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We therefore use postischemic or ischemia\/reperfusion-associated terminology unless experiments isolate the contribution of reperfusion. We propose that endothelial immune reprogramming requires a coordinated molecular program, localization to a defined vascular segment and time, and a corresponding change in immune-regulatory function. An isolated increase in an adhesion molecule or circulating biomarker indicates activation or injury but cannot identify such a state. Barrier\/stress, adhesive\/chemotactic, and prothrombotic responses overlap. Experimental studies implicate endothelial signaling, leukocyte arrest, and platelet interactions with neutrophil extracellular traps, but have not established a common sequence of endothelial states. Human evidence comes mainly from circulating biomarkers, thrombectomy thrombi, post-mortem tissue, and perfusion imaging. The available findings have yet to link a defined cerebral endothelial state to downstream perfusion and clinical outcome in the same patients. Prospective studies should combine serial vascular biomarkers, repeated perfusion imaging, and longitudinal follow-up, with endothelial-enriched molecular profiling when tissue is available. Therapeutic studies should test whether modifying a reversible endothelial program relieves no-reflow while preserving later immune resolution and vascular repair. 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