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).

• IFN signaling is associated with radiotherapy response in malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors.

  PMID 41766654 · PMC12948414 · The Journal of clinical investigation · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  MPNST cells are more radioresistant than benign plexiform neurofibroma (pNF) cells in vitro

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• Ferroptotic tumor cells reprogram tumor-associated macrophage antigen presentation to enhance the efficacy of immune checkpoint blockade.

  PMID 42061406 · PMC13198243 · Cell reports. Medicine · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Inducing tumor-cell ferroptosis enhances anti-tumor immunity by potentiating MHC-II-dependent antigen presentation in tumor-infiltrating macrophages

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• ISG15-driven immune modulation and tumor progression in breast cancer metastasis: insights from single-cell and spatial transcriptomics.

  PMID 41639695 · PMC12958617 · BMC medicine · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  CSC proportion is elevated in lymph node metastatic tumor tissue (BRCA_LNMT) compared to primary tumor (BRCA_PT)

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• SPP1(+) macrophage-driven interactions shape the tumor microenvironment in lymph node metastatic acral melanoma.

  PMID 42020397 · PMC13230793 · Cell death & disease · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  LN+ acral melanoma shows preferential SPP1+ signaling, including autocrine amplification within SPP1+ macrophages and paracrine interaction with S100A8+ melanoma cells via the SPP1-CD44 axis

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• Distinct tumor genomic signatures underlie canine macrophage polarization.

  PMID 42030266 · PMC13108725 · PloS one · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Canine cancer cell lines show marked heterogeneity in macrophage polarization capacity, largely independent of histologic tumor type

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• Divergent macrophage-regulated T cell states determine response to Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine in high-risk bladder cancer.

  PMID 42081487 · PMC13262731 · The Journal of clinical investigation · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  BCG responders show an increase in Th17-like Th1 CD4+ T cells with greater proinflammatory cytokine expression

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• VISTA drives pancreatic tumor progression through modulation of the tumor-associated macrophage polarity.

  PMID 41776161 · PMC13194722 · Nature communications · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  VISTA deficiency significantly impairs PDAC tumor growth and prolongs survival in murine orthotopic models

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• Identification and validation of prognostic genes related to glycolysis and M2 macrophage in hepatocellular carcinoma: an integrated analysis of bulk RNA sequencing and single-cell RNA sequencing.

  PMID 41766871 · PMC12935947 · Frontiers in immunology · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  52 candidate genes were identified at the intersection of glycolysis-related genes (GRGs), M2 macrophage-related genes (MRGs), and HCC-vs-control DEGs (DEGs2).

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• Pan-Cancer Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Analysis Refines Multi-Origin Monocyte and Macrophage Lineages.

  PMID 41231218 · PMC12865363 · Cancer immunology research · 2026 · 6 claims · 8 setups

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  TAMs arise from two distinct origins: C1QC+ TAMs likely derive from resident tissue macrophages, while SPP1+ TAMs and ISG15+ TAMs likely originate from circulating monocytes.

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• Host-derived interleukin-1α drives tumor immunosuppression by reprogramming tumor-associated myeloid cells.

  PMID 41547846 · PMC12910057 · NPJ breast cancer · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Deletion of host Il1α causes rejection/regression of transplanted breast tumors

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• An integrated single-cell lung cancer atlas reveals distinct fibroblast phenotypes between adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinomas.

  PMID 41577803 · PMC12920623 · NPJ precision oncology · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Inflammatory CAFs (iCAFs) predominate in LUAD, whereas myofibroblastic CAFs (mCAFs) predominate in LUSC

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• In vivo induction of activin A-producing alveolar macrophages supports the progression of lung cell carcinoma.

  PMID 36650150 · PMC9845242 · Nature communications · 2023 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  AMs accumulate in human lung cancer tissue and support cancer cell proliferation, contributing to unfavourable outcome

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• BCG-trained macrophages promote pan-anti-tumor activity through epigenetic rewiring of NOX2-ROS axis.

  PMID 42032669 · PMC13261971 · Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2026 · 7 claims · 8 setups

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  BCG training induces pan-anti-tumor activity across multiple mouse tumor models, mediated predominantly by tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs)

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• 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

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• 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.

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• Hypoxia-driven remodeling of SELENOP(+) macrophages shapes T cell dynamics and promotes ovarian cancer metastasis.

  PMID 41526347 · PMC12852879 · Nature communications · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  SELENOP+ macrophages co-occur and spatially co-localize with precursor exhausted (GZMH+) CD8+ T cells and activate these T cells via selenoprotein P in vitro and in vivo.

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• Novel fatty acid metabolism-related molecular subtyping and prognostic signature for breast cancer.

  PMID 41674979 · PMC12885896 · Translational cancer research · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  A FAM-related gene prognostic model (FAMGM) built using CoxBoost and random survival forest was identified as the optimal model among 101 machine learning combinations, based on highest average C-index across TCGA-BRCA and GSE96058 cohorts

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• Single-cell transcriptome analysis reveals DNMT1(+) epithelial cells promote lymphatic metastasis via CXCL17-mediated TAM infiltration.

  PMID 41845371 · PMC13107741 · Journal of translational medicine · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  DNMT1+ epithelial cells, characterized by high epithelial-mesenchymal transition potential, show a propensity for lymph node metastasis in bladder cancer

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• LMO1 expression in neuroblastoma cells reprograms tumor-associated macrophages to promote metastasis.

  PMID 41858882 · PMC12997303 · iScience · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  LMO1 overexpression in MYCN-driven neuroblastoma cells reprograms tumor-associated macrophages to promote metastasis

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• 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.

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