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).

• Exosomal microRNA miR-92a concentration in serum reflects human brown fat activity.

  PMID 27117818 · PMC4853423 · Nature communications · 2016 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Brown and beige adipocytes release exosomes, and thermogenic activation increases exosome release both in vitro and in vivo.

  brown tissues serum exosomes electron exosome mirna

• 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

• An engineered tumor organoid model reveals cellular identity and signaling trajectories underlying SFPQ-TFE3 driven translocation RCC.

  PMID 40463960 · PMC12131257 · iScience · 2025 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  SFPQ-TFE3 expression is sufficient to transform normal kidney epithelial tubuloids into tRCC

  kidney tubuloids immunodeficient tub rt-qpcr western histology

• Uncovering the transcriptional landscape of estrogen-induced gonadal feminization in the Chinese giant salamander.

  PMID 41808025 · PMC13085422 · BMC genomics · 2026 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  E2 exposure induces male-to-female gonadal sex reversal in CGS, confirmed by histological evidence across developmental stages.

  gonadal tail-tip deg candidate rna-seq histology rt-qpcr

• Oxaliplatin-induced cardiotoxicity in mice is connected to the changes in energy metabolism in the heart tissue.

  PMID 41689157 · PMC13005559 · Cardio-oncology (London, England) · 2026 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Chronic oxaliplatin treatment causes direct cardiotoxicity in mice, evidenced by ECG, histology, and RNA-seq changes.

  c57bl heart ecg histology heart

• CAR-M2 immunotherapy resolves renal fibrosis via revascularization and apoptosis of profibrotic Cxcr2(+) endothelial cells.

  PMID 41887221 · PMC13130657 · Cell reports. Medicine · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  CAR-M2 macrophages (anti-FAP CAR + IL-4-secreting, 4-1BB/CD3ζ costimulatory domains) specifically target and phagocytose FAP+ fibroblasts

  kidney car-m2 macrophages uuo scrna-seq histology live-cell

• 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

• Single-nucleus mRNA-sequencing reveals dynamics of lipogenic and thermogenic adipocyte populations in murine brown adipose tissue in response to cold exposure.

  PMID 40945691 · PMC12506565 · Molecular metabolism · 2025 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  snRNA-seq of murine BAT identifies seven distinct brown adipocyte subtypes with distinct metabolic profiles, part of a 21-cell-type atlas.

  interscapular ibat bat single-nucleus qpcr western

• SLIT3 fragments orchestrate neurovascular expansion and thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue.

  PMID 41881972 · PMC13018599 · Nature communications · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Adipocyte progenitors secrete SLIT3, which is cleaved into SLIT3-N and SLIT3-C fragments that independently drive angiogenesis and sympathetic innervation, respectively

  bat brown single-cell qpcr western

• Stem cell-associated osteogenic deficiency causes craniofacial deformities with progeroid accumulation of prelamin A.

  PMID 41632539 · PMC13041684 · JCI insight · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Lmna L648R mutation causes multiple suture craniosynostosis (AF, PF, COR) occurring under low bone density, contrasting with conventional synostosis caused by excessive ossification

  skull calvarial suture p7-p10 micro-ct h&e brdu

• 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

• MYC-induced USP10 stabilizes SOX4 to promote thymocyte proliferation and leukemia onset in mice.

  PMID 41927540 · PMC13216311 · Nature communications · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  USP10 is dynamically expressed in thymocytes, peaking during proliferative stages of T cell development in both mouse and human

  thymocytes thymocyte t-all lin dub rt-qpcr single-cell

• Brown adipose tissue thermogenic adaptation requires Nrf1-mediated proteasomal activity.

  PMID 29400713 · PMC5839993 · Nature medicine · 2018 · 8 claims · 10 setups

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  Cold adaptation increases proteasomal activity in BAT, which is required for non-shivering thermogenesis

  bat body adipocytes mitochondria proteasomal core qpcr

• 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

• 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

• Endogenous Fatty Acid Synthesis Drives Brown Adipose Tissue Involution.

  PMID 33440156 · PMC8240962 · Cell reports · 2021 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Endogenous fatty acid synthesis (DNL), regulated by ChREBP, is the central driver of BAT whitening/involution at thermoneutrality.

  bat fatty lipidomics qpcr

• FAM3C/ILEI protein is elevated in psoriatic lesions and triggers psoriasiform hyperproliferation in mice.

  PMID 37226685 · PMC10331587 · EMBO molecular medicine · 2023 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  ILEI protein, but not mRNA, is elevated in psoriatic skin and correlates with disease severity

  skin full-thickness normal k5-ileiind immunohistochemistry scrna-seq bulk

• TEAD4 and RXRA Regulate the Function of Nucleus Pulposus Cells in Intervertebral Disc Degeneration Via the TNF-α/NF-κB Pathway: An Integrated Analysis of Single-Cell RNA-Seq, Bulk RNA-Seq, and In Vitro Validation.

  PMID 41511606 · PMC12995935 · Applied biochemistry and biotechnology · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  TEAD4 and RXRA play critical roles in IDD progression, likely regulating NP cell behavior and ECM metabolism via the TNF-α/NF-κB pathway

  differential il-1β-induced scrna-seq bulk gsea

• YAP/TAZ-VGLL3 governs adipocyte fate via epigenetic reprogramming of PPARγ and its target enhancers.

  PMID 41533786 · PMC12802833 · Science advances · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  TAZ represses PPARγ-bound target enhancers, evidenced by markedly reduced H3K27ac occupancy, leading to transcriptional repression of adipogenic genes including Pparg2

  c3h10t1 inguinal iwat adipose atac-seq rna-seq immunoblot

• The transcription factor EHF promotes the maturation and immunosuppression of conventional dendritic cells.

  PMID 41730908 · PMC13039115 · Nature communications · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  EHF orchestrates an immunosuppressive maturation program in cDC1s and cDC2s downstream of TLR7/8/9 sensing of self-nucleic acids

  ehf facs-sorted dss-induced lethal cd4+