Greater than/less than characters not properly rendered when content does not contain any markdown syntax

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Describe the bug
When setting a simple content string containing the < or > chars but not containg any other Markdown-specific syntax, such as "a > b" for example, the editor renders the escaped versions > and <

To Reproduce

1. In the useEditor hook add the following extensions:

[
  Bold,
  Document,
  Italic,
  Text,
  Paragraph,
  Markdown.configure({
            linkify: true,
            transformCopiedText: true,
            transformPastedText: true,
  })
]

2. Set the content using
   editor.commands.setContent('a>b', false, { preserveWhitespace: 'full', });
3. The editor renders the escaped characters instead of the <, > chars:
   

Expected behavior
I'd expect the <, > chars to be rendered instead of their escaped versions.

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Mac OS Sequioa 15.1.1
• Browser: Chrome
• Version: 131.0.6778.71 (Official Build) (arm64)

Additional context
Interestingly, adding any Markdown-syntax to the content will cause the content to be rendered as expected
editor.commands.setContent('*italic* a>b', false, { preserveWhitespace: 'full', });

will render: