Long non-coding RNA NEXN-AS1 mitigates atherosclerosis by regulating the actin-binding protein NEXN

This work was supported by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (grant nos. 81871701, 81572051, 81500387, and 81370202), the Natural Science Fund of Guangdong (grant nos. 2017A030313535 and 2018A030313533), the Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou (grant nos. 201607010267 and 201707010156), and the British Heart Foundation (grant nos. RG/16/13/32609 and PG/16/9/31995). This work falls under the portfolio of research conducted within the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre.