OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Matrix Biology is 28. 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
Fibroblasts: The arbiters of extracellular matrix remodeling	75
Targeting the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in fibrosis	73
Sox9 deletion causes severe intervertebral disc degeneration characterized by apoptosis, matrix remodeling, and compartment-specific transcriptomic changes	64
Cardiac fibroblast activation during myocardial infarction wound healing	60
Extracellular matrix-derived peptides in tissue remodeling and fibrosis	54
Single cell RNA-sequencing reveals cellular heterogeneity and trajectories of lineage specification during murine embryonic limb development	51
TonEBP-deficiency accelerates intervertebral disc degeneration underscored by matrix remodeling, cytoskeletal rearrangements, and changes in proinflammatory gene expression	46
Spatial-omics: Novel approaches to probe cell heterogeneity and extracellular matrix biology	45
Role of hypoxia in skeletal muscle fibrosis: Synergism between hypoxia and TGF-β signaling upregulates CCN2/CTGF expression specifically in muscle fibers	43
Decorin deficiency promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition and colon cancer metastasis	40
Accumulation of versican facilitates wound healing: Implication of its initial ADAMTS-cleavage site	40
The elephant in the lung: Integrating lineage-tracing, molecular markers, and single cell sequencing data to identify distinct fibroblast populations during lung development and regeneration	38
Basement membrane ligands initiate distinct signalling networks to direct cell shape	38
Decorin regulates cartilage pericellular matrix micromechanobiology	37
Collagen XI regulates the acquisition of collagen fibril structure, organization and functional properties in tendon	37
Regulators of cardiac fibroblast cell state	35
Collagen XII mediated cellular and extracellular mechanisms regulate establishment of tendon structure and function	35
Tendon response to matrix unloading is determined by the patho-physiological niche	35
Biglycan and chondroitin sulfate play pivotal roles in bone toughness via retaining bound water in bone mineral matrix	34
A novel ADAMTS17 variant that causes Weill-Marchesani syndrome 4 alters fibrillin-1 and collagen type I deposition in the extracellular matrix	33
Fibronectin has multifunctional roles in posterior capsular opacification (PCO)	32
Fibroblast heterogeneity and its impact on extracellular matrix and immune landscape remodeling in cancer	32
Role of collagen XII in skin homeostasis and repair	31
Role of autophagy in intervertebral disc and cartilage function: implications in health and disease	30
Cancer associated fibroblast: Mediators of tumorigenesis	29

Computational model predicts paracrine and intracellular drivers of fibroblast phenotype after myocardial infarction	29
Multimerin-2 maintains vascular stability and permeability	29
Loss of LRP1 promotes acquisition of contractile-myofibroblast phenotype and release of active TGF-β1 from ECM stores	28
TBK1 (TANK-binding kinase 1)-mediated regulation of autophagy in health and disease	28