Discovery of an evolutionarily conserved smooth muscle cell-specific lncRNA CARMN
Kunzhe Dong, Jian Shen, Xiangqin He, Liang Wang, Guoqing Hu, Kirstopher M. Bunting, Rachael Dixon-Melvin, Zeqi Zheng, Hongbo Xin, Meixiang Xiang, Almira I. Vazdarjanova, Jiliang Zhou
The paper identifies CARMN as an evolutionarily conserved, smooth muscle cell-specific lncRNA, showing its down-regulation in vascular diseases and functional importance in maintaining the contractile phenotype of vascular smooth muscle cells.
bioRxiv · Jan 30, 2020 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology