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).

• Dynamic transcriptomic remodeling in grafted human neural progenitor cells uncovers mechanisms for vision preservation in a rat model of retinitis pigmentosa.

  PMID 41792118 · PMC12966429 · Nature communications · 2026 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Grafted hNPCs primarily differentiate into an astroglial phenotype and mature over time in the degenerative retinal environment

  grafted rcs hnpcs single-cell electroretinography immunofluorescence

• 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

• Dissecting the immunosuppressive microenvironment of LAMA3 + malignant cells and SPP1 + macrophages in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma using single-cell and spatial transcriptomics.

  PMID 41845425 · PMC13104401 · Journal of translational medicine · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  A LAMA3+ epithelial subpopulation (C3) enriched at the invasive tumor front shows strong EMT signatures and is associated with poor prognosis

  escc epithelial scrna-seq tcga-escc scrna-seq spatial infercnv

• Single-cell multiomics profiling reveals heterogeneous transcriptional programs and microenvironment in DSRCTs.

  PMID 38781959 · PMC11228554 · Cell reports. Medicine · 2024 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  DSRCT tumor cells cluster into consistent subpopulations with partially overlapping lineage- and metabolism-related transcriptional programs across patients and samples

  fresh matched archived dsrct scrna-seq single-nucleus bulk

• 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

• A Transcriptional Map of Human Tonsil Architecture: Beyond the Sum of (Single Cell) Parts.

  PMID 41518352 · PMC12790319 · European journal of immunology · 2026 · 8 claims · 5 setups

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  Imaging-based spatial transcriptomics (CosMx SMI) captures tissue complexity and cellular composition more faithfully than scRNA-seq

  palatine same tonsil cosmx imaging-based immunofluorescence scrna-seq

• Decoding the heterogeneity of human undifferentiated spermatogonia reveals RAS-dependent regulation of stem cell fate.

  PMID 41579373 · PMC13003925 · Cell reports · 2026 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  FSD1 is a cell-surface pan-uSPG marker that enables FACS purification of the entire uSPG population

  testis seminiferous testicular fsd1+ single-cell immunofluorescence whole-mount

• Spatial transcriptomics demonstrates the role of CD4 T cells in effector CD8 T cell differentiation during chronic viral infection.

  PMID 36450262 · PMC9792173 · Cell reports · 2022 · 8 claims · 6 setups

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  IL-21-producing Tfh CD4 T cells repopulate after CD4 depletion but remain at reduced frequency compared with control mice

  cd44+ splenocytes spleen tcr scrna-seq flow spatial

• 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

• Microglial Fkbp5 Impairs Post-Stroke Vascular Integrity and Regeneration by Promoting Yap1-Mediated Glycolysis and Oxidative Phosphorylation.

  PMID 41355597 · PMC13042415 · Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  A post-stroke perivascular microglia niche (stroke-VAM) is identified, characterized by low M2 marker expression and elevated glycolysis, OXPHOS, and phagocytic activity

  ipsilateral cx3cr1-cre peri-infarct ischemic scrna-seq snrna-seq immunofluorescence

• Single-cell transcriptomics of human embryos identifies multiple sympathoblast lineages with potential implications for neuroblastoma origin.

  PMID 33833454 · PMC7610777 · Nature genetics · 2021 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  In human embryos, intra-adrenal sympathoblasts are directly derived from nerve-associated Schwann cell precursors (SCPs), similarly to chromaffin cells

  embryo sympathoadrenal embryonic adrenal scrna-seq velocity immunohistochemistry

• A pan-cancer single cell landscape reveals heterogeneity and functional diversity of double-negative T cells.

  PMID 41484771 · PMC12882460 · Molecular cancer · 2026 · 7 claims · 5 setups

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  Integration of pan-cancer scRNA-seq data yields a comprehensive single-cell atlas of 157,025 high-quality DNT cells across 23 cancer types.

  tumor dnt ffpe mc38 scrna-seq tcr multiplex

• 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

• The transcription factor HHEX maintains glucocorticoid levels and protects adrenals from androgen-induced lipid depletion.

  PMID 41519914 · PMC12891536 · Nature communications · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  HHEX is the most enriched transcription factor in glucocorticoid-producing zona fasciculata (zF) cells, conserved across mouse, rat, and human adrenal

  sf1-cre-high adrenocortical scrna-seq rnascope immunohistochemistry

• Single-cell profiling of trabecular meshwork identifies mitochondrial dysfunction in a glaucoma model that is protected by vitamin B3 treatment.

  PMID 41556506 · PMC12818872 · eLife · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Mouse TM contains three molecularly distinct, reproducible cell subtypes (TM1, TM2, TM3) identified by scRNA-seq and validated by IF/ISH

  limbal lmx1b scrna-seq snatac-seq immunofluorescence

• A pan-cancer single-cell transcriptomic atlas of human bone metastases.

  PMID 41619722 · PMC12923970 · Cell reports. Medicine · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Constructed a pan-cancer single-cell transcriptomic atlas of 62 human bone metastases (predominantly spinal) across 13 primary cancer types, with paired primary tumor and normal bone marrow samples.

  bone paired plasmacytoma malignant scrna-seq ihc infercnv

• Base barrier cells provide compartmentalization of choroid plexus, brain and CSF.

  PMID 41680326 · PMC12971494 · Nature neuroscience · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  A distinct fibroblast population, ChP base barrier cells (BBCs, formerly type II fibroblasts), exists at the base of the choroid plexus, separate from ChP stromal (type I) fibroblasts

  lateral brain mesp1-cre chp scrna-seq multiplex immunofluorescence

• CLK1 Promotes Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cell Trafficking and Reprograms the Tumor Microenvironment by Activating Hippo/YAP Signaling in Colorectal Cancer.

  PMID 41686262 · PMC13136879 · Cancer immunology research · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  CLK1 is markedly upregulated in immune-cold colorectal tumors and correlates with increased MDSC infiltration and CD8+ T-cell exclusion

  colorectal tcga-coad ct26 tumor scrna-seq bulk multiplex

• A spatially resolved human glioblastoma atlas reveals distinct cellular and molecular patterns of anatomical niches.

  PMID 41714633 · PMC13031279 · Nature communications · 2026 · 8 claims · 6 setups

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  GBM exhibits distinct cellular and molecular patterns organized by anatomical niche, with malignant, vascular, and immune compartments showing region-specific spatial associations

  gbm glioma single-cell scrna-seq cite-seq spatial

• Tumor cell villages define the co-dependency of tumor and microenvironment in liver cancer.

  PMID 41723121 · PMC12932787 · Nature communications · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Different tumor cell transcriptomic states organize into distinct spatial clusters, or 'villages', each supported by a unique surrounding microenvironment

  liver malignant non-malignant tumor single-cell immunofluorescence non-negative