OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of European Journal of Cell Biology is 3. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Microtubule-targeting agents and their impact on cancer treatment	127
Aging of the cells: Insight into cellular senescence and detection Methods	94
ROS and oncogenesis with special reference to EMT and stemness	65
PGAM5: A crucial role in mitochondrial dynamics and programmed cell death	61
Advances in understanding N-glycosylation structure, function, and regulation in health and disease	59
Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) for neurodegenerative disease: A promising frontier	56
ROS-Nrf2 pathway mediates the development of TGF-β1-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition through the activation of Notch signaling	31
The role of the tumor microenvironment in tumor cell intravasation and dissemination	28
Oxidation and reduction of actin: Origin, impact in vitro and functional consequences in vivo	28
Multiple roles for basement membrane proteins in cancer progression and EMT	27
SRSF3: Newly discovered functions and roles in human health and diseases	25
Commonly used methods for extracellular vesicles’ enrichment: Implications in downstream analyses and use	25
Reproducibility of extracellular vesicle research	25
Cannabidiol activates PINK1-Parkin-dependent mitophagy and mitochondrial-derived vesicles	23
Crosstalk between Epidermal Growth Factor Receptors (EGFR) and integrins in resistance to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) in solid tumors	22
Combined AFM and super-resolution localisation microscopy: Investigating the structure and dynamics of podosomes	20
Fixing the GAP: The role of RhoGAPs in cancer	19
Pro-metastatic functions of Notch signaling is mediated by CYR61 in breast cells	18
Glypican-3 (GPC3) inhibits metastasis development promoting dormancy in breast cancer cells by p38 MAPK pathway activation	18
Lipopolysaccharide induces vascular endothelial cell pyroptosis via the SP1/RCN2/ROS signaling pathway	18
WASP family proteins: Molecular mechanisms and implications in human disease	17
Collagen gel contraction assays: From modelling wound healing to quantifying cellular interactions with three-dimensional extracellular matrices	17
Mitochondrial and metabolic alterations in cancer cells	16
The podosome cap: past, present, perspective	16
The phenotype of gingival fibroblasts and their potential use in advanced therapies	16

Extracellular vesicles: Mediators of embryo-maternal crosstalk during pregnancy and a new weapon to fight against infertility	15
RETRACTED: LncRNA GAS6-AS1 facilitates the progression of breast cancer by targeting the miR-324-3p/SETD1A axis to activate the PI3K/AKT pathway	14
Par-4 mediated Smad4 induction in PDAC cells restores canonical TGF-β/ Smad4 axis driving the cells towards lethal EMT	14
Revisiting the multiple roles of T-cadherin in health and disease	13
Mechanical forces: The missing link between idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and lung cancer	13
Biochemical characterization of actin assembly mechanisms with ALS-associated profilin variants	13
Role of actin-binding proteins in the regulation of cellular mechanics	13
VASP boosts protrusive activity of macroendocytic cups and drives phagosome rocketing after internalization	13
Pathophysiological relationship between hypoxia associated oxidative stress, Epithelial-mesenchymal transition, stemness acquisition and alteration of Shh/ Gli-1 axis during oral sub-mucous fibrosis a	12
Ceramides and ceramide synthases in cancer: Focus on apoptosis and autophagy	11
Specific subdomain localization of ER resident proteins and membrane contact sites resolved by electron microscopy	11
Tetraspanins interweave EV secretion, endosomal network dynamics and cellular metabolism	11
Cell function and identity revealed by comparative scRNA-seq analysis in human nasal, bronchial and epididymis epithelia	11
Inhibition of extracellular regulated kinase (ERK)-1/2 signaling pathway in the prevention of ALS: Target inhibitors and influences on neurological dysfunctions	11
Simplified low-cost methodology to establish, histologically process and analyze three-dimensional cancer cell spheroid arrays	10
Cell-substratum and cell-cell adhesion forces and single-cell mechanical properties in mono- and multilayer assemblies from robotic fluidic force microscopy	10
Crosstalk between invadopodia and the extracellular matrix	10
The role of macrophage in regulating tumour microenvironment and the strategies for reprogramming tumour-associated macrophages in antitumour therapy	10
Adenomatous Polyposis Coli (APC) in cell migration	10
Sperm centriole assessment identifies male factor infertility in couples with unexplained infertility – a pilot study	10
In vitro differentiation of ciliated cells in ALI-cultured human airway epithelium – The framework for functional studies on airway differentiation in ciliopathies	10
DIAPH1 regulates chromosomal instability of cancer cells by controlling microtubule dynamics	9
Centrosomal protein 55: A new paradigm in tumorigenesis	9
Disease association of cyclase-associated protein (CAP): Lessons from gene-targeted mice and human genetic studies	9
The circle of life: Phases of podosome formation, turnover and reemergence	9
Phagocytosis is coupled to the formation of phagosome-associated podosomes and a transient disruption of podosomes in human macrophages	8
Metabolic regulation and dysregulation of endothelial small conductance calcium activated potassium channels	8
From fundamental biology to the search for innovation: The story of fungal extracellular vesicles	8
Scaffold-free 3D culturing enhance pluripotency, immunomodulatory factors, and differentiation potential of Wharton’s jelly-mesenchymal stem cells	8
MeCP2 and transcriptional control of eukaryotic gene expression	8
Immunotherapeutic approaches in Hepatocellular carcinoma: Building blocks of hope in near future	8
The interface between biochemical signaling and cell mechanics shapes T lymphocyte migration and activation	8
Combined inhibition of menin-MLL interaction and TGF-β signaling induces replication of human pancreatic beta cells	7
Models behind the mystery of establishing enhancer-promoter interactions	7
Regulation of invadosomes by microtubules: Not only a matter of railways	7
Branching out in different directions: Emerging cellular functions for the Arp2/3 complex and WASP-family actin nucleation factors	6
Changes in expression of signal transduction-related genes, and formation of aggregates of GPER1 and OXTR receptors in mucopolysaccharidosis cells	6
Ecdysone receptor isoform specific regulation of secretory granule acidification in the larval Drosophila salivary gland	6
Hsp90 chaperone facilitates E2F1/2-dependent gene transcription in human breast cancer cells	6
The transcriptional profile of adipose-derived stromal cells (ASC) mirrors the whitening of adipose tissue with age	6
Call to action to properly utilize electron microscopy to measure organelles to monitor disease	6
The mammalian endocytic cytoskeleton	6
Causative and Sanative dynamicity of ChREBP in Hepato-Metabolic disorders	6
G-protein coupled purinergic P2Y12 receptor interacts and internalizes TauRD-mediated by membrane-associated actin cytoskeleton remodeling in microglia	6
Capturing actin assemblies in cells using in situ cryo-electron tomography	6
SMAD proteins: Mediators of diverse outcomes during infection	6
Influence of vitamin K2 on lipid precursors of inflammation and fatty acids pathway activities in HepG2 cells	6
Tackling the effects of extracellular vesicles in fibrosis	5
RabGAP TBC1D25 is involved in human osteoclast activity	5
A mechanistic protrusive-based model for 3D cell migration	5

The Role of non-muscle actin paralogs in cell cycle progression and proliferation	5
OxLDL sensitizes platelets for increased formation of extracellular vesicles capable of finetuning macrophage gene expression	5
SGK1 is essential for meiotic resumption in mammalian oocytes	5
Bending over backwards: BAR proteins and the actin cytoskeleton in mammalian receptor-mediated endocytosis	5
Impact of Sr2+ and hypoxia on 3D triple cultures of primary human osteoblasts, osteocytes and osteoclasts	5
Melatonin finely tunes proliferation and senescence in hematopoietic stem cells	5
Forskolin affects proliferation, migration and Paclitaxel-mediated cytotoxicity in non-small-cell lung cancer cell lines via adenylyl cyclase/cAMP axis	5
Roles of Hopx in the differentiation and functions of immune cells	5
