OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Dermatological Science 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Cutaneous manifestations of COVID-19: Report of three cases and a review of literature	202
The current landscape of psoriasis genetics in 2020	84
Atopic dermatitis: Role of the skin barrier, environment, microbiome, and therapeutic agents	83
Clinical and histopathological study of skin dermatoses in patients affected by COVID-19 infection in the Northern part of Italy	65
Palmoplantar pustulosis: Current understanding of disease definition and pathomechanism	60
Imiquimod-induced ROS production disrupts the balance of mitochondrial dynamics and increases mitophagy in skin cancer cells	44
SJS/TEN 2019: From science to translation	39
Multiple roles of macrophage in skin	37
Unique skin manifestations of COVID-19: Is drug eruption specific to COVID-19?	36
The role of NLRP3 inflammasome in infection-related, immune-mediated and autoimmune skin diseases	34
Safety, tolerability and efficacy of repeated intravenous infusions of KHK4083, a fully human anti-OX40 monoclonal antibody, in Japanese patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis	33
High-throughput transcriptome and pathogenesis analysis of clinical psoriasis	29
The nationwide epidemiological survey of Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis in Japan, 2016-2018	29
Successful dupilumab treatment for ichthyotic and atopic features of Netherton syndrome	29
Altered keratinization and vitamin D metabolism may be key pathogenetic pathways in syndromic hidradenitis suppurativa: a novel whole exome sequencing approach	28
A new deep learning approach integrated with clinical data for the dermoscopic differentiation of early melanomas from atypical nevi	26
Possible treatment for UVB-induced skin injury: Anti-inflammatory and cytoprotective role of metformin in UVB-irradiated keratinocytes	26
Telogen Effluvium – a review of the science and current obstacles	26
Short-term effectiveness of biologics in patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis: A systematic review and network meta-analysis	23
Pro-inflammatory Vδ1+T-cells infiltrates are present in and around the hair bulbs of non-lesional and lesional alopecia areata hair follicles	23
Application of single-cell RNA sequencing on human skin: Technical evolution and challenges	23
Immunomodulating role of the JAKs inhibitor tofacitinib in a mouse model of bleomycin-induced scleroderma	22
Footprint-free gene mutation correction in induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) derived from recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) using the CRISPR/Cas9 and piggyBac transposon system	21
Polyphenol treatments increase elastin and collagen deposition by human dermal fibroblasts; Implications to improve skin health	21
A microbiome study to explore the gut-skin axis in hidradenitis suppurativa	20

Clinical and histopathological views of morbilliform rash after COVID-19 mRNA vaccination mimic those in SARS-CoV-2 virus infection-associated cutaneous manifestations	20
Utility of the Dermatology Life Quality Index at initiation or switching of biologics in real-life Japanese patients with plaque psoriasis: Results from the ProLOGUE study	19
Pustular psoriasis as an autoinflammatory keratinization disease (AiKD): Genetic predisposing factors and promising therapeutic targets	19
Exogenous hydrogen sulfide inhibits human melanoma cell development via suppression of the PI3K/AKT/ mTOR pathway	19
Gut microbiota characterization in Chinese patients with alopecia areata	19
Dihydroartemisinin inhibits melanoma by regulating CTL/Treg anti-tumor immunity and STAT3-mediated apoptosis via IL-10 dependent manner	19
ER stress induced by ER calcium depletion and UVB irradiation regulates tight junction barrier integrity in human keratinocytes	19
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) promotes IgE-mediated mast cell activation through ROS/Gadd45b/JNK axis	18
Activation of aryl hydrocarbon receptor in Langerhans cells by a microbial metabolite of tryptophan negatively regulates skin inflammation	18
Dimethyl fumarate suppresses metastasis and growth of melanoma cells by inhibiting the nuclear translocation of NF-κB	18
The profiles of miRNAs and lncRNAs in peripheral blood neutrophils exosomes of diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis	17
