In addition, the aortic integrity to withstand stretch of the AAA + FGF18 + LV-Itgβ1 group was higher than that of the AAA + LV-Itgβ1 and AAA + FGF18 groups (p = 0.041, 0.032) (Fig. 6). The gene discussed is FGF18; the disease is triple-A syndrome.