ELAVL1 and atherosclerosis: Using RNA sequencing profiling of the aortic intima of lesions, the authors identified a macrophage-specific lncRNA, Macrophage-Associated Atherosclerosis lncRNA Sequence (MAARS), that regulates apoptosis and efferocytosis in atherosclerosis by tethering ELAV like RNA binding protein 1 (ELAVL1) HuR (Simion et al., 2020).