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).

• Bidirectional CRISPR screens decode a GLIS3-dependent fibrotic cell circuit.

  PMID 41501466 · PMC12820784 · Nature · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Inflammation-associated fibroblasts (IAFs), induced by proinflammatory FCN1+IL1B+ macrophages, produce profibrotic IL-11 and drive fibrosis in IBD

  intestinal colon pdgfra+ colonic scrna-seq xenium masson's

• CAR-M2 immunotherapy resolves renal fibrosis via revascularization and apoptosis of profibrotic Cxcr2(+) endothelial cells.

  PMID 41887221 · PMC13130657 · Cell reports. Medicine · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  CAR-M2 macrophages (anti-FAP CAR + IL-4-secreting, 4-1BB/CD3ζ costimulatory domains) specifically target and phagocytose FAP+ fibroblasts

  kidney car-m2 macrophages uuo scrna-seq histology live-cell

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Base barrier cells provide compartmentalization of choroid plexus, brain and CSF.

  PMID 41680326 · PMC12971494 · Nature neuroscience · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  A distinct fibroblast population, ChP base barrier cells (BBCs, formerly type II fibroblasts), exists at the base of the choroid plexus, separate from ChP stromal (type I) fibroblasts

  lateral brain mesp1-cre chp scrna-seq multiplex 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

• 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

• Clonal CD8(+) T cells populate the leptomeninges and coordinate with immune cells in human degenerative brain diseases.

  PMID 41593242 · PMC12864034 · Nature immunology · 2026 · 8 claims · 6 setups

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  The human leptomeninges harbor substantial numbers of clonally expanded, tissue-resident memory CD8 T cells (ZNF683-high, CXCR6+, PD-1+)

  postmortem leptomeninges scrna-seq-derived leptomeningeal single-cell flow imaging

• 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

• 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

• IGF2BP3-dependent glutamine/BCAA metabolic rewiring rejuvenates aged human adipose-derived stem cells for enhanced tissue regeneration.

  PMID 41559031 · PMC12819398 · Cell discovery · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Aging reduces hASC self-renewal, lineage plasticity (adipogenic/osteogenic differentiation), and in vivo tissue repair efficacy

  i-hascs full-thickness nude hascs edu scratch adipogenic

• 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

• Modeling embryonic heart vascular plexus development and sympathetic innervation on a human heart organoid.

  PMID 41858891 · PMC12996818 · iScience · 2026 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Modulating VEGF and PDGFβ signaling during EMO generation induces a functional, self-generated coronary-like vascular plexus (V-EMOs/P-EMOs)

  hipsc-derived d10cc v-emos emos immunofluorescence single-cell fluorescent

• 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