Tissue cytokine/chemokine profile in vulvar lichen sclerosus: An observational study on keratinocyte and fibroblast cultures	17
Serum levels of miRNA-21-5p in vitiligo patients and effects of miRNA-21-5p on SOX5, beta-catenin, CDK2 and MITF protein expression in normal human melanocytes	16
Suppression of neuropeptide by botulinum toxin improves imiquimod-induced psoriasis-like dermatitis via the regulation of neuroimmune system	16
Antifibrotic effects and mechanisms of mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes in a systemic sclerosis mouse model: Possible contribution of miR-196b-5p	15
Defining microRNA signatures of hair follicular stem and progenitor cells in healthy and androgenic alopecia patients	15
Large-scale plasma-metabolome analysis identifies potential biomarkers of psoriasis and its clinical subtypes	15
Oncostatin M sensitizes keratinocytes to UVB-induced inflammation via GSDME-mediated pyroptosis	14
Ultraviolet B induces proteolytic cleavage of the pyroptosis inducer gasdermin E in keratinocytes	14
Anti-inflammatory effects of differential molecular weight Hyaluronic acids on UVB-induced calprotectin-mediated keratinocyte inflammation	14
Interferon-α inducible protein 6 (IFI6) confers protection against ionizing radiation in skin cells	13
Argan (Argania Spinosa) press cake extract enhances cell proliferation and prevents oxidative stress and inflammation of human dermal papilla cells	13
The pathogeneses of pemphigus and pemphigoid diseases	13
APE1 promotes proliferation and migration of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma	13
Keloid fibroblasts have elevated and dysfunctional mechanotransduction signaling that is independent of TGF-β	12
Vitamin D3 analogue facilitates epithelial wound healing through promoting epithelial-mesenchymal transition via the Hippo pathway	12
The involvement of ERK1/2 and p38 MAPK in the premature senescence of melanocytes induced by H2O2 through a p53-independent p21 pathway	12
Effectiveness of brodalumab in achieving treatment satisfaction for patients with plaque psoriasis: The ProLOGUE study	12
A multicenter, open-label, uncontrolled, single-arm phase 2 study of tirabrutinib, an oral Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor, in pemphigus	11
H3K27Ac modification and gene expression in psoriasis	11
The stratum corneum transcriptome in atopic dermatitis can be assessed by tape stripping	11
A novel role of IL-17A in contributing to the impaired suppressive function of Tregs in psoriasis	11
N6-methyladenosine-modified long non-coding RNA AGAP2-AS1 promotes psoriasis pathogenesis via miR-424–5p/AKT3 axis	11
Galectin-3 regulates UVB-induced inflammation in skin	11
Autophagy regulates lipid production and contributes to the sebosuppressive effect of retinoic acid in human SZ95 sebocytes	11
Handheld confocal Raman spectroscopy (CRS) for objective assessment of skin barrier function and stratification of severity in atopic dermatitis (AD) patients	10
Current topics in Epidermolysis bullosa: Pathophysiology and therapeutic challenges	10
Facile skin targeting of a thalidomide analog containing benzyl chloride moiety alleviates experimental psoriasis via the suppression of MAPK/NF-κB/AP-1 phosphorylation in keratinocytes	10
Role of YAP-related T cell imbalance and epidermal keratinocyte dysfunction in the pathogenesis of atopic dermatitis	10
Scientific and clinical developments in Merkel cell carcinoma: A polyomavirus-driven, often-lethal skin cancer	10
Proteomics: An emerging approach for the diagnosis and classification of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma and its precursors	10
Imiquimod-induced ROS production causes lysosomal membrane permeabilization and activates caspase-8-mediated apoptosis in skin cancer cells	10
Targeted next-generation sequencing of matched localized and metastatic primary high-risk SCCs identifies driver and co-occurring mutations and novel therapeutic targets	10
HOXA11-AS facilitates the proliferation, cell cycle process and migration of keloid fibroblasts through sponging miR-188–5p to regulate VEGFA	10
Fingolimod ameliorates imiquimod-induced psoriasiform dermatitis by sequestrating interleukin-17-producing ?d T cells in secondary lymph nodes	10
Hydroa vacciniforme-like lymphoproliferative disorder: A study of clinicopathology and whole-exome sequencing in Chinese patients	9
