Versican is differentially regulated in the adventitial and medial layers of human vein grafts

• Richard D. Kenagy ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rkenagy@u.washington.edu

  Affiliation Center for Cardiovascular Biology, Institute for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, and Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2021-5565

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• Shinsuke Kikuchi,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Vascular Surgery, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5314-1603

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• Steve P. Evanko,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Matrix Biology Program, Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle, WA, United States of America

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• Matthijs S. Ruiter,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering Unit—Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Via Parea, 4, Milan, Italy

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• Marco Piola,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

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• Alban Longchamp,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Vascular Surgery, CHUV | Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland

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• Maurizio Pesce,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering Unit—Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Via Parea, 4, Milan, Italy

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• Monica Soncini,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

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• Sébastien Deglise,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Vascular Surgery, CHUV | Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland

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• Gianfranco B. Fiore,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

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• Jacques-Antoine Haefliger,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Vascular Surgery, CHUV | Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland

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• Tannin A. Schmidt,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biomedical Engineering Department, School of Dental Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, United States of America

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• Mark W. Majesky,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA, United States of America

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• Michael Sobel,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Vascular Surgery, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

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• Thomas N. Wight

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Matrix Biology Program, Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle, WA, United States of America

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