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The UPR protein PERK (protein kinase RNA-like ER kinase) was recently shown to drive SMC modulation in vivo, suggesting that depletion of SMC Perk may regulate lesion stability.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>METHODS:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      SMC Perk was deleted from SMC-lineage-traced adult Ldlr\n                      <jats:sup>\u2212\/\u2212<\/jats:sup>\n                      hypercholesterolemic mice. Lesions were scored for features of lesion stability and analyzed for differential expression at the single-cell level. Perk knockdown in primary murine SMCs was used to study Perk\u2019s effect on SMC modulation in vitro. Human carotid lesions were assessed for UPR markers through scRNA-seq, bulk RNA-seq, and Xenium spatial transcriptomics.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>SMC Perk deletion in adult atherogenic mice did not affect weight gain or serum cholesterol levels. Lesions from Perk knockout mice resembled Perk WT counterparts with similar progression, lesion stability features, and cell populations. Scoring of UPR markers and differential expression analysis found little UPR activity in SMC and smooth muscle-derived cell populations. Perk was not required for in vitro SMC modulation in atherogenic conditions. No correlation was found between UPR markers and lesion stability or symptomatic clinical presentation in human carotid lesions, and UPR markers were expressed primarily in infiltrating leukocytes rather than in SMCs and stromal cells.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>SMC Perk UPR does not play a significant role in atherosclerotic SMC modulation, disease progression, or features of lesion stability in mice. 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