OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology is 37. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Sulforaphane attenuates cancer cell-induced atrophy of C2C12 myotubes	314
Normal muscle fiber type distribution is recapitulated in aged ephrin-A3^−/− mice that previously lacked most slow myofibers	132
Microbiota protect against frailty and loss of skeletal muscle, and maintain inflammatory tone during aging in mice	112
Biological sex divergence in transcriptomic profiles during the onset of hindlimb unloading-induced atrophy	83
Lasmiditan induces mitochondrial biogenesis in primary mouse renal peritubular endothelial cells and augments wound healing and tubular network formation	83
Are you listening: cellular signaling in ECM-driven diseases	75
EphrinB2 drives osteogenic fate of adult cardiac fibroblasts in a calcium influx dependent manner	70
Following Ussing’s legacy: from amphibian models to mammalian kidney and brain	70
Resistance exercise and mechanical overload upregulate vimentin for skeletal muscle remodeling	70
Role of myofiber-specific FoxP1 in pancreatic cancer-induced muscle wasting	68
Differential MMP-14 targeting by biglycan, decorin, fibromodulin, and lumican unraveled by in silico approach	63
Proteolysis: a key post-translational modification regulating proteoglycans	62
Microscopic computed tomography with AI-CNN-powered image analysis: the path to phenotype bleomycin-induced lung injury	59
Regulation of the intestinal Na⁺/H⁺ exchanger NHE3 by AMP-activated kinase is dependent on phosphorylation of NHE3 at S555 and S563	56
Hydrogen sulfide in health and diseases: cross talk with noncoding RNAs	55
Inhibition of mitochondrial citrate shuttle alleviates metabolic syndromes induced by high-fat diet	55
Small molecule drugs to improve sarcomere function in those with acquired and inherited myopathies	53
miR-19b-3p is associated with a diametric response to resistance exercise in older adults and regulates skeletal muscle anabolism via PTEN inhibition	52
Syndecan-1 in liver pathophysiology	52
Enteroendocrine cells regulate intestinal barrier permeability	50
Mitochondrial antioxidant SkQ1 attenuates C26 cancer-induced muscle wasting in males and improves muscle contractility in female tumor-bearing mice	48
Inhibition of mitochondrial fission protein Drp1 ameliorates skeletal myopathy in the D2-mdx model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy	46
Immune system activation and cognitive impairment in arterial hypertension	46
Pericytes in Tissue Fibrosis	45
Hugh Davson: the scientist and his science	44

TRPV4 and chloride channels mediate volume sensing in trabecular meshwork cells	43
The European and Japanese eel NaCl cotransporters β exhibit chloride currents and are resistant to thiazide type diuretics	43
MALDI-MSI reveals shared lipid signatures in sarcoid-like granulomas of mice and in a human case	42
TRPV1 enhances cholecystokinin signaling in primary vagal afferent neurons and mediates the central effects on spontaneous glutamate release in the NTS	41
Effect of the mitochondrial transaminase (GOT2) on membrane potential-sensitive respiration in mitochondria of differentiated C2C12 muscle cells	41
Chloride transport modulators as drug candidates	40
Syntaxin 4-enhanced plasma membrane repair is independent of dysferlin in skeletal muscle	40
Parkin-mediated mitophagy is a potential treatment for oxaliplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy	39
Progranulin and EGFR modulate receptor-like tyrosine kinase sorting and stability in mesothelioma cells	39
The HIF2α-dependent upregulation of SETDB1 facilitates hypoxia-induced functional and phenotypical changes of pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells	39
Proteoglycans: a common portal for SARS-CoV-2 and extracellular vesicle uptake	38
The role of polyamine metabolism in cellular function and physiology	37