OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Autoimmunity 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Endonuclease G promotes preeclampsia by regulating the Wnt signaling pathway	64
CAFs-released exosomal CREB1 promotes cell progression and immune evasion in thyroid cancer via the positive regulation of CCL20	29
The emerging role of the hedgehog signaling pathway in immunity response and autoimmune diseases	26
Alteration of reactive oxygen species master transcription factor Nrf2 in keratinocytes exposed to monoclonal pathogenic antibody AK23 against desmoglein-3 in pemphigus vulgaris	25
Innovate therapeutic targets for autoimmune diseases: insights from proteome-wide mendelian randomization and Bayesian colocalization	23
Sodium propionate improves rheumatoid arthritis by inhibiting survivin mediated proliferation of fibroblast like synoviocytes by promoting miR-140-5p	21
Antigen presentation-related protein APOL3 promotes anti-tumor T cell immunity and suppresses melanoma cell growth in mice	20
Characterization of IL-10-producing regulatory B cells in thymoma	20
Increased IgD and CD27 Double Negative (DN) B cell population in pediatric onset autoimmune hepatitis	19
Subchronic intranasal lipopolysaccharide exposure induces pulmonary autoimmunity and glomerulonephritis in NZBWF1 mice	19
MiR-361-5p promotes proliferation and inhibits apoptosis of fibroblast-like synoviocytes via targeting ZBTB10 in rheumatoid arthritis	18
Mitochondria as a key player in systemic lupus erythematosus	18
Identified potential biomarkers may predict primary nonresponse to infliximab in patients with ulcerative colitis	16
Associations between IL-23R gene polymorphism (rs10889677 A/C) and ankylosing spondylitis and rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility: A meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis	16
YTHDF1 activates FBW7 transcription by regulating m ⁶ A-dependent FOXO1 to facilitate inflammatory response in ulcerative colitis-like model	16
Identification and validation of susceptibility modules and hub genes in polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis using WGCNA and machine learning	16
Sex-specific differences in SLE – Significance in the experimental setting of inflammation and kidney damage in MRL-Fas ^lpr mice	16
MiR-300 promotes the proliferation, migration and invasion of fibroblast-like synoviocytes in rheumatoid arthritis by targeting IL-37	16
The association of 25(OH)D, interleukin-4, interleukin-5, and interleukin-13 levels with the burden of soil-transmitted helminth infection in stunted children aged 24–59 months	15
Lactylation-related genes serve as potential markers for the diagnosis and immune infiltration in rheumatoid arthritis	14
Expression of the miR-9-5p, miR-125b-5p and its target gene NFKB1 and TRAF6 in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE)	14
Identification of mite-specific eosinophils in the colon of patients with ulcerative colitis	14
Circ_0007535 upregulates TGFBR1 to promote pulmonary fibrosis in TGF-β1-treated lung fibroblasts via sequestering miR-18a-5p	14
Inhibition of LncRNA SNHG14 protects chondrocyte from injury in osteoarthritis via sponging miR-137	14
RGS7 silence protects palmitic acid-induced pancreatic β-cell injury by inactivating the chemokine signaling pathway	13

Deciphering distinct pathogenic mechanisms of ankylosing spondylitis and systemic sclerosis via shared biomarkers ZSWIM6 and CCL3L3: Insights from an integrative bioinformatics approach	13
Knockdown of circ-PRKCH alleviates IL-1β-treated chondrocyte cell phenotypic changes through modulating miR-502-5p/ADAMTS5 axis	13
Type B thymomas in patients with myasthenia gravis display a distinctive pattern of αβ TCR and IL-7 receptor α expression on CD4 ⁺ CD8 ⁺	13
Effect of FcRn antagonism on protective antibodies and to vaccines in IgG-mediated autoimmune diseases pemphigus and generalised myasthenia gravis	13
Identification of new hub- ferroptosis-related genes in Lupus Nephritis	13
Identification of prognostic biomarkers of breast cancer based on the immune-related gene module	13
IL-4 polymorphisms (rs2227284, rs2243267, and rs2243270) are associated with reduced risk of rheumatoid arthritis	12
Abnormal lower expression of GPR183 in peripheral blood T and B cell subsets of systemic lupus erythematosus patients	12
