OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Experimental and Molecular Pathology is 5. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Dexamethasone attenuates low-frequency brainwave disturbances following acute seizures induced by pentylenetetrazol in Wistar rats	93
Effect of glycated HDL on oxidative stress and cholesterol homeostasis in a human bladder cancer cell line, J82	86
The development of an indel panel for microchimerism detection	50
Twenty-eight-day perfluorooctanoate exposure does not affect immune cell populations in naïve mice	50
Tumour suppressor role of microRNA-335-5p in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by targeting TTK (Mps1)	46
Aberrant cell adhesiveness due to DNA hypermethylation of KLF11 in papillary urothelial carcinomas	41
HSPB8 promoted intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma progression by enhancing epithelial-mesenchymal transition and autophagy	33
An in-silico analysis reveals further evidence of an aggressive subset of lung carcinoids sharing molecular features of high-grade neuroendocrine neoplasms	26
Expression of concern: “Upregulation of immunomodulatory molecules by matrine treatment in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis” [Experimental and Molecular Pathology 97 (2014) 470–476]	25
Antihyperglycemic activity of L-norvaline and L-arginine in high-fat diet and streptozotocin-treated male rats	22
Retraction notice to “Interferon alpha-2b inhibits negative-strand RNA and protein expression from full-length HCV1a infectious clone” [Experimental and Molecular Pathology 76 (2004) 242–252].	21
Daidzin suppresses melanogenesis through ERK and AKT signaling pathways mediated MITF proteasomal degradation	20
NK1 receptor antagonistic effect of 17-trifluoromethyl phenyl trinor prostaglandin F2α on the growth of human breast cancer cell line	18
A review of the critical role of vitamin D axis on the immune system	17
Editorial Board	16
Editorial Board	16
Transcriptomic analysis of the HPT axis in a model of oligoasthenozoospermia induced by Adenine in rats	15
Effect of aberrant DNA methylation on cancer stem cell properties	15
Retraction notice to “Silencing circANKRD36 protects H9c2 cells against lipopolysaccharide-induced injury via up-regulating miR-138” [Experimental and Molecular Pathology 111 (2019) 104300]	15
Hyperinsulinemic male LEW.1WR1 rats show early signs of impaired liver metabolism	15
Editorial Board	14
Genetic and epigenetic determinants of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: Toward a precision medicine approach	14
Cytokeratin 20 expression is linked to stage progression and to poor prognosis in advanced (pT4) urothelial carcinoma of the bladder	14
Modulating cellular deformability via 3D dextran hydrogel cultivation to regulate the microcirculation of mesenchymal stem cells in murine spleen and liver	13
Setting a diagnostic benchmark for tumor BRCA testing: detection of BRCA1 and BRCA2 large genomic rearrangements in FFPE tissue – A pilot study	13

m6A demethylase FTO/ALKBH5 promotes diabetes-induced endothelial cell dysfunction by negatively regulating lncRNA H19	13
Expression of free fatty acid receptor 2 in normal and neoplastic tissues	12
From asbestos exposure to carcinogenesis: Transcriptomic signatures in malignant pleural mesothelioma	11
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	11
Head and neck squamous cell carcinomas of unknown primary: Can ancillary studies help identify more primary tumor sites?	11
CircWHSC1 regulates malignancy and glycolysis by the miR-212-5p/AKT3 pathway in triple-negative breast cancer	10
Editorial Board	10
Molecular and cellular pruritus mechanisms in the host skin	10
Glycocalyx shedding as a clinical biomarker in critical illness	10
Retraction notice to “Luteolin retards CXCL12-induced Jurkat cells migration by disrupting transcription of CXCR4” [Experimental and Molecular Pathology 113 (2020) 104370]	9
Amplicon-based NGS test for assessing MLH1 promoter methylation and its correlation with BRAF mutation in colorectal cancer patients	9
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	9
A targeted expression panel for classification, gene fusion detection and PD-L1 measurements – Can molecular profiling replace immunohistochemistry in non-small cell lung cancer?	9
Effect of Clostridium butyricum and antibiotics using simultaneous simple suspension in mice with Clostridioides difficile infection	8
Targeted molecular profiling of epithelial ovarian cancer from Italian BRCA wild-type patients with a BRCA and PARP pathways gene panel	8
Autophagy and immune microenvironment in craniopharyngioma and ameloblastoma	8
Validation of a targeted next-generation sequencing panel for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas	8
Cell-specific functions of STAT3 in osteoarthritis and its therapeutic potential	8
Roots remain	8
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]	8
The association between abnormal glucose metabolism and rheumatoid arthritis	8
Expression of immunoproteasome subunits in the brains of Toxoplasma gondii-infected mice	7
Pathobiology of myocardial and cardiomyocyte injury in ischemic heart disease: Perspective from seventy years of cell injury research	7
Higher detection of JC polyomavirus in colorectal cancerous tissue after pretreatment with topoisomerase I enzyme; colorectal tissue serves as a JCPyV persistence site	7
Small intestinal bacteria accelerate aspirin-induced small intestinal injuries	7
Editorial Board	7
The pleiotropic peroxisome proliferator activated receptors: Regulation and therapeutics	7
The PI3K-AKT pathway: A plausible therapeutic target in Parkinson's disease	6
A PHF1-TFE3 fusion atypical ossifying fibromyxoid tumor with prominent collagenous rosettes: Case report with a brief review	6
A weighted and cumulative point system for accurate scoring of intestinal pathology in a piglet model of necrotizing enterocolitis	6
Metabolic reprogramming during ineffective erythropoiesis in β-thalassemia/HbE disease	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
NVP-BEZ235 enhances autophagy and ameliorates cognitive deficits by targeting tauopathies	6
TGF-β1 signaling can worsen NAFLD with liver fibrosis backdrop	5
Retraction notice to “Angelica polysaccharide alleviates oxidative response damage in HaCaT cells through up-regulation of miR-126” [Experimental and Molecular Pathology 110 (2019) 104281]	5
Fragmentation assessment of FFPE DNA helps in evaluating NGS library complexity and interpretation of NGS results	5
SMAD7 and SMAD4 expression in colorectal cancer progression and therapy response	5
Predictive molecular pathology after prolonged fixation: A study on tissue from anatomical body donors	5
SARS-CoV-2 hampers dopamine production in iPSC-derived dopaminergic neurons	5
PI3K/mTOR inhibition prevents anal cancer in mice with established low-grade anal dysplasia	5
Iron supplementation ameliorates aloin-induced iron deficiency anemia in rats	5
Analysis of BRCA1 and BRCA2 alternative splicing in predisposition to ovarian cancer	5
Diagnostic criteria and therapeutic implications of rapid-onset demyelinating polyneuropathies	5
Effects of different hypoxia exposure on myeloid-derived suppressor cells in mice	5
The biogenesis, biological functions and modification of Circular RNAs	5