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).

• Pathway analysis of kidney cancer using proteomics and metabolic profiling.

  PMID 17123452 · PMC1665458 · Molecular cancer · 2006 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  31 proteins are differentially expressed with high statistical significance (p<0.05) in ccRCC tumor tissue compared to adjacent non-malignant kidney tissue

  ccrcc rcc computational random gel immunoblotting immunohistochemistry

• MicroRNA Enrichment and Docking-Based Evaluation of Ilomastat Targeting of MMP-2 in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Insights from a South African Cohort.

  PMID 42158110 · PMC13181172 · Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2026 · 7 claims · 5 setups

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  The miR-29 family inhibits MMP-2 and represents a key regulatory axis in tumor invasion

  paired deg mmp-2 escc bulk pathway molecular

• Identification and analysis of genes associated with epithelial ovarian cancer by integrated bioinformatics methods.

  PMID 34143800 · PMC8213194 · PloS one · 2021 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  306 overlapping DEGs (265 up-regulated, 41 down-regulated) were identified from three independent GEO microarray datasets comparing EOC and adjacent normal ovarian tissue

  eoc analysis overlapping pubmed microarray kegg protein-protein

• Single-cell RNA sequencing of adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast reveals cellular heterogeneity and tumor microenvironment features.

  PMID 41761191 · PMC13041279 · BMC medical genomics · 2026 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  H19+ myoepithelial cells (H19+myoEpC) represent the dominant malignant subpopulation in ACCB, characterized by the majority of large-scale CNVs and high expression of oncogenic pathway genes and ligands (e.g., LAMB1, WNT6)

  tumor hnacc epithelial accb single-cell scrna-seq copy

• Multi-Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals That EREG-Driven TME Crosstalk Defines Anti-EGFR Response in Colorectal Cancer.

  PMID 42043480 · PMC13115984 · Cancer medicine · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  EGFRI eligibility (defined by left-sidedness, RAS/BRAF wild-type, MSS) stratifies cancer cell transcriptomic characteristics more strongly than sidedness alone.

  crc epcam+ aggregated cancer scrna-seq copy pseudobulk

• Detecting aberrant DNA methylation in Illumina DNA methylation arrays: a toolbox and recommendations for its use.

  PMID 37218167 · PMC10208159 · Epigenetics · 2023 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Developed OutlierMeth, an R package that computes probe-specific thresholds and flags DNA methylation outliers from array data

  normal blood tcga gse40279 illumina logistic unsupervised

• Mitochondrial DNA methylation predicts immunotherapy response and prognosis in lung adenocarcinoma: evidence from scRNA-Seq and machine learning.

  PMID 41663976 · PMC12997902 · BMC cancer · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Differentially expressed MTDM-related genes (DEMTDMRGs) are significantly enriched in cell cycle regulation, ferroptosis, and ABC transporter pathways

  luad demtdmrgs gse131907 wgcna kegg univariate

• Single-nucleus ATAC-seq analysis resolves chromatin and transcriptional features of fibrolamellar carcinoma.

  PMID 41865105 · PMC13144680 · Scientific reports · 2026 · 8 claims · 5 setups

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  snATAC-seq resolves cell-type specific chromatin accessibility, microRNA activity, transcription factor networks, and super enhancer usage in FLC tumors versus non-malignant liver (NML).

  flc bulk snatac-seq snrna-seq single-nucleus bulk motif

• KRT15 identified by scRNA-Seq and machine learning as stemness regulator and prognostic biomarker in ESCC.

  PMID 41907411 · PMC13018899 · iScience · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  A malignant epithelial subpopulation (Cluster 0) with the highest CytoTRACE stemness potential and highest EMT activity exists in ESCC scRNA-seq data

  escc degs eca109 kyse180 scrna-seq machine immunohistochemistry

• Integrative multimodal transcriptomics identifies a cancer-associated fibroblast membrane signature for predicting prognosis and therapeutic response in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

  PMID 41942785 · PMC13053443 · Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  A PDAC-enriched myoCAF-c1 fibroblast cluster is closely associated with epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and angiogenesis

  pdac myocaf-c1-derived tcga-paad scrna-seq spatial bulk

• Single-cell profiling reveals distinct populations of tumor-associated macrophages and metastatic tumor cells in breast cancer brain metastasis.

