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).

• Persistence of alveolar fibroblast-derived ADAMTS4+ cells in a preclinical model of delayed pulmonary fibrosis resolution.

  PMID 42103706 · PMC13156320 · Nature communications · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Lipofibroblasts (LIFs/AF1) differentiate into myofibroblasts during fibrogenesis, with the reverse (MyoFB-to-LIF) trajectory occurring during fibrosis resolution

  aged live facs-sorted scrna-seq h&e masson's rnascope

• Hepatocyte dedifferentiation in 2D culture reveals extensive transcriptomic and proteomic rewiring.

  PMID 41111196 · PMC12506984 · Hepatology communications · 2025 · 8 claims · 3 setups

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  2D culturing of primary hepatocytes for 24 hours causes extensive transcriptomic (>10,000 genes) and proteomic (>3000 proteins) rewiring compared with freshly isolated cells

  c57bl same bulk quantitative single-nucleus

• Genetics of osteoarticular disorders, Florence, Italy, 22-23 February 2002.

  PMID 12223106 · PMC128940 · Arthritis research · 2002 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  OP and OA are common, polygenic, multifactorial quantitative disorders influenced by both low-penetrance genetic variants and environmental factors

  patients twin families dutch association magnetic genome-wide

• Report on the Molecular Approaches to Osteoarthritis Symposium, Imperial College London, UK, 18-20 April 2004.

  PMID 15380034 · PMC546282 · Arthritis research & therapy · 2004 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  OA cartilage and synovium show an 'IL-1 signature' of upregulated inflammatory cytokines/chemokines, with peripheral blood leukocytes possibly activated by trafficking through affected joints

  cartilage knee mesenchymal chondrocytes transcriptional clinical overexpression

• Restoring immune homeostasis in atherosclerotic plaques via inorganic violet phosphorus nano-immunotherapy.

  PMID 41494534 · PMC12866099 · Cell reports. Medicine · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  VPNS@P selectively accumulates in immune cells within atherosclerotic plaques (predominantly macrophages and monocytes, partly T and B cells) with minimal off-target uptake by non-immune vascular cells

  vpns@p cell-free raw264.7 bone-marrow-derived tem ros-scavenging cck-8

• TEAD4 and RXRA Regulate the Function of Nucleus Pulposus Cells in Intervertebral Disc Degeneration Via the TNF-α/NF-κB Pathway: An Integrated Analysis of Single-Cell RNA-Seq, Bulk RNA-Seq, and In Vitro Validation.

  PMID 41511606 · PMC12995935 · Applied biochemistry and biotechnology · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  TEAD4 and RXRA play critical roles in IDD progression, likely regulating NP cell behavior and ECM metabolism via the TNF-α/NF-κB pathway

  differential il-1β-induced scrna-seq bulk gsea

• Spatial transcriptomics reveals altered communities and drivers of aberrant epithelia and pro-fibrotic fibroblasts in interstitial lung diseases.

  PMID 41576947 · PMC12985369 · Cell genomics · 2026 · 7 claims · 7 setups

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  snRNA-seq census of 227,680 nuclei across 48 cell types reveals altered cellular states and compositional rewiring of the distal lung in ILD

  frozen lung flash-frozen spatial single-nucleus scrna-seq 10x

• Endothelial PDGF Signaling Dysregulation Impairs Testicular Interstitial Homeostasis in Diabetes.

  PMID 41643060 · PMC13073339 · Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Testicular endothelial cells (TECs) function as a central signaling hub coordinating intercellular communication within the human testicular interstitium

  testicular testis leydig diabetic single-cell integrative cell-cell

• Maternal Fine Particulate Matter Exposure Impairs Inguinal White Adipose Tissue Plasticity in Middle-Aged Male Mouse Offspring.

  PMID 41648986 · PMC12918713 · ACS nano · 2026 · 7 claims · 8 setups

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  Maternal PM2.5 exposure induces insulin resistance in middle-aged male (but not female) offspring despite normal body weight/obesity status

  pregnant iwat adsc whole-body body histology

• A macrophage-induced subpopulation of mesenchymal cells expressing Fcer1g contributes to wound-induced fibrosis.

  PMID 41680182 · PMC13009336 · Nature communications · 2026 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Early-phase macrophage depletion (MaFIA + AP20187) reduces fibrosis/scar area and mesenchymal cell numbers without delaying reepithelialization or angiogenesis.

  mafia nih pdgfra-rtta flow excisional immunofluorescence

• Role of CTGF-LRP1 in impaired healing of cesarean section incisions.

  PMID 41764198 · PMC13066582 · Nature communications · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  A specific fibroblast subgroup (FB3) in niche tissue shows LRP1 deficiency associated with reduced extracellular matrix (ECM) synthesis capacity

  myometrium adjacent sections fibroblasts single-cell hematoxylin masson's

• Integrative omics and experimental validation reveal METTL17 and SLC27A1 as biomarkers and potential therapeutic targets in chronic kidney disease.

  PMID 41766913 · PMC12946038 · Frontiers in immunology · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  METTL17 and SLC27A1 are identified as consistently dysregulated key genes bridging mitochondrial dysfunction and macrophage polarization in CKD

  kidney peripheral uuo bulk single-cell cibersort

• 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

• Sensitizer-Induced Basophils Accelerate Skin Re-Epithelialization via IL-4/IL-13-Mediated Macrophage Polarization.

  PMID 41787818 · PMC13139821 · Allergy · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Basophils accumulate in wounded and oxazolone (OXA)-sensitized skin, peaking around day 3–6 post-injury

  skin ear dorsal mcpt8-ct single-cell flow rt-qpcr

• Dynamic transcriptomic remodeling in grafted human neural progenitor cells uncovers mechanisms for vision preservation in a rat model of retinitis pigmentosa.

  PMID 41792118 · PMC12966429 · Nature communications · 2026 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Grafted hNPCs primarily differentiate into an astroglial phenotype and mature over time in the degenerative retinal environment

  grafted rcs hnpcs single-cell electroretinography immunofluorescence

• 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 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

• GSDME-mediated pyroptosis promotes the progression and associated inflammation of atherosclerosis.

  PMID 36807553 · PMC9938904 · Nature communications · 2023 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  GSDME-mediated pyroptosis promotes atherosclerosis progression and its associated inflammation

  carotid macrophages gsdme− apoe− single-cell transmission immunohistochemistry

• Exploring the role and mechanism of Astragalus membranaceus and radix paeoniae rubra in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis through network pharmacology and experimental validation.

  PMID 37666859 · PMC10477296 · Scientific reports · 2023 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  AM and RPR (Huangqi-Chishao decoction) alleviate bleomycin-induced pathological lung fibrotic damage in rats

  ipf common key rats microarray network protein-protein

• 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