OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Biochemistry and Cell Biology is 6. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Maternal use of methamphetamine alters cardiovascular function in the adult offspring	35
Structure and function of fermentation-derived bovine lactoferrin produced from Komagataella phaffii	30
Retraction: MicroRNA-181 inhibits proliferation and promotes apoptosis of chondrocytes in osteoarthritis by targeting PTEN	26
Retraction: Lentivirus-mediated angiopoietin-2 gene silencing decreases TNF-α induced apoptosis of alveolar epithelium cells	23
Retraction: MiR-301b promotes the proliferation, mobility, and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition of bladder cancer cells by targeting EGR1	23
Introduction: Dual use in life science research	21
Characterization of a novel FADS2 transcript variant: implications for D6D activity regulation in cells	19
Transcriptional regulation of human abraxas brother protein 1 expression by yin yang 1	19
The m6A reader IGF2BP2 promotes the progression of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma cells by increasing the stability of OCT4 mRNA	18
Paeonol reduces IL-β production by inhibiting the activation of nucleotide oligomerization domain-like receptor protein-3 inflammasome and nuclear factor-κB in macrophages	18
HSPB8 facilitates prostate cancer progression via activating the JAK/STAT3 signaling pathway	18
The nuclear-localized GHR is involved in the cell proliferation of gastric cancer, and pegvisomant may be an important potential drug to inhibit the proliferation of gastric cancer cells	18
Protein arginine methyltransferase 1, a major regulator of biological processes	17
BioCanRx Summit for Cancer Immunotherapy 2022 Proceedings	17
LINE-1: an emerging initiator of cGAS-STING signalling and inflammation that is dysregulated in disease	16
NDUFA4 promotes the progression of head and neck paraganglioma by inhibiting ferroptosis	16
Interaction between the guanylate kinase domain of PSD-95 and the proline-rich region and microtubule binding repeats 2 and 3 of tau	15
Comparative analysis of the effect of hypoxia in two different tumor cell models shows the differential involvement of PTEN control of proangiogenic pathways	14
Working from within: how secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor regulates the expression of pro-inflammatory genes	14
CD142 plays a key role in the carcinogenesis of gastric adenocarcinoma by inhibiting BCL2-dependent autophagy	14
Targeting FHL1 impairs cell proliferation and differentiation of acute myeloid leukemia cells	14
RNA deadenylation complexes in development and diseases	14
FYCO1 regulates migration, invasion, and invadopodia formation in HeLa cells through CDC42/N-WASP/Arp2/3 signaling pathway	13
Exogenous hydrogen sulfide prevents SOD2 degradation to safeguard renal function in diabetic kidney disease	13
G protein coupled receptor kinase 5 modifies the nucleolar stress response activated by actinomycin D	12

On-cell nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to probe cell surface interactions	12
Message from Dr. Philippe T. Georgel, Guest Editor for the Marshall University Collection, Brad D. Smith, President of Marshall University, and Dr. Anivandan Mukherjee, Provost of Marshall University	12
Resveratrol upregulates miR-455-5p to antagonize cisplatin ototoxicity via modulating the PTEN–PI3K–AKT axis	11
Effects of clopidogrel bisulfate on B16-F10 cells and tumor development in a murine model of melanoma	11
Chromatin- and nucleosome-associated features in liquid biopsy: implications for cancer biomarker discovery	11
Effects of the omega-3 fatty acid DHA on histone and p53 acetylation in diffuse large B cell lymphoma	11
SOAT1 enhances lung cancer invasiveness by stimulating AKT-mediated mitochondrial fragmentation	11
Lactoferrin extends its reach into South America	11
Tetraspanin-29 activates Notch signaling by interacting with ADAM10 to enhance its activity in colorectal cancer	11
Thidiazuron suppresses breast cancer via targeting miR-132 and dysregulation of the PI3K–Akt signaling pathway mediated by the miR-202-5p–PTEN axis	11
