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).

• Reconstructing cell-cell interaction network in single-cell spatial transcriptomics via directed heterogeneous graph autoencoder.

  PMID 41999209 · PMC13189858 · Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  DualCellChat, a directed heterogeneous graph autoencoder, reconstructs a complete and accurate CCI network from incomplete single-cell spatial transcriptomics

  visual hypothalamic olfactory breast single-cell cci benchmarking

• Unveiling the NEFH+ malignant cell subtype: Insights from single-cell RNA sequencing in prostate cancer progression and tumor microenvironment interactions.

  PMID 39759507 · PMC11695424 · Frontiers in immunology · 2024 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  A malignant cell subtype in PCa with high expression of NEFH was identified, located at the differentiation terminal, showing higher malignancy and association with advanced tumor lesions.

  pca malignant tcga mda single-cell infercnv pseudotime

• Single-cell RNA sequencing of adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast reveals cellular heterogeneity and tumor microenvironment features.

  PMID 41761191 · PMC13041279 · BMC medical genomics · 2026 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  H19+ myoepithelial cells (H19+myoEpC) represent the dominant malignant subpopulation in ACCB, characterized by the majority of large-scale CNVs and high expression of oncogenic pathway genes and ligands (e.g., LAMB1, WNT6)

  tumor hnacc epithelial accb single-cell scrna-seq copy

• Multi-Omics reveals SPP1 + malignant and CXCR4(+) TAM crosstalk predicts immunotherapy response in lung adenocarcinoma.

  PMID 42045760 · PMC13187092 · Discover oncology · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  SPP1+ malignant and CXCR4+ TAM crosstalk drives CD8 T cell exhaustion and induces poor immunotherapy response

  luad tcga-luad epithelial a549 single-cell spatial bulk

• Single-Cell Sequencing Reveals γδT Cell Heterogeneity Under Distinct Microsatellite Statuses as a Potential Biomarker for Immunotherapy and Prognosis in Colorectal Cancer.

  PMID 42074506 · PMC13116210 · Genes · 2026 · 7 claims · 8 setups

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  γδT cells in colorectal cancer form five distinct subsets (C0_FCER1G, C1_IL7R, C2_CD81, C3_TOP2A, C4_CXCL13) with distinct marker genes and functional states

  crc γδt epithelial c4_cxcl13 single-cell differential pseudotime

• 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

• Wnt3-mediated fibrosis and carcinogenesis of lung squamous cell carcinoma in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

  PMID 42063567 · PMC13127482 · iScience · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  LUSC arising within UIP originates from AT2-derived metaplastic basal cells

  fresh-frozen same scrna-seq paired single-cell copy ligand-receptor

• Lipid droplet-mediated macrophage reprogramming drives fibroblast activation in keloid-associated inflammation.

  PMID 41840659 · PMC13063924 · Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Keloid-associated macrophages (KAM) and skin-associated macrophages (SAM) represent transcriptionally distinct populations, with KAM showing enhanced lipid metabolism and M2/pro-fibrotic signatures

  skin keloid pbmc-derived macrophages single-cell immunofluorescence macrophage-sebocyte

• Single-cell profiling reveals distinct populations of tumor-associated macrophages and metastatic tumor cells in breast cancer brain metastasis.

  PMID 42034645 · PMC13247122 · Cell death & disease · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Single-cell profiling of BCBM identifies 12 tumor-associated macrophage (TAM) subtypes and 5 metastatic tumor cell (MTC) subtypes with distinct transcriptional profiles

  brain breast scrna-seq tams scrna-seq bulk copy

• Single-cell RNA-sequencing of dermal fibroblasts demonstrates culture-induced changes and variable persistence of keloid disease features.

  PMID 42058918 · PMC13123497 · iScience · 2026 · 7 claims · 6 setups

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  Fibroblast culture leads to subtype assimilation, with in vivo heterogeneity persisting only minimally by passage 4

  dermal mesenchymal stromal patient-matched single-cell bulk qpcr

• Single-nucleus ATAC-seq analysis resolves chromatin and transcriptional features of fibrolamellar carcinoma.

