OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Endocrine Journal is 4. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Japan Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis and management of primary aldosteronism 2021	62
Effect of coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on the lifestyle and glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes: a cross-section and retrospective cohort study	55
Thyroid complications of SARS and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)	44
Anti-diabetic effects of astaxanthin on an STZ-induced diabetic model in rats	26
Position paper from the Japan Thyroid Association task force on the management of low-risk papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (T1aN0M0) in adults	26
Distinct clinical features and prognosis between persistent and temporary thyroid dysfunctions by immune-checkpoint inhibitors	26
Hormonal trends in patients suffering from long COVID symptoms	24
Investigation of pituitary functions after acute coronavirus disease 2019	22
Metformin ameliorates polycystic ovary syndrome in a rat model by decreasing excessive autophagy in ovarian granulosa cells <i>via</i> the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway	21
The association between subclinical hypothyroidism and metabolic syndrome: an update meta-analysis of observational studies	18
Proposal of diagnostic criteria for IgG4-related thyroid disease	17
Effects of resistance training using elastic bands on muscle strength with or without a leucine supplement for 48 weeks in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes	16
Comparison and commutability study between standardized liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) and chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay for aldosterone measurement in bloo	15
Exosomes from mesenchymal stem cells expressing microribonucleic acid-125b inhibit the progression of diabetic nephropathy <i>via</i> the tumour necrosis factor receptor-associated factor	15
Prediction and validation of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease by fatty liver index in a Japanese population	15
Successful management of a patient with active Cushing’s disease complicated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia	15
A case of postpartum thyroiditis following SARS-CoV-2 infection	14
Circular RNA circ_0000712 regulates high glucose-induced apoptosis, inflammation, oxidative stress, and fibrosis in (DN) by targeting the miR-879-5p/SOX6 axis	14
Knockdown of plasmacytoma variant translocation 1 (PVT1) inhibits high glucose-induced proliferation and renal fibrosis in HRMCs by regulating miR-23b-3p/early growth response factor 1 (EGR1)	13
Triglyceride glucose index is superior biomarker for predicting type 2 diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents	12
Effect of Di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate on the hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid axis in adolescent rat	12
The effect of parathyroidectomy on quality of life in primary hyperparathyroidism: evaluation with using sf-36 and phpqol questionnaire	12
Effects of peripheral oxytocin administration on body weight, food intake, adipocytes, and biochemical parameters in peri- and postmenopausal female rats	11
TGF-β1 induced proliferation, migration, and ECM accumulation through the SNHG11/miR-34b/LIF pathway in human pancreatic stellate cells	11
Four cases of Graves’ disease following viral vector severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccine	10

Administration of metrnl delays the onset of diabetes in non-obese diabetic mice	10
Silencing circRNA protein kinase C iota (circ-PRKCI) suppresses cell progression and glycolysis of human papillary thyroid cancer through circ-PRKCI/miR-335/E2F3 ceRNA axis	10
Burden of disease of X-linked hypophosphatemia in Japanese and Korean patients: a cross-sectional survey	10
Sarcopenic obesity is associated with macroalbuminuria in patients with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study	10
Circ_0079558 promotes papillary thyroid cancer progression by binding to miR-26b-5p to activate MET/AKT signaling	10
Relationship between obstructive sleep apnea, insulin resistance, and metabolic syndrome: a nationwide population-based survey	9
Comprehensive analysis of the safety of semaglutide in type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis of the SUSTAIN and PIONEER trials	9
Rutin promotes white adipose tissue “browning” and brown adipose tissue activation partially through the calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase β/AMP-activated protein kinase pathway	9
Prognostic significance of 8 weeks’ relative dose intensity of lenvatinib in treatment of radioiodine-refractory differentiated thyroid cancer patients	9
Reconfirmation of the accuracy of the taller-than-wide sign in multicenter collaborative research in Japan	9
The association between type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus and the risk of leukemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 18 cohort studies	9
Gender-differential effects on blood glucose levels between acarbose and metformin in Chinese patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: a sub-analysis of the MARCH trial	9
Rosiglitazone attenuates high glucose-induced proliferation, inflammation, oxidative stress and extracellular matrix accumulation in mouse mesangial cells through the Gm26917/miR-185-5p pathway	8
Low circulating dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid is associated with diabetic retinopathy: a cross sectional study of KAMOGAWA-DM cohort study	8
Coexistence of growth hormone, adrenocorticotropic hormone, and testosterone deficiency associated with coronavirus disease 2019: a case followed up for 15 months	8
Retrospective exploratory analyses on gender differences in determinants for incidence and progression of diabetic retinopathy in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus	8
