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Pages: 1213 - 1216
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Published online: 7 October 2024
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Keywords

  1. atherosclerosis
  2. coronary artery disease
  3. genetics
  4. RNA-binding proteins

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Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany (D.S., J.M.H., K.B., V.T., Y.J., F.M.F., M.A., X.B., R.T.A.M., Y.D., C.W.).
German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Germany (D.S., J.M.H., Z.C., F.M.F., H.S., R.T.A.M., Y.D., C.W.).
Institute for Genetic and Biomedical Research, Unit of Milan, National Research Council, Italy (D.S.).
Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany (D.S., J.M.H., K.B., V.T., Y.J., F.M.F., M.A., X.B., R.T.A.M., Y.D., C.W.).
German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Germany (D.S., J.M.H., Z.C., F.M.F., H.S., R.T.A.M., Y.D., C.W.).
Kiril Bidzhekov, PhD*
Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany (D.S., J.M.H., K.B., V.T., Y.J., F.M.F., M.A., X.B., R.T.A.M., Y.D., C.W.).
Vasiliki Triantafyllidou, MSc
Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany (D.S., J.M.H., K.B., V.T., Y.J., F.M.F., M.A., X.B., R.T.A.M., Y.D., C.W.).
Yvonne Jansen, MSc
Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany (D.S., J.M.H., K.B., V.T., Y.J., F.M.F., M.A., X.B., R.T.A.M., Y.D., C.W.).
German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Germany (D.S., J.M.H., Z.C., F.M.F., H.S., R.T.A.M., Y.D., C.W.).
Department of Cardiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum München (Z.C., A.D., H.S.), Technical University of Munich, Germany.
Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany (D.S., J.M.H., K.B., V.T., Y.J., F.M.F., M.A., X.B., R.T.A.M., Y.D., C.W.).
German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Germany (D.S., J.M.H., Z.C., F.M.F., H.S., R.T.A.M., Y.D., C.W.).
Anastasiia Diagel, MSc
Department of Cardiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum München (Z.C., A.D., H.S.), Technical University of Munich, Germany.
Maria Aslani, PhD
Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany (D.S., J.M.H., K.B., V.T., Y.J., F.M.F., M.A., X.B., R.T.A.M., Y.D., C.W.).
Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany (D.S., J.M.H., K.B., V.T., Y.J., F.M.F., M.A., X.B., R.T.A.M., Y.D., C.W.).
German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Germany (D.S., J.M.H., Z.C., F.M.F., H.S., R.T.A.M., Y.D., C.W.).
Department of Cardiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum München (Z.C., A.D., H.S.), Technical University of Munich, Germany.
Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany (D.S., J.M.H., K.B., V.T., Y.J., F.M.F., M.A., X.B., R.T.A.M., Y.D., C.W.).
German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Germany (D.S., J.M.H., Z.C., F.M.F., H.S., R.T.A.M., Y.D., C.W.).
Departments of Biomedical Engineering (R.T.A.M.), Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, the Netherlands.
Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany (D.S., J.M.H., K.B., V.T., Y.J., F.M.F., M.A., X.B., R.T.A.M., Y.D., C.W.).
German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Germany (D.S., J.M.H., Z.C., F.M.F., H.S., R.T.A.M., Y.D., C.W.).
Division of Angiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Center, Inselspital, University Hospital of Bern, Switzerland (Y.D.).
Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich at Biomolecular NMR Spectroscopy, Department of Chemistry (M.S.), Technical University of Munich, Germany.
Institute of Structural Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany (M.S.).
Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany (D.S., J.M.H., K.B., V.T., Y.J., F.M.F., M.A., X.B., R.T.A.M., Y.D., C.W.).
German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Germany (D.S., J.M.H., Z.C., F.M.F., H.S., R.T.A.M., Y.D., C.W.).
Biochemistry (C.W.), Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, the Netherlands.
Cluster for Nucleic Acid Therapeutics Munich, Germany (C.W.).
Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology, Germany (C.W.).

Notes

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D. Santovito, J.M. Henderson, and K. Bidzhekov contributed equally.
This manuscript was sent to Andrew H. Baker, Guest Editor, for review by expert referees, editorial decision, and final disposition.
For Sources of Funding and Disclosures, see page 1216.
Circulation is available at www.ahajournals.org/journal/circ
Correspondence to: Donato Santovito, MD, PhD, Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention (IPEK), Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Pettenkoferstrasse 9, D-80336 München, Germany. Email [email protected]
Correspondence to: Christian Weber, MD, Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention (IPEK), Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Pettenkoferstrasse 9, D-80336 München, Germany. Email [email protected]

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Sources of Funding

This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft SFB1123-A1/A10 to Drs Döring and Weber, SFB1123-Z1 to Dr Megens, SFB1123-B5 to Dr Santovito, 403584255-TRR 267-A2 to Drs Weber and Sattler, and TRR 267-B5 to Drs Chen and Schunkert; by the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research 81Z0600202 to Dr Weber and 81Z0600203 and 81X2600269 to Dr Santovito; by LMUexcellent, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the Free State of Bavaria under the Excellence Strategy of the Federal Government and the Länder to Dr Santovito; and by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research in the framework of the Cluster4Future program (Cluster for Nucleic Acid Therapeutics Munich) to Drs Sattler and Weber.

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