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).

• Heterogeneity of cancer-associated fibroblasts in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

  PMID 37320872 · PMC10277597 · Translational oncology · 2023 · 8 claims · 9 setups

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  Seven distinct CAF subsets exist in HNSCC, identified via integration of scRNA-seq, bulk transcriptomic, and spatial transcriptomic data.

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• Activity of distinct growth factor receptor network components in breast tumors uncovers two biologically relevant subtypes.

  PMID 28446242 · PMC5406893 · Genome medicine · 2017 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Application of GFRN pathway signatures to breast tumor gene expression data identifies two discrete phenotypes: a 'survival phenotype' (concordant activation of HER2, IGF1R, AKT) and a 'growth phenotype' (concordant activation of EGFR, KRAS(G12V), RAF1, BAD)

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• Exploiting convergent phenotypes to derive a pan-cancer cisplatin response gene expression signature.

  PMID 37076665 · PMC10115855 · NPJ precision oncology · 2023 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  A convergent-phenotype-based seed gene/co-expression method can extract consensus gene expression signatures predictive of response to chemotherapeutic drugs in the GDSC database

  epithelial-based tcga gdsc muscle-invasive differential co-expression signature

• A gene signature related to programmed cell death to predict immunotherapy response and prognosis in colon adenocarcinoma.

  PMID 39950044 · PMC11823652 · PeerJ · 2025 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  COAD patients can be divided into two molecular subtypes (S1, S2) based on 21 prognostic PCD-related genes, with S1 showing worse prognosis and immunosuppressive microenvironment, S2 showing better prognosis and stronger anti-tumor immunity

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• Increased prevalence of hybrid epithelial/mesenchymal state and enhanced phenotypic heterogeneity in basal breast cancer.

  PMID 38974967 · PMC11225361 · iScience · 2024 · 7 claims · 7 setups

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  Luminal breast cancer gene expression signature is closely/positively associated with an epithelial signature

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• Metabolic reprogramming and prognostic insights in molecular landscapes driven by glycolysis in ovarian cancer.

  PMID 40707588 · PMC12290113 · Scientific reports · 2025 · 7 claims · 8 setups

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  457 differentially expressed GRGs were identified between OC and normal ovarian tissue, of which 30 were significantly associated with prognosis

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• Comprehensive analysis of transcriptomics and radiomics revealed the potential of TEDC2 as a diagnostic marker for lung adenocarcinoma.

  PMID 39553728 · PMC11569783 · PeerJ · 2024 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  WGCNA identified 214 key genes in the blue module most correlated with LUAD

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• Clustering and machine learning-based integration identify cancer associated fibroblasts genes' signature in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

  PMID 37065499 · PMC10098459 · Frontiers in genetics · 2023 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Clustering of 31 CAFs genes across 868 HNSCC samples identifies two distinct molecular patterns (C1, C2) with different survival outcomes

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• Involvement of N4BP2L1, PLEKHA4, and BEGAIN genes in breast cancer and muscle cell development.

  PMID 38859961 · PMC11163233 · Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  N4BP2L1, PLEKHA4, and BEGAIN, normally highly expressed in breast myoepithelial and smooth muscle cells, are significantly downregulated in breast tumor tissue of a 50-patient cohort

  breast paired embryonic hesc-derived bulk rt-qpcr immunofluorescence

• Migratory Tumor Cells Cooperate with Cancer Associated Fibroblasts in Hormone Receptor-Positive and HER2-Negative Breast Cancer.

  PMID 38892065 · PMC11172245 · International journal of molecular sciences · 2024 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  HR+/HER2-BC tumor epithelial cells comprise four single-cell-defined functional (SC-f) subtypes: migratory, secretory, proliferating, and dysfunctional.

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• Mammary cell gene expression atlas links epithelial cell remodeling events to breast carcinogenesis.

  PMID 34079055 · PMC8172904 · Communications biology · 2021 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Integration of five mouse scRNAseq datasets reveals a trifurcating lineage trajectory originating from embryonic mammary stem cells (MaSCs) that differentiates into three epithelial lineages (Basal, L-Alv, L-Hor) via unipotent progenitor clusters

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• Transcriptomic-Based Quantification of the Epithelial-Hybrid-Mesenchymal Spectrum across Biological Contexts.

  PMID 35053177 · PMC8773604 · Biomolecules · 2021 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  The 76GS, KS, and MLR EMT scoring metrics show concordant trends in quantifying EMP across bulk RNA-seq datasets spanning multiple cancer types

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• Epigenetic loss of heterogeneity from low to high grade localized prostate tumours.

  PMID 34911933 · PMC8674326 · Nature communications · 2021 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Low-grade (Gleason pattern 3) prostate cancer cells share chromatin accessibility features that are lost in high-grade (Gleason pattern 4) tumours

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• TGF-β-mediated activation of fibroblasts in cervical cancer: implications for tumor microenvironment and prognosis.

  PMID 40124621 · PMC11929507 · PeerJ · 2025 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  TGF-β signaling pathway activity is significantly increased in fibroblasts from cervical cancer samples compared to normal samples and correlates with tumor proliferation and differentiation.

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• Unveiling the NEFH+ malignant cell subtype: Insights from single-cell RNA sequencing in prostate cancer progression and tumor microenvironment interactions.

  PMID 39759507 · PMC11695424 · Frontiers in immunology · 2024 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  A malignant cell subtype in PCa with high expression of NEFH was identified, located at the differentiation terminal, showing higher malignancy and association with advanced tumor lesions.

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• Deciphering the Immune Microenvironment at the Forefront of Tumor Aggressiveness by Constructing a Regulatory Network with Single-Cell and Spatial Transcriptomic Data.

  PMID 38254989 · PMC10815467 · Genes · 2024 · 7 claims · 8 setups

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  High expression of transcription factors FOXA1 and EZH2 in malignant cells at the invasive front plays a key role in driving tumor progression

  breast er+ epithelial malignant scrna-seq spatial copy

• Interpretable artificial intelligence based on immunoregulation-related genes predicts prognosis and immunotherapy response in lung adenocarcinoma.

  PMID 41048340 · PMC12491262 · Frontiers in bioinformatics · 2025 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  IRG expression pattern clusters LUAD patients into groups with significantly different survival outcomes and immune cell infiltration

  luad normal bulk wgcna tumor

• Hypoxia-associated genes as predictors of outcomes in gastric cancer: a genomic approach.

  PMID 40129974 · PMC11931070 · Frontiers in immunology · 2025 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  A prognostic model built from five H1-specific hypoxia-associated transcription factors (EHF, EIF1AD, GLA, KEAP1, MAGED2) predicts overall survival in STAD, with high-risk patients showing significantly worse OS.

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