OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Physiological Research is 5. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
The Non-Invasive Transcranial Doppler for Hemodynamic Monitoring	48
Molecular Genetic Aspects of Sporadic Multiglandular Primary Hyperparathyroidism	34
Contralateral and Ipsilateral Arterial Vasculature of the Human Uterus: The Pilot Results of an Anatomical Study	33
Prediction of Akute Kidney Injury Development in Critically Ill Septic Patients Based on NGAL Determination	28
Pharmacological Inhibition of eIF2α Phosphorylation by Integrated Stress Response Inhibitor (ISRIB) Ameliorates Vascular Calcification in Rats	27
Assessment of the Cardiovascular Risk of High-Fat-High-Fructose Diet in Hereditary Hypertriacylglycerolemic Rats and Venlafaxine Effect	26
GPER-1 Rapid Regulation Influences p-Akt Expression to Resist Stress-Induced Injuries in a Sex-Specific Manner	22
Steroid Conjugates and Their Physiological Role	21
Roles of Isometric Contraction Training in Promoting Neuroprotection and Angiogenesis After Stroke in Adult Rats	19
The Role of Cornichons in the Biogenesis and Functioning of Monovalent-Cation Transport Systems	19
Vitamin D Levels During Fracture Healing in Children	18
Jaroslava Folbergrová, Dr.Sc. (1932 – 2024)	18
Our First Experience Implementing “Clinical Embryology and Reproductive Medicine” as a Curriculum Course of the Study Program General Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine in Bratislava, Slovakia	18
Side Effects of Amino Acid Supplements	18
Serum Glutathione and Malondialdehyde Levels as Predictors of Early Neurological Deficits and Short-Term Outcomes in Acute Cerebral Infarction	17
Effects of Astaxanthin on Chronic Exercise Fatigue	17
Comparative Analysis of Matrix Metalloproteinases by Zymography in Patients With Colorectal Carcinoma	17
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Electroacupuncture Stimulation Alleviates Inflammatory Pain in Male Rats by Suppressing Oxidative Stress	16
The Relationship Between Hormonal Contraceptives, Level of Anxiety and Emotional Awareness: Pilot Project	16
Effects of Hindlimb Suspension on the Development of Hip Bone Morphologies in Growing Rats	15
Cellular and Molecular Connections Between Bone Fracture Healing and Exosomes	15
Ellagic Acid Attenuates Muscle Atrophy in STZ-Induced Diabetic Mice	15
The impact of atrial fibrillation and atrial tachycardias on the hemodynamic status of patients with pulmonary hypertension	14
Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Kidney Cortex and Medulla of Subtotally Nephrectomized Rat	14

Capsaicin-Assessed Cough Reflex in Asthma Patients	13
Curcumin in vitro Neuroprotective Effects Are Mediated by p62/keap-1/Nrf2 and PI3K/AKT Signaling Pathway and Autophagy Inhibition	13
Distinct Cardiac Connexin-43 Expression in Hypertrophied and Atrophied Myocardium May Impact the Vulnerability of the Heart to Malignant Arrhythmias. A Pilot Study	13
Night-to-Day Ratio Specified by 24-hour Blood Pressure Monitoring, Arterial Stiffness and Cardio-Ankle Vascular Index as Predictive Factors of Cardiovascular Risk	13
Intraventricular Spring Expander Attenuates Cardiac Atrophy of the Failing Heart After Unloading Caused by Heterotopic Heart Transplantation: No Sex-Linked Differences	12
Inflammation and Fibrosis Induced by Joint Remobilization, and Relevance to Progression of Arthrogenic Joint Contracture: A Narrative Review	12
Can Buckwheat Affect Health and Female Reproductive Functions?	12
Dissociation Between the Epileptogenic Lesion and Primary Seizure Onset Zone in the Tetanus Toxin Model of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy	12
The Temporal and Spatial Effects of Reconstructive Surgery on the Atrophy of Hindlimb Muscles in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Transected Rats	12
Response After Repeated Ketamine Injections in a Rat Model of Neuropathic Pain	12
Direct Effects of Waterpipe Smoke Extract on Aortic Endothelial Cells: An In Vitro Study	11
Influence of Blood Pressure and Heart Rate on PWV Measurement: Assessment Under Real-Time Blood Pressure Monitoring	11
Sex differences in blood pressure, free radicals and plasma cholesterol fractions in Ren-2 transgenic rats of various ages	11
Postprandial Triglyceride, Glucose and Insulin Levels 10 Years After Bariatric Surgery in Women With Severe Obesity – A Pilot Study: Part 1 – Laparoscopic Greater Curvature Plication	11
Role of Esketamine in Attenuating Neuroinflammation and Improving Postoperative Cognitive Function via Autophagy Activation Through PARP1 Targeting	11
First Application of Whole Genome Sequencing in Myelinated Retinal Nerve Fibers (MRNF)	10
Circadian Disruption as a Risk Factor for Development of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders – From Animal Models to Human Population	10
