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).

• Activity of distinct growth factor receptor network components in breast tumors uncovers two biologically relevant subtypes.

  PMID 28446242 · PMC5406893 · Genome medicine · 2017 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Application of GFRN pathway signatures to breast tumor gene expression data identifies two discrete phenotypes: a 'survival phenotype' (concordant activation of HER2, IGF1R, AKT) and a 'growth phenotype' (concordant activation of EGFR, KRAS(G12V), RAF1, BAD)

  mammary tcga icbp43 hmecs rna-sequencing assign western

• Novel MEK1 mutation identified by mutational analysis of epidermal growth factor receptor signaling pathway genes in lung adenocarcinoma.

  PMID 18632602 · PMC2586155 · Cancer research · 2008 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  A novel somatic MEK1 K57N mutation was identified in 2 of 207 primary lung adenocarcinomas

  nsclc 293t il-3-independent mutational site-directed cytokine-independence

• mtDNA depletion confers specific gene expression profiles in human cells grown in culture and in xenograft.

  PMID 18980691 · PMC2612029 · BMC genomics · 2008 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  mtDNA depletion confers specific, shared gene expression profiles in A549 cells grown in culture and as xenografts

  a549 growth oxygen mtdna

• Histone hyperacetylation disrupts core gene regulatory architecture in rhabdomyosarcoma.

  PMID 31784732 · PMC6886578 · Nature genetics · 2019 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  SOX8 is a previously unrecognized core regulatory TF in FP-RMS, co-localizing with other CR TFs at SEs and essential for tumor cell growth

  rms rh4 h3k27ac pooled chip-seq

• An integrative genomic and proteomic analysis of PIK3CA, PTEN, and AKT mutations in breast cancer.

  PMID 18676830 · PMC2680495 · Cancer research · 2008 · 8 claims · 5 setups

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  PIK3CA mutations are more common in hormone receptor-positive and HER2-positive tumors than in basal-like breast cancers

  breast hormone early-stage mass sanger reverse-phase

• Screening for microsatellite instability identifies frequent 3'-untranslated region mutation of the RB1-inducible coiled-coil 1 gene in colon tumors.

  PMID 19888451 · PMC2766054 · PloS one · 2009 · 7 claims · 4 setups

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  Somatic mutation frequency (%MSI) of 3'UTR microsatellites in MSI-H colorectal tumors correlates significantly with microsatellite length (r=0.86, p=7.2×10−13), following an exponential growth model.

  msi-h computational rb1cc1 normal pcr nonlinear real-time

• Monocarboxylate Transporter-2 Expression Restricts Tumor Growth in a Murine Model of Lung Cancer: A Multi-Omic Analysis.

  PMID 34638954 · PMC8508890 · International journal of molecular sciences · 2021 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  MCT2 knockout (KO) increases tumor weight, volume, and local invasiveness in the TC1 lung carcinoma model

  testis tc1 tumor tumor-associated western tumor electron

• Interaction between SNAI2 and MYOD enhances oncogenesis and suppresses differentiation in Fusion Negative Rhabdomyosarcoma.

  PMID 33420019 · PMC7794422 · Nature communications · 2021 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  SNAI2 is highly expressed in FN-RMS tumors and cell lines compared to normal tissue

  rms fn-rms fp-rms imr90 rna-seq western immunohistochemistry

• Comprehensive genomic analysis reveals clinically relevant molecular distinctions between thymic carcinomas and thymomas.

  PMID 19861435 · PMC2783876 · Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2009 · 7 claims · 7 setups

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  Comprehensive genomic analysis shows thymic carcinomas are molecularly distinct from thymomas

  resected thymic previously mass dideoxynucleotide array

• Orthogonal cytokine engineering enables novel synthetic effector states escaping canonical exhaustion in tumor-rejecting CD8(+) T cells.

