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ArticleNature communications2025

An organ-wide spatiotemporal transcriptomic and cellular atlas of the regenerating zebrafish heart.

Lei Li, Meina Lu, Lidong Guo, Xuejiao Zhang, Qun Liu, Meiling Zhang, Junying Gao, Mengyang Xu, Yijian Lu, Fang Zhang and 26 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Mechanisms and Therapeutic Potential of Human Cardiomyocyte Proliferation.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2026
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  6. Zebrafish in Cardiovascular Disease Research: from Model to Application.International journal of biological sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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36 authors.

Lei Li *Qingdao Key Laboratory of Marine Genomics, BGI Research, Qingdao, 266555, China.
Meina Lu *Key Laboratory of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity (Ministry of Education) and Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China.
Lidong Guo *Qingdao Key Laboratory of Marine Genomics, BGI Research, Qingdao, 266555, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2520-4416
Xuejiao Zhang *Key Laboratory of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity (Ministry of Education) and Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China.
Qun Liu *Qingdao Key Laboratory of Marine Genomics, BGI Research, Qingdao, 266555, China.
Meiling Zhang *Key Laboratory of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity (Ministry of Education) and Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China.
Junying GaoKey Laboratory of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity (Ministry of Education) and Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China.
Mengyang XuQingdao Key Laboratory of Marine Genomics, BGI Research, Qingdao, 266555, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4487-7088
Yijian LuKey Laboratory of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity (Ministry of Education) and Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China.
Fang ZhangKey Laboratory of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity (Ministry of Education) and Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China.
Yao LiQingdao Key Laboratory of Marine Genomics, BGI Research, Qingdao, 266555, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5248-3249
Ruihua ZhangQingdao Key Laboratory of Marine Genomics, BGI Research, Qingdao, 266555, China.
Xiawei LiuQingdao Key Laboratory of Marine Genomics, BGI Research, Qingdao, 266555, China.
Shanshan PanQingdao Key Laboratory of Marine Genomics, BGI Research, Qingdao, 266555, China.
Xianghui ZhangQingdao Key Laboratory of Marine Genomics, BGI Research, Qingdao, 266555, China.
Zhen LiQingdao Key Laboratory of Marine Genomics, BGI Research, Qingdao, 266555, China.
Yadong ChenQingdao Key Laboratory of Marine Genomics, BGI Research, Qingdao, 266555, China.
Xiaoshan SuQingdao Key Laboratory of Marine Genomics, BGI Research, Qingdao, 266555, China.
Nannan ZhangQingdao Key Laboratory of Marine Genomics, BGI Research, Qingdao, 266555, China.
Wenjie GuoQingdao Key Laboratory of Marine Genomics, BGI Research, Qingdao, 266555, China.
Tao YangChina National GeneBank, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518120, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4211-5183
Jing ChenChina National GeneBank, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518120, China.
Yating QinQingdao Key Laboratory of Marine Genomics, BGI Research, Qingdao, 266555, China.
Zhe ZhangMGI Tech, Shenzhen, 518083, China.
Wei CuiQingdao Key Laboratory of Marine Genomics, BGI Research, Qingdao, 266555, China.
Lindong YuKey Laboratory of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity (Ministry of Education) and Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China.
Ying GuState Key Laboratory of Genome and Multi-omics Technologies, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7822-0570
Huanming YangState Key Laboratory of Genome and Multi-omics Technologies, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0858-3410
Xun XuState Key Laboratory of Genome and Multi-omics Technologies, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5338-5173
Jianxun WangSchool of Basic Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3731-6514
Caroline E BurnsDivision of Basic and Translational Cardiovascular Research, Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1565-7489
C Geoffrey BurnsDivision of Basic and Translational Cardiovascular Research, Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5812-6621
Kai HanQingdao Key Laboratory of Marine Genomics, BGI Research, Qingdao, 266555, China. hankai@genomics.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3061-1895
Long ZhaoKey Laboratory of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity (Ministry of Education) and Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China. zhaolong@ouc.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2691-7055
Guangyi FanQingdao Key Laboratory of Marine Genomics, BGI Research, Qingdao, 266555, China. fanguangyi@genomics.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7365-1590
Ying SuKey Laboratory of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity (Ministry of Education) and Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China. suying@ouc.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8466-0043

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adult zebrafish robustly regenerate injured hearts through a complex orchestration of molecular and cellular activities. However, this remarkable process, which is largely non-existent in humans, remains incompletely understood. Here, we utilize integrated spatial transcriptomics (Stereo-seq) and single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) to generate a spatially-resolved molecular and cellular atlas of regenerating zebrafish heart across eight stages. We characterize the cascade of cardiomyocyte cell states responsible for producing regenerated myocardium and explore a potential role for tpm4a in cardiomyocyte re-differentiation. Moreover, we uncover the activation of ifrd1 and atp6ap2 genes as a unique feature of regenerative hearts. Lastly, we reconstruct a 4D "virtual regenerating heart" comprising 569,896 cells/spots derived from 36 scRNA-seq libraries and 224 Stereo-seq slices. Our comprehensive atlas serves as a valuable resource to the cardiovascular and regeneration scientific communities and their ongoing efforts to understand the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying vertebrate heart regeneration.

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HeartRegenerationTranscriptomeZebrafishAnimalsCell DifferentiationGene Expression ProfilingMyocardiumMyocytes, CardiacSingle-Cell AnalysisZebrafish ProteinsZebrafish Proteins

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