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).

• Differentiation status determines the effects of IFNγ on the expression of PD-L1 and immunomodulatory genes in melanoma.

  PMID 39736644 · PMC11687009 · Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2024 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Dedifferentiation via MITF knockdown renders 624Mel melanoma cells hypersensitive to IFNγ, producing non-additive (synergistic) upregulation of IFNγ-induced genes.

  624mel yumm1.7 patient-derived qpcr sequencing luminex

• ZAP targets aberrant mRNA transcripts encoding proteins with defective signal peptides for degradation.

  PMID 41820617 · PMC13084044 · The EMBO journal · 2026 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  ZAP (ZC3HAV1/PARP13) is a key component of the RAPP quality control pathway

  k562 zap-s rt-qpcr western immunofluorescence

• The TREM2-APOE Pathway Drives the Transcriptional Phenotype of Dysfunctional Microglia in Neurodegenerative Diseases.

  PMID 28930663 · PMC5719893 · Immunity · 2017 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  A common APOE-dependent microglial molecular signature (MGnD) — loss of homeostatic genes plus induction of inflammatory genes with Apoe among the most upregulated — occurs in ALS, MS and AD mouse models and around neuritic Aβ-plaques in human AD brain.

  facs-isolated fcrls+ sorted app-ps1 nanostring sequencing quantitative

• Chikungunya virus persists in joint-associated macrophages and promotes chronic disease in mice.

  PMID 41922840 · PMC13171603 · Nature microbiology · 2026 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Inflammatory macrophages accumulate in joint-associated tissue during the chronic stage of CHIKV infection and show an activated, pro-inflammatory, MHC-II+ transcriptional programme

  ankle ipsilateral computational pfa-fixed rt-qpcr single-cell gene

• 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

• CRISPR/Cas9 Screens Reveal Multiple Layers of B cell CD40 Regulation.

  PMID 31365872 · PMC6684324 · Cell reports · 2019 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 screening in Daudi B cells using CD40L-induced Fas upregulation as a readout identifies both positive and negative regulators of CD40

  daudi splenic genome-wide immunoblot qpcr

• MerTK-triggered TGFβ1 autocrine signal regulates microglial response to neurodegeneration.

  PMID 41634038 · PMC12976283 · Nature communications · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Microglial response to pathological axonal degeneration (optic nerve injury) depends on the phagocytic receptor MerTK

  optic facs-sorted microglia co-immunostaining qpcr bulk

• Paneth cell SIRT1 deficiency increases intestinal stress resistance by modulating the gut microbiota.

  PMID 41826553 · PMC13076647 · EMBO reports · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Generated a novel Paneth-cell-specific SIRT1 knockout mouse model (SIRT1 PKO, Sirt1 f/f;Defa6-Cre+)

  small immune facs-sorted ileum single-cell facs qpcr

• 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

• The transcription factor HHEX maintains glucocorticoid levels and protects adrenals from androgen-induced lipid depletion.

  PMID 41519914 · PMC12891536 · Nature communications · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  HHEX is the most enriched transcription factor in glucocorticoid-producing zona fasciculata (zF) cells, conserved across mouse, rat, and human adrenal

  sf1-cre-high adrenocortical scrna-seq rnascope immunohistochemistry

• An AIB1 isoform rewires glucocorticoid receptor signaling to promote TNBC progression.

  PMID 41704785 · PMC12907120 · iScience · 2026 · 8 claims · 10 setups

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  GR antagonists (RU486, relacorilant) inhibit AIB1Δ4-driven invasion of DCIS cells in 3D invasion assays, zebrafish extravasation, and mouse xenograft models

  dcis kdrl nod e0771 sphere rt-qpcr shrna

• Gpc3 selectively suppresses subcutaneous adipogenesis in diet-induced obesity.

  PMID 41779769 · PMC12978566 · PLoS biology · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Gpc3 is an obesity-responsive gene exhibiting reciprocal expression patterns between subcutaneous and visceral adipose depots in mice and humans

  paired iwat asat subcutaneous dia single-cell qpcr

• GAL08, an Uncultivated Group of Acidobacteria, Is a Dominant Bacterial Clade in a Neutral Hot Spring.

  PMID 35087491 · PMC8787282 · Frontiers in microbiology · 2021 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  GAL08 is a dominant bacterial clade in Dewar Creek hot spring sediment, comprising up to 29.2% of the microbial community by relative read abundance

  hot 16s gal08 16s qpcr single-cell

• Genome-wide location analysis and expression studies reveal a role for p110 CUX1 in the activation of DNA replication genes.

  PMID 18003658 · PMC2248751 · Nucleic acids research · 2008 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  p110 CUX1 is recruited to promoters of cell cycle-related target genes preferentially during S phase

  hela hs578t nih3t3 genomic chap-chip conventional scanning

• A hormetic transcriptional program coregulates invasion, proliferation and dormancy to define metastatic potential.

  PMID 41781391 · PMC13077004 · Nature communications · 2026 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Prrx1 is a master regulator of dissemination that, beyond promoting invasion, represses proliferation (via Ccnd1/2, Cdkn2a/b/c) and activates a dormancy program (Gas6, Mme, Ogn)

  infiltrating metabric facs-sorted pymt immunohistochemistry bioinformatic rt-qpcr

• Insights from pooled CRISPRi single-cell screens in K562 cells reveal gene functions, regulatory networks, and highlight opportunities and limitations.

  PMID 41826830 · PMC13097927 · BMC genomics · 2026 · 7 claims · 7 setups

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  A modified CROP-seq-CRISPRi protocol allows direct capture of sgRNAs from the cDNA library without a separate enrichment step, improving sgRNA assignment per cell

  k562 lentiviral pooled plasmid amplicon

• Glioblastoma invasion into different organoid hosts reveals cell-intrinsic and proliferative migratory programs.

  PMID 41959666 · PMC13059114 · iScience · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  GB cells invade both neural and endodermal organoid hosts (lineage-independent), whereas non-malignant neural progenitor cells show markedly reduced infiltration

  gbm1 gfp-gbm1 facs-sorted post-invasion image-based immunofluorescence single-cell

• Interferon-γ selectively promotes survival of alveolar progenitor cells in a human lung organoid model.

  PMID 41992061 · PMC13187038 · The EMBO journal · 2026 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  A new human ALVO model supports long-term expansion of alveolar progenitor cells and defined serum-free differentiation into AT1-like cells, improving on prior HTII-280-selection/serum-based protocols

  alvos organoid-derived sorted viability scrna-seq immunofluorescence

• Purinergic adipocyte-macrophage crosstalk promotes degeneration of thermogenic brown adipose tissue.

  PMID 41261284 · PMC12715258 · EMBO reports · 2025 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Imbalanced sympathetic/thermogenic activation (via UCP1 deficiency or pharmacological futile thermogenesis) causes BAT inflammation, fibrosis and degeneration

  bat wild-type brown histology qrt-pcr norepinephrine

• Rtf1-dependent transcriptional pausing regulates cardiogenesis.

  PMID 41537425 · PMC12807453 · eLife · 2026 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Rtf1 activity is essential for differentiation of the myocardial lineage from mesoderm

  zebrafish embryo embryonic mescs crispr situ shrna