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Science · 2025

Tunneling nanotube-like structures regulate distant cellular interactions during heart formation

Miao L et al. Science (2025).

DOI 10.1126/science.add3417

The scientific citation and panel associations are separate from the independently author-owned public-use basis documented for these source visuals.

  • hero-ventricular-architecture.webp

    Former Homepage Hero — retained scientific-provenance record

    Scientific association: Science Figure 6K.

    Rights basis: INDEPENDENT AUTHOR-OWNED / PUBLIC-USE APPROVED

    Independent author-owned visual asset. Public website use is authorized by Lianjie Miao, the asset creator.

    Creator / rights approver: Lianjie Miao. Approval date: September 5, 2026. Approved public site: themiaolab.org.

    Changes: The clean square microscopy field corresponding to Figure 6K is retained. The printed panel label, condition heading, and scale bar are absent. The source was proportionally resized from 2048 × 2048 to 1600 × 1600, compressed, and converted from PNG to WebP.

    Approved treatment: Current documented transformations plus technically equivalent responsive derivatives.

  • homepage-heart-loop.mp4

    Research — Intercellular Communication (Pillar 01)

    Scientific association: Supplementary movie associated with Miao L et al., Science (2025), DOI 10.1126/science.add3417.

    Rights basis: INDEPENDENT AUTHOR-OWNED / PUBLIC-USE APPROVED

    Original video created and owned by Lianjie Miao. Public display on The Miao Lab website is authorized by the creator. This website-use authorization is independent of any CC BY, AAAS, RightsLink, or publisher-granted permission.

    Creator / rights approver: Lianjie Miao. Approval date: September 6, 2026. Approved public site: themiaolab.org.

    Changes: The source video, Movie S4 Control heart.mp4, was transcoded and compressed for local web delivery as an H.264 MP4 while retaining its 512 × 512 dimensions, 4.8-second duration, and 30 fps frame rate. The web derivative contains no audio track. A matching 512 × 512 WebP poster frame was extracted at 0.800 seconds and compressed for browser poster/fallback display. No crop, upscale, or substantive scientific-content alteration was made.

    Approved treatment: Transcoding, compression, poster-frame extraction, and future technically equivalent non-substantive web-delivery derivatives.

  • pillar-intercellular-communication.webp

    Former Homepage Research 01 evidence — retained scientific-provenance record

    Scientific association: Science Figure 2A2 main field.

    Rights basis: INDEPENDENT AUTHOR-OWNED / PUBLIC-USE APPROVED

    Independent author-owned visual asset. Public website use is authorized by Lianjie Miao, the asset creator.

    Creator / rights approver: Lianjie Miao. Approval date: September 5, 2026. Approved public site: themiaolab.org.

    Changes: The clean main microscopy field corresponding to Figure 2A2 is retained. The printed panel label, inset and dashed locator, and scale bar are absent. The 1024 × 1536 source was compressed and converted from PNG to WebP without resizing.

    Approved treatment: Current documented transformations plus technically equivalent responsive derivatives.

  • science-tntl-summary.webp

    Former Homepage featured-publication evidence — retained scientific-provenance record

    Scientific association: Science Research Article Summary graphical figure.

    Rights basis: INDEPENDENT AUTHOR-OWNED / PUBLIC-USE APPROVED

    Independent author-owned visual asset. Public website use is authorized by Lianjie Miao, the asset creator.

    Creator / rights approver: Lianjie Miao. Approval date: September 5, 2026. Approved public site: themiaolab.org.

    Changes: The complete graphical figure and its labels are retained while surrounding article text is excluded. The source was proportionally resized from 2048 × 1140 to 1600 × 891, compressed, and converted from JPEG to WebP.

    Approved treatment: Current documented transformations plus technically equivalent responsive derivatives.

  • research-tntl-lifeact.webp

    Former Research 01 evidence — retained scientific-provenance record

    Scientific association: Science Figure 3H/H1.

    Rights basis: INDEPENDENT AUTHOR-OWNED / PUBLIC-USE APPROVED

    Independent author-owned visual asset. Public website use is authorized by Lianjie Miao, the asset creator.

    Creator / rights approver: Lianjie Miao. Approval date: September 5, 2026. Approved public site: themiaolab.org.

