OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Domestic Animal Endocrinology 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Melatonin improves the motility and DNA integrity of frozen-thawed ram spermatozoa likely via suppression of mitochondrial superoxide production	27
Upregulation of miR-146b promotes porcine ovarian granulosa cell apoptosis by attenuating CYP19A1	22
Chronic elevation of plasma cortisol causes differential expression of predominating glucocorticoid in plasma, saliva, fecal, and wool matrices in sheep	22
Nanoplastics impair in vitro swine granulosa cell functions	22
Effects of pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction and Prascend (pergolide tablets) treatment on endocrine and immune function in horses	21
Changes in mRNA and protein levels of gonadotropin releasing hormone and receptor in ovine thymus, lymph node, spleen, and liver during early pregnancy	20
Transcriptional and translational abundance of visfatin (NAMPT) in buffalo ovary during estrous cycle and its in vitro effect on steroidogenesis	17
Protective effects of the phytogenic feed additive “comfort” on growth performance via modulation of hypothalamic feeding- and drinking-related neuropeptides in cyclic heat-stressed broilers	17
Pregnancy in pigs: the journey of an early life	15
Baicalin attenuates endometritis in a rabbit model induced by infection with Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus via NF-κB and JNK signaling pathways	15
Evaluation of a flash glucose monitoring system in dogs with diabetic ketoacidosis	14
Maternal nutrient restriction alters endocrine pancreas development in fetal heifers	14
5-Hydroxytryptophan strongly stimulates serotonin synthesis in Holstein steers	13
The myokine irisin: localization and effects in swine late medium and large antral ovarian follicle	13
Quantifying heat stress; the roles on metabolic status and intestinal integrity in poultry, a review	12
Effect of reduction and alkylation treatment in three different assays used for the measurement of oxytocin in saliva of pigs	12
Early pregnancy regulates the expression of prolactin and its receptor in the thymus, the liver, the spleen and lymph nodes in sheep	12
Immunolocalization of melatonin receptors in bovine ovarian follicles and in vitro effects of melatonin on growth, viability and gene expression in secondary follicles	12
The bovine milk microbiome – an evolving science	12
Effect of alpine grazing on plasma and hair cortisol, serotonin, and DHEA in dairy cows and its welfare impact	11
Effect of follicle size on hormonal status of follicular fluid, oocyte ATP content, and in vitro embryo production in prepubertal sheep	11
Somatotropin increases plasma ceramide in relation to enhanced milk yield in cows	11
High temperature impairs rabbit viability, feed consumption, growth and fecundity: examination of endocrine mechanisms	11
Deep small RNA-Seq reveals microRNAs expression profiles in lactating mammary gland of 2 sheep breeds with different milk performance	11
Oxytocin receptor expression in stallion testes and epididymides	10

Implications of growth rates and compensatory growth on puberty attainment in Nellore heifers	10
Markers of muscle atrophy and impact of treatment with pergolide in horses with pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction and muscle atrophy	10
Effects of melatonin administration to cashmere goats on cashmere production and hair follicle characteristics in two consecutive cashmere growth cycles	10
Fenofibrate treatment for severe hypertriglyceridemia in dogs	10
Skeletal muscle-secreted myokine interleukin-6 induces white adipose tissue conversion into beige adipose tissue in myostatin gene knockout pigs	10
Association between progesterone concentration and endometrial gene expression in dairy cows	9
Understanding the influence of trenbolone acetate and polyamines on proliferation of bovine satellite cells	9
Effects of blue monochromatic light directed at one eye of pregnant horse mares on gestation, parturition and foal maturity	9
Developmental programming: prenatal and postnatal consequences of hyperthermia in dairy cows and calves	9
