OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications is 47. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Single cell RNA sequencing of 13 human tissues identify cell types and receptors of human coronaviruses	683
Structure analysis of the receptor binding of 2019-nCoV	546
Biochemical characterization of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein	369
Spike protein recognition of mammalian ACE2 predicts the host range and an optimized ACE2 for SARS-CoV-2 infection	308
Potent antiviral effect of silver nanoparticles on SARS-CoV-2	297
Mutations on RBD of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant result in stronger binding to human ACE2 receptor	167
Recognition of the SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain by neutralizing antibodies	158
Interaction of the spike protein RBD from SARS-CoV-2 with ACE2: Similarity with SARS-CoV, hot-spot analysis and effect of the receptor polymorphism	118
Evolution patterns of SARS-CoV-2: Snapshot on its genome variants	115
Lost in deletion: The enigmatic ORF8 protein of SARS-CoV-2	101
RNA-dependent RNA polymerase: Structure, mechanism, and drug discovery for COVID-19	99
SARS-CoV-2 spike protein interactions with amyloidogenic proteins: Potential clues to neurodegeneration	98
SARS-CoV-2 E protein is a potential ion channel that can be inhibited by Gliclazide and Memantine	90
High-resolution structure and biophysical characterization of the nucleocapsid phosphoprotein dimerization domain from the Covid-19 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2	87
Andrographolide and its fluorescent derivative inhibit the main proteases of 2019-nCoV and SARS-CoV through covalent linkage	86
NEDD4L-mediated LTF protein degradation limits ferroptosis	81
The expression of SARS-CoV-2 receptor ACE2 and CD147, and protease TMPRSS2 in human and mouse brain cells and mouse brain tissues	81
T cell immunity to SARS-CoV-2 following natural infection and vaccination	81
The D614G mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein: Implications for viral infectivity, disease severity and vaccine design	80
Humoral immune responses and neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2; implications in pathogenesis and protective immunity	80
Host-directed editing of the SARS-CoV-2 genome	78
Functional importance of the D614G mutation in the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein	75
Laboratory testing for the diagnosis of COVID-19	73
EGCG, a green tea polyphenol, inhibits human coronavirus replication in vitro	70
Identification of antiviral antihistamines for COVID-19 repurposing	70

Sorafenib induces mitochondrial dysfunction and exhibits synergistic effect with cysteine depletion by promoting HCC cells ferroptosis	69
History of the COVID-19 pandemic: Origin, explosion, worldwide spreading	69
Exploring the potential of engineered exosomes as delivery systems for tumor-suppressor microRNA replacement therapy in ovarian cancer	68
Mutation-induced changes in the receptor-binding interface of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant B.1.617.2 and implications for immune evasion	64
The Nucleocapsid protein triggers the main humoral immune response in COVID-19 patients	63
Human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes act via the miR-1263/Mob1/Hippo signaling pathway to prevent apoptosis in disuse osteoporosis	62
Comprehensive analysis of COVID-19 during pregnancy	62
Topologies of G-quadruplex: Biological functions and regulation by ligands	60
Cathepsin B is a mediator of organelle-specific initiation of ferroptosis	58
Propionibacterium acnes induces intervertebral disc degeneration by promoting nucleus pulposus cell pyroptosis via NLRP3-dependent pathway	57
miR-324-3p reverses cisplatin resistance by inducing GPX4-mediated ferroptosis in lung adenocarcinoma cell line A549	56
SIRT1-autophagy axis inhibits excess iron-induced ferroptosis of foam cells and subsequently increases IL-1Β and IL-18	54
KDM4A-mediated histone demethylation of SLC7A11 inhibits cell ferroptosis in osteosarcoma	53
Machine learning methods accurately predict host specificity of coronaviruses based on spike sequences alone	53
Overexpression of SARS-CoV-2 protein ORF6 dislocates RAE1 and NUP98 from the nuclear pore complex	52
Oleanolic acid inhibits cervical cancer Hela cell proliferation through modulation of the ACSL4 ferroptosis signaling pathway	52
Exosomal encapsulation of miR-125a-5p inhibited trophoblast cell migration and proliferation by regulating the expression of VEGFA in preeclampsia	51
Genetic variants that influence SARS-CoV-2 receptor TMPRSS2 expression among population cohorts from multiple continents	51
Evolutionary and structural analysis elucidates mutations on SARS-CoV2 spike protein with altered human ACE2 binding affinity	50
Cerebral deficiency of vitamin B5 (d-pantothenic acid; pantothenate) as a potentially-reversible cause of neurodegeneration and dementia in sporadic Alzheimer’s disease	50
G-quadruplex in cancer biology and drug discovery	50
RNA N6-methyladenosine demethylase FTO regulates PD-L1 expression in colon cancer cells	49