BRD4 promotes the migration and invasion of bladder cancer cells through the Sonic hedgehog signaling pathway and enhances cisplatin resistance	10
SENP1 knockdown potentiates the apoptosis, cell cycle arrest, and reduces cisplatin resistance of diffuse large B cell lymphoma cells via inducing ferroptosis	10
Aberrant sphingomyelin³¹P-NMR signatures in giant cell tumour of bone	10
Hoxa5 inhibits adipocyte proliferation through transcriptional regulation of Ccne1 and blocking JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway in mice	10
Cadmium chloride generates cytotoxic reactive species that cause oxidative damage and morphological changes in human erythrocytes	9
Bovine lactoferrin and lactoferrin peptides affect endometrial and cervical cancer cell lines	9
Cholecalciferol induces apoptosis via autocrine metabolism in epidermoid cervical cancer cells	9
Lactoferrin and hematoma detoxification after intracerebral hemorrhage	8
Circ_0000043 promotes the proliferation, migration, invasiveness, and epithelial–mesenchymal transition in breast cancer cells via the miR-136–Smad3 axis	8
Skeletal muscle mitochondrial morphology negatively affected in mice lacking Xin	8
Lactoferrin efficacy in treating hyperferritinemia in patients suffering from pathologies unrelated to hereditary hemochromatosis	8
Saikosaponin-d protects against liver fibrosis by regulating the estrogen receptor-β/NLRP3 inflammasome pathway	8
Comparative effect of bovine buttermilk, whey, and lactoferrin on the innate immunity receptors and oxidative status of intestinal epithelial cells	8
Melatonin inhibits vascular endothelial cell pyroptosis by improving mitochondrial function via up-regulation and demethylation of UQCRC1	7
Neurodevelopmental functions and activities of the KAT3 class of lysine acetyltransferases	7
E3 ubiquitin ligase HECW1 promotes the metastasis of non-small cell lung cancer cells through mediating the ubiquitination of Smad4	7
Antiviral effects of bovine lactoferrin on human norovirus	7
Automatic detection of Cryptosporidium in optical microscopy images using YOLOv5x: a comparative study	7
Distinct domain organization and diversity of 2′-5′-oligoadenylate synthetases	7
IL-6 induced enhanced clearance of proANP and ANP by insulin-degrading enzyme in T1DM mice	7
The effects of cetuximab and cisplatin anti-cancer drugs on the mechanical properties of the lung cancerous cells using atomic force microscope	7
Analysis of financial challenges faced by graduate students in Canada	7
Histone H4 asymmetrically dimethylated at arginine 3 (H4R3me2a), a mark of super-enhancers	7
GCN5 enables HSP12 induction promoting chromatin remodeling, not histone acetylation	7
Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency	7
Induction of PDCD4 by albumin in proximal tubule epithelial cells potentiates proteinuria-induced dysfunctional autophagy by negatively targeting Atg5	6
Evaluation of drug-free methods for the detection of gene silencing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	6
Systemic and mucosal levels of lactoferrin in very low birth weight infants supplemented with bovine lactoferrin	6
Novel insights into RNA polymerase II transcription regulation: transcription factors, phase separation, and their roles in cardiovascular diseases	6
Crosstalk between chromatin, chromosomes, and epigenetics	6
SARS-CoV-2 E protein-induced THP-1 pyroptosis is reversed by Ruscogenin	6
HER2 induces cell scattering and invasion through ∆Np63α and E-cadherin	6
Low-dose lipopolysaccharide protects nerve cells against spinal cord injury via regulating the PI3K–AKT–Nrf2 signaling pathway	6
Antibiofilm activities of lactoferricin-related Trp- and Arg-rich antimicrobial hexapeptides against pathogenic Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains	6
Reflections on antifreeze proteins and their evolution	6
Binding of lactoferrin to the surface of low-density lipoproteins modified by myeloperoxidase prevents intracellular cholesterol accumulation by human blood monocytes	6
Perturbation of calcium homeostasis invokes eryptosis-like cell death in enucleated bone marrow stem cells	6
Note of appreciation	6
Expression of concern: MicroRNA-518-3p suppresses cell proliferation, invasiveness, and migration in colorectal cancer via targeting TRIP4	6