Interactions between cattle breed type and anabolic implant strategy impact circulating serum metabolites, feedlot performance, feeding behavior, carcass characteristics, and economic return in beef s	9
Effects of buserelin administration on testicular blood flow and plasma concentrations of testosterone and estradiol-17β in rams	9
Interrelationships between kisspeptin and FSH in control of porcine ovarian cell functions	8
The KMT2A gene: mRNA differential expression in the ovary and a novel 13-nt nucleotide sequence variant associated with litter size in cashmere goats	8
Canine parturition: what is known about the hormonal setting?	8
Sexually active male goats stimulate the endocrine and sexual activities of other males in seasonal sexual rest through the “buck-to-buck effect”	8
iTRAQ-based proteomic analysis of bovine pre-ovulatory plasma and follicular fluid	8
Effect of precalving body condition score on insulin signaling and hepatic inflammatory state in grazing dairy cattle	8
The role of protein restriction and interaction with antibiotics in the regulation of compensatory growth in pigs: growth performance, serum hormone concentrations, and messenger RNA levels in compone	8
Circadian clocks and their role in lactation competence	8
Perinatal cortisol and blood glucose concentrations in bitches and neonatal puppies: effects of mode of whelping	8
Interferon-Tau regulates a plethora of functions in the corpus luteum	8
Emotional responses of piglets under long-term exposure to negative and positive auditory stimuli	7
American Bison (Bison bison) reproductive endocrinology: serum Pregnancy Associated Glycoproteins (PAG), Progesterone, Estrone and Estrone-Sulfate in non pregnant animals and during gestation	7
Association of plasma concentrations of oxytocin, vasopressin, and serotonin with docility and friendliness of horses	7
Amyloidogenesis of feline amylin and plasma levels in cats with diabetes mellitus or pancreatitis	7
Shifts in uterine bacterial communities associated with endogenous progesterone and 17β-estradiol concentrations in beef cattle	7
Preconceptional diet manipulation and fetus number can influence placenta endocrine function in sheep	7
Anti–Müllerian hormone concentrations in queens throughout the estrous cycle	7
Endocrine regulation of fetal metabolism towards term	7
Field efficacy and safety of protamine zinc recombinant human insulin in 276 dogs with diabetes mellitus	7
Effect of potassium iodide supplementation and teat-dipping on iodine status in dairy cows and milk iodine levels	7
Effects of a single dose of long-acting FSH on testicular blood flow, testicular echotexture, and circulating testosterone, estradiol, and nitric oxide in rams during the non-breeding season	7
Possible role of corticosterone in proteolysis, glycolytic, and amino acid metabolism in primary cultured avian myotubes incubated at high-temperature conditions	7
Changes in fibroblast growth factor receptors-1c, -2c, -3c, and -4 mRNA in granulosa and theca cells during ovarian follicular growth in dairy cattle	7
Serum concentration of mineralocorticoids, glucocorticoids, and sex steroids in peripartum bitches	7
Steroid sulfates in domestic mammals and laboratory rodents	7
Pattern of postruminal administration of l-tryptophan affects blood serotonin in cattle	7
Transcriptome analysis of sheep follicular development during prerecruitment, dominant, and mature stages after FSH superstimulation	7
Pregnancy and placental development in horses: an update	6
Administration of a single dose of 300 IU of human chorionic gonadotropin seven days after the onset of estrus improves pregnancy rate in dairy goats by an unknown mechanism	6
The in vitro effects of melatonin and Cry gene on the secretion of estradiol from camel ovarian granulosa cells	6
Wilms' tumor (WT1) (±KTS) variants decreases the progesterone secretion of bovine ovarian theca cells	6
The capability of coenzyme Q10 to enhance heat tolerance in male rabbits: evidence from improved semen quality factor (SQF), testicular oxidative defense, and expression of testicular melatonin recept	6
Unravelling the role of 17β-estradiol on advancing uterine luteolytic cascade in cattle	6
Transient suppression of ovulatory ovarian function in pony mares after treatment with slow-release deslorelin implants	6
Role of changes in plasma prolactin concentrations on ram and buck sperm cryoresistance	6