Hypoxia-induced thyroid hormone receptor expression regulates cell-cycle progression in renal tubule epithelial cells	8
Update on subclinical thyroid dysfunction	8
Advances in understanding of phosphate homeostasis and related disorders	8
Application of thermography in the diagnostic investigation of thyroid nodules	8
Free triiodothyronine /free thyroxine ratio as an index of deiodinase type 1 and 2 activities negatively correlates with casual serum insulin levels in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus	8
Association between serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D level and metabolic associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD)—a population-based study	8
Impact of maternal thyroid hormone in late pregnancy on adverse birth outcomes: A retrospective cohort study in China	8
Impact of fenofibrate therapy on serum uric acid concentrations: a review and meta-analysis	8
Urolithin A ameliorates diabetic retinopathy <i>via</i> activation of the Nrf2/HO-1 pathway	8
lncRNA KCNQ1OT1 regulated high glucose-induced proliferation, oxidative stress, extracellular matrix accumulation, and inflammation by miR-147a/SOX6 in diabetic nephropathy (DN)	7
Association between <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> infection and the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus based on a middle-aged and elderly Chinese population	7
An overview of thyroid function tests in subjects with resistance to thyroid hormone and related disorders	7
Association between blood urea nitrogen and incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in a Chinese population: a cohort study	7
Insulin resistant diabetes mellitus in SHORT syndrome: case report and literature review	7
Short-term fasting reshapes fat tissue	7
Regulation of solute carrier family 26 member 7 (Slc26a7) by thyroid stimulating hormone in thyrocytes	7
Intelectin1 ameliorates macrophage activation <i>via</i> inhibiting the nuclear factor kappa B pathway	7
Subacute thyroiditis with liver dysfunction following coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination: report of two cases and a literature review	7
Efficacies of programmed cell death 1 ligand 1 blockade in non-small cell lung cancer patients with acquired resistance to prior programmed cell death 1 inhibitor and development of diabetic ketoacido	7
Effects of intensive exercise combined with dapagliflozin on body composition in patients with type 2 diabetes: a randomized controlled trial	7
Resistin-like molecule beta augments phenotypic modulation of human aortic smooth muscle cell triggered by high glucose	7
Preoperative and long-term efficacy and safety of lanreotide autogel in patients with thyrotropin-secreting pituitary adenoma: a multicenter, single-arm, phase 3 study in Japan	7
A novel anti-obesity mechanism for liraglutide by improving adipose tissue leptin resistance in high-fat diet-fed obese mice	7
Overexpression of miR-146a promotes cell proliferation and migration in a model of diabetic foot ulcers by regulating the AKAP12 axis	7
Extracellular vesicles derived from T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia inhibit osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells <i>via</i> miR-34a-5p	6
The usefulness of the combined high-dose dexamethasone suppression test and desmopressin stimulation test in establishing the source of ACTH secretion in ACTH-dependent Cushing’s syndrome	6
Clinical outcomes of follicular tumor of uncertain malignant potential of the thyroid: real-world data	6
Prediction of unilateral hyperaldosteronism on adrenal vein sampling using captopril challenge test in patients with primary aldosteronism	6
Active surveillance is an excellent management technique for identifying patients with progressive low-risk papillary thyroid microcarcinoma requiring surgical treatment	6
Involvement of clock gene expression, bone morphogenetic protein and activin in adrenocortical steroidogenesis by human H295R cells	6
Approach to Bethesda system category III thyroid nodules according to US-risk stratification	6
DNA methylation level of the gene encoding thioredoxin-interacting protein in peripheral blood cells is associated with metabolic syndrome in the Japanese general population	6
Metreleptin worked in a diabetic woman with a history of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) during infancy: further support for the concept of ‘HSCT-associated lipodystrophy’	6
Circular RNA circ_0008274 enhances the malignant progression of papillary thyroid carcinoma <i>via</i> modulating solute carrier family 7 member 11 by sponging miR-154-3p	6

Associations between sex hormones and metabolic-associated fatty liver disease in a middle-aged and elderly community	6
Analysis of genome-wide DNA methylation patterns in obesity	6
A survey of surgically resected pituitary incidentalomas and a comparison of the clinical features and surgical outcomes of non-functioning pituitary adenomas discovered incidentally <i>versus&l	6
Obesity, glucose intolerance, advanced age, and lymphocytopenia are independent risk factors for oxygen requirement in Japanese patients with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)	6
Pathological diagnosis of general rules for the description of thyroid cancer by Japanese Society of Thyroid Pathology and Japan Association of Endocrine Surgery	6
Treatment of anaplastic thyroid cancer with tyrosine kinase inhibitors targeted on the tumor vasculature: initial experience in clinical practice	6
Propylthiouracil-induced otitis media with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis: a case report and review of the literature	6
How to identify indolent thyroid tumors unlikely to recur and cause cancer death immediately after surgery—Risk stratification of papillary thyroid carcinoma in young patients—	5
Zinc-α2-glycoprotein promotes skeletal muscle lipid metabolism in cold-stressed mice	5
Impact of salt intake on urinary albumin excretion in patients with type 2 diabetic nephropathy: a retrospective cohort study based on a generalized additive model	5
