OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Molecular Endocrinology is 2. 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
Acknowledgement to reviewers	101
Retinoic acid receptors at 35: molecular convergence of vitamin A and steroid hormone action	66
Development and characterisation of a novel inhibitory anti-GH monoclonal antibody	64
βHB inhibits glucose-induced GLP-1 secretion in GLUTag and human jejunal enteroids	61
Cardiolipin alleviates insulin resistance by ameliorating mitochondrial dysfunction and promoting fatty acid oxidation	54
Insights into new mechanosensitive behaviors of G protein-coupled receptors	51
Multiple promoter and enhancer differences likely contribute to augmented G6PC2 expression in human versus mouse pancreatic islet alpha cells	48
The Chd4 subunit of the NuRD complex regulates Pdx1-controlled genes involved in β-cell function	44
No extra-adrenal aldosterone production in various human cell lines	42
ADDENDUM: Disruption of the striated muscle glycogen-targeting subunit of protein phosphatase 1: influence of the genetic background	38
Emerging roles of osteocytes in the regulation of bone and skeletal muscle mass	27
Phospholipase D mediates very low-density lipoprotein-induced aldosterone production, in part, via lipin-1	27
Establishment of Star-edited Y1 cells as a novel in vitro functional assay for STAR	25
Erythropoietin-mediated cardioprotection in hearts subjected to ischemia reperfusion	21
Lack of maternal exposure to somatostatin leads to diet-induced insulin and leptin resistance in mouse male offspring	21
Znrf3 exon 2 deletion mice do not recapitulate congenital adrenal hypoplasia	20
Profiling of plasma extracellular vesicle miRNA reveals the association of miR-3120-5p with type 2 diabetes mellitus	19
circ_0134120: a new frontier in understanding postmenopausal osteoporosis pathogenesis	17
miR-146a promotes M2 macrophage polarization and accelerates diabetic wound healing by inhibiting the TLR4/NF-κB axis	17
Constitutive internalisation of EP2 differentially regulates G protein signalling	16
Sex hormones and vascular reactivity: a temporal evaluation in resistance arteries of male rats	15
Sex steroids have opposing effects on heart rate of juveniles, Gambusia holbrooki	14
CEBPB/POU2F2 modulates endothelin 1 expression in prehypertensive SHR vascular smooth muscle cells	13
Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR)-mediated signaling as a critical regulator of skeletal cell biology	11
Cotadutide effect in liver and adipose tissue in obese mice	11

Increased capacity to maintain glucose homeostasis in a transgenic mouse expressing human but not mouse growth hormone with developing high-fat diet-related insulin resistance, hepatic steatosis and a	11
Characterisation of the hydrogen sulfide system in early diabetic kidney disease	10
Contrasting roles for GLP-1R and GIPR in a model of diet-induced obesity	10
A DYRK inhibitor ameliorates glucose homeostasis and increases incretin-producing cells in diabetic mice	10
The molecular mechanism of melatonin in regulating osteoporosis based on the RANKL/OPG signaling axis	9
Thyroglobulin and thyroglobulin antibodies in differentiated thyroid cancer: interpretation, challenges, and future perspectives	9
Protective effect of pentoxifylline against high-glucose-induced ferroptosis in vascular smooth muscle cells	9
LIF–STAT signaling in decidual cells: a possible role in embryo implantation and early pregnancy	8
The role of mu-opioid receptors in pancreatic islet α-cells	8
Cellular mechanisms of incretin hormone secretion	8
Pseudohypoparathyroidism: complex disease variants with unfortunate names	8
Effect of calcitriol and calcium on basal ganglia calcification in hypoparathyroidism: experimental models	8
Endocrine and metabolic complications of COVID-19: lessons learned and future prospects	8
N1-methylnicotinamide impairs gestational glucose tolerance in mice	8
Insulin signaling in the heart is impaired by growth hormone: a direct and early event	7
Embarking on an adventure of early career academic leadership	7
Finnish-specific AKT2 gene variant leads to impaired insulin signalling in myotubes	7
A missing paradigm: deciphering endocrine innovations among diverging regulations of alleles, paralogous genes and orthologous genes	6
