STAT3 and aortic aneurysm: Interestingly, an increased level of STAT3 has been identified in abdominal aortic aneurysms by Cai et al., showing that STAT3 acts as a transcription factor and contributes to lncRNA-NEAT1 transcription to facilitate aortic aneurysm formation (Cai et al., 2020), which is also consistent with our results.