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.

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• 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

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• 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

• 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)

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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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• 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

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• 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

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• Novel fatty acid metabolism-related molecular subtyping and prognostic signature for breast cancer.

  PMID 41674979 · PMC12885896 · Translational cancer research · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  A FAM-related gene prognostic model (FAMGM) built using CoxBoost and random survival forest was identified as the optimal model among 101 machine learning combinations, based on highest average C-index across TCGA-BRCA and GSE96058 cohorts

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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

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• 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

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• ChemR23 prevents phenotypic switching of vascular smooth muscle cells into macrophage-like foam cells in atherosclerosis.

  PMID 41264461 · PMC13017563 · Cardiovascular research · 2026 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Non-haematopoietic (vascular) ChemR23 deficiency increases atherosclerotic lesion size and enhances VSMC proliferation and VSMC-derived foam cell formation

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• 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

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• Tumour-brain crosstalk restrains cancer immunity via a sensory-sympathetic axis.

  PMID 41639447 · PMC12935554 · Nature · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) induces increased innervation and functional/transcriptional engagement of vagal sensory neurons (VSNs)

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• Airway injury induces alveolar epithelial responses mediated by macrophages.

  PMID 41579370 · PMC13090803 · Cell reports · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Club cell injury (naphthalene) induces transient proliferation of distal AT2 progenitor cells

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• AJUBA: The Master Regulator Bridging EMT and Immune Evasion in Colorectal Cancer.

  PMID 41814682 · PMC13140425 · Mediators of inflammation · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  AJUBA is markedly upregulated in CRC across multiple transcriptomic cohorts and is enriched in epithelial cells with activated EMT features

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• Single-cell transcriptome analysis reveals DNMT1(+) epithelial cells promote lymphatic metastasis via CXCL17-mediated TAM infiltration.

  PMID 41845371 · PMC13107741 · Journal of translational medicine · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  DNMT1+ epithelial cells, characterized by high epithelial-mesenchymal transition potential, show a propensity for lymph node metastasis in bladder cancer

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