Studies have shown that NOTCH2 is minimally expressed, while NOTCH3 is overexpressed in human brain vascular malformations and a combined loss of one allele of Notch1 with Notch3 deletion results in CADASIL (a genetically mediated arteriopathy primarily of cerebral arteries and arterioles) and AVMs in mice21,23. This evidence concerns the gene NOTCH3 and arterial disorder.