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Papers

(The median citation count of Progress in Lipid Research is 18. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Plant monounsaturated fatty acids: Diversity, biosynthesis, functions and uses	491
Challenges and opportunities for prevention and removal of unwanted variation in lipidomic studies	172
Editorial Board	156
Editorial Board	118
Impact of dietary n-6/n-3 fatty acid ratio of atherosclerosis risk: A review	115
The heterogeneity and complexity of skin surface lipids in human skin health and disease	113
The Niemann-Pick type diseases – A synopsis of inborn errors in sphingolipid and cholesterol metabolism	101
Targeting bacterial phospholipids and their synthesis pathways for antibiotic discovery	99
Targeting fatty acid-binding protein 4: A therapeutic intersection of obesity and cancer via lipid metabolism	90
Using molecular simulation to understand the skin barrier	88
The skin barrier: An extraordinary interface with an exceptional lipid organization	84
Editorial Board	83
The constellation of cholesterol-dependent processes associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection	82
Endocannabinoid signaling in adult hippocampal neurogenesis: A mechanistic and integrated perspective	75
Systematic crosstalk in plasmalogen and diacyl lipid biosynthesis for their differential yet concerted molecular functions in the cell	75
Biophysical insights into modulating lipid digestion in food emulsions	74
Editorial Board	73
Multiscale lipid membrane dynamics as revealed by neutron spectroscopy	66
Understanding the nitrolipidome: From chemistry to mass spectrometry and biological significance of modified complex lipids	65
A novel regulatory facet for hypertriglyceridemia: The role of microRNAs in the regulation of triglyceride-rich lipoprotein biosynthesis	60
N-Acylethanolamines in cancer: mechanisms and therapeutic potential of lipid regulators of tumor behavior	59
Oxylipin profiling for clinical research: Current status and future perspectives	55
Mitochondrial phospholipid transport: Role of contact sites and lipid transport proteins	55
Stearoyl-CoA desaturase in development and disease	54
Endoplasmic reticulum stress and lipids in health and diseases	54

Comparative efficacy of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on major cardiovascular events: A network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	49
Navigating the complexity of lipid oxidation and antioxidation: A review of evaluation methods and emerging approaches	49
Polyunsaturated fatty acids and fatty acid-derived lipid mediators: Recent advances in the understanding of their biosynthesis, structures, and functions	48
The imperative of arachidonic acid in early human development	48
Editorial Board	48
Homeocurvature: A new dimension of membrane adaptation to extreme environments	47
Lipid dysregulation in triple negative breast cancer: Insights from mass spectrometry-based approaches	47
Phospholipids and their metabolites as diagnostic biomarkers of human diseases	44
Lipid nutrition: “In silico” studies and undeveloped experiments	41
Unraveling brain palmitic acid: Origin, levels and metabolic fate	40
Roles of prostaglandin signaling in implantation and decidualization	36
The functions of phospholipases and their hydrolysis products in plant growth, development and stress responses	36
Genetic variation and intestinal cholesterol absorption in humans: A systematic review and a gene network analysis	34
The balancing act between lipid droplets and lysosomes for membrane functionality in age-related neurodegeneration and inflammation	32
Sphingolipid control of cognitive functions in health and disease	32
Lipid-protein interactions regulating the canonical and the non-canonical NLRP3 inflammasome	30
To image or not to image: Use of imaging mass spectrometry in biomedical lipidomics	30
The endocannabinoid system & malignant hyperthermia: From molecular signaling towards clinical implications	30
Structural and functional roles of non-bilayer lipid phases of chloroplast thylakoid membranes and mitochondrial inner membranes	29
A new update of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry in lipid research	28
Plant terpenoid biosynthetic network and its multiple layers of regulation	28
Climate change and n-3 LC-PUFA availability	27
Lipid oxidation in emulsions: New insights from the past two decades	26
The gut microbiota-artery axis: A bridge between dietary lipids and atherosclerosis?	26
Lipid sensing by PPARα: Role in controlling hepatocyte gene regulatory networks and the metabolic response to fasting	25
Editorial Board	25
Editorial Board	24
Corrigendum to “An update of isoprostanoid nomenclature” [Progress in Lipid Research 96 (2024) 101301–101310]	24
Editorial Board	24
Sphingolipids and impaired hypoxic stress responses in Huntington disease	24
Editorial Board	22
How active cholesterol coordinates cell cholesterol homeostasis: Test of a hypothesis	22
Very long chain fatty acids	21
How fish consumption prevents the development of Major Depressive Disorder? A comprehensive review of the interplay between n-3 PUFAs, LTP and BDNF	20
Apolipoproteins in circulation: At the interface of thrombosis and stroke initiation	20
Systematic review of brain and blood lipidomics in Alzheimer's disease mouse models	20
Monomethyl branched-chain fatty acids: Health effects and biological mechanisms	19
Phosphatidic acid signaling and function in nuclei	19
Oxylipin transport by lipoprotein particles and its functional implications for cardiometabolic and neurological disorders	18
Physical and oxidative stability of lipid droplets (oleosomes) in seeds and emulsions	18