<i>CARMN</i> Is an Evolutionarily Conserved Smooth Muscle Cell–Specific LncRNA That Maintains Contractile Phenotype by Binding Myocardin

Abstract

<i>CARMN</i> is an evolutionarily conserved SMC-specific long noncoding RNA with a previously unappreciated role in maintaining the contractile phenotype of VSMCs and is the first noncoding RNA discovered to interact with myocardin.