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).

• 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

• DLX2 marks an immunosuppressive dendritic-cell program that reshapes cytotoxic immunity and marks a tolerogenic microenvironment in lung adenocarcinoma.

  PMID 41761000 · PMC13043845 · Discover oncology · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Neuroactive ligand–receptor signaling is among the most significantly upregulated pathways in LUAD relative to normal lung tissue.

  tcga-luad tcga luad dendritic-cell bulk survival pan-cancer

• TRAP5 Inhibition Targeting Scar-Associated Macrophages Ameliorates Acute Kidney Injury to Chronic Kidney Disease Transition.

  PMID 41773735 · PMC13159109 · Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  A distinct scar-associated macrophage (SM) subset marked by high Acp5/TRAP5, Ctsk, Mmp9, and Spp1 emerges and predominates during the renal remodeling/CKD phase after AAI-induced AKI

  kidney ckd aai unilateral single-cell velocity pseudotime

• Vγ1 γδ T cells steer airway macrophages toward a profibrotic response in an autochthonous lung cancer mouse model.

  PMID 41779856 · PMC12959402 · Science advances · 2026 · 7 claims · 6 setups

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  Lung tumors drive expansion of both CD27+ and CD27- pulmonary γδ T cells, which acquire distinct spatial and phenotypic changes in the tumor microenvironment

  spc-cre+ microdissected sorted merged flow confocal single-cell

• Lipid droplet-mediated macrophage reprogramming drives fibroblast activation in keloid-associated inflammation.

  PMID 41840659 · PMC13063924 · Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Keloid-associated macrophages (KAM) and skin-associated macrophages (SAM) represent transcriptionally distinct populations, with KAM showing enhanced lipid metabolism and M2/pro-fibrotic signatures

  skin keloid pbmc-derived macrophages single-cell immunofluorescence macrophage-sebocyte

• 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

• Dissecting the immunosuppressive microenvironment of LAMA3 + malignant cells and SPP1 + macrophages in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma using single-cell and spatial transcriptomics.

  PMID 41845425 · PMC13104401 · Journal of translational medicine · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  A LAMA3+ epithelial subpopulation (C3) enriched at the invasive tumor front shows strong EMT signatures and is associated with poor prognosis

  escc epithelial scrna-seq tcga-escc scrna-seq spatial infercnv

• Reciprocal regulation of fibroblast-macrophage equilibrium governs skin integrity.

  PMID 41760904 · PMC13043295 · Nature immunology · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Dpt+ fibroblasts are required to maintain skin macrophage populations in vivo; their depletion reduces CD64+ and CD11c+ macrophages

  facs-sorted skin dpt+ scrna-seq flow cellchat

• Distinct origins and niches determine the cellular responsiveness of CNS macrophages after repopulation.

  PMID 41851525 · PMC13132723 · Nature immunology · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Microglia repopulate rapidly and exclusively cell-autonomously from surviving microglia after CSF-1R inhibitor (BLZ945) depletion.

  brain cerebral cd11b+cd45int-hi leptomeninges flow confocal single-cell

• Single-cell and spatial profiling of peripheral blood and synovium unveils pro-arthritis CNBP(+) myeloid cells.

  PMID 41928282 · PMC13169754 · Journal of translational medicine · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Peripheral CNBP+ monocytes are expanded and show elevated 'inflammatory response' pathway scores in arthritis patients

  peripheral blood synovial arthritis single-cell bulk immunofluorescence

• Host-derived interleukin-1α drives tumor immunosuppression by reprogramming tumor-associated myeloid cells.

  PMID 41547846 · PMC12910057 · NPJ breast cancer · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Deletion of host Il1α causes rejection/regression of transplanted breast tumors

  h605 pymt tumor-infiltrating two-week orthotopic flow single-cell

• Deciphering the Immune Microenvironment at the Forefront of Tumor Aggressiveness by Constructing a Regulatory Network with Single-Cell and Spatial Transcriptomic Data.

  PMID 38254989 · PMC10815467 · Genes · 2024 · 7 claims · 8 setups

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  High expression of transcription factors FOXA1 and EZH2 in malignant cells at the invasive front plays a key role in driving tumor progression

  breast er+ epithelial malignant scrna-seq spatial copy

• Targeted and personalized immunotherapy in lung adenocarcinoma: single-cell RNA sequencing of MAFF+ tumor cells and the therapeutic potential of FOS.

  PMID 40936936 · PMC12420628 · Frontiers in immunology · 2025 · 7 claims · 8 setups

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  A highly stem-like C0 MAFF+ tumor cell subtype dominates invasive LUAD, producing chemokines and activating lipid metabolism

  luad tumor a549 single-cell infercnv pseudotime

• The complement system contributes to the immunosuppressive microenvironment of uveal melanoma.

  PMID 41803879 · PMC13130498 · Journal of translational medicine · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Primary UM (pUM) preferentially expresses early complement pathway components over terminal membrane attack complex elements, with early factors showing prognostic significance.

  short-term metastatic normal pum bulk label-free single-cell

• Single-cell landscape of piglet lung response with Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae.

  PMID 41843736 · PMC13014559 · Virulence · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  scRNA-seq of piglet lungs identified 18 cell subpopulations with distinct phenotypes in infected vs control lungs

  piglet monocytes bronchoalveolar single-cell hematoxylin-and-eosin immunohistochemistry

• Migratory Tumor Cells Cooperate with Cancer Associated Fibroblasts in Hormone Receptor-Positive and HER2-Negative Breast Cancer.

  PMID 38892065 · PMC11172245 · International journal of molecular sciences · 2024 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  HR+/HER2-BC tumor epithelial cells comprise four single-cell-defined functional (SC-f) subtypes: migratory, secretory, proliferating, and dysfunctional.

  hr+ epcam-sorted tumor tcga-brca droplet sidr-seq bulk

• Discovery of key regulators in classical monocyte phenotypes linked to COVID-19 severity using single-cell multi-omics sequencing.

  PMID 41732268 · PMC12925236 · iScience · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Two severity-associated classical monocyte (cMono) subtypes, IL7R+ and CD163+, exist with distinct transcriptional and epigenetic landscapes.

  pbmcs pbmc classical cmono single-nucleus differential multimodal