Experiments

Searchable full-text extractions: founding hypothesis, core claims, experimental setups, key results and statistics — pulled out of each paper as structure. Search a cell line, an assay or an entity (e.g. HUH7) and find every paper that worked with it. This corpus stands on its own: most entries carry no reproduction assessment (yet).

• Circulating mucosal-associated invariant T cells identify patients responding to anti-PD-1 therapy.

  PMID 33723257 · PMC7961017 · Nature communications · 2021 · 7 claims · 7 setups

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  Proportions of activated and proliferating CD8+ T cells (cluster C16/activated EM) are significantly higher in responders before and during therapy

  pbmc cd3+cd8+ pbmc-derived metastatic high-dimensional single-cell polychromatic

• Novel approaches for identifying target antigens of autoreactive human B and T cells.

  PMID 19763575 · PMC2845891 · Seminars in immunopathology · 2009 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  CD8+ T cells infiltrating MS brain and IM muscle tissue show clonal expansions consistent with antigen-driven selection

  muscle brain morphologically autopsy cdr3-spectratyping single-cell immunohistochemistry

• Multiomics combined drugs to explore the potential mechanism and treatment of ankylosing spondylitis.

  PMID 41673882 · PMC13047816 · Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Effector CD8+ memory T (Tem) cells are significantly elevated in AS patients compared to healthy controls

  bone peripheral effector interspinous single-cell cibersortx cell-cell

• PD-1 antibody-bound progenitor-exhausted CD8(+) T cells in lymph nodes boost PD-1-blockade anti-tumor immunity in gastrointestinal cancer.

  PMID 41951588 · PMC13237225 · Nature communications · 2026 · 8 claims · 6 setups

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  Progenitor-exhausted CD8+ T cells (CD8-Tpex, TCF7+PDCD1+) are enriched in proximal lymph nodes and proliferate at a high rate after ICI treatment

  esophagogastric cancer surgically tcga scrna-seq scrna reanalysis

• Heterogeneity and Differentiation Trajectories of Infiltrating CD8+ T Cells in Lung Adenocarcinoma.

  PMID 36358600 · PMC9658355 · Cancers · 2022 · 7 claims · 8 setups

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  Infiltrating CD8+ T cells in LUAD can be divided into ten transcriptionally distinct subsets: eight cytotoxic (CTL) subsets, one naive-like (NTL) subset, and one exhausted (ETL) subset.

  luad tcga cd8+ degs single-cell cibersort survival

• TOPK Suppresses the CD8(+) T Cell Antitumor Immunity via Modulation of IRF5 Expression.

  PMID 41868885 · PMC13003159 · Cancer communications (London, England) · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  A TOPK+ subset of tumor-infiltrating CD8+ T cells exists in melanoma at higher frequency than in normal lymph nodes and shows suppressed cytotoxic/cytokine programs.

  tumor-infiltrating melanoma b16-f10 unspecified scrna-seq flow multiplex

• PD-1 and TIGIT coexpression identifies a circulating CD8 T cell subset predictive of response to anti-PD-1 therapy.

  PMID 33188038 · PMC7668369 · Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2020 · 7 claims · 6 setups

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  The frequency of circulating PD-1+TIGIT+ (DPOS) CD8+ T cells after 1 month of anti-PD-1 therapy is associated with clinical response and overall survival

  pbmcs sorted expanded cancer multiparameter receptor targeted

• Clonal CD8(+) T cells populate the leptomeninges and coordinate with immune cells in human degenerative brain diseases.

  PMID 41593242 · PMC12864034 · Nature immunology · 2026 · 8 claims · 6 setups

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  The human leptomeninges harbor substantial numbers of clonally expanded, tissue-resident memory CD8 T cells (ZNF683-high, CXCR6+, PD-1+)

  postmortem leptomeninges scrna-seq-derived leptomeningeal single-cell flow imaging

• Reinvigorating COTL1(high) NK cells via GITR signalling overcomes immune checkpoint blockade resistance in tsMHC-I-impaired tumours.

  PMID 41912896 · PMC13179135 · Nature cell biology · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  A COTL1-high NK cell subset mediates immune checkpoint blockade responsiveness in tsMHC-I impaired tumours

  hcc sorted orthotopic multiplex bulk single-cell

• Tumor-specific but immunosuppressive CD39(+)CD8(+) T cells exhibit double-faceted roles in clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

  PMID 40961944 · PMC12629791 · Cell reports. Medicine · 2025 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  CD39+CD8+ TILs constitute a terminally exhausted, tumor-antigen-specific subset of CD8+ T cells

  memory sorted caix-specific cd39+pd-1bright scrna-seq bulk mhc

• Hypoxia-driven remodeling of SELENOP(+) macrophages shapes T cell dynamics and promotes ovarian cancer metastasis.

