AXL governs axolotl cardiac regeneration and directs mammalian cardiomyocyte dedifferentiation
Elad Bassat, Jingkui Wang, Jorge Peña-Peña, Inés Rivero-García, Agnieszka Piszczek, Francisco Falcon, Yuka Taniguchi‐Sugiura, Jiaye Yang, Paula Fernández-Montes, Thomas Lendl, Lorena Domínguez, Katharina Lust, José Antonio Enríquez, Fátima Sánchez‐Cabo, Miguel Torres, Elly Margaret Tanaka
This study identifies AXL as a key regulator of cardiac regeneration in axolotls and shows its role in inducing cardiomyocyte dedifferentiation in mammals without cell cycle re-entry.
bioRxiv · Dec 22, 2025 · PreprintCell Biology