protein response in the context of ischemic stroke.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>In this study, mRNA expression patterns were extracted from the GSE58294 and GSE16561 datasets in the GEO database. The screening and validation of protein response-related biomarkers in stroke patients, as well as the analysis of the immune effects of the pathway, were carried out. To identify the key genes in the unfolded protein response, we constructed diagnostic models using both random forest and support vector machine-recursive feature elimination methods. The internal validation was performed using a bootstrapping approach based on a random sample of 1,000 iterations. Lastly, the target gene was validated by RT-PCR using clinical samples. We utilized two algorithms, CIBERSORT and MCPcounter, to investigate the relationship between the model genes and immune cells. Additionally, we performed uniform clustering of ischemic stroke samples based on expression of genes related to the UPR pathway and analyzed the relationship between different clusters and clinical traits. The weighted gene co-expression network analysis was conducted to identify the core genes in various clusters, followed by enrichment analysis and protein profiling for the hub genes from different clusters.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our differential analysis revealed 44 genes related to the UPR pathway to be statistically significant. The integration of both machine learning algorithms resulted in the identification of 7 key genes, namely ATF6, EXOSC5, EEF2, LSM4, NOLC1, BANF1, and DNAJC3. These genes served as the foundation for a diagnostic model, with an area under the curve of 0.972. Following 1000 rounds of internal validation via randomized sampling, the model was confirmed to exhibit high levels of both specificity and sensitivity. Furthermore, the expression of these genes was found to be linked with the infiltration of immune cells such as neutrophils and CD8 T cells. The cluster analysis of ischemic stroke samples revealed three distinct groups, each with differential expression of most genes related to the UPR pathway, immune cell infiltration, and inflammatory factor secretion. The weighted gene co-expression network analysis showed that all three clusters were associated with the unfolded protein response, as evidenced by gene enrichment analysis and the protein landscape of each cluster. The results showed that the expression of the target gene in blood was consistent with the previous analysis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The study of the relationship between UPR and ischemic stroke can help to better understand the underlying mechanisms of the disease and provide new targets for therapeutic intervention. For example, targeting the UPR pathway by blocking excessive autophagy or inducing moderate UPR could potentially reduce tissue injury and promote cell survival after ischemic stroke. In addition, the results of this study suggest that the use of UPR gene expression levels as biomarkers could improve the accuracy of early diagnosis and prognosis of ischemic stroke, leading to more personalized treatment strategies. 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