  PMID 37081150 · PMC10154250 · Nature immunology · 2023 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Orthogonal engineering with PD1d/IL-2v/IL-33 reprograms adoptively transferred CD8+ T cells into a novel synthetic effector state (C5/TSE) that deviates from canonical TOX+ exhaustion

  cd8+ b16-ova ot1 mice scrna-seq flow secretion

• Single-cell protein activity analysis reveals aberrant myogenesis and IGF2-PI3K pathway dependencies in MYOD1-mutant rhabdomyosarcoma.

  PMID 41758938 · PMC12947870 · Science advances · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  MYOD1 L122R-mutant SRMS tumors contain three coexisting, conserved cell states (progenitor, transition, differentiated) reflecting aberrant myogenic differentiation

  patient-derived tumor single paired single-nucleus infercnv aracne-ap

• Patient-Derived Meningioma Organoids: A Reliable Model for Studying Human Tumor Pathophysiology.

  PMID 39941893 · PMC11817449 · Cancers · 2025 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  A standardized, reproducible protocol can establish meningioma organoids (MEN-Os) from patient-resected tumor tissue without mechanical/enzymatic dissociation, using serum-free medium lacking growth factors or exogenous ECM.

  patient-resected men-os parent oct-embedded organoid brightfield h&e

• An oncogenomics-based in vivo RNAi screen identifies tumor suppressors in liver cancer.

  PMID 19012953 · PMC2990916 · Cell · 2008 · 7 claims · 8 setups

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  shRNA pools targeting genes recurrently deleted in human HCC accelerate hepatocarcinogenesis in vivo, whereas randomly selected shRNA pools do not.

  hepatocellular p53 genomic hepatoma array-based pooled shrna

• PDGFRA defines the mesenchymal stem cell Kaposi's sarcoma progenitors by enabling KSHV oncogenesis in an angiogenic environment.

  PMID 31881074 · PMC6980685 · PLoS pathogens · 2019 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Pα(+)S (PDGFRA-positive/SCA-1-positive) bone marrow-derived MSCs are KS spindle-cell progenitors

  bone k-pα nude flow viral immunofluorescence

• Expression analysis of secreted and cell surface genes of five transformed human cell lines and derivative xenograft tumors.

  PMID 15836779 · PMC1112590 · BMC genomics · 2005 · 8 claims · 3 setups

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  A custom 60-mer oligonucleotide microarray covering 3531 secreted and cell surface genes was designed to profile 5 transformed human cell lines and their derivative xenograft tumors.

  carcinoma derivative xenograft custom quantitative

• Liver-specific paraoxonase-1 alleviates regulatory T cell-driven immunosuppression via metabolic reprogramming in hepatocellular carcinoma.

  PMID 41387425 · PMC12701056 · Nature communications · 2025 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  PON1 expression is downregulated in HCC tumor tissue and low PON1 is associated with worse prognosis

  hcc paired hepa1-6 pon1-nc bioinformatic immunohistochemistry orthotopic

• Genomics: applications in mechanism elucidation.

  PMID 19166886 · PMC2698023 · Advanced drug delivery reviews · 2009 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Genomic tools require no a priori knowledge of a compound's mode of action and can reveal biological pathways (metabolism, distribution, off-target effects) in addition to the precise mechanism of action.

  extract panel saccharomyces inbred affinity cytotoxicity genome-wide

• Utilization of genomic signatures to identify phenotype-specific drugs.

  PMID 19714244 · PMC2729377 · PloS one · 2009 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  A RAS pathway gene expression signature applied to NCI-60 cells identifies compounds selectively active against RAS-activated cells, including the MEK inhibitor Hypothemycin

  nci-60 breast mda-mb-231 signature-drug gene signature

• Genomic and epigenetic instability in colorectal cancer pathogenesis.

  PMID 18773902 · PMC2866182 · Gastroenterology · 2008 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Genomic instability (CIN or MSI) is a key early molecular step in colorectal tumorigenesis that may initiate rather than merely accompany the adenoma-carcinoma sequence

  colon embryonic colorectal inter immunohistochemistry karyotype