OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Matrix Biology is 25. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Transmembrane and multiplexin collagens in development and pathobiology	60
Thrombospondin-1 promotes mechanical stress-mediated ligamentum flavum hypertrophy through the TGFβ1/Smad3 signaling pathway	58
ADAMTS6 cleaves the large latent TGFβ complex and increases the mechanotension of cells to activate TGFβ	45
Role of extracellular space and matrix remodeling in cardiac amyloidosis	43
Optic neuropathy associated with TGFβ dysregulation in mice with a glaucoma-causative mutation of ADAMTS10	43
Basement membrane structure and function: Relating biology to mechanics	40
Combined genetic-pharmacologic inactivation of tightly linked ADAMTS proteases in temporally specific windows uncovers distinct roles for versican proteolysis and glypican-6 in cardiac development	39
Beyond the matrisome: New frontiers in ECM research	37
Collagen XVIII regulates extracellular matrix integrity in the developing nephrons and impacts nephron progenitor cell behavior	36
Editorial Board	36
Hyperglycemic environments directly compromise intestinal epithelial barrier function in an organoid model and hyaluronan (∼35 kDa) protects via a layilin dependent mechanism	36
A top-down approach to uncover the hidden ligandome of low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1 in cartilage	33
Tumor and stroma COL8A1 secretion induces autocrine and paracrine progression signaling in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma	33
Neurocan regulates axon initial segment organization and neuronal activity	33
The dynamic kidney matrisome - is the circadian clock in control?	32
Obesity impairs skeletal muscle repair through NID-1 mediated extracellular matrix remodeling by mesenchymal progenitors	31
Basement membrane components define the microenvironment of aggregated fibroblasts in the skin and support their aggregation in vitro	30
Identification of Periostin as a critical niche for myofibroblast dynamics and fibrosis during tendon healing	28
Targeting the αVβ3/NgR2 pathway in neuroendocrine prostate cancer	28
Effects of hydrostatic pressure, osmotic pressure, and confinement on extracellular matrix associated responses in the nucleus pulposus cells ex vivo	27
Molecular and epigenetic ex vivo profiling of testis cancer-associated fibroblasts and their interaction with germ cell tumor cells and macrophages	27
Nanoscale characterization of collagen structural responses to in situ loading in rat Achilles tendons	27
Age related changes in hyaluronan expression leads to Meibomian gland dysfunction	26
Temporally and spatially regulated collagen XVIII isoforms are involved in ureteric tree development via the TSP1-like domain	26
High hyaluronan binding and RHAMM expression identify an invasive and metastatic subpopulation in androgen-resistant prostate cancer cells	25

The epidermal integrin-mediated secretome regulates the skin microenvironment during tumorigenesis and repair	25
Corrigendum to “Laminin-511-functionalized fibrin gel enables in-gel proliferation of human induced pluripotent stem cells” [Matrix Biology Volume 142, December 2025, Pages 21–32]	25
Retraction Notice to “RETRACTED: The angiostatic molecule Multimerin 2 is processed by MMP-9 to allow sprouting angiogenesis”	25
Dysfunctional latent transforming growth factor β activation after corneal injury in a classical Ehlers–Danlos model	25
Editorial Board	25
Tumor-associated fibrosis impairs the response to immunotherapy	25
Fibroblast integrin α11β1 is a collagen assembly receptor in mechanoregulated fibrillar adhesions	25