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).

• FEM: mining biological meaning from cell level in single-cell RNA sequencing data.

  PMID 34909283 · PMC8641482 · PeerJ · 2021 · 8 claims · 5 setups

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  The FEM algorithm converts a single-cell gene expression matrix into a functional expression matrix using multi-module gene set enrichment analysis, utilizing information from all expressed genes rather than discarding filtered genes.

  pbmc pancreas liver scrna-seq single-cell fisher's dimensionality

• Scalable cell-specific coexpression networks for granular regulatory pattern discovery with NeighbourNet.

  PMID 41786602 · PMC13138013 · Genome research · 2026 · 7 claims · 5 setups

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  NNet uses PCA embedding followed by local KNN regression in PC space to construct cell-specific coexpression networks (CSNs), improving computational efficiency and estimate stability versus pairwise approaches.

  pbmc thp-1 lin small scrna-seq perturb-seq

• Unraveling the timeline of gene expression: A pseudotemporal trajectory analysis of single-cell RNA sequencing data.

  PMID 37994351 · PMC10663991 · F1000Research · 2023 · 8 claims · 6 setups

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  A comprehensive open-source R workflow combining trajectory inference (monocle3) and pseudo-bulk time course analysis (edgeR) can be applied to multi-sample scRNA-seq data of the mouse mammary gland.

  mammary aggregated single-cell quality doublet

• Spatial Transcriptomics of Human Decidua Identifies Molecular Signatures in Recurrent Pregnancy Loss.

  PMID 41031483 · PMC13242933 · Genomics, proteomics & bioinformatics · 2026 · 7 claims · 8 setups

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  The human decidua contains two coherent spatial domains, the implantation zone (IZ) and glandular-secretory zone (GZ), corresponding to the decidua compacta and spongiosa

  first-trimester decidual spots dnk 10x h&e type

• Robust characterization and interpretation of rare pathogenic cell populations from spatial omics using GARDEN.

  PMID 41547856 · PMC12917120 · Nature communications · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  GARDEN identifies and characterizes rare pathogenic cell populations/regions in spatial omics by embedding graph-based dynamic attention into a spatially-aware graph fusion contrastive model

  breast anterior brain olfactory 10x starmap slide-seqv2

• PanglaoDB: a web server for exploration of mouse and human single-cell RNA sequencing data.

  PMID 30951143 · PMC6450036 · Database : the journal of biological databases and curation · 2019 · 7 claims · 7 setups

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  PanglaoDB is a web server providing pre-processed and pre-computed analyses of published mouse and human scRNA-seq experiments through a user-friendly interface.

  randomly single-cell single scrna-seq cell-type orthogonal

• Hierarchical cell-type identifier accurately distinguishes immune-cell subtypes enabling precise profiling of tissue microenvironment with single-cell RNA-sequencing.

  PMID 36681937 · PMC10025442 · Briefings in bioinformatics · 2023 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  HiCAT is a hierarchical, marker-based cell-type identifier that uses gene set analysis (GSA) scoring with markers structured in a three-level taxonomy tree (major-type, minor-type, subset)

  pbmc cord melanoma lung scrna-seq computational

• iBRIDGE: A Data Integration Method to Identify Inflamed Tumors from Single-cell RNA-Seq Data and Differentiate Cell Type-Specific Markers of Immune-Cell Infiltration.

  PMID 37023414 · PMC10236149 · Cancer immunology research · 2023 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Malignant cells cluster by patient in scRNA-seq data while immune and stromal cells cluster by cell type, making malignant cells uniquely suited to carry patient-level inflamed/cold signal

  nsclc coad brca tcga scrna-seq bulk rna-seq

• Immunoregulatory Roles of Tumor-Originated Pericytes Identified by Single-Cell Analysis in Glioblastoma.

  PMID 41001759 · PMC12713092 · Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  CD146 (MCAM) is a superior surface marker for sorting GBM pericytes, labeling nearly all PDGFRβ+ pericytes with strong specificity, unlike NG2 which labels fewer vessel-associated pericytes.

  facs-sorted frozen dissociated scrna-seq scrna-seq immunofluorescence fluorescence-activated

• Migratory Tumor Cells Cooperate with Cancer Associated Fibroblasts in Hormone Receptor-Positive and HER2-Negative Breast Cancer.

