Loss of SPRR3 in ApoE^-/- mice leads to atheroma vulnerability through Akt dependent and independent effects in VSMCs

• Caressa D. Lietman,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology Microbiology and Immunology; Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Nashville, TN, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3863-2751

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• Amanda K. Segedy,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology Microbiology and Immunology; Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Nashville, TN, United States of America

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• Bin Li,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology Microbiology and Immunology; Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Nashville, TN, United States of America

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• Sergio Fazio,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center of Preventive Cardiology; Knight Cardiovascular Institute; Oregon Health & Science University; Portland, OR, United States of America

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• James B. Atkinson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Pathology Microbiology and Immunology; Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Nashville, TN, United States of America, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States of America

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• MacRae F. Linton,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Nashville, TN, United States of America, Department of Medicine; Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Nashville, TN, United States of America

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• Pampee P. Young

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: pampee.young@vanderbilt.edu

  Affiliations Department of Pathology Microbiology and Immunology; Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Nashville, TN, United States of America, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States of America, Department of Medicine; Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Nashville, TN, United States of America

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