OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of APMIS is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 500 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2019-12-01 to 2023-12-01.)

Article	Citations
The environmental occurrence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa	129
Gut microbiota in atherosclerosis: focus on trimethylamine N‐oxide	73
Bacillus Calmette–Guérin immunotherapy for bladder cancer: a review of immunological aspects, clinical effects and BCG infections	56
Epidemiology and role of Helicobacter pylori virulence factors in gastric cancer carcinogenesis	49
Electronic reporting of diagnostic laboratory test results from all healthcare sectors is a cornerstone of national preparedness and control of COVID‐19 in Denmark	46
Studies on viral pneumonia related to novel coronavirus SARS‐CoV‐2, SARS‐CoV, and MERS‐CoV: a literature review	32
Could SARS‐CoV‐2 infection affect male fertility and sexuality?	28
Merkel cell polyomavirus and non‐Merkel cell carcinomas: guilty or circumstantial evidence?	26
The human microbiome in disease and pathology	26
Bacterial signatures and their inflammatory potentials associated with prostate cancer	23
Pandemics: past, present, future	22
Intraductal carcinomas of the salivary glands: systematic review and classification of 93 published cases	21
The inflammatory response to bone infection – a review based on animal models and human patients	21
The Swedish public health response to COVID‐19	20
Endemic Burkitt lymphoma – an aggressive childhood cancer linked to Plasmodium falciparum exposure, but not to exposure to other malaria parasites	19
Human papillomavirus and urinary bladder cancer revisited	18
Current and novel diagnostics for orthopedic implant biofilm infections: a review	14
Prevention of nosocomial Acinetobacter baumannii infections with a conserved immunogenic fimbrial protein	14
Prognostic role of TSPAN1, KIAA1324 and ESRP1 in prostate cancer	13
Quercetin inhibits carbapenemase and efflux pump activities among carbapenem‐resistant Gram‐negative bacteria	13
Interleukin‐9‐secreting CD4⁺ T cells regulate CD8⁺ T cells cytotoxicity in patients with acute coronary syndromes	13
Overview of rearing and testing conditions and a guide for optimizing Galleria mellonella breeding and use in the laboratory for scientific purposes	12
Cancer during HIV infection	12
The impact of the gut microbiota on prognosis after surgery for colorectal cancer – a systematic review and meta‐analysis	12
Genomic epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance determinants of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from Ukraine, 2013–2018	11

The impact of mental models on the treatment and research of chronic infections due to biofilms	11
Neuroinvasive potential of SARS‐CoV2 with neuroradiological and neuropathological findings: is the brain a target or a victim?	11
Can vancomycin lock therapy extend the retention time of infected long‐term catheters?	11
Human skin microbiota in health and disease	11
Pathogen‐associated molecular patterns and extracellular Hsp70 interplay in NLRP3 inflammasome activation in monocytic and bronchial epithelial cellular models of COPD exacerbations	10
The COVID‐19 pandemic: key considerations for the epidemic and its control	10
The effect of calcitriol and all‐trans retinoic acid on T‐bet, IFN‐γ, GATA3 and IL‐4 genes expression in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis	10
Frequency and coexistence of KRAS, NRAS, BRAF and PIK3CA mutations and occurrence of MMR deficiency in Danish colorectal cancer patients	10
The gut microbiota can orchestrate the signaling pathways in colorectal cancer	10
Evaluation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa pathogenesis and therapeutics in military‐relevant animal infection models	10
USP7, negatively regulated by miR‐409‐5p, aggravates hypoxia‐induced cardiomyocyte injury	10
The first wide‐scale drug repurposing screen using the Prestwick Chemical Library (1200 bioactive molecules) against Neisseria gonorrhoeae identifies high in vitro activity of auranofin	10
Tumour angiogenesis and c‐Met pathway activation – implications in breast cancer	9
The contribution of HERV‐E clone 4‐1 and other HERV‐E members to the pathogenesis of rheumatic autoimmune diseases	9
VGLL4 with low YAP expression is associated with favorable prognosis in colorectal cancer	9
