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).

• Comparative analysis of nuclei isolation methods for brain single-nucleus RNA sequencing.

  PMID 41875869 · PMC13030979 · Cell reports methods · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Nuclei isolation protocol is a critical experimental variable shaping snRNA-seq data quality and biological interpretation

  cortex brain cortical snrna-seq snrna-seq bright-field nuclei

• Multi-omic identification of perineurial hyperplasia and lipid-associated nerve macrophages in human polyneuropathies.

  PMID 40849297 · PMC12375038 · Nature communications · 2025 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Multi-omic profiling (snRNA-seq + spatial transcriptomics) of human sural nerves identifies novel cell type markers (MLIP in mySC; GRIK3, PRIMA1 in nmSC; CXCL14 in periC) not previously described in rodent or human literature

  sural peripheral snrna-seq nerve single-nucleus subcellular situ

• Single-nucleus mRNA-sequencing reveals dynamics of lipogenic and thermogenic adipocyte populations in murine brown adipose tissue in response to cold exposure.

  PMID 40945691 · PMC12506565 · Molecular metabolism · 2025 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  snRNA-seq of murine BAT identifies seven distinct brown adipocyte subtypes with distinct metabolic profiles, part of a 21-cell-type atlas.

  interscapular ibat bat single-nucleus qpcr western

• Single-nucleus RNA sequencing identifies a novel tenogenic heterologous differentiation in endometrial carcinosarcomas: implications for diagnosis and tumor classification.

  PMID 41537454 · PMC12805614 · The Journal of pathology · 2026 · 6 claims · 7 setups

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  snRNA-seq identifies a novel tenogenic heterologous differentiation program (SCX, MKX, TNMD) in an endometrial carcinosarcoma

  ffpe sections tumor cs4 single-nucleus immunohistochemistry fluorescence

• Single nuclei and spatial profiling of sacrococcygeal teratomas reveals cellular composition and X inactivation heterogeneity.

  PMID 41565739 · PMC12949016 · NPJ precision oncology · 2026 · 7 claims · 4 setups

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  snRNA-seq and spatial transcriptomics of eight SCTs identify five broad cell lineages (neuroectoderm, epithelia, stroma, endothelia, immune) resolved into 26 transcriptionally distinct subtypes

  postnatal prenatal aggregated single-nucleus single-cell spatial

• Comparative multi-omic analysis reveals conserved and derived mechanisms of fin and limb regeneration.

  PMID 41571662 · PMC12923738 · Nature communications · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Fin and limb regeneration share conserved proximal and distal blastema territory markers, DNA damage repair activation, hif1a-mediated hypoxia response, and sequential pro-/anti-inflammatory gene programs.

  polypterus axolotl zebrafish regenerating single-nucleus spatial single-cell

• Spatial transcriptomics reveals altered communities and drivers of aberrant epithelia and pro-fibrotic fibroblasts in interstitial lung diseases.

  PMID 41576947 · PMC12985369 · Cell genomics · 2026 · 7 claims · 7 setups

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  snRNA-seq census of 227,680 nuclei across 48 cell types reveals altered cellular states and compositional rewiring of the distal lung in ILD

  frozen lung flash-frozen spatial single-nucleus scrna-seq 10x

• Single-cell protein activity analysis reveals aberrant myogenesis and IGF2-PI3K pathway dependencies in MYOD1-mutant rhabdomyosarcoma.

  PMID 41758938 · PMC12947870 · Science advances · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  MYOD1 L122R-mutant SRMS tumors contain three coexisting, conserved cell states (progenitor, transition, differentiated) reflecting aberrant myogenic differentiation

  patient-derived tumor single paired single-nucleus infercnv aracne-ap

• Cellular insights into transposable elements in Alzheimer's disease.

  PMID 41573740 · PMC12819740 · Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2025 · 8 claims · 5 setups

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  508 TE loci are differentially expressed in AD brain, with the large majority (84.3%) upregulated, indicating widespread TE activation

  postmortem brain genome genes single-nucleus atac-seq pseudobulk

• Integrating single-cell and single-nucleus datasets improves bulk RNA-seq deconvolution.

