OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism is 32. 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 2020-07-01 to 2024-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Obesity and COVID-19: immune and metabolic derangement as a possible link to adverse clinical outcomes	150
New insights into purine metabolism in metabolic diseases: role of xanthine oxidoreductase activity	145
Bilirubin as a metabolic hormone: the physiological relevance of low levels	95
Melatonin ameliorates excessive PINK1/Parkin-mediated mitophagy by enhancing SIRT1 expression in granulosa cells of PCOS	90
DNMT1-mediated lncRNA MEG3 methylation accelerates endothelial-mesenchymal transition in diabetic retinopathy through the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway	87
Mitochondrial-derived peptides in energy metabolism	69
Adipose tissue macrophage populations and inflammation are associated with systemic inflammation and insulin resistance in obesity	63
An update on brown adipose tissue biology: a discussion of recent findings	56
COVID-19 endocrinopathy with hindsight from SARS	52
Regulation of lipoprotein metabolism by ANGPTL3, ANGPTL4, and ANGPTL8	52
Sex-derived attributes contributing to SARS-CoV-2 mortality	50
The controversial role of IL-6 in adipose tissue on obesity-induced dysregulation of glucose metabolism	48
Can phytotherapy with polyphenols serve as a powerful approach for the prevention and therapy tool of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)?	46
Insulin Action in the Brain regulates both Central and Peripheral Functions	46
Differential intestinal and oral microbiota features associated with gestational diabetes and maternal inflammation	45
Cholesterol: A new game player accelerating vasculopathy caused by SARS-CoV-2?	44
Endothelial dysfunction due to selective insulin resistance in vascular endothelium: insights from mechanistic modeling	43
A ketogenic diet combined with exercise alters mitochondrial function in human skeletal muscle while improving metabolic health	42
Dihydroceramides: their emerging physiological roles and functions in cancer and metabolic diseases	41
Vitamin D and lumisterol novel metabolites can inhibit SARS-CoV-2 replication machinery enzymes	40
Diabetic ferroptosis plays an important role in triggering on inflammation in diabetic wound	39
High uric acid induces liver fat accumulation via ROS/JNK/AP-1 signaling	38
SARS-CoV-2: influence of phosphate and magnesium, moderated by vitamin D, on energy (ATP) metabolism and on severity of COVID-19	38
Type 2 diabetes: one disease, many pathways	37
IGF-1 inhibits MPTP/MPP⁺-induced autophagy on dopaminergic neurons through the IGF-1R/PI3K-Akt-mTOR pathway and GPER	37

100^th anniversary of the discovery of insulin perspective: insulin and adipose tissue fatty acid metabolism	35
Obesity and chronic kidney disease	34
Glucose-dependent activation, activity, and deactivation of beta cell networks in acute mouse pancreas tissue slices	33
β-Hydroxybutyrate is reduced in humans with obesity-related NAFLD and displays a dose-dependent effect on skeletal muscle mitochondrial respiration in vitro	33
Caloric restriction recovers impaired β-cell-β-cell gap junction coupling, calcium oscillation coordination, and insulin secretion in prediabetic mice	33
Is GLUT4 translocation the answer to exercise-stimulated muscle glucose uptake?	32
Glucagon-like peptide-1 alleviates diabetic kidney disease through activation of autophagy by regulating AMP-activated protein kinase-mammalian target of rapamycin pathway	32
Apigenin promotes osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells and accelerates bone fracture healing via activating Wnt/β-catenin signaling	32