RIPK3 and atherosclerosis: En face Oil Red O staining revealed that Ripk3ΔMΦ-Cre and Ripk3ΔEC-Cre aortas showed an increase in percent atherosclerotic lesion area, whereas Ripk3ΔHet and Ripk3ΔGlobal aortas were no different from control, which conflicts with the previously published genetic study addressing the role of RIPK3 in atherosclerosis progression (Fig. 3A,B) (Lin et al., 2013).