  PMID 41895263 · PMC13106970 · Cell reports methods · 2026 · 8 claims · 5 setups

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  scRNA-seq references yield significantly higher Pearson correlation and lower RMSE than snRNA-seq references for deconvolution across all four tissue datasets

  adipose same fat-cell real pseudobulk single-cell synthetic

• 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

• The identification of a Distinct Astrocyte Subtype that Diminishes in Alzheimer's Disease.

  PMID 38502590 · PMC11567244 · Aging and disease · 2024 · 7 claims · 7 setups

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  A distinct astrocyte subpopulation marked by low GFAP, AQP4+, and CD63+ expression exists in normal brain and is functionally enriched for Aβ clearance and tau protein binding

  hippocampus prefrontal astrocyte frontal single-nuclei gene cell-cell

• Gli1-expressing stromal cells are highly reparative precursors of long-lived chondroprogenitors in the fetal murine limb.

  PMID 41253754 · PMC12627582 · Nature communications · 2025 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Gli1+ fetal cells are the precursors of postnatal long-lived chondroprogenitors (LLCPs) in the growth plate

  fetal left-cart-p21 gli1-creer cartilage single-nuclei scenic bulk

• Single-nucleus multiome analysis in the human prefrontal cortex identifies gene expression and cis-regulatory elements associated with aging.

  PMID 41832957 · PMC13137218 · Cell reports · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Generated a single-nucleus multiome (snATAC + gene expression) dataset from 357 human dorsolateral prefrontal cortex samples (ages 15-100, European and African admixed ancestry), yielding over 1.5 million cells as a public resource.

  postmortem million+ pfc each single-nucleus umap pseudobulk

• Mouse placentae generated by in vitro fertilization exhibit altered gene expression, activated hypoxia responses, and reduced fitness†.

  PMID 40874534 · PMC12808545 · Biology of reproduction · 2026 · 6 claims · 6 setups

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  IVF-conceived mouse placentae exhibit global and cell type–specific gene expression differences compared to FB placentae

  e12.5 differentially trophoblast placenta single-nucleus pseudobulk pathway

• Single-cell resolution of an open chromatin signature in persister tumor cells.

  PMID 41485222 · PMC12978573 · Cell reports · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Single-nucleus multi-omic (snRNA-seq + snATAC-seq) profiling of fallopian tube, treatment-naive, and NACT-treated HGSOC tissue identifies a persister cell signature (PCS) defining the chemotherapy-tolerant state.

  non-malignant same epithelial tumor single-nucleus mitochondrial copy-number

• Indigenous gut microbes modulate neural cell state and neurodegenerative disease susceptibility.

  PMID 41638211 · PMC13091097 · Cell systems · 2026 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  A complex, intact gut microbiome is necessary for the steady-state transcriptional landscape of all major brain-resident cell types, with myelinating oligodendrocytes and immune cells showing the largest microbiome-dependent transcriptional response.

  hippocampus cd11b+ intestinal brain single-nucleus bulk multiplex

• Single-nucleus multiomic profiling of the aging mouse substantia nigra reveals conserved gene alterations linked to Parkinson's disease.

  PMID 41781332 · PMC13138337 · Genome research · 2026 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Single-nucleus multiome (RNA+ATAC) sequencing of mouse substantia nigra across four age stages (2, 6, 12, 18 months) yields a 40,125-cell atlas spanning 27 cell subclasses

  substantia allen five oligodendrocyte single-nucleus scrna-seq single-cell

• Comprehensive cellular analysis with single-nucleus RNA-seq of archived PAXgene whole blood samples.

  PMID 41844163 · PMC13030975 · Cell reports methods · 2026 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Cell lysis (CL) nuclei isolation yields substantially more nuclei and less biased immune cell proportions than mechanical separation (MS)

  frozen paxgene cl-derived thawed single-nucleus confocal brightfield

• Single-cell multiomics uncovers an endothelial mechanosensitive PIEZO1-IL-33 axis driving pulmonary fibrosis.

  PMID 41862476 · PMC13004862 · Nature communications · 2026 · 7 claims · 8 setups

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  Mechanical stress (MS) signaling is significantly elevated in endothelial cells (ECs) from IPF patients and correlates with fibrosis severity and lung function decline

  lung cd31+ single-nucleus scissor meta-analysis