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Publication Name World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID 121893
Country China
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ISSN 1007-9327 (print) and 2219-2840 (online)
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Category Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type Basic Study
Article Title Spatiotemporal atlas of internal hemorrhoids in rats elucidated using integrated single-cell RNA sequencing and spatial transcriptomics
Manuscript Source Invited Manuscript
All Author List Wei-Gan Lin, Shu-Yan Huang, Hong Lan, Xia-Xia Zheng, Xian-Bao Liu, Zhen-Guo Xu and Min-Hui Ke
ORCID
Author(s) ORCID Number
Wei-Gan Lin http://orcid.org/0009-0009-6436-0279
Min-Hui Ke http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0930-8901
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Funding Agency Grant Number
General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China No. 81774118
Medical Innovation Project of Fujian Provincial Health Commission No. 2024CXB013
Corresponding Author Min-Hui Ke, Chief Physician, Full Professor, PhD, Department of Proctology, The Second People’s Hospital Affiliated with Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 282 Wusi Road, Gulou District, Fuzhou 350003, Fujian Province, China. 48330132@qq.com
Key Words Internal hemorrhoids; Single-cell RNA sequencing; Spatial transcriptomics; Cellular heterogeneity; Fibrosis
Core Tip This study integrates single-cell and spatial transcriptomics to reveal spatiotemporal dynamics in rat internal hemorrhoids. Macrophages shift from pro-inflammatory to pro-reparative phenotypes, while fibroblasts differentiate into growth factor-regulated and profibrotic subsets, driving vascular remodeling. Cd74⁺ macrophages act as early inflammatory switches, activating Igfbp5⁺ fibroblasts/protomyofibroblasts via collagen–integrin interactions and the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B signaling, thus promoting vascular dilation, inflammation, and fibrosis. These findings provide novel insights into hemorrhoid progression from inflammation to extracellular matrix remodeling.
Publish Date 2026-09-18 03:45
Citation

Lin WG, Huang SY, Lan H, Zheng XX, Liu XB, Xu ZG, Ke MH. Spatiotemporal atlas of internal hemorrhoids in rats elucidated using integrated single-cell RNA sequencing and spatial transcriptomics. World J Gastroenterol 2026; 32(41): 121893

URL https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v32/i41/121893.htm
DOI https://doi.org/10.3748/wjg.121893
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