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).

• Loss of Ezh2 promotes M2-like macrophage polarization in hepatocellular carcinoma.

  PMID 41869562 · PMC12999353 · iScience · 2026 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Hepa1-6 conditioned media (CM) induces M2-like polarization of BMDMs in a dose-dependent manner

  bmdms rt-qpcr western flow

• Perturbation of placental protein glycosylation by endoplasmic reticulum stress promotes maladaptation of maternal hepatic glucose metabolism.

  PMID 36660474 · PMC9843443 · iScience · 2023 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  ER stress reduces the complexity and sialylation of trophoblast protein N-glycosylation

  bewo eif2s1 umbilical placenta maldi-tof western rt-pcr

• Pre-operative urinary cathepsin D is associated with survival in patients with renal cell carcinoma.

  PMID 19789534 · PMC2768081 · British journal of cancer · 2009 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Cathepsin D, identified via comparative 2D PAGE of conditioned media from RCC cell lines vs normal renal cultures, is a candidate secreted biomarker of RCC

  htb49 excised conditioned urine page maldi western

• Mesotrypsin promotes malignant growth of breast cancer cells through shedding of CD109.

  PMID 20035377 · PMC2929293 · Breast cancer research and treatment · 2010 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Serine protease inhibitors (aprotinin, SBTI) cause morphological reversion of malignant T4-2 breast cancer cells in 3D culture, restoring acinar structure and basal polarity

  hmt-3522 organotypic quantitative lentiviral

• Development and validation of a potency assay matrix for optimized and consistent manufacture of clinical mesenchymal stem/stromal cells.

  PMID 41798920 · PMC12960169 · Frontiers in immunology · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  MSCs consistently suppress T cell proliferation

  pbmcs cd4+ monocytes msc-conditioned suppression regulatory macrophage

• Intrinsic genetic characteristics determine tumor-modifying capacity of fibroblasts: matrix metalloproteinase-3 5A/5A genotype enhances breast cancer cell invasion.

  PMID 17922906 · PMC2242664 · Breast cancer research : BCR · 2007 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Tumor-derived fibroblasts promote higher levels of breast cancer cell invasion than normal fibroblasts

  breast conditioned mda-mb-468 genomic invasion immunofluorescence pcr-rflp

• 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

• Integrative single-cell analysis uncovers distinct tumour microenvironment ecotypes and immune evasion across skin cancers.

  PMID 41636115 · PMC12869349 · Clinical and translational medicine · 2026 · 7 claims · 8 setups

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  A malignant NARS2+NDUFC2+ melanoma cell subpopulation with reduced MHC-I expression is enriched in advanced-stage tumours and associated with worse survival and immunotherapy response.

  skin prognosis melanoma macrophage single-cell bulk immunofluorescence

• LMO1 expression in neuroblastoma cells reprograms tumor-associated macrophages to promote metastasis.

  PMID 41858882 · PMC12997303 · iScience · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  LMO1 overexpression in MYCN-driven neuroblastoma cells reprograms tumor-associated macrophages to promote metastasis

  tumors macrophage u937 zebrafish single-cell gsva conditioned

• Trem2 promotes anti-inflammatory responses in microglia and is suppressed under pro-inflammatory conditions.

  PMID 32959884 · PMC7689298 · Human molecular genetics · 2020 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Trem2 R47H knock-in mice show gene dose-dependent decreased Trem2 expression in hippocampus, largely due to altered splicing

  hippocampal microglia conditioned rt-qpcr immunohistochemistry glial

• Proteomic studies of cholangiocarcinoma and hepatocellular carcinoma cell secretomes.

  PMID 20069059 · PMC2801507 · Journal of biomedicine & biotechnology · 2010 · 7 claims · 5 setups

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  The secretomes of cholangiocarcinoma (HuCCA-1) and four hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines show distinct, differing protein profiles.

  hucca-1 same conditioned paired sds-page trypan 1-de

• Ferroptotic tumor cells reprogram tumor-associated macrophage antigen presentation to enhance the efficacy of immune checkpoint blockade.

  PMID 42061406 · PMC13198243 · Cell reports. Medicine · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Inducing tumor-cell ferroptosis enhances anti-tumor immunity by potentiating MHC-II-dependent antigen presentation in tumor-infiltrating macrophages

  mc38 hepa1-6 bmdms tumor bulk macrophage

• CD14(lo)CD301b(+) macrophages gathering as a proangiogenic marker in adipose tissues.

  PMID 39645040 · PMC11745947 · Journal of lipid research · 2025 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Cd14−/− mice exhibit a leaner body shape and are protected from HFD-induced obesity compared to WT mice

  epididymal adipose cd14low macrophage bulk scrna-seq pseudotime

• Irisin ameliorates obesity and insulin resistance via adipose tissue IL-33 and regulatory T cells.

  PMID 41933175 · PMC13052164 · Nature metabolism · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Irisin modulates adipose tissue inflammation by increasing IL-33 production and preserving ST2+ regulatory T cells in white adipose tissues, thereby improving obesity and glucose intolerance.

  4-week-old hfd-fed bat iwat aav8-mediated body intraperitoneal

• Tumour-brain crosstalk restrains cancer immunity via a sensory-sympathetic axis.

  PMID 41639447 · PMC12935554 · Nature · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) induces increased innervation and functional/transcriptional engagement of vagal sensory neurons (VSNs)

  kras-g12d tumour-bearing vagal npy2r-ires-cre whole-mount aav neurite

• ISG15-driven immune modulation and tumor progression in breast cancer metastasis: insights from single-cell and spatial transcriptomics.

  PMID 41639695 · PMC12958617 · BMC medicine · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  CSC proportion is elevated in lymph node metastatic tumor tissue (BRCA_LNMT) compared to primary tumor (BRCA_PT)

  4t1 brca tcga-brca top single-cell spatial bulk

• Glutamine-mediated crosstalk between M2 macrophages and tumor cells via the SLC38A5/FOXM1/CNIH4 axis promotes oral squamous cell carcinoma progression.

  PMID 41715179 · PMC13020291 · Journal of translational medicine · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Glutamine secretion from M2 macrophages to tumor cells via SLC38A5 is the core mCCC pathway upregulated in metastatic OSCC lesions compared to primary lesions.

  oscc epithelial tcga-oscc hsc-3 scrna-seq hdwgcna bulk