Investigating proteome changes between primary and metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma using SWATH mass spectrometry	9
Downregulation of ARMC8 promotes tumorigenesis through activating Wnt/β-catenin pathway and EMT in cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas	9
Convolutional neural network-based skin image segmentation model to improve classification of skin diseases in conventional and non-standardized picture images	9
Regulatory T cell subsets in bullous pemphigoid and dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor-associated bullous pemphigoid	9

Aberrant recruitment of leukocytes defines poor wound healing in patients with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa	9
Mechanical stretch-induced ATP release from keratinocytes triggers Koebner phenomenon in psoriasis	9
Matrin-3 plays an important role in cell cycle and apoptosis for survival in malignant melanoma	9
RIPK1: A rising star in inflammatory and neoplastic skin diseases	9
Accelerated human epidermal turnover driven by increased hyaluronan production	9
Nicotinamide mononucleotide reduces melanin production in aged melanocytes by inhibiting cAMP/Wnt signaling	9
Does dysfunctional autophagy contribute to immune privilege collapse and alopecia areata pathogenesis?	9
Involvement of the lipoprotein receptor LRP1 in AMP-IBP5-mediated migration and proliferation of human keratinocytes and fibroblasts	9
CXCL17-mediated downregulation of type I collagen via MMP1 and miR-29 in skin fibroblasts possibly contributes to the fibrosis in systemic sclerosis	8
Associating filaggrin copy number variation and atopic dermatitis in African-Americans: Challenges and opportunities	8
Advances in gene therapy and their application to skin diseases: A review	8
Contribution to the peripheral vasculopathy and endothelial cell dysfunction by CXCL4 in Systemic Sclerosis	8
Resveratrol ameliorates lipid accumulation and inflammation in human SZ95 sebocytes via the AMPK signaling pathways in vitro	8
The nerve injuries attenuate the persistence of psoriatic lesions	8
Effect of IFN-γ on the kynurenine/tryptophan ratio in monolayer-cultured keratinocytes and a 3D reconstructed human epidermis model	8
Loss of FAM83H promotes cell migration and invasion in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma via impaired keratin distribution	8
Racial differences in dysregulation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in patients with prurigo nodularis	8
585 nm light-emitting diodes inhibit melanogenesis through upregulating H19/miR-675 axis in LEDs-irradiated keratinocytes by paracrine effect	8
Circular RNA circ_0079593 enhances malignant melanoma progression by the regulation of the miR-573/ABHD2 axis	8
Transcriptome profiling in psoriasis: NB-UVB treatment-associated transcriptional changes and modulation of autoinflammation in perilesional skin in early-phase disease	8
SDR9C7 plays an essential role in skin barrier function by dehydrogenating acylceramide for covalent attachment to proteins	8
Early onset female pattern hair loss: A case–control study for analyzing clinical features and genetic variants	7
National trends in incidence, mortality, hospitalizations, and expenditures for pemphigus in Taiwan	7
Blockade of the IL-17 signaling pathway increased susceptibility of psoriasis patients to superficial fungal infections	7
Pathological functions of granzyme B in inflammatory skin diseases	7
The role of HMGB1 in inflammatory skin diseases	7
Genetic predisposition to bullous pemphigoid	7
Ethanol consumption synergistically increases ultraviolet radiation induced skin damage and immune dysfunction	7
Adiponectin-derived pentapeptide ameliorates psoriasiform skin inflammation by suppressing IL-17 production in γδT cells	7
Ultraviolet irradiation-induced inhibition of histone deacetylase 4 increases the expression of matrix metalloproteinase-1 but decreases that of type I procollagen via activating JNK in human dermal f	7
Time kinetics of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer formation by narrowband and broadband UVB irradiation	7
Ultra high-frequency ultrasound with seventy-MHz transducer in hair disorders: Development of a novel noninvasive diagnostic methodology	7
Liquid biopsy-based analysis by ddPCR and CAPP-Seq in melanoma patients	7
Age-related elevation of HGF is driven by the reduction of fibroblast size in a YAP/TAZ/CCN2 axis-dependent manner	7
