OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Experimental and Molecular Pathology is 6. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Tumour suppressor role of microRNA-335-5p in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by targeting TTK (Mps1)	62
An in-silico analysis reveals further evidence of an aggressive subset of lung carcinoids sharing molecular features of high-grade neuroendocrine neoplasms	58
Effect of glycated HDL on oxidative stress and cholesterol homeostasis in a human bladder cancer cell line, J82	38
Dexamethasone attenuates low-frequency brainwave disturbances following acute seizures induced by pentylenetetrazol in Wistar rats	37
HSPB8 promoted intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma progression by enhancing epithelial-mesenchymal transition and autophagy	36
NK1 receptor antagonistic effect of 17-trifluoromethyl phenyl trinor prostaglandin F2α on the growth of human breast cancer cell line	30
Aberrant cell adhesiveness due to DNA hypermethylation of KLF11 in papillary urothelial carcinomas	30
The development of an indel panel for microchimerism detection	30
Expression of concern: “Upregulation of immunomodulatory molecules by matrine treatment in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis” [Experimental and Molecular Pathology 97 (2014) 470–476]	25
A review of the critical role of vitamin D axis on the immune system	22
Comparison of Biocartis IDYLLA ™ cartridge assay with Qiagen GeneReader NGS for detection of targetable mutations in EGFR, KRAS/NRAS, and BRAF genes	20
Transcriptomic analysis of the HPT axis in a model of oligoasthenozoospermia induced by Adenine in rats	19
Antihyperglycemic activity of L-norvaline and L-arginine in high-fat diet and streptozotocin-treated male rats	19
Retraction notice to “Silencing circANKRD36 protects H9c2 cells against lipopolysaccharide-induced injury via up-regulating miR-138” [Experimental and Molecular Pathology 111 (2019) 104300]	18
Altered expression of EGFR and miR-34a derived from serum and tumoral tissue was associated with glioblastoma multiform	18
Hyperinsulinemic male LEW.1WR1 rats show early signs of impaired liver metabolism	16
Effect of aberrant DNA methylation on cancer stem cell properties	16
Editorial Board	14
Editorial Board	14
Cytokeratin 20 expression is linked to stage progression and to poor prognosis in advanced (pT4) urothelial carcinoma of the bladder	13
Head and neck squamous cell carcinomas of unknown primary: Can ancillary studies help identify more primary tumor sites?	13
Expression of free fatty acid receptor 2 in normal and neoplastic tissues	13
WITHDRAWN: MiR-140 suppresses airway inflammation and inhibits bronchial epithelial cell apoptosis in asthma by targeting GSK3β	13
Setting a diagnostic benchmark for tumor BRCA testing: detection of BRCA1 and BRCA2 large genomic rearrangements in FFPE tissue – A pilot study	13
Corrigendum to “CD4+ T cells and TGFβ1/MAPK signal pathway involved in the valvular hyperblastosis and fibrosis in patients with rheumatic heart disease” [Experimental and Molecular Pathology 114 (202	13

Patient-derived xenograft models for the study of benign human neoplasms	13
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ERK-CREB pathway is involved in HSPB8-mediated glioma cell growth and metastatic properties	13
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Molecular and cellular pruritus mechanisms in the host skin	13
CircWHSC1 regulates malignancy and glycolysis by the miR-212-5p/AKT3 pathway in triple-negative breast cancer	12
CD10 expression as a potential predictor of pathological complete response in ER-negative and triple-negative breast cancer patients treated with anthracycline-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy	11
Targeted molecular profiling of epithelial ovarian cancer from Italian BRCA wild-type patients with a BRCA and PARP pathways gene panel	11
A targeted expression panel for classification, gene fusion detection and PD-L1 measurements – Can molecular profiling replace immunohistochemistry in non-small cell lung cancer?	11
Retraction notice to “Luteolin retards CXCL12-induced Jurkat cells migration by disrupting transcription of CXCR4” [Experimental and Molecular Pathology 113 (2020) 104370]	11
Autophagy and immune microenvironment in craniopharyngioma and ameloblastoma	10
Retraction notice to “Anti-proliferation and anti-metastatic effects of sevoflurane on human osteosarcoma U2OS and Saos-2 cells” [Experimental and Molecular Pathology 108 (2019) 121–130]	10
Amplicon-based NGS test for assessing MLH1 promoter methylation and its correlation with BRAF mutation in colorectal cancer patients	10
LINC00665 activates Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway to facilitate tumor progression of colorectal cancer via upregulating CTNNB1	9
Higher detection of JC polyomavirus in colorectal cancerous tissue after pretreatment with topoisomerase I enzyme; colorectal tissue serves as a JCPyV persistence site	9
Validation of a targeted next-generation sequencing panel for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas	8
Sarcopenia, oxidative stress and inflammatory process in muscle of cirrhotic rats – Action of melatonin and physical exercise	8
Expression of immunoproteasome subunits in the brains of Toxoplasma gondii-infected mice	8
The pleiotropic peroxisome proliferator activated receptors: Regulation and therapeutics	8
Pathobiology of myocardial and cardiomyocyte injury in ischemic heart disease: Perspective from seventy years of cell injury research	8
Editorial Board	8
Roots remain	8
Circ_ZFP644 attenuates caerulein-induced inflammatory injury in rat pancreatic acinar cells by modulating miR-106b/Pias3 axis	7
Circ-E2F3 acts as a ceRNA for miR-204-5p to promote proliferation, metastasis and apoptosis inhibition in retinoblastoma by regulating ROCK1 expression	7
A weighted and cumulative point system for accurate scoring of intestinal pathology in a piglet model of necrotizing enterocolitis	7
PRR34-AS1 sponges miR-498 to facilitate TOMM20 and ITGA6 mediated tumor progression in HCC	7
The PI3K-AKT pathway: A plausible therapeutic target in Parkinson's disease	7
Iron supplementation ameliorates aloin-induced iron deficiency anemia in rats	7
A PHF1-TFE3 fusion atypical ossifying fibromyxoid tumor with prominent collagenous rosettes: Case report with a brief review	7
Editorial Board	7
Dual role of heme iron in cancer; promotor of carcinogenesis and an inducer of tumour suppression	6
SMAD7 and SMAD4 expression in colorectal cancer progression and therapy response	6
Retraction notice to “The role of cardiac fibroblasts in post-myocardial heart tissue repair” [Experimental and Molecular Pathology 101/2 (2016) 231–240]	6
TGF-β1 signaling can worsen NAFLD with liver fibrosis backdrop	6
SARS-CoV-2 hampers dopamine production in iPSC-derived dopaminergic neurons	6
Effects of different hypoxia exposure on myeloid-derived suppressor cells in mice	6
Analysis of BRCA1 and BRCA2 alternative splicing in predisposition to ovarian cancer	6
PI3K/mTOR inhibition prevents anal cancer in mice with established low-grade anal dysplasia	6
Fragmentation assessment of FFPE DNA helps in evaluating NGS library complexity and interpretation of NGS results	6