Knockout of murine Lyplal1 confers sex-specific protection against diet-induced obesity	6
Design and in vitro characterization of RXR variants as tools to investigate the biological role of endogenous rexinoids	6
Sex and age affect depot expression of Ca2+ channels in rat white fat adipocytes	5
Capsaicin-activated autophagy protects BMSC function under oxidative stress: mechanisms and therapeutic implications	5
ATF3 suppresses 3T3-L1 adipocyte adipogenesis by transcriptionally repressing USP53	5
GP73 blockade alleviates abnormal glucose homeostasis in diabetic mice	5
Maternal obesity attenuates PPARγ nuclear migration impairing offspring adipogenesis	5
Metabolic–renal disease genetic architecture revealed by genomic structural equation modeling	5
Dicer inhibition delays wound closure by increasing Suz12 levels and regulating ITGAV levels in keratinocytes	5
OGT accelerates diabetic retinopathy via O-GlcNAcylation of BAP1	5
Chronic stress-secreted glucocorticoids induce NAFLD-like changes in male rats: oxidative stress/NLRP3 inflammasome signalling	4
Combination of growth hormone receptor antagonist and radiation reduces tumour growth in a lung cancer xenograft model	4
Son of sevenless 1 (SOS1), the RasGEF, interacts with ERα and STAT3 during embryo implantation	4
Mechanistic insights of Rhodiola crenulata in treating diabetic kidney disease via network pharmacology	4
CTCF variant begets to short stature by down-regulation of IGF1	4
Hormone- and cytokine-mediated signalling in the maintenance of bone balance	4
Identification of anti-resorptive GPCRs by high-content imaging in human osteoclasts	4
Antioxidant, bioenergetic, and metabolic effects of novel mitochondria-targeted estrogens	4
Retinoic acid regulation of homoeostatic synaptic plasticity and its relationship to cognitive disorders	4
Kisspeptin isoforms: versatile players in reproduction and beyond	4
m6A readers, writers, erasers, and the m6A epitranscriptome in breast cancer	3
Regulation of mineralocorticoid receptor activation by circadian protein TIMELESS	3
Pentraxin 3 mediates inflammation and adipogenesis in Graves’ orbitopathy pathogenesis	3
Massively Parallel Functional Genomic Assays in Endocrinology – From Promise to Delivery	3
Neuropeptide Y regulates osteocyte phenotype and function through AHNAK-Smad signalling	3
Localisation of corticosteroids in male mouse kidney by mass spectrometry imaging	3
Oxidative and ER stress by elevated insulin biosynthesis and palmitic acid in insulin-producing cells	3
Conserved and divergent features of trophoblast stem cells	3
Structure of full-length TSH receptor in complex with antibody K1-70™	3
Vascular endothelial mineralocorticoid receptors and epithelial sodium channels in metabolic syndrome and related cardiovascular disease	2
Mutant Tbl1x male mice have a short life span and do not breed: unexpected findings	2
Effect of metformin on the endometrial proteome of diet-induced obese mice	2

Aldosterone synthase inhibition: a novel bullet to fight cardiovascular–kidney–metabolic syndrome	2
Continuing the success of Journal of Endocrinology and Journal of Molecular Endocrinology: Editor-in-Chief handover	2
MCAD activation by empagliflozin promotes fatty acid oxidation and reduces lipid deposition in NASH	2
Acknowledgement to reviewers	2
Dysregulation of hepatic deiodinase type I in metabolically associated steatotic liver disease	2
Genetic bases of pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma	2
The role of WD40 repeat-containing proteins in endocrine (dys)function	2
Acknowledgement to reviewers	2
RISING STARS: Liver sinusoidal endothelial transcription factors in metabolic homeostasis and disease	2
The epidermal growth factor receptor in healthy pregnancy and preeclampsia	2
Anti-inflammatory effects of palm11-PrRP31 in a rat model of lipopolysaccharide-induced acute inflammation	2
Retinoic acid receptor structures: the journey from single domains to full-length complex	2
mPRα and PR co-operate in progesterone inhibition of endothelial cell focal adhesion	2
RISING STARS: Targeting premature cellular senescence using senomorphic or senolytic agents to impact diabetes	2
CREB activates the MafA promoter through proximal E-boxes and a CCAAT motif in pancreatic β-cells	2
RISING STARS: Hormonal regulation of the breast cancer microenvironment	2