  PMID 38892065 · PMC11172245 · International journal of molecular sciences · 2024 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  HR+/HER2-BC tumor epithelial cells comprise four single-cell-defined functional (SC-f) subtypes: migratory, secretory, proliferating, and dysfunctional.

  hr+ epcam-sorted tumor tcga-brca droplet sidr-seq bulk

• Serial Spatial Transcriptomes Reveal Regulatory Transitions in Maize Leaf Development.

  PMID 41493197 · PMC13110159 · Plant biotechnology journal · 2026 · 8 claims · 5 setups

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  An optimised Visium spatial transcriptomics protocol (two-step OCT embedding combined with OCT-Immersion First cryopreservation) preserves high-integrity RNA from fragile plant tissues such as SAM

  maize integrated spatial integrity dimensional

• The transcription factor HHEX maintains glucocorticoid levels and protects adrenals from androgen-induced lipid depletion.

  PMID 41519914 · PMC12891536 · Nature communications · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  HHEX is the most enriched transcription factor in glucocorticoid-producing zona fasciculata (zF) cells, conserved across mouse, rat, and human adrenal

  sf1-cre-high adrenocortical scrna-seq rnascope immunohistochemistry

• Single-immunocyte transcriptomics reveal the role of natural killer cell-dependent exogenous antigen presentation in ankylosing spondylitis severity.

  PMID 41593306 · PMC12868835 · Experimental & molecular medicine · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Innate antibacterial defense functions are generally enhanced in most cell types at AS onset and are negatively associated with AS severity

  pbmcs gwas pbmc-derived cd4+ single-cell bulk mendelian

• DANST enables cell-type deconvolution in spatial transcriptomics using deep domain adversarial neural networks.

  PMID 41663685 · PMC12996496 · Communications biology · 2026 · 7 claims · 6 setups

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  DANST, a deconvolution framework using deep domain adversarial neural networks, achieves superior cell-type deconvolution accuracy compared with existing methods on human and mouse benchmark datasets

  heart cortex visual brain spatial cell-type

• 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

• TE-SCALE: a comprehensive database for exploring transposable element expression across human cancers at single-cell resolution.

  PMID 41296555 · PMC12807651 · Nucleic acids research · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  TE-SCALE is a comprehensive single-cell database integrating TE expression across 20 human cancer types and 12 tissue origins

  tumor quality-controlled scrna-seq metacells scrna-seq subfamily automated

• HIV-seq reveals gene expression differences between HIV-transcribing cells from viremic and suppressed people with HIV.

  PMID 41776157 · PMC12957429 · Nature communications · 2026 · 7 claims · 8 setups

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  HIV-seq (10x 5' scRNA-seq spiked with HIV-specific capture primers targeting R-U5-pre-gag, pol, tat-rev exon2, Psi, and RRE) increases detection of HIV RNA+ cells and HIV transcripts per cell compared to conventional 5' scRNA-seq

  cd4+ cd8+ pbmcs scrna-seq cite-seq differential

• Meta-analysis of COVID-19 single-cell studies confirms eight key immune responses.

  PMID 34675242 · PMC8531356 · Scientific reports · 2021 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Only 8 of 20 previously published COVID-19 scRNA-seq findings were reproducible across all relevant datasets in a standardized meta-analysis

  pbmc bronchoalveolar nasopharyngeal combined scrna-seq tcr bcr

• transFusion: a novel comprehensive platform for integration analysis of single-cell and spatial transcriptomics.

  PMID 41645434 · PMC12930851 · Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) · 2026 · 8 claims · 6 setups

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  transFusion is a comprehensive, web-based platform for integrated analysis of scRNA-seq and 10x Visium spatial transcriptomics data requiring no parameter configuration

  breast scrna-seq 10x cellphonedb

• Creation of a Single Cell RNASeq Meta-Atlas to Define Human Liver Immune Homeostasis.

  PMID 34335581 · PMC8322955 · Frontiers in immunology · 2021 · 7 claims · 8 setups

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  Three independently generated human liver CD45+ scRNA-seq datasets (LACEe, Lnb, LCD45e) can be co-clustered and integrated despite differing sequencing platforms and processing protocols.

  liver pbmc integrated gene scrna-seq differential ingenuity