OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Growth Factors is 2. 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
Statement of Retraction: Elevated Neurotrophin and Neurotrophin Receptor Expression in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat Lungs	47
The effects of 12 weeks of high-intensity interval training and moderate-intensity continuous training on FGF21, irisin, and myostatin in men with type 2 diabetes mellitus	36
Effects of hepatocyte growth factor-transfected mesenchymal stem cell transplantation in canine injured vocal folds	17
Expression of DDX49 in breast cancer and its mechanism regulating the proliferation and metastasis of breast cancer cells	17
Embryonic growth retardation and altered expression of IGF-II is reciprocal induced by phytocompounds during early gestation in mice	12
miR-146a suppresses the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and inflammatory responses in diabetic retinopathy	11
Characterisation of mesenchymal stem cells conditioned media obtained at different conditioning times: their effect on glial cells inin vitroscratch model	10
A review about the role of additives in nerve tissue engineering: growth factors, vitamins, and drugs	9
HIVEP3 as a potential prognostic factor promotes the development of acute myeloid leukemia	8
Activation of the non-canonical Wnt5a signaling pathway following optic nerve injury induces time-dependent changes in pro- and anti-inflammatory gene expression	7
Growth hormone induces GATA3 gene expression via STAT5B	7
The expression of BMP, integrin, ZEB2 in ovarian high-grade serous carcinoma in relation with lymph node metastasis	7
Tibial transverse transport combined with platelet-rich plasma sustained-release microspheres activates the VEGFA/VEGFR2 pathway to promote microcirculatory reconstruction in diabetic foot ulcer	6
Transcription factor ETV1-induced lncRNA MAFG-AS1 promotes migration, invasion, and epithelial–mesenchymal transition of pancreatic cancer cells by recruiting IGF2BP2 to stabilize ETV1 expression	5
MiR-200c regulates invasion, proliferation and EMT of anaplastic thyroid cancer cells by targeting parathyroid hormone like hormone	5
The roles of epidermal growth factor receptor in viral infections	5
The cellular and molecular mediators of metastasis to the lung	5
VEGF-B is involved in diabetic peripheral neuropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes	4
Platelet lysate and tendon healing: comparative analysis of autologous frozen-thawed PRP and ketorolac tromethamine in the treatment of patients with rotator cuff tendinopathy	4
GALNT6, GALNT14, and Gal-3 in association with GDF-15 promotes drug resistance and stemness of breast cancer via β-catenin axis	4
Role of transforming growth factor-β in airway remodelling in bronchiolitis obliterans	4
Dynamics of transforming growth factor β signaling and therapeutic efficacy	4
Oxaloacetate stimulates phosphorylation of epidermal growth factor receptor in epithelial cells in vitro	3
Increased circulating TGF-β1 is associated with impairment in NK cell effector functions in metastatic melanoma patients	3
Halofuginone inhibits cell proliferation and AKT/mTORC1 signaling in uterine leiomyoma cells	3

Effects of penehyclidine hydrochloride on myocardial ischaemia-reperfusion injury in rats by inhibiting TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB pathway via miR-199a-3p	3
The codon optimised gene produces an active human basic fibroblastic growth factor in rice cell suspension culture	3
Systematic training in master swimmer athletes increases serum insulin growth factor-1 and decreases myostatin and irisin levels	3
Effects of dual-gene modification on biological characteristics of vascular endothelial cells and their significance as reserving cells for chronic wound repair	3
PLA2G2D fosters angiogenesis in non-small cell lung cancer through aerobic glycolysis	3
Microfracture technique combined with mesenchymal stem cells inducer represses miR-708-5p to target special at-rich sequence-binding protein 2 to drive cartilage repair and regeneration in rabbit knee	3
Evaluating growth-factor release in leukocyte- and platelet-rich fibrin, advanced platelet-rich fibrin, and injectable platelet-rich fibrin protocols: a narrative review	2
FOXN2, identified as a novel biomarker in serum, modulates the transforming growth factor-beta signaling pathway through its interaction with partitioning defective 6 homolog alpha, contributing to th	2
Icariin attenuates renal fibrosis in vivo and in vitro by inhibiting the Notch2/Hes-1 pathway	2
An appraisal of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF): the dynamic molecule of wound healing and its current clinical applications	2
The polymethoxylated flavone hexamethylquercetagetin suppresses NF-κB signaling and inhibits cell survival in cervical carcinoma	2
Comparative evaluation of autologous platelet-rich plasma and platelet lysate in patients with knee osteoarthritis	2
Fibroblast growth factor 23 and its role in bone diseases	2
Transcription factors TP63 facilitates malignant progression of thyroid cancer by upregulating KRT17 expression and inducing epithelial-mesenchymal transition	2
Platelet-rich plasma promotes wound repair in diabetic foot ulcer mice via the VEGFA/VEGFR2/ERK pathway	2
DNA methyltransferase 1-mediated methylation of midkine regulate myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury via the Notch2/Hes1 axis	2
An endothelial cell competition assay for determinants of the response to targeted anti-angiogenics	2