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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Normal muscle fiber type distribution is recapitulated in aged ephrin-A3^−/− mice that previously lacked most slow myofibers	172
Hugh Davson: the scientist and his science	136
Small molecule drugs to improve sarcomere function in those with acquired and inherited myopathies	97
EphrinB2 drives osteogenic fate of adult cardiac fibroblasts in a calcium influx dependent manner	97
Following Ussing’s legacy: from amphibian models to mammalian kidney and brain	93
Are you listening: cellular signaling in ECM-driven diseases	92
Microscopic computed tomography with AI-CNN-powered image analysis: the path to phenotype bleomycin-induced lung injury	86
MALDI-MSI reveals shared lipid signatures in sarcoid-like granulomas of mice and in a human case	84
Hydrogen sulfide in health and diseases: cross talk with noncoding RNAs	83
Regulation of the intestinal Na⁺/H⁺ exchanger NHE3 by AMP-activated kinase is dependent on phosphorylation of NHE3 at S555 and S563	79
Differential MMP-14 targeting by biglycan, decorin, fibromodulin, and lumican unraveled by in silico approach	78
Biological sex divergence in transcriptomic profiles during the onset of hindlimb unloading-induced atrophy	77
Sulforaphane attenuates cancer cell-induced atrophy of C2C12 myotubes	74
The European and Japanese eel NaCl cotransporters β exhibit chloride currents and are resistant to thiazide type diuretics	71
Immune system activation and cognitive impairment in arterial hypertension	67
TRPV1 enhances cholecystokinin signaling in primary vagal afferent neurons and mediates the central effects on spontaneous glutamate release in the NTS	66
Mitochondrial antioxidant SkQ1 attenuates C26 cancer-induced muscle wasting in males and improves muscle contractility in female tumor-bearing mice	66
17β-Estradiol mitigates ovariectomy-induced defects in mitochondrial bioenergetics and redox balance after VML injury in female mice	62
Effect of the mitochondrial transaminase (GOT2) on membrane potential-sensitive respiration in mitochondria of differentiated C2C12 muscle cells	61
Inhibition of mitochondrial citrate shuttle alleviates metabolic syndromes induced by high-fat diet	60
Pediatric cancer therapy and skeletal muscle growth: An emerging role for satellite cell disruption	58
Syndecan-1 in liver pathophysiology	56
Proteolysis: a key post-translational modification regulating proteoglycans	55
TRPV4 and chloride channels mediate volume sensing in trabecular meshwork cells	55
Resistance exercise and mechanical overload upregulate vimentin for skeletal muscle remodeling	51

Enteroendocrine cells regulate intestinal barrier permeability	51
Role of myofiber-specific FoxP1 in pancreatic cancer-induced muscle wasting	50
Pericytes in tissue fibrosis	50
Microbiota protect against frailty and loss of skeletal muscle, and maintain inflammatory tone during aging in mice	47
Lasmiditan induces mitochondrial biogenesis in primary mouse renal peritubular endothelial cells and augments wound healing and tubular network formation	47
Inhibition of mitochondrial fission protein Drp1 ameliorates skeletal myopathy in the D2-mdx model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy	46
G-protein tonic inhibition of calcium channels in pancreatic β-cells	45
ASP210: a potent oligonucleotide-based inhibitor effective against TKI-resistant CML cells	43
Aerobic training increases mitochondrial respiratory capacity in human skeletal muscle stem cells from sedentary individuals	42
Identification of FOXP3⁺ epithelial cells contributing to pancreatic proliferation and angiogenesis	40
Small Molecule Oxybutynin Rescues Proliferative Capacity of Complex III-Defective Muscle Progenitor Cells	39
Celastrol and Cblin peptide activation of IGF-1 signaling prevents microgravity-induced atrophy in rat L6 myotubes	39
In dystrophic mdx hindlimb muscles where fibrosis is limited, versican haploinsufficiency transiently improves contractile function without reducing inflammation	38
Interleukin-1β downregulates K ⁺ currents through K _v 1.6 channels and promotes apoptosis by enhan	38
Progranulin and EGFR modulate receptor-like tyrosine kinase sorting and stability in mesothelioma cells	38
Early regulation and alternative splicing dynamics in glucocorticoid muscle atrophy revealed by temporal omics in C2C12 myotubes	38