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).

• 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

• Comparative single-cell landscape of immune cells in human livers affected HBV and non-viral cirrhosis.

  PMID 41815278 · PMC12971635 · Frontiers in medicine · 2025 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Macrophage-PLCG2 (anti-inflammatory) and CD8+ T-FABP5 subsets are expanded in HBV cirrhosis compared to non-viral cirrhosis

  liver myeloid scrna-seq spatial pathway

• In vivo induction of activin A-producing alveolar macrophages supports the progression of lung cell carcinoma.

  PMID 36650150 · PMC9845242 · Nature communications · 2023 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  AMs accumulate in human lung cancer tissue and support cancer cell proliferation, contributing to unfavourable outcome

  normal llc lung c57bl immunohistochemistry count flow

• Contributions of proteomics to understanding phagosome maturation.

  PMID 18331591 · PMC2613258 · Cellular microbiology · 2008 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Proteomic studies across many species have identified hundreds of proteins associated with phagosomes, revealing conserved functional classes (vATPase subunits, GTPases, hydrolases, SNAREs, Rabs, cytoskeletal proteins).

  macrophage dictyostelium drosophila entamoeba quantitative 2dge prefractionation

• Systems integration of biodefense omics data for analysis of pathogen-host interactions and identification of potential targets.

  PMID 19779614 · PMC2745575 · PloS one · 2009 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  A protein-centric data integration approach (Master Protein Directory) enables integration and mining of heterogeneous pathogen-host omics data across multiple research centers

  macrophage hela vaccinia bacillus gene protein-protein comparative

• A macrophage-induced subpopulation of mesenchymal cells expressing Fcer1g contributes to wound-induced fibrosis.

  PMID 41680182 · PMC13009336 · Nature communications · 2026 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Early-phase macrophage depletion (MaFIA + AP20187) reduces fibrosis/scar area and mesenchymal cell numbers without delaying reepithelialization or angiogenesis.

  mafia nih pdgfra-rtta flow excisional immunofluorescence

• 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

• 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

• Utilizing the codon adaptation index to evaluate the susceptibility to HIV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 related coronaviruses in possible target cells in humans.

  PMID 36760235 · PMC9905242 · Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  CAI is positively correlated with translational efficiency, validating its use as a proxy for translational efficiency at the elongation level.

  unstimulated cd4+ kidney liver bulk single-cell

• RANKL inhibits macrophage proinflammatory Toll-like receptor 2 and 4 signaling and impairs killing of intracellular bacteria.

  PMID 42177796 · PMC13198865 · ImmunoHorizons · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Prior RANKL exposure increases intracellular Salmonella Typhimurium (STm) burden in mouse and human macrophages

  bone bmdms raw-dual splenic bacterial viability sequencing

• Hypoxia-Induced Osteopontin-Positive Glioma-Associated Macrophages Facilitate Glioma Mesenchymal Transition via NF-κB Pathway Activation.

  PMID 41625475 · PMC12857759 · Cancer communications (London, England) · 2026 · 6 claims · 8 setups

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  A subset of GAMs with elevated OPN expression accumulates in response to hypoxic stimulation

  thp-1 glioma orthotopic gbm bulk single-cell spatial

• 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

• Identification and validation of prognostic genes associated with M2 macrophage and heme metabolism in lung adenocarcinoma through bulk and single-cell RNA sequencing analysis.

  PMID 41787185 · PMC13076703 · Discover oncology · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  EPB41, ACP5, PPOX, RBM38, and TRIM58 were identified as prognostic genes for LUAD

  tcga-luad gse131907 clinical cibersort gsea spearman

• Comprehensive analysis for the role of macrophage-driven genes in abdominal aortic aneurysm.

  PMID 41815567 · PMC12973086 · Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  SMU1 is identified as a novel macrophage-related gene associated with AAA development, serving as a potential diagnostic biomarker and therapeutic target

  aaa macrophage-related merged gwas single-cell bulk rt-qpcr

• Fluent genomics with  plyranges and  tximeta.

  PMID 32528659 · PMC7243206 · F1000Research · 2020 · 6 claims · 3 setups

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  A three-step fluent genomics workflow (import, model, integrate) using plyranges and tximeta provides a coherent, reproducible framework for integrating RNA-seq and ATAC-seq data within the Bioconductor ecosystem.

  ipsc-derived macrophage bulk atac-seq transcript

• Macrophages on the run: Exercise balances macrophage polarization for improved health.

  PMID 39476967 · PMC11585839 · Molecular metabolism · 2024 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Immediate/acute exercise triggers an M1 (pro-inflammatory) macrophage polarization surge.

  gene affymetrix pooled muscle meta-analysis stepminer gene

• A Deeper Insight into Evolutionary Patterns and Phylogenetic History of ASFV Epidemics in Sardinia (Italy) through Extensive Genomic Sequencing.

  PMID 34696424 · PMC8539718 · Viruses · 2021 · 7 claims · 8 setups

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  58 new whole genomes of Sardinian ASFV isolates were sequenced, the largest ASFV whole-genome sequencing effort to date

  asfv b602l porcine sardinian whole-genome sanger haemoadsorption

• Identification and validation of prognostic genes related to glycolysis and M2 macrophage in hepatocellular carcinoma: an integrated analysis of bulk RNA sequencing and single-cell RNA sequencing.

  PMID 41766871 · PMC12935947 · Frontiers in immunology · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  52 candidate genes were identified at the intersection of glycolysis-related genes (GRGs), M2 macrophage-related genes (MRGs), and HCC-vs-control DEGs (DEGs2).

  tcga-lihc gse149614 key hcc bulk immune cox

• Adhesion-Related Macrophages Regulate Metabolic Homeostasis Through CAV-1 Dependency.

  PMID 41817010 · PMC13159151 · Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Adhesion-related macrophages (ARMs) are a distinct macrophage subpopulation that adheres directly to adipocytes and can be isolated using a novel vortex/bead-based method

  ewat facs-sorted arms sort-purified flow bulk atac-seq

• 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