Zhao, Guizhen
Zhao, Yang
Liang, Wenying
Lu, Haocheng
Liu, Hongyu
Deng, Yongjie
Zhu, Tianqing
Guo, Yanhong
Chang, Lin
Garcia-Barrio, Minerva T.
Chen, Y. Eugene
Zhang, Jifeng
Funding for this research was provided by:
national institute of health, united states (HL172832)
national institute of health (HL151524)
National Institutes of Health (HL162294)
National Institutes of Health (HL138139)
Article History
Received: 4 June 2024
Accepted: 14 October 2024
First Online: 26 October 2024
<!--Emphasis Type='Bold' removed-->Ethical approval
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All animal procedures were performed according to the protocols approved by the Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC) at the University of Michigan. The human aortic tissues used in this study were obtained from the Cardiovascular Health Improvement Project (CHIP) core of the Frankel Cardiovascular Center (CVC) at the University of Michigan with the Institutional Review Board approval (Hum00052866) from the Human Research Protection Program and Institutional Review Board of the University of Michigan Medical School (IRBMED), with patients’ consent, and in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.