Spatial metabolomics reveals skeletal myofiber subtypes

Authors: Lanfang Luo, Wenwu Ma, Kun Liang, Yuefan Wang, Jiali Su, Ruirui Liu, Taoyan Liu, Ng Shyh-Chang

Published: 2023-02-03

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.add0455

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Abstract

Skeletal muscle myofibers are heterogeneous in their metabolism. However, metabolomic profiling of single myofibers has remained difficult. Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) is a powerful tool for imaging molecular distributions