Cathepsin S Deficiency Results in Abnormal Accumulation of Autophagosomes in Macrophages and Enhances Ang II–Induced Cardiac Inflammation

• Lili Pan,

  Affiliation Beijing An Zhen Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung, and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China

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• Yulin Li,

  Affiliation Beijing An Zhen Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung, and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China

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• Lixin Jia,

  Affiliation Beijing An Zhen Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung, and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China

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• Yanwen Qin,

  Affiliation Beijing An Zhen Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung, and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China

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• Guanming Qi,

  Affiliation Beijing An Zhen Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung, and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China

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• Jizhong Cheng,

  Affiliation Beijing An Zhen Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung, and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China

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• Yongfen Qi,

  Affiliation Beijing An Zhen Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung, and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China

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• Huihua Li,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

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• Jie Du

  * E-mail: jdu@bcm.edu

  Affiliations Beijing An Zhen Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung, and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China, The Key Laboratory of Remodeling-Related Cardiovascular Diseases, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China

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