    Changes: Three selected Figure 3H/H1 fields are assembled: the overlay embryo view, ventricular locator view, and H1 enlargement. The red-only H field and printed scale bars are omitted; the H1 label, dashed locator, and arrowhead are retained. The source was resized from 2048 × 673 to 1800 × 592, compressed at WebP quality 92, and converted from PNG to WebP.

    Approved treatment: Current documented transformations plus technically equivalent responsive derivatives.

Cell Reports · 2025

Distinct populations of vascular smooth muscle and sinoatrial progenitors are localized adjacent to pro-epicardium

Miao L et al. Cell Reports (2025).

DOI 10.1016/j.celrep.2025.116580

The publication citation and license are recorded separately from each website asset’s specific rights basis.

Publication license: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).

  • pillar-cell-identity.webp

    Former Homepage Research 03 evidence — retained scientific-provenance record

    Scientific association: Author-supplied alternate rendering associated with the three-dimensional whole-mount dataset shown in Cell Reports Figure 6F.

    Rights basis: INDEPENDENT AUTHOR-OWNED / PUBLIC-USE APPROVED

    Independent author-owned visual asset. Public website use is authorized by Lianjie Miao, the asset creator. This exact source rendering is not presented as a CC BY publication figure.

    Creator / rights approver: Lianjie Miao. Approval date: September 5, 2026. Approved public site: themiaolab.org.

    Changes: The printed plot grid, panel and 3D labels, channel key, PE label, and scale bar are absent, and the green/red display-channel treatment differs from the printed plate. The supplied anatomical field was retained without an additional content crop, proportionally resized from 2048 × 2046 to 1400 × 1399, compressed, and converted from PNG to WebP.

    Approved treatment: Current documented transformations plus technically equivalent responsive derivatives.

  • research-spatial-progenitors.webp

    Research — Cell identity, fate, and maturation

    Scientific association: Main schematic cropped from the published Cell Reports Graphical Abstract.

    Rights basis: CC BY 4.0 basis confirmed

    This publication-derived asset is used under the publication’s CC BY 4.0 license.

    Changes: The main E9.5 pro-epicardial-region schematic and its explanatory labels are retained; the published abbreviation key and surrounding page content are omitted. The approved 1058 × 725 JPEG replacement was converted to WebP at quality 92 without resizing or an additional content crop; embedded metadata was removed.

Cardiovascular Research · 2024

β1 integrins regulate cellular behaviour and cardiomyocyte organization during ventricular wall formation

Miao L et al. Cardiovascular Research (2024).

DOI 10.1093/cvr/cvae111

The publication citation and license are recorded separately from each website asset’s specific rights basis.

Publication license: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).

  • pillar-tissue-organization.webp

    Former Homepage Research 02 evidence — retained scientific-provenance record

    Scientific association: Adaptation of the microscopy field corresponding to published Cardiovascular Research Figure 2A.

    Rights basis: CC BY 4.0 basis confirmed

    This publication-derived asset is used under the publication’s CC BY 4.0 license.

    Changes: Adapted for web display from the microscopy field corresponding to published Figure 2A. The published panel letter, age, genotype and channel labels, arrows, locator box, and scale bar are absent. The field was proportionally resized from 2048 × 2048 to 1400 × 1400, compressed, and converted from PNG to WebP; no additional web-stage content crop was identified.

  • research-cardiomyocyte-geometry.webp

    Research — Tissue organization and cell–ECM integration

    Scientific association: Author-supplied two-field microscopy composite associated with the Cardiovascular Research publication’s cardiomyocyte-organization evidence; it is not a direct extraction from one printed figure panel.

    Rights basis: INDEPENDENT AUTHOR-OWNED / PUBLIC-USE APPROVED

    Independent author-owned visual asset. Public website use is authorized by Lianjie Miao, the asset creator. This exact source composite is not presented as a CC BY publication figure.

    Creator / rights approver: Lianjie Miao. Approval date: September 5, 2026. Approved public site: themiaolab.org.

    Changes: The complete annotated composite, including its locator box, label, and double-headed arrows, was retained without an additional content crop, proportionally resized from 2048 × 1021 to 1800 × 897, compressed at WebP quality 92, and converted from PNG to WebP.

    Approved treatment: Current documented transformations plus technically equivalent responsive derivatives.