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).

• Mural cell-derived chemokines provide a protective niche to safeguard vascular macrophages and limit chronic inflammation.

  PMID 37652021 · PMC10588993 · Immunity · 2023 · 7 claims · 8 setups

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  Vascular macrophages form a spatiotemporal niche in direct contact with mural cells across microvascular and macrovascular beds

  cx3cr1-mφ rfp-rep coronary peritoneal intravital confocal single-cell

• Dynamics of severity-associated immune remodeling by granulocytes and macrophages in acute lung injury.

  PMID 42111184 · PMC13157102 · iScience · 2026 · 7 claims · 7 setups

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  Granulocytes expand while macrophages are depleted as ALI severity progresses from intermediate to late stage

  bronchoalveolar granulocytes granulocyte immune single-cell gene pseudotime

• TRAP5 Inhibition Targeting Scar-Associated Macrophages Ameliorates Acute Kidney Injury to Chronic Kidney Disease Transition.

  PMID 41773735 · PMC13159109 · Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  A distinct scar-associated macrophage (SM) subset marked by high Acp5/TRAP5, Ctsk, Mmp9, and Spp1 emerges and predominates during the renal remodeling/CKD phase after AAI-induced AKI

  kidney ckd aai unilateral single-cell velocity pseudotime

• Single-cell and spatial profiling of peripheral blood and synovium unveils pro-arthritis CNBP(+) myeloid cells.

  PMID 41928282 · PMC13169754 · Journal of translational medicine · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Peripheral CNBP+ monocytes are expanded and show elevated 'inflammatory response' pathway scores in arthritis patients

  peripheral blood synovial arthritis single-cell bulk immunofluorescence

• Pan-Cancer Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Analysis Refines Multi-Origin Monocyte and Macrophage Lineages.

  PMID 41231218 · PMC12865363 · Cancer immunology research · 2026 · 6 claims · 8 setups

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  TAMs arise from two distinct origins: C1QC+ TAMs likely derive from resident tissue macrophages, while SPP1+ TAMs and ISG15+ TAMs likely originate from circulating monocytes.

  myeloid melanoma monocyte-to-macrophage coad-read scrna-seq differential developmental

• Hypoxia-Induced Osteopontin-Positive Glioma-Associated Macrophages Facilitate Glioma Mesenchymal Transition via NF-κB Pathway Activation.

  PMID 41625475 · PMC12857759 · Cancer communications (London, England) · 2026 · 6 claims · 8 setups

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  A subset of GAMs with elevated OPN expression accumulates in response to hypoxic stimulation

  thp-1 glioma orthotopic gbm bulk single-cell spatial

• Distinct origins and niches determine the cellular responsiveness of CNS macrophages after repopulation.

  PMID 41851525 · PMC13132723 · Nature immunology · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Microglia repopulate rapidly and exclusively cell-autonomously from surviving microglia after CSF-1R inhibitor (BLZ945) depletion.

  brain cerebral cd11b+cd45int-hi leptomeninges flow confocal single-cell

• Tree shrew immune cell atlas identifies NR1H3⁺ tissue macrophages with conserved anti-inflammatory function.

  PMID 41957356 · PMC13223331 · Nature communications · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  A single-cell/single-nucleus RNA-seq atlas across 12 tree shrew tissues identifies 39 distinct immune and non-immune cell types, providing a reference resource for tree shrew immunology

  tree single-cell scrna-seq cross-species functional

• Vγ1 γδ T cells steer airway macrophages toward a profibrotic response in an autochthonous lung cancer mouse model.

  PMID 41779856 · PMC12959402 · Science advances · 2026 · 7 claims · 6 setups

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  Lung tumors drive expansion of both CD27+ and CD27- pulmonary γδ T cells, which acquire distinct spatial and phenotypic changes in the tumor microenvironment

  spc-cre+ microdissected sorted merged flow confocal single-cell

• SPP1(+) macrophage-driven interactions shape the tumor microenvironment in lymph node metastatic acral melanoma.