Aberrant serine protease activities in atopic dermatitis	7
Molecular insights of human skin epidermal and dermal aging	6
Clinical and laboratory parameters predicting cancer in dermatomyositis patients with anti-TIF1γ antibodies	6
Tertiary lymphoid structures correlate with better prognosis in cutaneous angiosarcoma	6
The temperature-sensitive receptors TRPV4 and TRPM8 have important roles in the pruritus of rosacea	6
Serum lactate dehydrogenase level as a possible predictor of treatment preference in psoriasis	6
Possible suppressive effects of baricitinib on serum IL-22 levels in atopic dermatitis	6
Mucopolysaccharide polysulfate promotes microvascular stabilization and barrier integrity of dermal microvascular endothelial cells via activation of the angiopoietin-1/Tie2 pathway	6
Vascular morphology in facial solar lentigo assessed by optical coherence tomography angiography	6
E3 ubiquitin ligase Trim33 ubiquitylates Annexin A2 to promote NF-κB induced skin inflammation in psoriasis	6
Inhibitory effect of amenamevir on acute herpetic pain and postherpetic neuralgia in mice infected with herpes simplex virus-1	6
Photo-aging evaluation - In vitro biological endpoints combined with collagen density assessment with multi-photon microscopy	6
Detection of autoantibodies against alpha-2-macroglobulin-like 1 in paraneoplastic pemphigus sera utilizing novel green fluorescent protein-based immunoassays	6
Benvitimod inhibits MCM6-meditated proliferation of keratinocytes by regulating the JAK/STAT3 pathway	5
New fluorescent three-dimensional and deep-imaging technique confirms a direct relationship between the acrosyringium and vesicles/pustules of palmoplantar pustulosis	5
Loss of dynamin-related protein 1 (Drp1) does not affect epidermal development or UVB-induced apoptosis but does accelerate UVB-induced carcinogenesis	5
A new susceptibility index to predict the risk of severe herpes zoster-associated pain: A Japanese regional population-based cohort study, the Shizuoka study	5
TGF-β3 suppresses melanogenesis in human melanocytes cocultured with UV-irradiated neighboring cells and human skin	5
Novel ex vivo disease model for extramammary Paget’s disease using the cancer tissue-originated spheroid method	5
Podocarpusflavone A inhibits cell growth of skin cutaneous melanoma by suppressing STAT3 signaling	5
The regional distribution of melanosomes in the epidermis affords a localized intensive photoprotection for basal keratinocyte stem cells	5
MiR-155 inhibits TP53INP1 expression leading to enhanced glycolysis of psoriatic mesenchymal stem cells	5
Long non-coding RNA NEAT1 functions as a competing endogenous RNA to regulate S100A9 expression by sponging miR-196a-5p in rosacea	5
Induced skin aging by blue-light irradiation in human skin fibroblasts via TGF-β, JNK and EGFR pathways	5
Intracellular oxidative stress induced by calcium influx initiates the activation of phagocytosis in keratinocytes accumulating at S-phase of the cell cycle after UVB irradiation	5
TRPA1 promotes melanosome phagocytosis in keratinocytes via PAR-2/CYLD axis	5
Abnormal inflammatory traits and downregulated caveolin-1 expression in monocytes of psoriasis patients may be associated with psoriatic inflammation and atherosclerosis	5
Induction of alopecia areata in C3H/HeJ mice using cryopreserved lymphocytes	5
Exome sequencing reveals novel candidate gene variants associated with clinical characteristics in alopecia areata patients	5
Cathepsin B/NLRP3/GSDMD axis-mediated macrophage pyroptosis induces inflammation and fibrosis in systemic sclerosis	5
Phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitors reduce the expression of proinflammatory mediators by human epidermal keratinocytes independent of intracellular cAMP elevation	5
Familial aggregation of atopic dermatitis and co-aggregation of allergic diseases in affected families in Taiwan	5
Updated allele frequencies of SERPINB7 founder mutations in Asian patients with Nagashima-type palmoplantar keratosis/keratoderma	5
Dysregulation of microRNA expression in diabetic skin	5
Tiamulin inhibits TNF-α and alleviates psoriasis-like dermatitis	5
AZD-9056, a P2X7 receptor inhibitor, suppresses ATP-induced melanogenesis	5
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons regulate the pigmentation pathway and induce DNA damage responses in keratinocytes, a process driven by systemic immunity	5