Serum Vitamin D Level in Overweight Individuals and Its Correlation With the Incidence of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease	10
Correlation Analysis of Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels With Immune Function and Calcium-Phosphate Metabolism in Patients With Bronchial Asthma Treated With Combination Therapy	10
Predictive Value of Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels in the Onset and Glycemic Control of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus	10
Role of 5-HT2 Receptors Family in the Allergy-Induced Increased Aorta Contractile Responses to 5-HT	10
Cytokine Cascade in Kawasaki Disease Versus Kawasaki-Like Syndrome	10
Connexin 43 in Pathophysiology of Cardiac Diseases: From Molecular Mechanisms to Therapeutic Strategies	10
Brain Fluid Channels for Metabolite Removal	9
Endurance Exercise Attenuates Plasma Level of Neurofilament Light Chain and Prevents Body Weight Loss in a Rat Model of Tauopathy	9
History of Blood Pressure Measurement in Newborns and Infants	9
Novel Predictors of Preeclampsia and Pregnancy Complications: the Impact of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus on Maternal and Fetal Circulatory Levels	9
Epilepsy Research in the Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague	9
ASIC1a Involves the Acid-Mediated Activation of Pancreatic Stellate Cells Associated With Autophagy Induction	9
Cardiorenal Syndromes and Their Role in Water and Sodium Homeostasis	9
Anti-Müllerian Hormone Can Help With Predicting Ovarian Failure for Premenopausal Women Who Have Undergone Ablative Radioiodine Treatment for Thyroid Cancer	9
Neurophysiological Assessment of H-Reflex Alterations in Compressive Radiculopathy	9
Waterpipe Smoke Inhalation Induces Lung Injury and Aortic Endothelial Dysfunction in Mice	9
Sexual Dimorphism in Plantar Pressure Distribution Patterns	9
Fluid shear stress-induced down-regulation of miR-146a-5p inhibits osteoblast apoptosis via targeting SMAD4	8
Ten Years of Our Translational Research in the Field of Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation	8
The Effect of Bariatric-Metabolic Surgery on Selected Components of Metabolic Syndrome and Visceral Adipose Tissue – The Pilot Study	8
Rho-Kinase Inhibition Ameliorates Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Type 2 Diabetic Rats	8
Experimental Lung Transplantation Related With HIF-1, VEGF, ROS. Assessment of HIF-1α, VEGF, and Reactive Oxygen Species After Competitive Blockade of Chetomin for Lung Transplantation in Rats	8
The Effect of Sulforaphane on Perinatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury in Rats	8
Cholesterol efflux and macrophage polarization in human adipose tissue	8
Unusual Functions of Insect Vitellogenins: Minireview	8
Adaptive Induction of Nonshivering Thermogenesis in Muscle Rather Than Brown Fat Could Counteract Obesity	8
Altered Balance between Vasoconstrictor and Vasodilator Systems in Experimental Hypertension	7
Steroidogenic Enzyme Gene Expression and Testosterone Production are Developmentally Modulated by Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptor-1B in Mouse Testis	7
The Role of L-Cysteine/H2S Pathway in CaSRs-Mediated Relaxations in Mouse Bladder Tissue	7
Effects of Isovolumic Loading Elicited Either by 3-Branch or by 4-Branch Spring Expander on the Degree of Cardiac Atrophy of the Failing Heart in Rats After Heterotopic Heart Transplantation: No Evide	7
Effect of Carvacrol on Diabetes-Induced Oxidative Stress, Fibrosis and Apoptosis in Testicular Tissues of Adult Rats	7
Gut Hormone Levels During Mixed Liquid Meal Test in Short Bowel Syndrome, the Possible Influence on the Intestine Adaptation	7
Baicalin Ameliorates Cartilage Injury in Rats With Osteoarthritis via Modulating miR-766-3p/AIFM1 Axis	7

From a Passive Conduit to Highly Dynamic Organ. What are the Roles of Uterine Tube Epithelium in Reproduction?	7
PAR2: The Cornerstone of Pancreatic Diseases	7
Colored Light Exposure Ensues Chronotype-Based Responses: Evidence From QEEG Analysis	7
The Effect of Dietary Oat Consumption and Its Constituents on Fat Storage and Obesity	7
Is there a Need to Change the Basic Principles of Histology? Educational, Functional and Embryological Perspective	7
Inhibition of Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase Downregulates Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress-Induced Apoptosis and Decreases Brain Injury in a Cardiac Arrest Rat Model	7
Cardiovascular Changes During Phototherapy in Newborns	6
Comprehensive Genomic Profiling in Predictive Testing of Cancer	6
Modern Perspective of Lactate Metabolism	6
NADPH oxidase 4 contributes to oxidative stress in a mouse model of myocardial infarction	6
