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. 2018 Oct 30;9(1):4434.
doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-06894-8.

Following hearts, one cell at a time: recent applications of single-cell RNA sequencing to the understanding of heart disease

Matthew Ackers-Johnson  1   2 , Wilson Lek Wen Tan  1   2 , Roger Sik-Yin Foo  3   4
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Following hearts, one cell at a time: recent applications of single-cell RNA sequencing to the understanding of heart disease

Matthew Ackers-Johnson et al. Nat Commun. .

Abstract

The mammalian heart contains heterogeneous cell types contributing to pathological changes in cardiac disease. In this Comment, we explore how single-cell transcriptomic approaches are unveiling intricate cellular mechanisms and gene co-expression networks that regulate the workings, and failings, of the heart.

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The authors declare no competing interests.

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