Stick to the Script: How Endomucin Keeps the Glycocalyx in Line

Ronald McMillan¹, Benjamin Rodriguez², Annet Kirabo^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN (R.M., A.K.).
² Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (B.R.).
³ Vanderbilt Center for Immunobiology, Nashville, TN (A.K.).
⁴ Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology, and Inflammation, Nashville, TN (A.K.).
⁵ Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Nashville, TN (A.K.).

Editorial

Ronald McMillan et al. Circ Res. 2025.

. 2025 Jan 3;136(1):75-77.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.124.325805. Epub 2025 Jan 2.

Ronald McMillan¹, Benjamin Rodriguez², Annet Kirabo^{1

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¹ Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN (R.M., A.K.).
² Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (B.R.).
³ Vanderbilt Center for Immunobiology, Nashville, TN (A.K.).
⁴ Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology, and Inflammation, Nashville, TN (A.K.).
⁵ Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Nashville, TN (A.K.).

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Keywords: Editorials; glycocalyx; glycoproteins; kidney; vascular diseases.

Conflict of interest statement

None.

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