OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility is 4. 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
2-D08 treatment regulates C2C12 myoblast proliferation and differentiation via the Erk1/2 and proteasome signaling pathways	16
The cardiovascular challenges in giraffes	14
Cryo-electron tomography of intact cardiac muscle reveals myosin binding protein-C linking myosin and actin filaments	10
Plasticity in leukocyte migration during haematopoiesis and inflammation	9
Treadmill running prevents atrophy differently in fast- versus slow-twitch muscles in a rat model of rheumatoid arthritis	7
Biomechanical evaluation of flash-frozen and cryo-sectioned papillary muscle samples by using sinusoidal analysis: cross-bridge kinetics and the effect of partial Ca2+ activation	7
The role of ZBP1 in eccentric exercise-induced skeletal muscle necroptosis	7
Obituary: Professor John Michael Squire	7
Unraveling the bidirectional relationship between muscle inflammation and satellite cells activity: influencing factors and insights	7
Glutamine supplementation improves contractile function of regenerating soleus muscles from rats	7
Danicamtiv affected isometric force and cross-bridge kinetics similarly in skinned myocardial strips from male and female rats	6
IFRD2, a target of miR-2400, regulates myogenic differentiation of bovine skeletal muscle satellite cells via decreased phosphorylation of ERK1/2 proteins	6
Numb family proteins play roles in Desmin and Vimentin localization at the Z-disc	6
Sympathetic innervation in skeletal muscle and its role at the neuromuscular junction	6
Mammalian organ regeneration in spiny mice	6
Downhill running induced DNA damage enhances mitochondrial membrane permeability by facilitating ER-mitochondria signaling	6
Effects of membrane cholesterol-targeting chemicals on skeletal muscle contractions evoked by direct and indirect stimulation	5
Zebrafish as a model for cardiac disease; Cryo-EM structure of native cardiac thin filaments from Danio Rerio	5
AMPK and glucose deprivation exert an isoform-specific effect on the expression of Na+,K+-ATPase subunits in cultured myotubes	5
Extreme Physiology Extreme Tolerance to Hypoxia, Hypercapnia, and Pain in the Naked Mole-Rat	5
Arginine ingestion inhibits phagocyte invasion in eccentrically contracted rat fast-twitch muscle	5
Progress and prospects in antisense oligonucleotide-mediated exon skipping therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy	4
Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy of endogenous fluorophores in health and disease	4
Mfge8 attenuates human gastric antrum smooth muscle contractions	4
Enduring effects of acute prenatal ischemia in rat soleus muscle, and protective role of erythropoietin	4

Tissue-specific isoform expression of GNE gene in human tissues	4
Adaptations for extremely high muscular power output: why do muscles that operate at intermediate cycle frequencies generate the highest powers?	4
Molecular insights into titin’s A-band	4
Mechanisms of eccentric contraction-induced muscle damage and nutritional supplementations for mitigating it	4