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The <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">tsTGF<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010\u03b21 levels were elevated in <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">FBN1<\/jats:styled-content><\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NOTCH1<\/jats:styled-content><\/jats:italic> mutations vs patients without mutations (both <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.004), and in <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NOTCH1<\/jats:styled-content><\/jats:italic> mutations vs <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ACTA2<\/jats:styled-content><\/jats:italic>\/<jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MYH11<\/jats:styled-content><\/jats:italic> mutations (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.015). Similarly, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">tsTGF<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010\u03b21 levels were elevated in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MFS<\/jats:styled-content> (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.003) and in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">BAVD<\/jats:styled-content> (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.006) vs patients without genetic aortic syndrome. In contrast to specific clinical features of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MFS<\/jats:styled-content>, <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">FBN1<\/jats:styled-content><\/jats:italic> in\u2010frame mutations (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.019) were associated with increased <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">tsTGF<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010\u03b21 levels.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">tsTGF<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010\u03b21 is elevated in the entire spectrum of genetic aortic syndromes. 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