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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 Nov 6;72(19):2380–2390. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.08.2161

Central Illustration: Long non-coding RNAs in Atherosclerosis.

Central Illustration: Long non-coding RNAs in Atherosclerosis.

Long non-coding RNAs are actively transcribed genes that do not “appear” to code for proteins. Emerging evidence suggests that lncRNAs serve as key regulators of atherosclerosis and related risk factors.