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ArticleNPJ Regenerative medicine2026

Single-cell chromatin accessibility landscape of cardiac non-myocytes identifies tissue repair program during heart regeneration.

Zihao Chen, Yage Nie, Liying Huang, Ni Zeng, Jixing Gong, Yichen Gao, Qiye Wen, Xiaoyong Chen, Xiaoqian Ji, Yun Li and 5 more

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Article in NPJ Regenerative medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Zihao Chen *Zhongshan School of Medicine and the Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangdong, China.
Yage Nie *Zhongshan School of Medicine and the Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangdong, China.
Liying Huang *Zhongshan School of Medicine and the Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangdong, China.
Ni ZengZhongshan School of Medicine and the Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangdong, China.
Jixing GongZhongshan School of Medicine and the Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangdong, China.
Yichen GaoZhongshan School of Medicine and the Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangdong, China.
Qiye WenZhongshan School of Medicine and the Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangdong, China.
Xiaoyong ChenZhongshan School of Medicine and the Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangdong, China.
Xiaoqian JiZhongshan School of Medicine and the Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangdong, China.
Yun LiChina National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing, P. R. China.
Tian LanDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
Lan JiangChina National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing, P. R. China. jiangl@big.ac.cn.
Jia WangSchool of Health and Life Sciences, University of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Shandong, China. jiawang@uor.edu.cn.
Jin XuState Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangdong, China. xujin7@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
Nan CaoZhongshan School of Medicine and the Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangdong, China. caon3@mail.sysu.edu.cn.

Funding

CAS-SAFEA International Partnership Program for Creative Research Teams 153F11KYSB20210006China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2024M752149Key Technologies Research and Development Program 2021YFA1102500Key Technologies Research and Development Program 2023YFA1800700Key Technologies Research and Development Program 2023YFC3402703National Natural Science Foundation of China 92268105Qingdao Municipal Science and Technology Bureau 23-2-8-smjk-11-nshTaishan Scholar Foundation of Shandong Province tsqn202306271
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Abstract

The restricted regenerative potential of adult hearts poses a significant barrier to effective repair following injury. In contrast to numerous vertebrates, mammalian hearts exhibit only transient neonatal renewal capacity during the initial days of life. Beyond cardiomyocytes, understanding the diverse compositions of non-cardiomyocytes (non-CMs) is imperative for maintaining heart microenvironment homeostasis during neonatal heart regeneration. Here, we conduct single-cell ATAC sequencing on neonatal hearts at varying time points post-apical resection to profile the epigenetic landscape. Intriguingly, fibroblasts and endothelial cells, as the most abundant populations in the heart, exhibit the most dynamic chromatin remodeling upon injury. Furthermore, we reveal CEBPD and AP-1 family transcriptional factors as pivotal trans-regulators orchestrating these alterations, governing beneficial fibroblast activation and endothelial cell angiogenesis crucial for cardiac regeneration, respectively. Collectively, our study delineates the cellular identity of non-CMs at the epigenome level using single-cell approaches, offering insights into cell type-targeted interventions for heart regeneration.

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