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).

• A need for a 'whole-istic functional genomics' approach in complex human diseases: arthritis.

  PMID 12718747 · PMC165036 · Arthritis research & therapy · 2003 · 8 claims · 6 setups

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  A systems ('whole-istic') functional genomics approach integrating multiple technologies and biological levels (cell, tissue, organ, organism) is necessary to understand complex diseases like arthritis.

  oa-affected cartilage type zebrafish gene differential genetic

• The heterogeneity of dermal mesenchymal cells reproduced in skin equivalents regulates barrier function and elasticity.

  PMID 41922844 · PMC13172354 · EMBO reports · 2026 · 7 claims · 8 setups

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  Tricellular communication among epidermal keratinocytes, dermal fibroblasts, and vascular endothelial cells (EDV model) is required for normal epidermal organization, endothelial tube formation, and collagen deposition compared to models lacking one or more cell types.

  hse edv h&e sirius immunohistochemistry

• 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

• Brown fat activation reduces hypercholesterolaemia and protects from atherosclerosis development.

  PMID 25754609 · PMC4366535 · Nature communications · 2015 · 7 claims · 8 setups

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  β3-AR agonist-mediated BAT activation reduces plasma triglycerides and cholesterol and protects against atherosclerosis development in APOE*3-Leiden.CETP mice.

  e3l.cetp interscapular liver aortic indirect histology plasma

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Selective vulnerability of cerebral vasculature to NOTCH3 variants in small vessel disease and rescue by phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor.

  PMID 41931622 · PMC13048245 · Science advances · 2026 · 7 claims · 8 setups

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  Brain-specific (neural crest-derived, NC-SMC) but not peripheral (LPM-SMC/PM-SMC) iPSC-derived VSMCs are selectively vulnerable to CADASIL NOTCH3 variants

  ipsc-derived ivsmcs immunofluorescence wound collagen

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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