Aspalathin Alleviates Skeletal Muscle Insulin Resistance and Mitochondrial Dysfunction	6
Bruton’s Tyrosine Kinase: A Potential Novel Target for Neurological Disorders	6
Berberine Exerts Neuroprotective Effects in Alzheimer’s Disease by Switching Microglia M1/M2 Polarization Through PI3K-AKT Signaling	6
Decellularization techniques of human foreskin for tissue engineering application	6
Nutrition and Bone Marrow Adiposity in Relation to Bone Health	6
Iodine Intake and Iodine Status in the Czech Republic – Past, Present, Future	6
Chronic Venous Disease and Its Intersections With Diabetes Mellitus	6
Altered Plasma Butyrylcholinesterase Activity in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Hypertensive Rats Does Not Reflect Impaired Liver Function	6
Association of Polymorphisms in Endothelin-1 and Endothelin Receptor A Genes With Vasovagal Syncope	6
Immune Disorders and Sex Differences in Spontaneously Diabetic Torii Rats, Type 2 Diabetic Model	6
Eicosapentaenoic Acid Alleviates Inflammatory Response and Insulin Resistance in Pregnant Mice With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus	6
Clinical Efficacy of Blood Ultrafiltration Therapy in Patients with Acute Decompensated Chronic Heart Failure	5
Linc-ROR Modulates the Endothelial-Mesenchymal Transition of Endothelial Progenitor Cells through the miR-145/Smad3 Signaling Pathway	5
Podophyllotoxin Alleviates DSS-Induced Ulcerative Colitis via PI3K/AKT Pathway Activation	5
Role of Carvedilol in Inhibiting the Proliferation and Migration of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells by Upregulating microRNA-145 Expression	5
Ginsenoside-MC1 Alleviates Stroke by Modulating AMPK/SIRT1 Pathway in a Rat Model	5
Ca2+ Depletion in the ER Causes Store-Operated Ca2+ Entry via the TRPC6 Channel in Mouse Brown Adipocytes	5
Are Oligodendrocytes the Culprits or Victims in Alzheimer's Disease	5
Sixty Years of Heart Research in the Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences	5
Circulating Exosomal miRNAs as a Promising Diagnostic Biomarker in Cancer	5
Metabolic Syndrome in Hypertriglyceridemic Rats: Effects of Antioxidants	5
Cadmium-Induced Hepatotoxicity in Mice – Prophylactic Supplementation of Quercetin Exerts Hepatoprotective Effect by Modulating PI3K/Akt/NF-κB Signaling Pathway	5
Mechanisms Controlling the Behavior of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in Hypoxic Pulmonary Hypertension	5
From the Pineal Gland to the Central Clock in the Brain: Beginning of Studies of the Mammalian Biological Rhythms in the Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences	5
Parvalbumin - Positive Neurons in the Neocortex: A Review	5
miR-491-5p Inhibits Emilin 1 to Promote Fibroblasts Proliferation and Fibrosis in Gluteal Muscle Contracture via TGF-β1/Smad2 Pathway	5
Research on Experimental Hypertension in Prague (1966-2009)	5
Dihydromyricetin Inhibits Ferroptosis to Attenuate Cisplatin-Induced Muscle Atrophy	5
Effect of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy on Serum Adipokine Levels	5
Potential Effect of Trigonella Microgreens on Functional Parameters of HUVEC Cells in vitro	5
Phase Angle in Bioelectrical Impedance: New Perspectives in Health and Body Composition Assessment	5
Differential Mitochondrial Adaptation of the Slow and Fast Skeletal Muscles by Endurance Running Exercise in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Mice	5
The Expression Level of Inflammation-Related Genes in Patients With Bone Nonunion and the Effect of BMP-2 Infected Mesenchymal Stem Cells Combined With nHA/PA66 on the Inflammation Level of Femoral Bo	5
Methamphetamine use during the first or second half of pregnancy worsens cardiac ischemic injury in adult female offspring	5
Interplay Between Astroglial Endocannabinoid System and the Cognitive Dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease	5
Cerebral Perfusion Pressure and Behavior Monitoring in Freely Moving Rats	5
Hydrolat of Helichrysum Italicum promotes tissue regeneration during wound healing	5
Progesterone Inhibitory Role on Gastrointestinal Motility	5
Impairment of Endogenous H2S Pathway due to Aging and Endothelium Denudation in Mouse Isolated Thoracic Aorta	5
Effects of total intravenous anesthesia with etomidate and propofol on postoperative cognitive dysfunction	5
Analysis of Gene Expression Profiles Regulating Phenotypic Transformation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells by Endothelial Cell-Derived Exosomes	5
Protection of Toll-Like Receptor 9 Against Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Inflammation and Oxidative Stress of Pulmonary Epithelial Cells via MyD88-Mediated Pathways	5
Postprandial Triglyceride, Glucose and Insulin Levels 10 Years After Bariatric Surgery in Women With Severe Obesity – A Pilot Study: Part 2 – Biliopancreatic Diversion	5