  PMID 42034645 · PMC13247122 · Cell death & disease · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Single-cell profiling of BCBM identifies 12 tumor-associated macrophage (TAM) subtypes and 5 metastatic tumor cell (MTC) subtypes with distinct transcriptional profiles

  brain breast scrna-seq tams scrna-seq bulk copy

• Evaluating Distribution and Prognostic Value of New Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes in HCC Based on a scRNA-Seq Study With CIBERSORTx.

  PMID 33043022 · PMC7527443 · Frontiers in medicine · 2020 · 6 claims · 8 setups

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  CIBERSORTx can combine scRNA-seq-derived signature matrices with bulk RNA-seq data to estimate proportions of 11 TIL subsets in HCC tumor and normal tissue

  tcga degs cd4-gzma prognostic scrna-seq cibersortx differential

• Development and validation of an oxidative phosphorylation based prognostic model revealing tumor progression and immune microenvironment in lung adenocarcinoma.

  PMID 41670771 · PMC12996521 · Discover oncology · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  OXPHOS activity is significantly elevated in LUAD tumor tissue compared to adjacent normal tissue

  tcga-luad geo lung single-cell bulk ssgsea cibersort

• Single-cell RNA-sequencing of dermal fibroblasts demonstrates culture-induced changes and variable persistence of keloid disease features.

  PMID 42058918 · PMC13123497 · iScience · 2026 · 7 claims · 6 setups

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  Fibroblast culture leads to subtype assimilation, with in vivo heterogeneity persisting only minimally by passage 4

  dermal mesenchymal stromal patient-matched single-cell bulk qpcr

• Unveiling prognostics biomarkers of tyrosine metabolism reprogramming in liver cancer by cross-platform gene expression analyses.

  PMID 32542016 · PMC7295234 · PloS one · 2020 · 7 claims · 8 setups

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  Five tyrosine catabolic enzymes (TAT, HPD, HGD, GSTZ1, FAH) are downregulated in HCC compared to normal liver at mRNA and/or protein level

  oncomine tcga-lihc gse89377 hcc pan-cancer bulk microarray

• M6A-mediated molecular patterns and tumor microenvironment infiltration characterization in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

  PMID 38532632 · PMC10978033 · Cancer biology & therapy · 2024 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  NPC patients can be divided into two distinct m6A-related molecular subclasses based on prognostic m6A regulator expression

  npc gse102349 clinical expression ssgsea cibersort

• Liver-specific paraoxonase-1 alleviates regulatory T cell-driven immunosuppression via metabolic reprogramming in hepatocellular carcinoma.

  PMID 41387425 · PMC12701056 · Nature communications · 2025 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  PON1 expression is downregulated in HCC tumor tissue and low PON1 is associated with worse prognosis

  hcc paired hepa1-6 pon1-nc bioinformatic immunohistochemistry orthotopic

• Integrative microRNA and transcriptome analysis reveals sex-specific molecular divergence in human bladder cancer.

  PMID 41578372 · PMC12911049 · Biology of sex differences · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  48 tumor-specific sex-biased (TSSB) microRNAs were identified in bladder cancer, mostly located on autosomes rather than sex chromosomes

  tcga tssb blca mirna-seq bulk kegg

• Identification and validation of hub genes involved in papillary thyroid carcinoma progression.

  PMID 41851690 · PMC13126906 · BMC cancer · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  1550 overlapping DEGs (1149 upregulated, 401 downregulated) were identified in PTC compared to normal thyroid tissues

  thyroid upregulated degs ptc bulk protein-protein kegg

• Association between Arsenic Level, Gene Expression in Asian Population, and In Vitro Carcinogenic Bladder Tumor.

  PMID 35039759 · PMC8760535 · Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2022 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  A unique set of 147 genes associated with arsenic exposure links to molecular mechanisms of cancer

  blood myeloma bladder differentially microarray gene pls-da