STING inhibition enables efficient plasmid-based gene expression in primary vascular cells: A simple and cost-effective transfection protocol

• Shuai Yuan ,

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

  * E-mail: yuans@pitt.edu (SY); astraub@pitt.edu (ACS)

  Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America, Heart, Lung, Blood and Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9590-6555

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• Adam C. Straub

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: yuans@pitt.edu (SY); astraub@pitt.edu (ACS)

  Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America, Heart, Lung, Blood and Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Microvascular Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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