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).

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Spatial-reprogramming derived GPNMB(+) macrophages interact with COL6A3(+) fibroblasts to enhance vascular fibrosis in glioblastoma.

  PMID 41174767 · PMC12577258 · Genome medicine · 2025 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  COL6A3+ TAFs are a distinct matrix-fibroblast subset significantly enriched in non-responders to neoadjuvant antiangiogenic+ICB combination therapy

  gbm ffpe col6a3+ thp-1 scrna-seq spatial multiplex

• Immunoregulatory Roles of Tumor-Originated Pericytes Identified by Single-Cell Analysis in Glioblastoma.

  PMID 41001759 · PMC12713092 · Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  CD146 (MCAM) is a superior surface marker for sorting GBM pericytes, labeling nearly all PDGFRβ+ pericytes with strong specificity, unlike NG2 which labels fewer vessel-associated pericytes.

  facs-sorted frozen dissociated scrna-seq scrna-seq immunofluorescence fluorescence-activated

• Hypoxia-driven remodeling of SELENOP(+) macrophages shapes T cell dynamics and promotes ovarian cancer metastasis.

  PMID 41526347 · PMC12852879 · Nature communications · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  SELENOP+ macrophages co-occur and spatially co-localize with precursor exhausted (GZMH+) CD8+ T cells and activate these T cells via selenoprotein P in vitro and in vivo.

  hgsoc million pseudo-bulk hgsoc-derived scrna-seq sctcr-seq spatial

• An integrated single-cell lung cancer atlas reveals distinct fibroblast phenotypes between adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinomas.

  PMID 41577803 · PMC12920623 · NPJ precision oncology · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Inflammatory CAFs (iCAFs) predominate in LUAD, whereas myofibroblastic CAFs (mCAFs) predominate in LUSC

  nsclc epithelial macrophage caf scrna-seq copy gene-set

• Bacterial reporter-paired scRNA sequencing reveals cross talk between zinc starvation and zinc toxicity in macrophage antibacterial defense.

  PMID 41802048 · PMC12993976 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Macrophages starve intracellular E. coli of zinc to sensitize them to subsequent zinc toxicity, coupling zinc starvation and zinc toxicity in a single antimicrobial response

  monocyte-derived hmdm zntr-dual macrophages confocal high-throughput flow

• Hierarchical cell-type identifier accurately distinguishes immune-cell subtypes enabling precise profiling of tissue microenvironment with single-cell RNA-sequencing.

  PMID 36681937 · PMC10025442 · Briefings in bioinformatics · 2023 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  HiCAT is a hierarchical, marker-based cell-type identifier that uses gene set analysis (GSA) scoring with markers structured in a three-level taxonomy tree (major-type, minor-type, subset)

  pbmc cord melanoma lung scrna-seq computational

• Meta-analysis of COVID-19 single-cell studies confirms eight key immune responses.

  PMID 34675242 · PMC8531356 · Scientific reports · 2021 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Only 8 of 20 previously published COVID-19 scRNA-seq findings were reproducible across all relevant datasets in a standardized meta-analysis

  pbmc bronchoalveolar nasopharyngeal combined scrna-seq tcr bcr

• Single-cell and spatial profiling highlights TB-induced myofibroblasts as drivers of lung pathology.

  PMID 41489684 · PMC12767585 · The Journal of experimental medicine · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  MMP1+CXCL5+ fibroblasts and SPP1+ macrophages are linked to TB disease and TB lung granuloma and reveal targetable cellular cross talk underlying TB immunopathology

  lung ffpe lymph nonhuman scrna-seq spatial bulk

• Bidirectional CRISPR screens decode a GLIS3-dependent fibrotic cell circuit.

  PMID 41501466 · PMC12820784 · Nature · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Inflammation-associated fibroblasts (IAFs), induced by proinflammatory FCN1+IL1B+ macrophages, produce profibrotic IL-11 and drive fibrosis in IBD

  intestinal colon pdgfra+ colonic scrna-seq xenium masson's

• ISG15-driven immune modulation and tumor progression in breast cancer metastasis: insights from single-cell and spatial transcriptomics.

  PMID 41639695 · PMC12958617 · BMC medicine · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  CSC proportion is elevated in lymph node metastatic tumor tissue (BRCA_LNMT) compared to primary tumor (BRCA_PT)

  4t1 brca tcga-brca top single-cell spatial bulk

• Dextrorotatory kynurenine suppresses acute rejection through inhibiting M1 macrophage-mediated inflammation.

  PMID 41644740 · PMC12988155 · EMBO molecular medicine · 2026 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Elevated serum D-Kyn levels correlate with stable graft function, while lower D-Kyn is associated with acute rejection

  serum kidney allogeneic ion scrna-seq 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

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• scSurv: a deep generative model for single-cell survival analysis.

  PMID 41429574 · PMC12797213 · Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) · 2026 · 8 claims · 6 setups

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  scSurv combines a Cox proportional hazards model with a deep generative model (VAE) of single-cell transcriptomes to estimate individual cellular contributions to clinical outcomes

  simulated tcga melanoma renal scrna-seq bulk single-cell

• PBRM1 Deficiency Reshapes an Immune Suppressive Microenvironment Through Epigenetic Tuning of PBRM1-KDM5C-IL6 Axis in ccRCC.

  PMID 41514194 · PMC13042695 · Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  PBRM1 deficiency increases infiltration of immunosuppressive M2 tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) and creates an immune-excluded tumor microenvironment

  vhl kidney pbrm1 immunodeficient scrna-seq multiplex crispr-cas9

• 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