Data availability
scRNA-seq data have been deposited to the NCBI-GEO under record number GSE317642 . UK Biobank and All of Us data are available to investigators by application. All other necessary data are contained within the article. Requests for material can be made to the corresponding author (C.S.M.). Source data are provided with this paper.
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