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Single-Cell Transcriptomic Landscape Reveals an IFN-Primed Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell State Associated with Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in CKD

Key takeaways

Scientists read which genes were switched on inside single cells taken from blood vessels in chronic kidney disease. They found muscle cells in the vessel wall stuck in an alarmed state, as if primed by interferon, an immune warning signal. These cells sat near sticky webs that white blood cells throw out to trap germs. This is lab work on cells and tissue, not a treatment tried in people, but it points at one reason vessels stiffen in kidney disease.

Who did this work

Yuyao Wang (Huazhong University of Science and Technology) · Yishen Fu (Huazhong University of Science and Technology) · Yaoyao Fu (Huazhong University of Science and Technology) · Anying Cheng (Tongji Hospital) · Erwei Gao (Tongji Hospital) · Yongman Lv (Tongji Hospital) · Fan He (Huazhong University of Science and Technology)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, CKD works · 2026-09-11
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10753-026-02591-7