Immunoenhancement activity of Bletilla striata polysaccharide through MAPK and NF-κB signalling pathways in vivo and in vitro	12
High throughput multiplex immunoassays stratify patients according to symptom burden across the anti-Ro positive systemic autoimmune rheumatic disease spectrum	11
KISS-1 knockdown inhibits cell growth, migration, and invasion in HTR-8/SVneo cells by regulating the GRP54-mediated PI3K/AKT signaling pathway	11
Autoimmune inflammatory reactions triggered by the COVID-19 genetic vaccines in terminally differentiated tissues	11
Identification of TXN and F5 as novel diagnostic gene biomarkers of the severe asthma based on bioinformatics and machine learning analysis	10
Novel peripheral blood mononuclear cell mRNA signature for IFN-beta therapy responsiveness prediction in multiple sclerosis	10
GADD45B predicts lung squamous cell carcinoma survival and impacts immune infiltration, and T cell exhaustion	10
Circ_0005714/miR-223-3p/ADAM9 regulatory axis affects proliferation, migration, invasion, and angiopoiesis in trophoblast cells	10
A novel circRNA, circRACGAP1, hampers the progression of systemic lupus erythematosus via miR-22-3p-mediated AKT signalling	10
IDO1-mediated M2 macrophage polarization alleviates the progression of ankylosing spondylitis	10
Short interruptions of TNF-inhibitor treatment can be associated with treatment failure in patients with immune-mediated diseases	10
Identifying the potential therapeutic targets of tertiary lymphoid structure in IgA nephropathy based on bioinformatics	9
CircCDK14 ameliorates interleukin-1β-induced chondrocyte damage by the miR-1183/KLF5 pathway in osteoarthritis	9
Quantification of residual plasmid DNA and SV40 promoter-enhancer sequences in Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna modRNA COVID-19 vaccines from Ontario, Canada	9
Hsa_circ_0037128 aggravates high glucose-induced podocytes injury in diabetic nephropathy through mediating miR-31-5p/KLF9	9
Increasing expression of dual-specificity phosphatase 12 mitigates oxygen-glucose deprivation/reoxygenation-induced neuronal apoptosis and inflammation through inactivation of the ASK1-JNK/p38 MAPK pa	9
Circ_0114428 promotes proliferation, fibrosis and EMT process of high glucose-induced glomerular mesangial cells through regulating the miR-185-5p/SMAD3 axis	9
Correction	9
microRNA-17-5p downregulation inhibits autophagy and myocardial remodelling after myocardial infarction by targeting STAT3	9
CircVMA21 ameliorates lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced HK-2 cell injury depending on the regulation of miR-7-5p/PPARA	9
Isorhynchophylline attenuates proliferation and migration of synovial fibroblasts via the FOXC1/β-catenin axis	9
The role of gut microbiota in different murine models of systemic lupus erythematosus	9
Serum sirtuin-1 a potential marker in the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis	9
Genome-wide identification of cell type-specific susceptibility genes for Juvenile dermatomyositis through the analysis of N ⁶ -methyladenosine-associated SNPs	9
Circ_0011058 alleviates RA pathology through the circ_0011058/miR-335-5p/CUL4B signal axis	9
Functional significance of the rare rs35667974 IFIH1 gene polymorphism, associated with multiple autoimmune diseases, using a structural biological approach	9
Knockdown of NEK7 alleviates anterior cruciate ligament transection osteoarthritis (ACLT)-induced knee osteoarthritis in mice via inhibiting NLRP3 activation	9
A whole blood-based functional assay to characterize immunoglobulin A effector functions	8
Unveiling causal pathways in autoimmune diseases: a multi-omics approach	8
CircNRIP1 promotes proliferation, migration and phenotypic switch of Ang II-induced HA-VSMCs by increasing CXCL5 mRNA stability via recruiting IGF2BP1	8
Circulating interleukin-27 is associated with the risk of chronic periodontitis and allergic rhinitis: A Mendelian randomization analysis	8
OGT-induced O-GlcNAcylation of NEK7 protein aggravates osteoarthritis progression by enhancing NEK7/NLRP3 axis	8
Effects of Apelin on the fibrosis of retinal tissues and Müller cells in diabetes retinopathy through the JAK2/STAT3 signalling pathway	8
