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. 2023 Mar 22;17(3):897–914. doi: 10.1007/s12079-023-00737-y

Fig. 7.

Fig. 7

The activation of SMAD2/3 in VSMCs of abdominal aortic wall tissues is stimulated by Ang II. Subsequently, it promotes METTL3-METTL14 complex-mediated m6A modification of rip3 mRNA. Meanwhile, the level of rip3 mRNA becomes more stable under the m6A reader of YTHDF3, which increases the protein level of RIP3 and further induces VSMC necroptosis. In addition, cell debris induces inflammatory factors in neighboring VSMCs and recruit monocytes/macrophages to the lesion