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).

• Dissecting tumor heterogeneity in colorectal cancer: uncovering the role of BCL2L1(+) cells through single-cell analysis.

  PMID 41958675 · PMC13056825 · Frontiers in immunology · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

  Full-text index only

  scRNA-seq identifies five CRC tumor cell subtypes, with the C4 BCL2L1+ subtype predominantly enriched in liver metastases and showing enhanced proliferation, metabolic reprogramming, and anti-apoptotic activity

  crc epcs malignant tcga scrna-seq infercnv cytotrace

• Ultra-precision deconvolution of spatial transcriptomics decodes immune heterogeneity and fate-defining programs in tissues.

  PMID 41862467 · PMC13168514 · Nature communications · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

  Full-text index only

  UCASpatial is a novel deconvolution algorithm that uses Shannon entropy-based gene weighting combined with weighted non-negative least squares to estimate cell-type composition from spatial transcriptomics data

  simulated colorectal hippocampus ear simulated runtime spatial

• Notch3 regulates pericyte phenotypic plasticity in colorectal cancer.

  PMID 41618002 · PMC12960917 · Communications biology · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

  Full-text index only

  Murine tumor pericytes originate from normal tissue-resident pericytes that proliferate inside tumors

  aom crc pdgfrβ-creert2 notch3-creert2 scrna-seq facs lineage

• Robust and efficient annotation of cell states through gene signature scoring.

  PMID 41708334 · PMC12951948 · Genome research · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

  Full-text index only

  Established scoring methods (Seurat, SCANPY, UCell, JASMINE) fail to provide robust and comparable score distributions across diverse signatures and experimental conditions, precluding accurate unsupervised cell-state annotation.

  pbmc colorectal esophageal crc scrna-seq cross-implementation signature

• A tumor-intrinsic WNT-inhibitory NOTUM program drives immune resistance in microsatellite stable colorectal cancer.

  PMID 42097145 · PMC13198260 · Cell reports. Medicine · 2026 · 8 claims · 7 setups

  Full-text index only

  A distinct NOTUM/NKD1/APCDD1-high, WNT-inhibitory cancer cell population (WICC) emerges predominantly in advanced-stage MSS CRC

  crc patient-derived ibd mmr-proficient single-cell cell-cycle patient-level

• A ligand-centered framework for γδ T cell activation in colorectal cancer revealed by single-cell and transformer-based perturbation.

  PMID 41607803 · PMC12835328 · Frontiers in immunology · 2025 · 8 claims · 8 setups

  Full-text index only

  CRC-infiltrating γδ T cells show varied activation levels, with the TRM-like population being the major tumor-infiltrating subtype and exhibiting the lowest effector and exhaustion signature scores.

  crc-infiltrating crc scrna-seq gene nichenet

• Analysis of microsatellite instability intensity in single-cell resolution with scMnT reveals tumor heterogeneity in colorectal cancer.

  PMID 41978385 · PMC13076935 · Briefings in bioinformatics · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

  Full-text index only

  scMnT identifies MSI cells and quantifies MSI intensity at single-cell resolution from scRNA-seq data using mononucleotide microsatellite allele length statistics

  crc cancer sc035 p20 scrna-seq snv msi

• UBE2M as a bridge spanning neddylation and cell cycle regulation in colorectal adenocarcinoma.

  PMID 41680469 · PMC12993059 · Experimental & molecular medicine · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

  Full-text index only

  Neddylation is associated with G2M phase progression in CRC

  crc paired hek293t cell-free single-cell bulk immunohistochemistry

• A differential single-cell transcriptome atlas of left-sided and right-sided colorectal cancer.

  PMID 41844817 · PMC13111741 · Discover oncology · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

  Full-text index only

  MTRNR2L8 is markedly upregulated in RCRC tumor cells and is associated with poorer patient survival

  crc epithelial rcrc tcga-read scrna-seq copy gene

• Single-Cell Multi-Tissue T Cell Clonal Dynamics Reveal Distinct Immune Coercion Landscapes in MSI and MSS Colorectal Cancer.

  PMID 41898550 · PMC13027115 · International journal of molecular sciences · 2026 · 8 claims · 5 setups

  Full-text index only

  Immunotherapy response in CRC is better explained by TCR clonal dynamics (expansion, migration, functional transitions) than by MSI status alone

  crc single high-quality cd4+ scrna-seq tcr pseudotime

• Therapeutic manipulation and spatial quantification of the tumor microenvironment in colorectal cancer.

