Spatial transcriptomics reveals selective vulnerability of cardiac neural crest-derived glial cells in human myocardial infarction
xuefeng xia, Yaping Ding, Xiaopeng Zhao, He Qian, Hongru Zhang, Yihuang Gu, Hua Bai, 潘道友
The paper uses spatial transcriptomics to show that cardiac neural crest-derived glial cells are selectively lost in myocardial infarction, with metabolic failure and pyroptosis implicated as mechanisms.
bioRxiv · Sep 22, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics