OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Toxicologic Pathology 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Toxicologic Pathology Forum Opinion: Interpretation of Gliosis in the Brain and Spinal Cord Observed During Nonclinical Safety Studies	49
Early-Onset Asymptomatic Polypoid Cystitis in Two Adolescent Male Beagle Dogs	38
Guide for Combining Primary Tumors for Statistical Analysis in Rodent Carcinogenicity Studies	26
Toxicologic Pathology Forum: Opinion on Interpretive Challenges for Procedure-Related Effects Associated With Direct Central Nervous System Delivery of Oligonucleotides to Rodents, Dogs, and Nonhuman	24
A Pathologist’s Guide to Non-clinical Safety Assessment of Adoptive Cell Therapy Products	22
Comparative Study of Chemically Induced Renal Mesenchymal and Mammary Tumors in Female Sprague-Dawley and Wistar Rats	18
Thymic Epithelial Hyperplasia and Thymoma in Control rasH2 Transgenic Mice From 26-Week Carcinogenicity Assays	16
Toxicologic Pathology Forum*: Opinion on Assessing and Communicating Adversity for Implantable Medical Devices	15
Retraction Notice: “Role of Quercetin in Preventing Thioacetamide-Induced Liver Injury in Rats”	15
Scientific and Regulatory Policy Committee Points to Consider: Proposal and Recommendations to Reduce Euthanasia of Control Nonhuman Primates in Nonclinical Toxicity Studies	15
Toxicologic Pathology Forum: mRNA Vaccine Safety–Separating Fact From Fiction	13
Spontaneous Abdominal Hemangiosarcoma With Metastases to the Lungs in a Control Sprague-Dawley Rat	12
Magnitude of Urine Albumin and KIM-1 Changes Can be Used to Differentiate Glomerular Injury From Tubular Injury in Rats	12
Scientific and Regulatory Policy Committee Points to Consider for Medical Device Implant Site Evaluation in Nonclinical Studies	11
Hepatic Bile Acid Transporters and Drug-induced Hepatotoxicity	11
Neuro Omics: Translational Neuropathology Applications of Spatial Technologies From Nonclinical Models to Human Disease	11
Placental Lesions in CD-1 Mouse Placenta Following Gestational Exposure to Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) or Hexafluoropropylene Oxide Dimer Acid (HFPO-DA or GenX)	9
Difference in the Mechanism of Iron Overload–Enhanced Acute Hepatotoxicity Induced by Thioacetamide and Carbon Tetrachloride in Rats	9
Toxicologic Pathology Forum*: Opinion on the Interpretation of Statistical Significance Testing Results From Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Data in Nonclinical Safety Studies	9
Scientific and Regulatory Policy Committee Points to Consider: Sampling, Processing, Evaluation, Interpretation, and Reporting of Test Article-Related Ganglion Pathology for Nonclinical Toxicity Studi	9
Interpretative Challenges in Animal Studies: Review of Case Studies and Implications for Toxicologic Pathology	9
Investigation of the Proliferative Potential of FGF21 or FGF19 in Liver-Specific FGFR4-Deficient Mice	8
Virtual Control Groups in Non-clinical Toxicity Studies: Impacts on Toxicologic Clinical Pathology Data Interpretation	8
Oligonucleotides: Evolution of Carcinogenicity and Risk Assessment Strategy	8
Comparative Impact of Various Fasting Periods on the Welfare of Sprague-Dawley Rats With or Without Supplementation	8

Navigating the Pathology Minefield: Harnessing the Value of Historical Control Data in Rodent Carcinogenicity Studies	8
Adeno-Associated Virus Gene Therapy: Is There a Risk of Insertional Mutagenesis?	7
Identifying Erythrocyte Injury in Toxicology Studies	7
Injection-Site Sarcomas in Rodent Carcinogenicity Studies: Human Relevance and Labeling Implications	7
Cardiac Rhabdomyoma in Four Göttingen Minipigs	7
Scientific and Regulatory Policy Committee Points to Consider*: Sample Selection, Assay Design, Data Generation and Interpretation, and Reporting Practices for Chromogenic Immunohistochemical (IHC) As	7
Toxicologic Pathology Forum: A Roadmap for Building State-of-the-Art Digital Image Data Resources for Toxicologic Pathology in the Pharmaceutical Industry	7
Deep Learning–Based Segmentation of Morphologically Distinct Rat Hippocampal Reactive Astrocytes After Trimethyltin Exposure	6
Proceedings of the 2024 Classic Examples in Toxicologic Pathology XXXI	6
Neurofilament Light Chain: A Translational Safety Biomarker for Drug-Induced Peripheral Neurotoxicity	6
Thank You to Reviewers	6
Morphologic Features and Deep Learning–Based Analysis of Canine Spermatogenic Stages	6
Pathophysiology of Ischemic Cell Death in the Central Nervous System	6
Proceedings of the 2022 National Toxicology Program Satellite Symposium	6
Transmission Electron Microscopy of the Peripheral Nervous System: Methods, Sample Preparation, and Case Studies	6
Applications of Cell-Based Protein Array Technology to Preclinical Safety Assessment of Biological Products	6
Immunotoxicology From a Pathology Perspective: A Continuing Education Course Presented at the Annual STP Meeting in Baltimore, MD, Held June 16-19, 2024	5
Mass Spectrometry Imaging Distinguishes Biliary Toxicants on the Basis of Cellular Distribution	5
Reliable Identification of Alpha2u-Globulin and Lysozyme Accumulation in Rat Kidney by Label-Free MALDI Mass Spectrometry Imaging	5
Deep Learning Methodology for Quantification of Normal Pancreas Structures	5
Neurobiomarkers: Basic Aspects and Their Relevance in Nonclinical Studies	5
An Overview of Nonclinical and Clinical Liver Toxicity Associated With AAV Gene Therapy	4
Scientific and Regulatory Policy Committee Best Practices: Recommended (“Best”) Practices for Informed (Non-blinded) Versus Masked (Blinded) Microscopic Evaluation in Animal Toxicity Studies	4
Toxicologic Pathology Forum: Opinion on Digital Primary Read and Peer Review—Diving Head-First Into the Deep Digital Pool!	4
Assessing the Carcinogenicity of Vadadustat, an Oral Hypoxia-Inducible Factor Prolyl-4-Hydroxylase Inhibitor, in Rodents	4
Historical Control Data of Spontaneous Pathological Findings in C57BL/6J Mice Used in 18-Month Dietary Carcinogenicity Assays	4
Toxicologic Pathology Forum: Tissue Evaluation in Nonclinical Toxicity Studies for Prophylactic Vaccines	4
IT/QA and Regulatory Aspects of Digital Pathology: Results of the 8th ESTP International Workshop	3
Effects of LRRK2 Inhibitors in Nonhuman Primates	3
Corrigendum to Histology Atlas of the Developing Mouse Placenta	3
Toxicologic Pathology Forum: Opinion on Digital Primary Read and Peer Review—Are We There Yet?	3
Nonproliferative and Proliferative Lesions of the Rat and Mouse Female Reproductive System: Revised INHAND Terms for Ovarian Sex Cord/Stromal Lesions	3
Immune-Mediated Liver Effects Associated With Administration of a Human Anti-IL-21 Receptor Antibody (ATR-107) in Rats	3
Session 4: mRNA and Self-Amplifying RNA (saRNA): Opportunities for Disease Prevention and Therapy	3
Scientific and Regulatory Policy Committee Technical Review: Biology and Pathology of Ganglia in Animal Species Used for Nonclinical Safety Testing	3
Case Report: Glioneuronal Hamartoma in the Cerebral Cortex of a Juvenile Cynomolgus Monkey ( Macaca fascicularis )	3
Red Deads, Ghosts, and the Afterlife: A Guide to Neuronal Cell Death	3
Pathological Characterization of Spontaneous AA Amyloidosis in Microminipigs	3
Special Issue on the Pathobiology of Laboratory Nonhuman Primates: A Review of Species, Substrain, Geographical Origin, Age, and Modality-Related Factors	3
Toxicologic Pathology Forum*: Opinion on Qualitative Severity Descriptors to Express Magnitude of Changes in Clinical Pathology Endpoints in Nonclinical Toxicity Studies	3
Histology Atlas of the Developing Mouse Respiratory System From Prenatal Day 9.0 Through Postnatal Day 30	3
Scientific and Regulatory Policy Committee Points to Consider: Integration of Clinical Pathology Data With Anatomic Pathology Data in Nonclinical Toxicology Studies	3
Absolute Versus Relative Approaches to Severity Scoring of Histopathologic Findings in Pre-Clinical Toxicology Studies: What’s the Difference, and How, When, and Why This Matters	3
Toxicologic Pathology Forum: Opinion on Approaches for Reporting Toxic and Adverse Dose Levels in Nonclinical Toxicology Studies Supporting the Development of Anticancer Pharmaceuticals	3
Toxicologic Pathology Forum*: Opinion on the Future of Histopathology Using Whole Slide Images in Toxicologic Pathology of Preclinical Studies and Its Successful Implementation in Compliance With Good	3
Meeting Report Session 3: Neurobiomarkers STP 44th Annual Symposium 2025 Development and Utility of Neurobiomarkers in Nonclinical Toxicology Studies	3
Historical Control Background Incidence of Spontaneous Neoplastic Lesions of Sprague-Dawley Rats in 104-Week Toxicity Studies	3
Toxicologic Pathology Forum*: Opinion on New Technologies and Trends Disrupting Drug Discovery and Development: How Can the Next Generation of Toxicologic Pathologists Be Prepared for Evolving Roles?	3