  PMID 42020397 · PMC13230793 · Cell death & disease · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  LN+ acral melanoma shows preferential SPP1+ signaling, including autocrine amplification within SPP1+ macrophages and paracrine interaction with S100A8+ melanoma cells via the SPP1-CD44 axis

  tumor microarray thp-1 a375 scrna-seq immunofluorescence western

• Integrative analysis of single-cell RNA-seq and gut microbiome metabarcoding data elucidates macrophage dysfunction in mice with DSS-induced ulcerative colitis.

  PMID 38879692 · PMC11180211 · Communications biology · 2024 · 7 claims · 7 setups

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  Epithelial cell populations are significantly reduced during acute DSS colitis, reflecting tissue damage, with partial recovery in chronic colitis

  colon gut single-cell 16s western

• Targeted and personalized immunotherapy in lung adenocarcinoma: single-cell RNA sequencing of MAFF+ tumor cells and the therapeutic potential of FOS.

  PMID 40936936 · PMC12420628 · Frontiers in immunology · 2025 · 7 claims · 8 setups

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  A highly stem-like C0 MAFF+ tumor cell subtype dominates invasive LUAD, producing chemokines and activating lipid metabolism

  luad tumor a549 single-cell infercnv pseudotime

• Single-cell landscape of piglet lung response with Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae.

  PMID 41843736 · PMC13014559 · Virulence · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  scRNA-seq of piglet lungs identified 18 cell subpopulations with distinct phenotypes in infected vs control lungs

  piglet monocytes bronchoalveolar single-cell hematoxylin-and-eosin immunohistochemistry

• Single cell profiling reveals malignant states and immune landscapes in PCNSL and systemic DLBCL.

  PMID 42023148 · PMC13097095 · iScience · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  PCNSL and sDLBCL contain five distinct malignant B-cell subtypes (B0-B4) with discrete differentiation trajectories

  pcnsl malignant bulk sdlbcl scrna-seq infercnv cytotrace2

• Identification and Mechanisms of Osteocyte Subsets Involved in the Pathological Progression of Osteoporosis.

  PMID 41250977 · PMC12850396 · Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Single-cell sequencing of mouse femurs identifies six distinct osteocyte subsets (C1-C6) after excluding contaminating erythroid clusters

  femoral osteocyte dmp1-cre+ bhr-ocys single-cell monocle flow

• ISG15-driven immune modulation and tumor progression in breast cancer metastasis: insights from single-cell and spatial transcriptomics.

  PMID 41639695 · PMC12958617 · BMC medicine · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  CSC proportion is elevated in lymph node metastatic tumor tissue (BRCA_LNMT) compared to primary tumor (BRCA_PT)

  4t1 brca tcga-brca top single-cell spatial bulk

• Glutamine-mediated crosstalk between M2 macrophages and tumor cells via the SLC38A5/FOXM1/CNIH4 axis promotes oral squamous cell carcinoma progression.

  PMID 41715179 · PMC13020291 · Journal of translational medicine · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Glutamine secretion from M2 macrophages to tumor cells via SLC38A5 is the core mCCC pathway upregulated in metastatic OSCC lesions compared to primary lesions.

  oscc epithelial tcga-oscc hsc-3 scrna-seq hdwgcna bulk

• Dynamic changes of the immune microenvironment in ovarian cancer following neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

  PMID 41872134 · PMC13039919 · Cell death discovery · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Prostaglandin-mediated immunosuppressive microenvironment formation is a critical contributor to chemotherapy resistance following cisplatin treatment

  high-grade hgsoc bone bmdms scrna-seq cell-cell tensor

• Single-cell and spatial transcriptome analysis reveals the potential therapeutic targets for testicular sex cord-stromal cell tumor.

  PMID 42057139 · PMC13130799 · Biomarker research · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Tumor areas of TSCST show significantly low expression of immune cell genes, indicating an immune-cold tumor microenvironment

  fresh fetal paraffin-embedded paraffin single-nucleus scrna-seq spatial

• Spatial perturb-seq: single-cell functional genomics within intact tissue architecture.

  PMID 41723140 · PMC13035813 · Nature communications · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Spatial Perturb-Seq simultaneously measures whole transcriptome (cell type), CRISPR barcodes (perturbation), spatial coordinates, and cell-cell interactions through a single Stereo-seq and/or Xenium run.

  hippocampus bone brain aav-transduced scrna-seq snrna-seq spatial