Iodine intake in healthy Japanese aged from 6 to 70 years residing in the same district	5
Anterior pituitary function in Rathke’s cleft cysts <i>versus</i> nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas	5
Open-label, multicenter, dose-titration study to determine the efficacy and safety of tolvaptan in Japanese patients with hyponatremia secondary to syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic	5
Changing the name of diabetes insipidus: a position statement of The Working Group for Renaming Diabetes Insipidus	5
Expression and mechanism of microRNA 195 in diabetic retinopathy	5
miR-132 mediates cell permeability and migration by targeting occludin in high-glucose -induced ARPE-19 cells	5
Circulating levels of fibroblast growth factor 21 in gestational diabetes mellitus: a meta-analysis	5
Components of metabolic syndrome and their relation to the risk of incident cerebral infarction	5
Roles of NR5A1 and NR5A2 in the regulation of steroidogenesis by Clock gene and bone morphogenetic proteins by human granulosa cells	5
Opioid-induced adrenal insufficiency in transdermal fentanyl treatment: a revisited diagnosis in clinical setting	5
Severe metabolic disorders coexisting with Werner syndrome: a case report	5
Introduction of histological classification and cytology reporting format of the Japanese General Rules for the Description of Thyroid Cancer with a special focus on the differences of the WHO Histolo	5
Practice guideline for lipodystrophy syndromes—clinically important diseases of the Japan Endocrine Society (JES)	5
Analysis of thyroid function in Japanese patients with coronavirus disease 2019	5
Maternal exposure of mice to sodium <i>p</i>-perfluorous nonenoxybenzene sulfonate causes endocrine disruption in both dams and offspring	5
Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor reduces the endoplasmic reticulum stress in a rat model of diabetic cardiomyopathy	5
GH-induced LH hyporesponsiveness as a potential mechanism for hypogonadism in male patients with acromegaly	4
CircHACE1 functions as a competitive endogenous RNA to curb differentiated thyroid cancer progression by upregulating Tfcp2L1 through adsorbing miR-346	4
Benefits of different combinations of aerobic and resistance exercise for improving plasma glucose and lipid metabolism and sleep quality among elderly patients with metabolic syndrome: a randomized c	4
Silent pituitary adenoma and metabolic disorders: obesity, abnormal glucose tolerance, hypertension and dyslipidemia	4
Overexpression of lncRNA HCP5 in human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes promoted the proliferation and inhibited the apoptosis of ovarian granulosa cells <i>via</i> th	4
circRPS28 (hsa_circ_0049055) is a novel contributor for papillary thyroid carcinoma by regulating cell growth and motility <i>via</i> functioning as ceRNA for miR-345-5p to regulate frizzl	4
Susceptibility of six polymorphisms in the receptor for advanced glycation end products to type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
The expression of Annexin A1 and A5 mRNA by gonadotropin-releasing hormone in LβT2 gonadotrope cells	4
Physiological testosterone attenuates profibrotic activities of rat cardiac fibroblasts through modulation of nitric oxide and calcium homeostasis	4
Effects of luseogliflozin on the secretion of islet hormones and incretins in patients with type 2 diabetes	4
Mother’s iodine exposure and infants’ hypothyroidism: the Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS)	4
Emerging role of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) in pituitary adenomas	4
Alterations of transcriptome expression, cell cycle, and mitochondrial superoxide reveal foetal endothelial dysfunction in Saudi women with gestational diabetes mellitus	4
Alkaline phosphatase in pediatric patients with genu varum caused by vitamin D-deficient rickets	4
Clinical features and difficulty in diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis in the hypothalamic-pituitary region	4
A case of macro-TSH consisting of IgA-bound TSH	4
Prognostic factors for follicular thyroid carcinoma: the importance of vascular invasion	4
Iodide-sensitive Graves’ hyperthyroidism and the strategy for resistant or escaped patients during potassium iodide treatment	4
Long-term outcomes of cytologically benign thyroid tumors: a retrospective analysis of 3,102 patients at a single institution	4
The effectiveness of growth hormone replacement on energy expenditure and body composition in patients with adult growth hormone deficiency	4
Circ_FOXP1 promotes the growth and survival of high glucose-treated human trophoblast cells through the regulation of miR-508-3p/SMAD family member 2 pathway	4
Prognostic significance of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio for long-term outcomes in patients with poorly differentiated thyroid cancer	4
A clinical analysis on functioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (focusing on VIPomas): a single-center experience	4
Anti-Müllerian hormone levels in the diagnosis of adolescent polycystic ovarian syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
New classification and diagnostic criteria for insulin resistance syndrome	4
Effects of tubastatin A on adrenocorticotropic hormone synthesis and proliferation of AtT-20 corticotroph tumor cells	4
Prognostic significance of vascular invasion and cell-proliferation activity in widely invasive follicular carcinoma of the thyroid	4
Computed tomography combined with confirmatory tests for the diagnosis of aldosterone-producing adenoma	4
Efficacy and safety of adding ipragliflozin to insulin in Japanese patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus: a retrospective study	4
Honokiol regulates endoplasmic reticulum stress by promoting the activation of the sirtuin 1-mediated protein kinase B pathway and ameliorates high glucose/high fat-induced dysfunction in human umbili	4