OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology is 38. 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
Normal muscle fiber type distribution is recapitulated in aged ephrin-A3^−/− mice that previously lacked most slow myofibers	164
Hugh Davson: the scientist and his science	155
Small molecule drugs to improve sarcomere function in those with acquired and inherited myopathies	127
Effect of the mitochondrial transaminase (GOT2) on membrane potential-sensitive respiration in mitochondria of differentiated C2C12 muscle cells	96
EphrinB2 drives osteogenic fate of adult cardiac fibroblasts in a calcium influx dependent manner	92
Inhibition of mitochondrial citrate shuttle alleviates metabolic syndromes induced by high-fat diet	92
Following Ussing’s legacy: from amphibian models to mammalian kidney and brain	83
Are you listening: cellular signaling in ECM-driven diseases	82
Microscopic computed tomography with AI-CNN-powered image analysis: the path to phenotype bleomycin-induced lung injury	77
MALDI-MSI reveals shared lipid signatures in sarcoid-like granulomas of mice and in a human case	76
Microbiota protect against frailty and loss of skeletal muscle, and maintain inflammatory tone during aging in mice	74
Resistance exercise and mechanical overload upregulate vimentin for skeletal muscle remodeling	73
Hydrogen sulfide in health and diseases: cross talk with noncoding RNAs	70
Inhibition of mitochondrial fission protein Drp1 ameliorates skeletal myopathy in the D2-mdx model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy	69
Lasmiditan induces mitochondrial biogenesis in primary mouse renal peritubular endothelial cells and augments wound healing and tubular network formation	66
Differential MMP-14 targeting by biglycan, decorin, fibromodulin, and lumican unraveled by in silico approach	66
Biological sex divergence in transcriptomic profiles during the onset of hindlimb unloading-induced atrophy	65
Role of myofiber-specific FoxP1 in pancreatic cancer-induced muscle wasting	65
Enteroendocrine cells regulate intestinal barrier permeability	64
Sulforaphane attenuates cancer cell-induced atrophy of C2C12 myotubes	60
Pericytes in tissue fibrosis	60
Regulation of the intestinal Na⁺/H⁺ exchanger NHE3 by AMP-activated kinase is dependent on phosphorylation of NHE3 at S555 and S563	59
TRPV4 and chloride channels mediate volume sensing in trabecular meshwork cells	52
Proteolysis: a key post-translational modification regulating proteoglycans	52
TRPV1 enhances cholecystokinin signaling in primary vagal afferent neurons and mediates the central effects on spontaneous glutamate release in the NTS	51

Immune system activation and cognitive impairment in arterial hypertension	50
The European and Japanese eel NaCl cotransporters β exhibit chloride currents and are resistant to thiazide type diuretics	48
Syndecan-1 in liver pathophysiology	48
Mitochondrial antioxidant SkQ1 attenuates C26 cancer-induced muscle wasting in males and improves muscle contractility in female tumor-bearing mice	47
G-protein tonic inhibition of calcium channels in pancreatic β-cells	46
ASP210: a potent oligonucleotide-based inhibitor effective against TKI-resistant CML cells	46
Aerobic training increases mitochondrial respiratory capacity in human skeletal muscle stem cells from sedentary individuals	45
Sex-specific activation of platelet purinergic signaling is key in local cytokine release and phagocytosis in the peritoneal cavity in intra-abdominal sepsis	45
Identification of FOXP3⁺ epithelial cells contributing to pancreatic proliferation and angiogenesis	43
Syntaxin 4-enhanced plasma membrane repair is independent of dysferlin in skeletal muscle	42
The multifaced role of the macrophage migration inhibitory factor family in organ fibrosis	40
Small Molecule Oxybutynin Rescues Proliferative Capacity of Complex III-Defective Muscle Progenitor Cells	40
Making a new limb out of old cells: exploring endogenous cell reprogramming and its role during limb regeneration	39
Celastrol and Cblin peptide activation of IGF-1 signaling prevents microgravity-induced atrophy in rat L6 myotubes	38
In dystrophic mdx hindlimb muscles where fibrosis is limited, versican haploinsufficiency transiently improves contractile function without reducing inflammation	38
Circadian regulation of liver metabolism: experimental approaches in human, rodent, and cellular models	38