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 reference profile-free deconvolution method to infer cancer cell-intrinsic subtypes and tumor-type-specific stromal profiles.

  PMID 32111252 · PMC7049190 · Genome medicine · 2020 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  DeClust is a reference-profile-free deconvolution method that incorporates molecular subtyping directly into the deconvolution process, outputting cohort-level cancer subtype and stromal reference profiles rather than per-individual profiles

  tcga simulated muscle-invasive ccrcc computational simulation-based deconvolution

• UBD: incorporating uncertainty in cell type proportion estimates from bulk samples to infer cell-type-specific profiles.

  PMID 41520227 · PMC12895075 · Briefings in bioinformatics · 2026 · 7 claims · 4 setups

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  Existing CTS deconvolution methods (e.g., CIBERSORTx, TCA, bMIND, CellDMC, HBI) require cell type proportions that are in practice only estimated, not known, introducing unaccounted uncertainty into CTS inference.

  simulated rosmap onek1k bulk simulation-based cell-type-specific type

• Deconvolving cell-type-specific gene expression profiles from bulk RNA-seq samples.

  PMID 41886524 · PMC13038110 · PLoS computational biology · 2026 · 8 claims · 6 setups

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  BLUE, a U-Net-based deep learning model with dual branches (U-Net for GEPs, MLP for proportions), accurately predicts cell-type proportions and cell-type-specific gene expression profiles from bulk RNA-seq.

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• CellMap: precision mapping of cellular landscape in spatial transcriptomics.

  PMID 41505103 · PMC12781899 · Nucleic acids research · 2026 · 7 claims · 3 setups

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  CellMap combines co-linearity of seed genes, a random forest model, and the linear assignment algorithm to achieve optimal assignment of single cells to spatial spots

  platforms single-cell expression computational scrna-seq spatial

• HArmonized single-cell RNA-seq Cell type Assisted Deconvolution (HASCAD).

  PMID 37907883 · PMC10619225 · BMC medical genomics · 2023 · 6 claims · 4 setups

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  Removal of batch effects in reference scRNA-seq datasets (via Harmony-Symphony) benefits the task of cell composition deconvolution

  pbmc derived tcga-lihc scrna-seq simulated bulk

• Identifying clinically relevant cell state interactions in the tumor microenvironment of IDH-mutant gliomas using CSI-TME.

  PMID 41807578 · PMC13230996 · Molecular systems biology · 2026 · 7 claims · 8 setups

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  CSI-TME is a computational pipeline that deconvolves bulk tumor RNA-seq into cell-type-specific expression (via CODEFACS), infers transcriptional states per cell type via ICA, and identifies IC pairs from two cell types whose joint activity is associated with survival via Cox regression

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• Integration of aged brain multi-omics reveals cross-system mechanisms underlying Alzheimer's disease heterogeneity.

  PMID 41950003 · PMC13244359 · Cell reports · 2026 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Multi-omics factor analysis (MOFA) integrating seven omics views from 1,358 ROS/MAP participants identifies cross-omics biological factors relating to AD phenotypes.

  dorsolateral brain postmortem cortex h3k9ac bulk proteomics

• Machine learning-based identification of biomarkers and drugs in immunologically cold and hot pancreatic adenocarcinomas.

  PMID 39152432 · PMC11328457 · Journal of translational medicine · 2024 · 7 claims · 8 setups

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  PAAD tumors can be consensus-clustered into immunologically hot and cold subtypes based on CIBERSORT-derived immune cell fractions, with significantly different survival outcomes.

  paad degs bulk consensus tumor

• Digital sorting of complex tissues for cell type-specific gene expression profiles.

  PMID 23497278 · PMC3626856 · BMC bioinformatics · 2013 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  The Digital Sorting Algorithm (DSA) deconvolves mixed tissue expression into cell type-specific profiles using only marker genes, without requiring prior knowledge of cell type frequencies or in vitro pure-cell profiles.

  liver im-9 immune deconvolved microarray simulation roc

• ASO-based PKM splice-switching therapy increases anti-CTLA-4 antibody efficacy in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

  PMID 42009652 · PMC13096517 · Cell discovery · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  PKM2 is upregulated and PKM1 is downregulated in human and murine PDAC tumors relative to normal pancreas

  pdac ntconv bxpc-3 ihc expression 18f-fdg

• Pan-Cancer Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Analysis Refines Multi-Origin Monocyte and Macrophage Lineages.

