Chang, Alex C. Y.
Pardon, Gaspard
Chang, Andrew C. H.
Wang, Chenguang
Termglinchan, Vittavat
Kirillova, Anna
Nicin, Luka
Birnbaum, Foster
Laquerrière, Annie
Bonne, Gisele
Wu, Joseph
Blau, Helen M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (82070248)
Shanghai Pujiang Program (19PJ1407000)
Program for Professor of Special Appointment (Eastern Scholar) at Shanghai Institutions of Higher Learning (0900000024)
Innovative Research Team of High-level Local University in Shanghai
American Heart Association (13POST14480004)
American Heart Association (17MERIT33610009)
American Heart Association (17CSA33590101)
American Heart Association, United States (18POST34080160)
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Early Postdoc Mobility Fellowship (#P2SKP2_164954)
National Institutes of Health (R01 AG044815)
Baxter Foundation
Li Ka Shing Foundation
Article History
Received: 6 September 2025
Accepted: 2 February 2026
First Online: 10 February 2026
Competing interests
: H.M.B. is an Associate Editor of npj Regenerative Medicine but is not part of a peer review process or decision making of the manuscript. The authors declare no competing interests.