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).

• Identification of immune-related signatures and pathogenesis differences between thoracic aortic aneurysm patients with bicuspid versus tricuspid valves via weighted gene co-expression network analysis.

  PMID 37883426 · PMC10602290 · PloS one · 2023 · 6 claims · 7 setups

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  TAA/TAV pathogenesis is more associated with immune-related gene expression than TAA/BAV, with two WGCNA gene modules (brown and blue) enriched for immune functions.

  aortic brown genes training wgcna biological gsva

• Integrative analysis reveals chemokines CCL2 and CXCL5 mediated shear stress-induced aortic dissection formation.

  PMID 38163105 · PMC10757018 · Heliyon · 2024 · 7 claims · 8 setups

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  Chemokines CCL2 and CXCL5 mediate a shear stress-induced 'Endothelial-Monocyte-Neutrophil' axis that contributes to aortic dissection development.

  ascending aortic clinical bulk bulk single-cell western

• Coding and non-coding roles of MOCCI (C15ORF48) coordinate to regulate host inflammation and immunity.

  PMID 33837217 · PMC8035321 · Nature communications · 2021 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  MOCCI (encoded by C15ORF48) is a mito-SEP upregulated during inflammation and infection that promotes host-protective resolution

  aortic failing colon hek293t ribo-seq wgcna-gsea gene

• Protein isoaspartate methyltransferase prevents apoptosis induced by oxidative stress in endothelial cells: role of Bcl-Xl deamidation and methylation.

  PMID 18806875 · PMC2532751 · PloS one · 2008 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  PCMT overexpression protects porcine aortic endothelial cells (PAEC) from H2O2-induced apoptosis, raising the threshold H2O2 concentration required to trigger cell death.

  porcine paec umbilical huvec methyltransferase sds-page fragmentation

• Genome-wide associations of aortic distensibility suggest causality for aortic aneurysms and brain white matter hyperintensities.

  PMID 35922433 · PMC9349177 · Nature communications · 2022 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Genome-wide association of six CMR-derived aortic traits in up to 32,590 UK Biobank participants identifies 102 loci (including 27 novel associations) for aortic distensibility and area.

  biobank arterial aortic genome-wide multi-trait cardiac

• Integrated genomic approaches implicate osteoglycin (Ogn) in the regulation of left ventricular mass.

  PMID 18443592 · PMC2742198 · Nature genetics · 2008 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Osteoglycin (Ogn) is a major candidate regulator of rat LVM, with increased Ogn protein expression associated with elevated LVM

  heart ogn cos-1 neonatal eqtl quantitative genome-wide

• CDKL1 variants affecting ciliary formation predispose to thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection.

  PMID 41056017 · PMC12646653 · The Journal of clinical investigation · 2025 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Heterozygous CDKL1 missense variants (Cys143Arg, Ser206Leu, Thr135Met) were identified in 6 patients from 3 families with TAAD spectrum disorders

  patients cohort cdkl1 aortic exome gene structural

• GSDME-mediated pyroptosis promotes the progression and associated inflammation of atherosclerosis.

  PMID 36807553 · PMC9938904 · Nature communications · 2023 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  GSDME-mediated pyroptosis promotes atherosclerosis progression and its associated inflammation

  carotid macrophages gsdme− apoe− single-cell transmission immunohistochemistry

• MACanalyzeR scRNAseq analysis tool reveals PPARγ(HIGH)/GDF15(HIGH) lipid-associated macrophages facilitate thermogenic expansion in BAT.

  PMID 40450001 · PMC12126529 · Nature communications · 2025 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  MACanalyzeR is a novel computational scRNAseq framework (with FoamSpotteR, MacPolarizeR, and PathAnalyzeR modules) for comprehensive monocyte/macrophage metabolic and phenotypic profiling

  bat stromal paraffin-embedded aortic bulk proteomics scrnaseq

• Genetic and functional association of FAM5C with myocardial infarction.

  PMID 18430236 · PMC2383879 · BMC medical genetics · 2008 · 8 claims · 5 setups

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  SNPs within FAM5C show genetic linkage to and association with myocardial infarction in the GENECARD family-based sample

  genecard cathgen donor aortic genome-wide case-control expression

• Mural cell-derived chemokines provide a protective niche to safeguard vascular macrophages and limit chronic inflammation.

  PMID 37652021 · PMC10588993 · Immunity · 2023 · 7 claims · 8 setups

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  Mural cell-derived chemokines CCL2 and MIF preserve vascular macrophage survival and homeostatic function, generating a protective niche.

  cx3cr1-mφca-rep mcrfp-rep cx3cr1-mφgfp-rep peritoneal multi-photon confocal imaging

• 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

• Effects of Pharmacological Thermogenic Adipocyte Activation on Metabolism and Atherosclerotic Plaque Regression.

  PMID 30813320 · PMC6412269 · Nutrients · 2019 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Chronic dietary CL316,243 treatment reduces adiposity and enhances body weight loss independent of food intake in LDLR-deficient mice

  ldlr-deficient bat ingwat liver body histology quantitative