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).

• Mural cell-derived chemokines provide a protective niche to safeguard vascular macrophages and limit chronic inflammation.

  PMID 37652021 · PMC10588993 · Immunity · 2023 · 7 claims · 8 setups

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  Vascular macrophages form a spatiotemporal niche in direct contact with mural cells across microvascular and macrovascular beds

  cx3cr1-mφ rfp-rep coronary peritoneal intravital confocal single-cell

• 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

• 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

• 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

• A homozygous CARD9 mutation in a family with susceptibility to fungal infections.

  PMID 19864672 · PMC2793117 · The New England journal of medicine · 2009 · 7 claims · 7 setups

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  A homozygous CARD9 point mutation (Q295X, premature termination codon) is associated with autosomal recessive susceptibility to chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis.

  family patients peripheral-blood peripheral snp microsatellite sanger

• MafB is a conserved transcriptional regulator of macrophage development and functional identity across tissues and species.

  PMID 41759510 · PMC7618887 · Immunity · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  MafB is required for full differentiation of bone-marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) in vitro and for development of most RTMs in vivo

  bmdms peritoneal rtms irradiated bulk hashtag-barcoded intracellular

• Tree shrew immune cell atlas identifies NR1H3⁺ tissue macrophages with conserved anti-inflammatory function.

  PMID 41957356 · PMC13223331 · Nature communications · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  A single-cell/single-nucleus RNA-seq atlas across 12 tree shrew tissues identifies 39 distinct immune and non-immune cell types, providing a reference resource for tree shrew immunology

  tree single-cell scrna-seq cross-species functional

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Inflammatory Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Multiple Myeloma: Transcriptional Signature and In Vitro Modeling.

  PMID 37958322 · PMC10650304 · Cancers · 2023 · 8 claims · 8 setups

  Has reproduction · 50

  A 279-gene 'iMSC signature' is upregulated in BM MSCs from MM patients compared to healthy donors, identified by reanalysis of single-cell RNA-seq data.

  facs-isolated expanded bm-mscs mscs single-cell bulk gene

• 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

• NDUFA4L2 regulates the progression and chemotherapy sensitivity of HNSCC by inhibiting PANoptosis.

  PMID 41787028 · PMC13087130 · NPJ precision oncology · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Elevated NDUFA4L2 expression is associated with poor survival and chemotherapy resistance in HNSCC

  carcinoma hnscc cal27 oscc non-negative kaplan-meier western

• 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

• Screening of Diagnostic Biomarkers and Immune Infiltration Characteristics Linking Rheumatoid Arthritis and Rosacea Based on Bioinformatics Analysis.

  PMID 39104909 · PMC11299729 · Journal of inflammation research · 2024 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  277 co-expressed DEGs shared between RA and rosacea are enriched in immune processes and chemokine-mediated signaling pathways

  synovial rosacea co-expressed serum microarray weighted protein-protein

• Genomic and Immune Landscape of Recurrent and/or Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck Progressing on Anti-PD-1 Treatment.

  PMID 41666253 · PMC13044521 · Cancer immunology research · 2026 · 6 claims · 8 setups

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  Tumor biopsies from anti-PD-1-resistant SCCHN show significantly more EGFR and MYCL amplifications and increased MYC pathway alterations compared with anti-PD-1-naive tumors

  ffpe blood tumor whole-exome bulk multiplex

• Dynamics of lung-infiltrating virus-specific T cells associated with age-dependent SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia severity.

  PMID 41533733 · PMC12829949 · PLoS pathogens · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Aged Nr4a3-Tocky mice develop more severe pneumonia and delayed body weight recovery after SARS-CoV-2 infection than adult mice

  nr4a3-tocky bronchoalveolar lung left viral histopathology immunohistochemistry