Targeted pancreatic beta cell imaging for early diagnosis	5
LUZP1: A new player in the actin-microtubule cross-talk	5
The NDR/LATS protein kinases in neurobiology: Key regulators of cell proliferation, differentiation and migration in the ocular and central nervous system	4
Spatial expression of metallothionein, matrix metalloproteinase-1 and Ki-67 in human epidermal wounds treated with zinc and determined by quantitative immunohistochemistry: A randomised double-blind t	4
Effects of substrate stiffness on mast cell migration	4
Concentration of human thymidine kinase 1 discover invisible malignant human tumours	4
Proteomic analysis of the mouse sperm acrosome - towards an understanding of an organelle with diverse functionality	4
CRISPR technology: A versatile tool to model, screen, and reverse drug resistance in cancer	4
Nonmuscle myosin IIA dynamically guides regulatory light chain phosphorylation and assembly of nonmuscle myosin IIB	4
Comparative transcriptional analysis uncovers molecular processes in early and mature somatic cyst cells of Drosophila testes	4
ARSD is responsible for carcinoma and amyloidosis of breast epithelial cells	4
The impact of RNA modifications on the biology of DNA virus infection	4
Deciphering actin remodelling in immune cells through the prism of actin-related inborn errors of immunity	4
Structural topological analysis of spike proteins of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern highlight distinctive amino acid substitution patterns	4
Mechanical actuators in microglia dynamics and function	4
Craniofacial sutures: Signaling centres integrating mechanosensation, cell signaling, and cell differentiation	4
Effect of cell culture media on extracellular vesicle secretion from mesenchymal stromal cells and neurons	4
Novel clearance of muscle proteins by muscle cells	4
KIF15 knockdown suppresses gallbladder cancer development	4
Understanding cancer stem cells and plasticity: Towards better therapeutics	4
Mitochondria transfer reverses the inhibitory effects of low stiffness on osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells	3
KT2 alleviates ulcerative colitis by reducing Th17 cell differentiation through the miR-302c-5p/STAT3 axis	3
Inter-relationship of Histone Deacetylase-6 with Tau-cytoskeletal organization and remodeling	3
StarD13 negatively regulates invadopodia formation and invasion in high-grade serous (HGS) ovarian adenocarcinoma cells by inhibiting Cdc42	3
Amino acids control blood glucose levels through mTOR signaling	3
Identification of potential proteins translated from circular RNA splice variants	3
Extracellular vesicles from thyroid cancer harbor a functional machinery involved in extracellular matrix remodeling	3
Water transport regulates nucleus volume, cell density, Young’s modulus, and E-cadherin expression in tumor spheroids	3
Large extracellular vesicles do not mitigate the harmful effect of hyperglycemia on endothelial cell mobility	3
Dehydrated human amniotic membrane modulates canonical Wnt signaling in multiple cell types in vitro	3
Mitochondrial dynamics in yeast with repressed adenine nucleotide translocator AAC2	3
Cholesterol-dependent molecular mechanisms contribute to cationic amphiphilic drugs’ prevention of silica-induced inflammation	3
Regulation of podosome formation in aortic endothelial cells vessels by physiological extracellular cues	3
Epithelial cell cluster size affects force distribution in response to EGF-induced collective contractility	3
HIV-1 gp120 and tobacco smoke synergistically disrupt the integrity of the blood-brain barrier	3
Mutual dependence between tropomodulin and tropomyosin in the regulation of sarcomeric actin assembly in Caenorhabditis elegans striated muscle	3
Molecular mechanisms underlying the heterogeneous barrier responses of two primary endothelial cell types to sphingosine-1-phosphate	3
Kinesin-7 CENP-E regulates cell division, gastrulation and organogenesis in development	3
Challenges and future perspective of antisense therapy for spinal muscular atrophy: A review	3
HS1 deficiency protects against sepsis by attenuating neutrophil-inflicted lung damage	3
Clinorotation inhibits myotube formation by fluid motion, not by simulated microgravity	3