  PMID 41907400 · PMC13018967 · iScience · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

  Full-text index only

  Colorectal cancer fibroblast heterogeneity can be distilled into two overarching, transcriptomically distinct CAF populations marked by PDGFRA+ and ACTA2+ expression

  crc colonic gemm scrna-seq multiplex bulk

• 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

  Full-text index only

  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

• Single-Cell Analysis Reveals Characterization of Infiltrating T Cells in Moderately Differentiated Colorectal Cancer.

  PMID 33584715 · PMC7873865 · Frontiers in immunology · 2020 · 8 claims · 8 setups

  Has reproduction · 45

  Eight distinct T cell populations can be identified from CRC tumor tissue by unsupervised clustering of scRNA-seq data

  tumor-infiltrating peripheral cd4+ tumor single-cell unsupervised pearson

• Identification of Poor Prognosis-Associated Fibroblast Subpopulation Signature Genes Utilizing the Scissor Algorithm to Classify Colorectal Cancer Subtypes and Evaluate the Immune Landscape.

  PMID 41787974 · PMC13180509 · Gut and liver · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

  Full-text index only

  Scissor+ fibroblast subpopulations significantly correlated with prognosis were identified in CRC using the Scissor algorithm integrating scRNA-seq, bulk RNA-seq, and clinical data

  tcga gse39582 gse166555 scrna-seq bulk single-cell cell-cell

• Ion-Channel-Mediated Drug Repurposing Opportunities Validated by Single-Cell Perturbation in Colorectal Cancer.

  PMID 42074061 · PMC13116841 · International journal of molecular sciences · 2026 · 8 claims · 6 setups

  Full-text index only

  WGCNA on CRC transcriptomes identified 100 hub genes spanning three functional programs: ribosomal biogenesis, RNA processing, and immune

  crc independent hct116 bulk protein-protein vgae-based

• Single-Cell Sequencing Reveals γδT Cell Heterogeneity Under Distinct Microsatellite Statuses as a Potential Biomarker for Immunotherapy and Prognosis in Colorectal Cancer.

  PMID 42074506 · PMC13116210 · Genes · 2026 · 7 claims · 8 setups

  Full-text index only

  γδT cells in colorectal cancer form five distinct subsets (C0_FCER1G, C1_IL7R, C2_CD81, C3_TOP2A, C4_CXCL13) with distinct marker genes and functional states

  crc γδt epithelial c4_cxcl13 single-cell differential pseudotime

• Distinct molecular and tumor microenvironment characteristics of mucinous adenocarcinoma in colorectal cancer.

  PMID 42100746 · PMC13145884 · iScience · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

  Full-text index only

  MAC is associated with significantly worse overall survival than CAC, but only within the MSS subtype

  tcga-crc surgically crc epithelial whole-exome copy consensus

• Integrated Single Cell Spatial Analysis Reveals Dysregulated Basal Progenitor Cells in Ulcerative Colitis Pathogenesis: A Multi Omics Study.

  PMID 41542331 · PMC12802566 · Health science reports · 2026 · 7 claims · 8 setups

  Full-text index only

  BPC differentiation is significantly altered in UC, driven by a FABP1-led functional gene matrix

  colorectal colon patients bulk single-cell spatial bulk

• Cancer-wide in silico analyses using differentially expressed genes demonstrate the functions and clinical relevance of JAG, DLL, and NOTCH.

  PMID 39074091 · PMC11285958 · PloS one · 2024 · 7 claims · 8 setups

  Full-text index only

  JAG, DLL, and NOTCH family gene/protein expression varies diversely across 15 cancer types relative to normal tissue, sometimes discordant between mRNA and protein levels.

  tumor degs cancer jag bulk proteomics gene

• A Soft Matrix Microenvironment Promotes Laterally Spreading Tumors via Oxidative Phosphorylation-Dependent Cell Adhesion.

  PMID 41833005 · PMC13248847 · Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026 · 7 claims · 8 setups

  Full-text index only

  LSTs exhibit a more malignant phenotype than PAs, with higher inferred CNV scores, stronger genetic correlation with colorectal cancer, and downregulation of adhesion molecules

  patients bulk colorectal epithelial clinical bulk single-cell