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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Statement of Retraction: Elevated Neurotrophin and Neurotrophin Receptor Expression in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat Lungs	36
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	31
Expression of DDX49 in breast cancer and its mechanism regulating the proliferation and metastasis of breast cancer cells	16
Embryonic growth retardation and altered expression of IGF-II is reciprocal induced by phytocompounds during early gestation in mice	13
miR-146a suppresses the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and inflammatory responses in diabetic retinopathy	11
Effects of hepatocyte growth factor-transfected mesenchymal stem cell transplantation in canine injured vocal folds	11
Characterisation of mesenchymal stem cells conditioned media obtained at different conditioning times: their effect on glial cells inin vitroscratch model	9
HIVEP3 as a potential prognostic factor promotes the development of acute myeloid leukemia	8
A review about the role of additives in nerve tissue engineering: growth factors, vitamins, and drugs	8
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
MiR-200c regulates invasion, proliferation and EMT of anaplastic thyroid cancer cells by targeting parathyroid hormone like hormone	6
Activation of the non-canonical Wnt5a signaling pathway following optic nerve injury induces time-dependent changes in pro- and anti-inflammatory gene expression	6
The cellular and molecular mediators of metastasis to the lung	4
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	4
The roles of epidermal growth factor receptor in viral infections	4
Role of transforming growth factor-β in airway remodelling in bronchiolitis obliterans	3
Platelet lysate and tendon healing: comparative analysis of autologous frozen-thawed PRP and ketorolac tromethamine in the treatment of patients with rotator cuff tendinopathy	3
PLA2G2D fosters angiogenesis in non-small cell lung cancer through aerobic glycolysis	3
Dynamics of transforming growth factor β signaling and therapeutic efficacy	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
VEGF-B is involved in diabetic peripheral neuropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes	3
GALNT6, GALNT14, and Gal-3 in association with GDF-15 promotes drug resistance and stemness of breast cancer via β-catenin axis	3
Systematic training in master swimmer athletes increases serum insulin growth factor-1 and decreases myostatin and irisin levels	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
Increased circulating TGF-β1 is associated with impairment in NK cell effector functions in metastatic melanoma patients	2
Platelet-rich plasma promotes wound repair in diabetic foot ulcer mice via the VEGFA/VEGFR2/ERK pathway	2
Icariin attenuates renal fibrosis in vivo and in vitro by inhibiting the Notch2/Hes-1 pathway	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
Oxaloacetate stimulates phosphorylation of epidermal growth factor receptor in epithelial cells in vitro	2
Effects of dual-gene modification on biological characteristics of vascular endothelial cells and their significance as reserving cells for chronic wound repair	2
Evaluating growth-factor release in leukocyte- and platelet-rich fibrin, advanced platelet-rich fibrin, and injectable platelet-rich fibrin protocols: a narrative review	2
Fibroblast growth factor 23 and its role in bone diseases	2
The codon optimised gene produces an active human basic fibroblastic growth factor in rice cell suspension culture	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
An endothelial cell competition assay for determinants of the response to targeted anti-angiogenics	2