  PMID 41526347 · PMC12852879 · Nature communications · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  SELENOP+ macrophages co-occur and spatially co-localize with precursor exhausted (GZMH+) CD8+ T cells and activate these T cells via selenoprotein P in vitro and in vivo.

  hgsoc million pseudo-bulk hgsoc-derived scrna-seq sctcr-seq spatial

• CLK1 Promotes Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cell Trafficking and Reprograms the Tumor Microenvironment by Activating Hippo/YAP Signaling in Colorectal Cancer.

  PMID 41686262 · PMC13136879 · Cancer immunology research · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  CLK1 is markedly upregulated in immune-cold colorectal tumors and correlates with increased MDSC infiltration and CD8+ T-cell exclusion

  colorectal tcga-coad ct26 tumor scrna-seq bulk multiplex

• Ionizing Radiation Enhances Prognostically Significant Cellular Immunity Programs in the Brain Metastasis Microenvironment.

  PMID 41817317 · PMC13223553 · Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2026 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  High-grade histopathologic TIL infiltration is associated with significantly prolonged overall survival in breast and lung cancer BM.

  breast lung histopathologic sequencing tcr

• PD-1 blockade potentiates neoadjuvant chemotherapy in NSCLC via increasing CD127(+) and KLRG1(+) CD8 T cells.

  PMID 37231145 · PMC10213055 · NPJ precision oncology · 2023 · 8 claims · 5 setups

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  NAPC produces higher major pathological response (MPR) and pathological complete response (pCR) rates and longer DFS/OS than NAC alone

  cd45+ ffpe scrna-seq cd8+ single-cell multiplex gene

• Effects of HIV type-1 immune selection on susceptability to integrase inhibitor resistance.

  PMID 19918099 · PMC4155129 · Antiviral therapy · 2009 · 8 claims · 6 setups

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  Primary integrase inhibitor resistance mutations (T66I, E92Q, G140S, Y143C/H/R, Q148H/R/K, N155S/H) were absent in 342 drug-naive individuals, indicating these sites are highly constrained.

  plasma genomic viral aligned bulk sequence-based quantitative

• Disruption of metabolic licensing by JAK inhibitors constrains CD8 T cell activation and effector function.

  PMID 41876467 · PMC13039990 · Cell death & disease · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  JAKis targeting JAK1, JAK1/2, or JAK1/3 markedly reduce CD8 T cell activation markers, proliferation, and effector molecule (TNF, granzyme B) production

  naive memory activated sorted flow scenith cd8

• Immune classification of advanced melanoma identifies non-responders to anti-PD1 therapy.

  PMID 42047827 · PMC13125473 · Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII · 2026 · 8 claims · 6 setups

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  The immune-low group defined by the 107-gene immune signature includes mostly patients who do not respond to anti-PD1 inhibitors

  ffpe gem campbell targeted consensus cibersortx

• Intergenic risk variant rs56258221 skews the fate of naive CD4(+) T cells via miR4464-BACH2 interplay in primary sclerosing cholangitis.

  PMID 38901430 · PMC11293351 · Cell reports. Medicine · 2024 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  rs56258221 (BACH2/MIR4464) associates with a distinct peripheral blood T cell immunophenotype in people with PSC

  peripheral liver facs-sorted cd4+ flow bulk cite-seq

• Phased differentiation of γδ T and T CD8 tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes revealed by single-cell transcriptomics of human cancers.

  PMID 34721945 · PMC8555559 · Oncoimmunology · 2021 · 7 claims · 6 setups

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  In tumors, TCRVγnon9 γδ T cells (the majority γδ TIL subset) are quantitatively correlated and aligned with T CD8 cells for differentiation, exhaustion, gene expression profile, and response to immune checkpoint therapy

  pbmc tumor syngeneic scrnaseq cite-seq flow

• DNA methylation profiles at hospital admission are associated with subsequent severe COVID-19 outcomes.

  PMID 42021404 · PMC13251264 · Clinical epigenetics · 2026 · 7 claims · 5 setups

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  DNA methylation profiles at hospital admission differ among disease trajectory groups (TGs) and are associated with subsequent disease progression.

  pbmcs blood immune end-stage targeted rna-seq mass