Analysis of circulating microRNA during early gestation in Japanese black cattle	6
The expression of androstenone receptor (OR7D4) in vomeronasal organ and olfactory epithelium of horses	6
Plasma prolactin, thyroid-stimulating hormone, melanocyte-stimulating hormone, and adrenocorticotropin responses to thyrotropin-releasing hormone in mares treated with detomidine and butorphanol	6
Effects of insulin on IGF-1 receptors in equine lamellar tissue in vitro	6

Peripheral serotonin regulates glucose and insulin metabolism in Holstein dairy calves	6
A functional variant in the promoter region of IGF1 gene is associated with chicken abdominal fat deposition	6
FSH stimulated bovine granulosa cell steroidogenesis involves both canonical and noncanonical WNT signaling	6
Maternal nutrient restriction alters thyroid hormone dynamics in placentae of sheep having small for gestational age fetuses	6
cAMP/PKA/CREB signaling pathway-mediated effects of melatonin receptor genes on clock gene expression in Bactrian camel ovarian granulosa cells	6
Melatonin acts through different mechanisms to control oxidative stress and primordial follicle activation and survival during in vitro culture of bovine ovarian tissue	6
Serum anti-Müllerian hormone concentration as a diagnostic tool to identify testicular tissue in canine disorders of sexual development	6
Hyperprolactinemia using domperidone in prepubertal gilts: Effects on hormonal status, mammary development and mammary and pituitary gene expression	6
Effect of maternal nutrient restriction on expression of glucose transporters (SLC2A4 and SLC2A1) and insulin signaling in skeletal muscle of SGA and Non-SGA sheep fetuses	6
Cyclooxygenase 2 messenger RNA levels in canine follicular cells: interrelationship with GDF-9, BMP-15, and progesterone	6
Exogenous progestogens differentially alter gene expression of immature cumulus–oocyte complexes in sheep	6
Comparison of pharmacodynamics between insulin glargine 100 U/mL and insulin glargine 300 U/mL in healthy cats	6
Identification of monoclonal antibodies suitable for blocking IGF-1 receptors in the horse	5
Coat color affects cortisol and serotonin levels in the serum and hairs of Holstein dairy cows exposed to cold winter	5
Association of taurine with ovarian follicular steroids and postpartum anestrus condition in Murrah buffaloes	5
Testicular transcriptome analysis under the dietary inclusion of l-carnitine reveals potential key genes associated with oxidative defense and the semen quality factor in aging roosters	5
Effects of dietary antioxidants on glucose and insulin responses to glucose tolerance test in transition dairy cows	5
Induction of parturition in horses – from physiological pathways to clinical applications	5
MiR-128-1-5p regulates differentiation of ovine stromal vascular fraction by targeting the KLF11 5′-UTR	5
Prolactin and the swine mammary gland	5
Effects of different doses of estradiol benzoate used in a cervical relaxation protocol on the success of non-surgical embryo recovery and luteal function in superovulated ewes	5
Urinary vanillylmandelic acid:creatinine ratio in dogs with pheochromocytoma	5
Effect of phytosterols on reducing low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in dogs	5
The effects of nanoplastics on adipose stromal cells from swine tissues	5
The role of liver metabolism in compensatory-growth piglets induced by protein restriction and subsequent protein realimentation	5
The impact of environmental and nutritional stresses on milk fat synthesis in dairy cows	5
Evaluation of candidate point mutation of Kisspeptin 1 gene associated with litter size in Indian Goat breeds and its effect on transcription factor binding sites	5
Impact of blue light therapy on plasma adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and hypertrichosis in horses with pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction	5
Transcriptome and epigenome analysis of porcine embryos from non-esterified fatty acid-exposed oocytes	5
Molecular characteristics of oocytes and somatic cells of follicles at different sizes that influence in vitro oocyte maturation and embryo production	5
Effects of maternal obesity in an ovine model on metabolic outcomes in F2 adults and F3 neonates	5
