Xenium spatial transcriptomics identifies mesenchymal fibroblast expansion and conserved fibrotic ECM programs in keloid

Min Deng; Gregory M. Brewer; Alejandro Espinoza; Julio Orellana-Montes; Keshvad Hedayatyanfard; Chanyue Hu; Md Golam Sarowar Jahan; Mojan Deriss; Jeremy C. Davis; Carol E. Cheng; Matteo Pellegrini; George W. Agak

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Xenium spatial transcriptomics identifies mesenchymal fibroblast expansion and conserved fibrotic ECM programs in keloid

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Min Deng, Gregory M. Brewer, Alejandro Espinoza, Julio Orellana-Montes, Keshvad Hedayatyanfard, Chanyue Hu, Md Golam Sarowar Jahan, Mojan Deriss, Jeremy C. Davis, Carol E. Cheng, Matteo Pellegrini, George W. Agak. Xenium spatial transcriptomics identifies mesenchymal fibroblast expansion and conserved fibrotic ECM programs in keloid. Burns & Trauma, 2026, 14 (1) : tkag056 DOI:10.1093/burnst/tkag056

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