Aquaporin‐1 in breast cancer	9
The discovery of bacterial biofilm in patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer	9
Genetic diversity and antimicrobial resistance of Staphylococcus aureus from recurrent tonsillitis in children	9
Accuracy of anterior nasal swab rapid antigen tests compared with RT‐PCR for massive SARS‐CoV‐2 screening in low prevalence population	9
Thyroid cancer metastasis is associated with an overabundance of defective follicular helper T cells	9
Immunotyping in tubo‐ovarian high‐grade serous carcinoma by PD‐L1 and CD8+ T‐lymphocytes predicts disease‐free survival	9
Comparative evaluation of CLIA and EIA for Quantiferon‐TB Gold Plus	8
Novel human in vitro vegetation simulation model for infective endocarditis	8
SARS‐CoV‐2 spike mRNA vaccine sequences circulate in blood up to 28 days after COVID‐19 vaccination	8
Biopsy quality is essential for preoperative prognostication in oral tongue cancer	8
SARS‐CoV‐2 superspreading in cities vs the countryside	8
Salivary gland tumours in Iceland 1986–2015: a nationwide epidemiological analysis over a 30‐year time period	8
Aquaporins in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma	7
Regulation of the expression of human endogenous retroviruses: elements in fetal development and a possible role in the development of cancer and neurological diseases	7
Dual role of B7‐H6 as a novel prognostic marker in hepatocellular carcinoma	7
Serum metabolomic profiling reveals important difference between infants with and without subsequent recurrent wheezing in later childhood after RSV bronchiolitis	7
Canola oilseed‐ and Escherichia coli‐ derived hepatitis C virus (HCV) core proteins adjuvanted with oil bodies, induced robust Th1‐oriented immune responses in immunized mice	7
Clinicopathologic features and prognostic factors in patients with renal cell carcinoma with sarcomatoid differentiation	7
Our current clinical understanding of Candida biofilms: where are we two decades on?	7
Transcriptomic fingerprint of bacterial infection in lower extremity ulcers	7
Aquaporin‐5 in breast cancer	7
Analyses of ABO blood groups with susceptibility and symptomatic variations of COVID‐19 infection, a questionnaire‐based survey	7
Zoonotic and reverse zoonotic transmission of viruses between humans and pigs	7
EZH2 expression is dependent on MYC and TP53 regulation in diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma	7
Prevalence of paediatric hyperinflammatory conditions in paediatric and adolescent hospitalized COVID‐19 patients: a systematic review and meta‐analysis	7
Role of IL‐22 in homeostasis and diseases of the skin	6
Toll‐like receptor 5 and 8 in hepatocellular carcinoma	6
Evaluation of analytical accuracy of HER2 status in patients with breast cancer	6
The Hammer vs Mitigation—A comparative retrospective register study of the Swedish and Danish national responses to the COVID‐19 pandemic in 2020	6
Pertussis seroprevalence among adults of reproductive age (20–39 years) in fourteen European countries	6
Reduced frequency of T helper 17 and T helper 1 cells and their association with critical coronavirus disease 2019	6
Altered gut microbiota in hepatocellular carcinoma: Insights into the pathogenic mechanism and preclinical to clinical findings	6
Human rhinovirus 16 induces antiviral and inflammatory response in the human vascular endothelium	6
Association of toll‐like receptor 10 polymorphisms with pediatric pneumococcal meningitis	6
The panel of syntaxin 1 and insulinoma‐associated protein 1 outperforms classic neuroendocrine markers in pulmonary neuroendocrine neoplasms	6

Automated assessment of Ki‐67 proliferation index in neuroendocrine tumors by deep learning	6
Composition and plasticity of triple‐negative breast carcinoma‐infiltrating regulatory T cells	5
Putative anoikis‐resistant subpopulations in colorectal carcinoma: a marker of adverse prognosis	5
Evaluation of a semi‐automated Seegene PCR workflow with MTB, MDR, and NTM detection for rapid screening of tuberculosis in a low‐prevalence setting	5
PD‐L1 immunohistochemistry: Clones, cutoffs, and controversies	5
Nuclear overexpression levels of MAGE‐A3 predict poor prognosis in patients with prostate cancer	5
Meta‐analysis of caries microbiome studies can improve upon disease prediction outcomes	5
