Original ResearchPublished 25 September 2026Single-cell transcriptomic analysis identifies vascular smooth muscle cell transcriptional programs associated with human carotid plaque remodelingYi-Jie Lu · Xue-Guang Lin · Ting Wang · Fan-Xuan Huang · Ying Deng · Shuai Jiang · Jing Dong Tang · Bo YuFrontiers in Molecular Biosciencesdoi 10.3389/fmolb.2026.1950061