Differentiation of canine adipose mesenchymal stem cells into insulin-producing cells: comparison of different culture medium compositions	5
Is an increase of glucocorticoid concentrations related to the degree of arousal or valence experienced by an animal to a stimulus?	4
Effects of lipopolysaccharide on beta-catenin, aromatase, and estrogen production in bovine granulosa cells in vivo and in vitro	4
Rectifying cow infertility under heat stress by immunization against inhibin and supplementation of progesterone	4
The effects of Zinc-Methionine on glucose metabolism and insulin resistance during late pregnancy in ewes	4
The enteroinsular axis during hospitalization in newborn foals	4
MiR-33a inhibits the adipogenic differentiation of ovine adipose–derived stromal vascular fraction cells by targeting SIRT6	4
Effects of estradiol treatments on PGF2α release in beef heifers submitted to estrous resynchronization 14 days after timed-AI	4
Residual effects of abomasal 5-hydroxytryptophan administration on serotonin metabolism in cattle	4
Role of sex steroids and prostaglandins during the luteal life cycle in domestic cats and lynxes	4
Thiobarbituric acid reactive substances in dogs with spontaneous hypercortisolism	4
The effect of capromorelin on glycemic control in healthy dogs	4
Correlation between the natural infection by Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis in goats and serum progesterone levels and corpus luteum development	4
Predictors of the ovarian superstimulatory response and oocyte collection in prepubertal heifers	4
The anorexigenic effect of adrenomedullin in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) involves increased proopiomelanocortin and cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript mRNAs in the arcuate nucleus of	4
Heterologous beta-nerve growth factor (β-NGF) given at the LH surge enhances luteal function in dairy heifers	4
Effects of nutrient restriction and melatonin supplementation from mid-to-late gestation on maternal and fetal small intestinal carbohydrase activities in sheep	4
Effect of dietary l-arginine of broiler breeder hens on embryonic development, apparent metabolism, and immunity of offspring	4
Orexin B inhibits viability and differentiation of stromal cells from swine adipose tissue	4
Late gestation hyperthermia: epigenetic programming of daughter's mammary development and function	4
Expression profile of the Kisspeptin/Kiss1r system and angiogenic and immunological mediators in the ovary of cyclic and pregnant cats	3
Effects of genetic selection on activity of corticotropic and thyrotropic axes in modern broiler chickens	3
Exploring the effect of auditory stimuli on activity levels, milk yield and faecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations in Holstein cows	3
Effect of maternal overnutrition on predisposition to insulin resistance in the foal: Foal skeletal muscle development and insulin signaling	3
Expressions of ghrelin and GHSR-1a in the corpus luteum and the stimulatory effect of ghrelin on luteal function of pregnant sows	3
The anorexigenic effect of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide in Japanese quail is associated with molecular changes in the arcuate and dorsomedial hypothalamic nuclei	3
The role of the IGF system in mammary physiology of ruminants	3
The effect of the ghrelin-receptor agonist capromorelin on glucose metabolism in healthy cats	3
Free and bound cortisol, corticosterone, and metabolic adaptations during the early inflammatory response to an intramammary lipopolysaccharide challenge in dairy cows	3
Unhatched bovine blastocysts express all transcripts of the estrogen biosynthetic pathway, but steroid hormone synthesis could not yet be demonstrated	3
A preliminary evaluation of the circulating leptin/adiponectin ratio in dogs with pituitary-dependent hyperadrenocorticism and concurrent diabetes mellitus	3
Involvement of progesterone and estrogen receptors in the ram sperm acrosome reaction	3
Changes in serum testosterone and anti-Müllerian hormone concentration in bulls undergoing scrotal insulation	3
Inverse relationship between eosinophil profiles and serum glucose concentration in dogs with naturally occurring hypercortisolism	3