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).

• RNA-binding protein LARP6 coordinates hepatic stellate cell activation and liver fibrosis.

  PMID 41746718 · PMC13078889 · The Journal of clinical investigation · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  LARP6 is upregulated in activated hepatic stellate cells (A1/A2 subclusters) in human MASH and MetALD livers

  hepatic liver recombinant activated eclip ribosome single-nucleus

• Transcriptome profiling of osteoclast subsets associated with arthritis: A pathogenic role of CCR2(hi) osteoclast progenitors.

  PMID 36591261 · PMC9797520 · Frontiers in immunology · 2022 · 8 claims · 6 setups

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  CCR2hi and CCR2lo periarticular bone marrow OCP subsets show a disparate transcriptome (863 differentially expressed genes)

  sorted rna-seq periarticular bulk gene flow

• 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

• 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

• Wnt-presenting materials sustain H3K14-acetylation in human skeletal stem cells for tissue engineering and bone repair.

  PMID 41844625 · PMC13250124 · NPJ Regenerative medicine · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Localized Wnt3a signaling asymmetrically distributes H3K14ac between daughter cells during hSSC asymmetric cell division (ACD), with the Wnt-proximal cell retaining high H3K14ac and higher transcriptional activity (RNApolS2P)

  skeletal hssc hsscs wiotm immunofluorescence tunel doxycycline-inducible

• Estrogen Production in Pancreatic Cancer Shapes a Tumor-Suppressive Stromal Microenvironment.

  PMID 41258799 · PMC12862343 · Cancer research · 2026 · 8 claims · 6 setups

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  Serum levels of stromal biomarkers associated with favorable outcomes were significantly higher in female patients with PDAC than in male patients

  pdac pdx magnetic bioinformatic single-nucleus

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Therapeutic manipulation and spatial quantification of the tumor microenvironment in colorectal cancer.

  PMID 41907400 · PMC13018967 · iScience · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Colorectal cancer fibroblast heterogeneity can be distilled into two overarching, transcriptomically distinct CAF populations marked by PDGFRA+ and ACTA2+ expression

  crc colonic gemm scrna-seq multiplex bulk

• 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

• In vivo microscopy reveals macrophage polarization locally promotes coherent microtubule dynamics in migrating cancer cells.

  PMID 32665556 · PMC7360550 · Nature communications · 2020 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Cancer cells in vivo display higher coherent orientation of MT dynamics along their major axis compared to 2D in vitro cultures

  ht1080-eb3-mapple es2-eb3-mapple ht1080 cancer intravital live-cell confocal

• Loss of mutual protection between human osteoclasts and chondrocytes in damaged joints initiates osteoclast-mediated cartilage degradation by MMPs.

  PMID 34811438 · PMC8608887 · Scientific reports · 2021 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Human osteoclasts differentiate on cartilage, expressing osteoclast markers, and visibly damage the cartilage surface without forming resorption pits or F-actin rings as seen on dentine.

  cd14+ osteoclasts conditioned osteoclast gag direct

• 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

• The Aging Microenvironment Is a Determinant of Immune Exclusion and Metastatic Fate in Pancreatic Cancer.

  PMID 41202211 · PMC12768431 · Cancer research · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Organismal aging accelerates PDAC progression and metastatic burden in an age-relevant syngeneic orthotopic mouse model

  kpc4662 orthotopic pdac pancreatic orthotopic heterochronic ultrasound

• GATA2 controls alveolar macrophage inflammatory gene expression and metabolic function.

  PMID 41712459 · PMC13134736 · JCI insight · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  GATA2 deficiency promotes enhanced inflammatory gene expression and metabolic dysfunction in alveolar macrophages in response to type 2 stimuli

  bal cd11c+ ams lung flow immunostaining bodipy