Circ_0114427 promotes LPS-induced septic acute kidney injury by modulating miR-495-3p/TRAF6 through the NF-κB pathway	8
HERC6 is upregulated in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and promotes the disease progression	8
Quercetin improves the imbalance of Th1/Th2 cells and Treg/Th17 cells to attenuate allergic rhinitis	7
Immunogenic self-DNA drives neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus in conventional genetic background mice	7
Progress in the field of animal models of antiphospholipid syndrome	7
Mitochondrial autophagy-related gene signatures associated with myasthenia gravis diagnosis and immunity	7
Circ_0088036 facilitates the proliferation and inflammation and inhibits the apoptosis of fibroblast-like synoviocytes through targeting miR-326/FZD4 axis in rheumatoid arthritis	7
LncRNA LINC00707 serves as a sponge of miR-382-5p to alleviate lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced WI-38 cell injury through upregulating NKAP in infantile pneumonia	7
Analysis of circulating immune cells in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and positive for hashimoto thyroiditis antibodies	7

High-throughput autoantibody profiling of different stages of Schistosomiasis japonica	7
LncRNA HOTAIR inhibits the progression of fibroblast-like synoviocytes by sponging miRNA-106b-5p in rheumatoid arthritis	7
Astragaloside IV promotes the pyroptosis of airway smooth muscle cells in childhood asthma by suppressing HMGB1/RAGE axis to inactivate NF-κb pathway	7
Potential significance of changes in serum levels of IL-17, TNF-α and DKK-1 in the progression of the rheumatoid arthritis	7
Correction	7
Patients with dermatomyositis shared partially similar transcriptome signature with COVID-19 infection	6
MiR-526b-3p enhances sensitivity of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cells to radiotherapy via suppressing exosomal LAMP3-mediated autophagy	6
Regulatory role of ceRNA network in B lymphocytes of patients with immune thrombocytopenia	6
Natural isoaspartyl protein modification of ZAP70 alters T cell responses in lupus	6
Knockdown of circ_0025908 inhibits proliferation, migration, invasion, and inflammation while stimulates apoptosis in fibroblast-like synoviocytes by regulating miR-650-dependent SCUBE2	6
Research progress in the construction of animal models of autoimmune thyroiditis	6
Analysis and validation of diagnostic biomarkers and immune cell infiltration characteristics in Crohn’s disease by integrating bioinformatics and machine learning	6
Mesenchymal stem cells-derived exosomes ameliorate high glucose and lipopolysaccharide-induced HPMECs injury through the Nrf2/HO-1 pathway	6
LDHA-induced histone lactylation mediates the development of osteoarthritis through regulating the transcription activity of TPI1 gene	6
LncRNA RP5-857K21.7 inhibits PDGF-BB-induced proliferation and migration of airway smooth muscle cells through the miR-508-3p/PI3K/AKT/mTOR axis	6
LncRNA OIP5-AS1/miR-410-3p/Wnt7b axis promotes the proliferation of rheumatoid arthritis fibroblast-like synoviocytes via regulating the Wnt/β-catenin pathway	6
Identification of macrophage-related molecular subgroups and risk signature in colorectal cancer based on a bioinformatics analysis	5
Paeoniflorin improves autoimmune myocarditis in young rat by inhibiting CXCR5 to reduce follicular helper T cells	5
SARS-CoV-2 spike-specific regulatory T cells (Treg) expand and develop memory in vaccine recipients suggesting a role for immune regulation in preventing severe symptoms in COVID-19	5
SMURF1 activates the cGAS/STING/IFN-1 signal axis by mediating YY1 ubiquitination to accelerate the progression of lupus nephritis	5
Down-regulation of KLF9 ameliorates LPS-caused acute lung injury and inflammation in mice via reducing GSDMD expression	5
HLA-transgenic mouse models to study autoimmune central nervous system diseases	5
Silencing of CircTRIM25/miR-138-5p/CREB1 axis promotes chondrogenesis in osteoarthritis	5
Mechanism of Resveratrol on LPS/ATP-induced pyroptosis and inflammatory response in HT29 cells	5
Identification of a circRNA-miRNA-mRNA network to explore the effects of circRNAs on renal injury in systemic lupus erythematosus	5
Gbp3 is associated with the progression of lupus nephritis by regulating cell proliferation, inflammation and pyroptosis	5