  PMID 41865105 · PMC13144680 · Scientific reports · 2026 · 8 claims · 5 setups

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  snATAC-seq resolves cell-type specific chromatin accessibility, microRNA activity, transcription factor networks, and super enhancer usage in FLC tumors versus non-malignant liver (NML).

  flc bulk snatac-seq snrna-seq single-nucleus bulk motif

• Involvement of N4BP2L1, PLEKHA4, and BEGAIN genes in breast cancer and muscle cell development.

  PMID 38859961 · PMC11163233 · Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  N4BP2L1, PLEKHA4, and BEGAIN, normally highly expressed in breast myoepithelial and smooth muscle cells, are significantly downregulated in breast tumor tissue of a 50-patient cohort

  breast paired embryonic hesc-derived bulk rt-qpcr immunofluorescence

• Mitochondrial DNA methylation predicts immunotherapy response and prognosis in lung adenocarcinoma: evidence from scRNA-Seq and machine learning.

  PMID 41663976 · PMC12997902 · BMC cancer · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Differentially expressed MTDM-related genes (DEMTDMRGs) are significantly enriched in cell cycle regulation, ferroptosis, and ABC transporter pathways

  luad demtdmrgs gse131907 wgcna kegg univariate

• Identification of a PRDM1-regulated T cell network to regulate atherosclerotic plaque inflammation.

  PMID 41039608 · PMC12490039 · Genome medicine · 2025 · 7 claims · 7 setups

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  A distinct gene co-expression module with a prominent T cell signature is associated with unstable plaques.

  carotid calcified atherosclerotic cell-specific microarray single-cell immunohistochemistry

• Identification of succinylation-related genes in bladder cancer: integration of single-cell and transcriptomic data.

  PMID 42220482 · PMC13218921 · Frontiers in immunology · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  KCTD16, CD3D, and GSDMB were identified as prognostic succinylation-related genes in BLCA

  soochow-blca tcga-blca gse13507 gse135337 bulk scrna-seq somatic

• Integrative single-cell analysis uncovers distinct tumour microenvironment ecotypes and immune evasion across skin cancers.

  PMID 41636115 · PMC12869349 · Clinical and translational medicine · 2026 · 7 claims · 8 setups

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  A malignant NARS2+NDUFC2+ melanoma cell subpopulation with reduced MHC-I expression is enriched in advanced-stage tumours and associated with worse survival and immunotherapy response.

  skin prognosis melanoma macrophage single-cell bulk immunofluorescence

• Single-Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics Reveal That TXNIP and BIRC3 Contribute to Human Prostate Tumor Progression.

  PMID 41972735 · PMC13072731 · Cells · 2026 · 6 claims · 8 setups

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  TXNIP and BIRC3 are established as spatially restricted tumor-niche genes associated with metabolic stress and inflammatory survival pathways

  prostate tcga-prad integration single-cell spatial pseudotime

• Bulk and single-cell characterisation of the immune heterogeneity of atherosclerosis identifies novel targets for immunotherapy.

  PMID 36855107 · PMC9974063 · BMC biology · 2023 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Integration of scRNA-seq datasets from human atherosclerosis samples identifies 28 distinct immune cell subpopulations with heterogeneity in tissue preference, genetics, function, immune dynamics, transcriptional regulators, metabolism, and cell communication.

  immune atherosclerotic cd4+ cd8+ scrna-seq gsea pseudotime

• PRDM1+ Malignant Cells Mediate an Immunosuppressive Landscape and Resistance to Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy and Immunotherapy in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

  PMID 41556358 · PMC13042517 · Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  A PRDM1+ malignant epithelial cell subcluster (Epi_C4) is enriched in NMPR patients and is associated with nICRT treatment resistance

  locally escc pd-1 kyse-30 single-arm scrna-seq bulk

• Tumor cell villages define the co-dependency of tumor and microenvironment in liver cancer.

  PMID 41723121 · PMC12932787 · Nature communications · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Different tumor cell transcriptomic states organize into distinct spatial clusters, or 'villages', each supported by a unique surrounding microenvironment

  liver malignant non-malignant tumor single-cell immunofluorescence non-negative