A novel nested gene Aff3ir participates in vascular remodeling by enhancing endothelial cell differentiation in mice

• Yue Zhao,
• Mazdak Ehteramyan,
• Yi Li,
• Xuefeng Bai,
• Lei Huang,
• Yingtang Gao,
• Angshumonik Angbohang,
• Xiaoping Yang,
• Steven Lynham,
• Andriana Margariti,
• Ajay M. Shah,
• Yaling Tao,
• Ting Cai,
• Tong Li,
• Min Zhang,
• Lingfang Zeng

Affiliations

Yue Zhao

Department of Heart Center, Nankai University Affiliated Third Center Hospital, Tianjin 300170, China; School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine and Sciences, King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre of Excellence, Faculty of Life Science and Medicine, King's College London, London SE5 9NU, United Kingdom; School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China

Mazdak Ehteramyan

School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine and Sciences, King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre of Excellence, Faculty of Life Science and Medicine, King's College London, London SE5 9NU, United Kingdom

Yi Li

School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine and Sciences, King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre of Excellence, Faculty of Life Science and Medicine, King's College London, London SE5 9NU, United Kingdom

Xuefeng Bai

School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine and Sciences, King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre of Excellence, Faculty of Life Science and Medicine, King's College London, London SE5 9NU, United Kingdom

Lei Huang

Department of Heart Center, Nankai University Affiliated Third Center Hospital, Tianjin 300170, China; School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine and Sciences, King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre of Excellence, Faculty of Life Science and Medicine, King's College London, London SE5 9NU, United Kingdom

Yingtang Gao

Tianjin Key Laboratory of Extracorporeal Life Support for Critical Diseases, Nankai University Affiliated Third Center Hospital, Tianjin 300170, China; Tianjin Institute of Hepatobiliary Disease, Nankai University Affiliated Third Centre Hospital, Tianjin 300170, China

Angshumonik Angbohang

School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine and Sciences, King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre of Excellence, Faculty of Life Science and Medicine, King's College London, London SE5 9NU, United Kingdom

Xiaoping Yang

School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine and Sciences, King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre of Excellence, Faculty of Life Science and Medicine, King's College London, London SE5 9NU, United Kingdom

Steven Lynham

School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine and Sciences, King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre of Excellence, Faculty of Life Science and Medicine, King's College London, London SE5 9NU, United Kingdom

Andriana Margariti

Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 7BL, United Kingdom

Ajay M. Shah

School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine and Sciences, King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre of Excellence, Faculty of Life Science and Medicine, King's College London, London SE5 9NU, United Kingdom

Yaling Tao

Ningbo Institute of Life and Health Industry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315010, China

Ting Cai

Ningbo Institute of Life and Health Industry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315010, China

Tong Li

Department of Heart Center, Nankai University Affiliated Third Center Hospital, Tianjin 300170, China; School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Extracorporeal Life Support for Critical Diseases, Nankai University Affiliated Third Center Hospital, Tianjin 300170, China; Tianjin Institute of Hepatobiliary Disease, Nankai University Affiliated Third Centre Hospital, Tianjin 300170, China; Corresponding author. Tianjin Key Laboratory of Extracorporeal Life Support for Critical Diseases, Nankai University Affiliated Third Center Hospital, Tianjin 300170, China.

Min Zhang

School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine and Sciences, King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre of Excellence, Faculty of Life Science and Medicine, King's College London, London SE5 9NU, United Kingdom; Corresponding author.

Lingfang Zeng

School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine and Sciences, King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre of Excellence, Faculty of Life Science and Medicine, King's College London, London SE5 9NU, United Kingdom; Corresponding author.