OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Pathology International is 3. 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 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Atherosclerosis: Known and unknown	150
The Japanese Society of Pathology Practical Guidelines on the handling of pathological tissue samples for cancer genomic medicine	34
Stromal metalloproteinases: Crucial contributors to the tumor microenvironment	25
Impact of DNA integrity on the success rate of tissue‐based next‐generation sequencing: Lessons from nationwide cancer genome screening project SCRUM‐Japan GI‐SCREEN	23
Distribution of amyloidosis subtypes based on tissue biopsy site − Consecutive analysis of 729 patients at a single amyloidosis center in Japan	22
Ewing and Ewing‐like sarcomas: A morphological guide through genetically‐defined entities	20
Significance of stratifin in early progression of lung adenocarcinoma and its potential therapeutic relevance	15
ASMTL‐AS1 impedes the malignant progression of lung adenocarcinoma by regulating SAT1 to promote ferroptosis	15
KIFC1 regulates ZWINT to promote tumor progression and spheroid formation in colorectal cancer	15
Investigation of IgG4‐positive cells in idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease and validation of the 2020 exclusion criteria for IgG4‐related disease	14
Comprehensive pathological assessment of histological subtypes, molecular subtypes based on immunohistochemistry, and tumor‐associated immune cell status in muscle‐invasive bladder cancer	14
Expression status of PD‐L1 and B7‐H3 in mesothelioma	13
Translational cell biology of highly malignant osteosarcoma	12
PCBP2 knockdown promotes ferroptosis in malignant mesothelioma	12
EWSR1‐CREM fusion in pulmonary mesenchymal neoplasm showing distinctive clear cell morphology	12
Myocarditis after COVID‐19 mRNA vaccination in three young adult males: Significance of biopsy in vaccine‐associated myocarditis	12
CD163‐positive cancer cells are a predictor of a worse clinical course in lung adenocarcinoma	12
Matrix remodeling‐associated protein 8 is a marker of a subset of cancer‐associated fibroblasts in pancreatic cancer	11
Tissue factor expression and tumor‐infiltrating T lymphocytes in ovarian carcinomas and their association with venous thromboembolism	11
An autopsy case study of lymphocytic hypophysitis induced by nivolumab treatment for esophageal malignant melanoma	11
B cell lymphoma with IRF4 rearrangement: A clinicopathological study of 13 cases	11
Exploring the pitfalls of large language models: Inconsistency and inaccuracy in answering pathology board examination‐style questions	11
Underlying mechanisms of thrombus formation/growth in atherothrombosis and deep vein thrombosis	11
High‐grade salivary gland carcinoma with the ETV6‐NTRK3 gene fusion: A case report and literature review of secretory carcinoma with high‐grade transformation	10
Primordial odontogenic tumor occurred in the maxilla with unique calcifications and its crucial points for differential diagnosis	10

Biological categories of neuroblastoma based on the international neuroblastoma pathology classification for treatment stratification	9
NTRK gene fusions are detected in both secretory and non‐secretory breast cancers	9
Gastritis cystica profunda is associated with aberrant p53 and Epstein–Barr virus in gastric cancer: A clinicopathological, immunohistochemical and in situ hybridization study	9
Skeletal EWSR1‐NFATC2 sarcoma previously diagnosed as Ewing‐like adamantinoma: A case report and literature review emphasizing its unique radiological features	9
Clinicopathological significance of intelectin‐1 in colorectal cancer: Intelectin‐1 participates in tumor suppression and favorable progress	9
Liver pathology in pregnancy	9
Overexpression of aldolase, fructose‐bisphosphate C and its association with spheroid formation in colorectal cancer	9
Membranous HEG1 expression is a useful marker in the differential diagnosis of epithelioid and biphasic malignant mesothelioma versus carcinomas	9
High Transaldolase 1 expression predicts poor survival of patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma	8
Mechanisms of development and progression of pancreatic neoplasms	8
Neuroendocrine tumor G3 of bronchopulmonary origin and its classification	8
AID is a poor prognostic marker of high‐grade B‐cell lymphoma with MYC and BCL2 and/or BCL6 rearrangements	8
High phospho‐histone H3 expression uniquely predicts favorable survival among four markers of cellular proliferation in colorectal cancer	8
Role of immunoproteasomes and thymoproteasomes in health and disease	7
Idylla MSI test combined with immunohistochemistry is a valuable and cost effective strategy to search for microsatellite instable tumors of noncolorectal origin	7
Histological alterations following fine‐needle aspiration for parathyroid adenoma: Incidence and diagnostic problems	7
Upregulation of REV7 correlates with progression of malignant melanoma	7
Antinuclear antibody pattern and autoantibody profiling of systemic sclerosis patients in a tertiary referral center in North India	7