  PMID 41231218 · PMC12865363 · Cancer immunology research · 2026 · 6 claims · 8 setups

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  TAMs arise from two distinct origins: C1QC+ TAMs likely derive from resident tissue macrophages, while SPP1+ TAMs and ISG15+ TAMs likely originate from circulating monocytes.

  myeloid melanoma monocyte-to-macrophage coad-read scrna-seq differential developmental

• A cellular epigenetic classification system for glioblastoma.

  PMID 41499453 · PMC13128495 · Neuro-oncology · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  ITHresolveGBM, a hierarchical two-step NMF method, deconvolutes bulk GBM DNA methylation profiles into three non-malignant (immune, glial, neuronal) and three malignant components

  gbm healthy pseudo-bulk tcga illumina single-cell deconvolution

• Multi-Omic Profiling of T Cell-Mediated Rejection After Kidney Transplantation Reveals B Cell Receptor Repertoire Expansion and Its Prognostic Relevance.

  PMID 41467897 · PMC12752722 · FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  The BCR repertoire, particularly the IgG isotype, is significantly expanded in TCMR compared to stable renal function (STA) across independent renal transplant cohorts

  kidney healthy lp-1 bcr bulk triple

• Evaluating Distribution and Prognostic Value of New Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes in HCC Based on a scRNA-Seq Study With CIBERSORTx.

  PMID 33043022 · PMC7527443 · Frontiers in medicine · 2020 · 6 claims · 8 setups

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  CIBERSORTx can combine scRNA-seq-derived signature matrices with bulk RNA-seq data to estimate proportions of 11 TIL subsets in HCC tumor and normal tissue

  tcga degs cd4-gzma prognostic scrna-seq cibersortx differential

• Fibroblast-associated CTHRC1 as a key indicator of recurrence risk in prostate cancer.

  PMID 41832493 · PMC13101373 · World journal of surgical oncology · 2026 · 7 claims · 8 setups

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  Pathological T stage, N stage, Gleason score, and TP53 mutation are associated with higher PRAD recurrence risk

  tcga geo prad scrna-seq bulk single-cell cell-cell

• Multi-omics integration and machine learning reveal gut-immune signatures in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: insights from bulk RNA-seq, single-cell profiles, spatial transcriptomics, and experimental validation.

  PMID 41939867 · PMC13043422 · Frontiers in immunology · 2026 · 7 claims · 8 setups

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  CXCL13, IL33, TLR4, and IGF1 are core IPF genes consistently linked to immune infiltration and fibrotic remodeling across bulk, single-cell, spatial, and blood multi-omics data

  lung candidate bulk normalized bulk ppi machine

• 5-methylcytosine RNA modification regulators-based patterns and features of immune microenvironment in acute myeloid leukemia.

  PMID 38277218 · PMC10911375 · Aging · 2024 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  m5C regulators are differentially expressed between AML and normal samples and correlate with AML prognosis

  tcga aml gse12417 bulk mutation methylation

• DNA methylation profiles at hospital admission are associated with subsequent severe COVID-19 outcomes.

  PMID 42021404 · PMC13251264 · Clinical epigenetics · 2026 · 7 claims · 5 setups

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  DNA methylation profiles at hospital admission differ among disease trajectory groups (TGs) and are associated with subsequent disease progression.

  pbmcs blood immune end-stage targeted rna-seq mass

• SARS-CoV-2 infection during the first trimester leads to profound immune dysregulation at the maternal-fetal interface despite limited virus detection in placental tissues.

  PMID 41974725 · PMC13249863 · Nature communications · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  SARS-CoV-2 rarely infects villous and decidual placental tissues in the first trimester despite maternal infection

  villous maternal rt-qpcr fluorescence indirect

• Helicobacter pylori-linked gene CFAP73 rewires epithelial programs and shapes the gastric cancer microenvironment.

  PMID 41934579 · PMC13199538 · Discover oncology · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  CFAP73 is progressively downregulated during HP infection and is the top-ranked predictor among nine HP-suppressed genes associated with favorable gastric cancer survival

  gastric tcga-stad tcga t-cell–tumor jonckheere-terpstra survival random