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Machine learning-driven spleen imaging and genomics uncover a splenic connection to coronary artery disease.
Science translational medicine - 9 Sept 2026
Kamineni Meghana, Raghu Vineet, Hua Zhanqing, Tian Haodong, Truong Buu, Alaa Ahmed, Schuermans Art, Friedman Sam, Reeder Christopher, Bhattacharya Romit, Libby Peter, Ellinor Patrick T, Maddah Mahnaz, Philippakis Anthony, Hornsby Whitney, Yu Zhi, Natarajan Pradeep
Abstract excerpt
Despite advances in managing traditional risk factors, coronary artery disease (CAD) remains the leading cause of mortality. Circulating hematopoietic cells influence risk for CAD separately from traditional risk factors, but the role of a key regulating organ, the spleen, is unknown. The understudied spleen is a representation of the hematopoietic system optimally suited for unbiased radiologic investigations...
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- Humans
- Spleen
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Genomics