Host‐microbe metatranscriptome reveals differences between acute and chronic infections in diabetes‐related foot ulcers	5
Expression and prognostic utility of SSX2IP in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma	5
Serum ACE as a prognostic biomarker in COVID‐19: a case series	5
IgG4‐positive plasma cells in Hashimoto thyroiditis: IgG4‐related disease or inflammation‐related IgG4‐positivity?	5
The Inequality of Females in Bladder Cancer	5
BUB1 predicts poor prognosis and immune status in liver hepatocellular carcinoma	5
Do mast cells contribute to the continued survival of vertebrates?	5
Diagnostics with clinical microbiome‐based identification of microorganisms in patients with brain abscesses—a prospective cohort study	5
Implant‐associated osteomyelitis: Development, characterisation, and application of a porcine model	5
High prevalence of pharyngeal bacterial pathogens among healthy adolescents and young adults	4
Identification of microorganisms directly from blood culture bottles with polymicrobial growth: comparison of FilmArray and direct MALDI‐TOF MS	4
Performance analysis of high‐throughput HPV testing on three automated workflows	4
Molecular characterization of human adenoviruses associated with respiratory infection in Turkey	4
Prognostic implications of the tumor immune microenvironment and immune checkpoint pathway in primary central nervous system diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma in the North Indian population	4
A possible interplay between HR‐HPV and stemness in tumor development: an in vivo investigation of CD133 as a putative marker of cancer stem cell in HPV18‐infected KB cell line	4
Dynamics of a Staphylococcus aureus infective endocarditis simulation model	4
A metatranscriptomic approach to explore longitudinal tissue specimens from non‐healing diabetes related foot ulcers	4
spoT‐mediated stringent response influences environmental and nutritional stress tolerance, biofilm formation and antimicrobial resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae	4
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors arising from schwannomas: case series and literature review	4
Two cases of tick‐borne transmitted tularemia on Southern Zealand, Denmark	4
Performance of PCR‐based syndromic testing compared to bacterial culture in patients with suspected pneumonia applying microscopy for quality assessment	4
PCSK2 expression in neuroendocrine tumors points to a midgut, pulmonary, or pheochromocytoma–paraganglioma origin	4
Hierarchical clustering of PI3K and MAPK pathway proteins in breast cancer intrinsic subtypes	4
Prognostic significance of atypical mitotic figures in smooth muscle tumors of uncertain malignant potential (STUMP) of the uterus and uterine adnexa	4
High YAP and TEAD4 immunolabelings are associated with poor prognosis in patients with gallbladder cancer	4
Animal models of chronic and recurrent Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection: significance of macrolide treatment	4
Acinetobacter baumannii: insights towards a comprehensive approach for the prevention of outbreaks in health‐care facilities	4
Reliability of Ki67 visual scoring app compared to eyeball estimate and digital image analysis and its prognostic significance in hormone receptor‐positive breast cancer	4
Biomarkers for iron metabolism among patients hospitalized with community‐acquired pneumonia caused by infection with SARS‐CoV‐2, bacteria, and influenza	4
Highly sensitive duplex MSI test and BAT40 germline polymorphism	4
Cranberry‐lingonberry juice affects the gut and urinary microbiome in children ‐ a randomized controlled trial	4
A Chlamydia trachomatis 23S rRNA G1523A variant escaping detection in the Aptima Combo 2 assay (Hologic) was widespread across Denmark in July–September 2019	4
Sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma: in‐depth review of a genetically heterogeneous tumor	4
Weight‐based cefuroxime dosing provides comparable orthopedic target tissue concentrations between weight groups – a microdialysis porcine study	4
Potential impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on the national and regional incidence, epidemiology and diagnostic testing of chlamydia and gonorrhoea in Sweden, 2020	4
Molecular and phenotypical investigation of ciprofloxacin resistance among Campylobacter jejuni strains of human origin: high prevalence of resistance in Turkey	4