The first case of gastric leiomyosarcoma developed through malignant transformation of leiomyoma	7
Whole‐genome copy number and immunohistochemical analyses on surgically resected intracholecystic papillary neoplasms	7
NTRK fusion‐positive colorectal cancer in Japanese population	7
Increased expression of REV7 in small cell lung carcinomas and its association with tumor cell survival and proliferation	7
Effects of sporadic transthyretin amyloidosis frequently on the gallbladder and the correlation between amyloid deposition in the gallbladder and heart: A forensic autopsy‐based histopathological eval	6
Pancreatic hamartoma mimicking neuroendocrine tumor	6
Update of pathological diagnosis of pleural mesothelioma using genomic‐based morphological techniques, for both histological and cytological investigations	6
Correlation between endothelial CXCR7 expression and clinicopathological factors in oral squamous cell carcinoma	6
A comparison of the usefulness of nuclear beta‐catenin in the diagnosis of desmoid‐type fibromatosis among commonly used anti‐beta‐catenin antibodies	6
Homeobox transcription factor engrailed homeobox 1 is a possible diagnostic marker for adenoid cystic carcinoma and polymorphous adenocarcinoma	6
Combined A20 and tripartite motif‐containing 44 as poor prognostic factors for breast cancer patients of the Japanese population	6
Autopsy case with concurrent transthyretin and immunoglobulin amyloidosis	6
Intraoperative pathology consultation during urological surgery: Impact on final margin status and pitfalls of frozen section diagnosis	6
A clinicopathologic and molecular analysis of five cases of bronchiolar adenoma with rare mutations	6
Notch‐Hes1 signaling activation in Caroli disease and polycystic liver disease	6
Gastrointestinal tract metastasis of lung cancer: The PD‐L1 expression and correlated clinicopathological variables	6
Crosstalk of tumor stromal cells orchestrates invasion and spreading of gastric cancer	6
Clinicopathological analysis of follicular lymphoma with BCL2, BCL6, and MYC rearrangements	6
Primary pulmonary choriocarcinoma with a genomic sequence	6
An autopsy case of fulminant myocarditis after severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 vaccine inoculation	6
Involvement of the p53‐p16/RB pathway control mechanism in early‐stage carcinogenesis in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma	6
Hepatoid carcinoma and related entities of the extrahepatic bile duct: A clinicopathological study of four cases	6
Clinicopathological significance of the overexpression of MUC1 in upper tract urothelial carcinoma and possible application as a diagnostic marker	6
Evaluation of clinical formalin‐fixed paraffin‐embedded tissue quality for targeted‐bisulfite sequencing	6
A genome‐wide analysis of the molecular alterations occurring in the adenomatous and carcinomatous components of the same tumor based on the adenoma–carcinoma sequence	6
Neural EGFL like 2 expressed in myoepithelial cells and suppressed breast cancer cell migration	5
INSM1 immunostaining in solid papillary carcinoma of the breast	5
Pathogenesis of follicular thymic hyperplasia associated with rheumatoid arthritis	5
Mixed acinar‐neuroendocrine carcinoma with amphicrine features of the pancreas: Two rare cases with diffuse co‐expression of acinar and neuroendocrine markers	5
Asbestos‐induced mesothelial injury and carcinogenesis: Involvement of iron and reactive oxygen species	5
Histiocytic and dendritic cell neoplasms: Reappraisal of a Japanese series based on t(14;18) and neoplastic PD‐L1 expression	5
S100‐stained perineural invasion is associated with worse prognosis in stage I/II colorectal cancer: Its possible association with immunosuppression in the tumor	5

Aberrant OCIAD2 demethylation in lung adenocarcinoma is associated with outcome	5
The role of Wnt, ARL4C, and Sema3A in developmental process and disease pathogenesis	5
Skene gland adenocarcinoma: Clinicopathologic features, comprehensive biomarker analysis, and review of the literature	5
A whole‐slide imaging based workflow reduces the reading time of pathologists	5
RB1 gene mutations are a distinct predictive factor in Merkel cell carcinoma	4
Respiratory epithelial adenomatoid hamartomas of the sinonasal tract: A histopathological analysis of 50 patients	4
Modeling fusion gene‐associated sarcoma: Advantages for understanding sarcoma biology and pathology	4
Activating HRAS mutation in a case of inverted ductal papilloma of the salivary gland	4
Expression of cancer testis antigens in thymic epithelial tumors	4
High expression of Ras‐specific guanine nucleotide‐releasing factor 2 (RasGRF2) in lung adenocarcinoma is associated with tumor invasion and poor prognosis	4
An autopsy case of prostatic rhabdomyosarcoma with DICER1 hotspot mutation	4
A collision tumor of solitary fibrous tumor/hemangiopericytoma and meningioma: A case report with literature review	4
Mucin distribution in bronchiolar adenoma/ciliated muconodular papillary tumor reveals organoid differentiation simulating the normal lung	4
Metabolic and epigenetic reprogramming in the pathogenesis of glioblastoma: Toward the establishment of “metabolism‐based pathology”	4
Primary IgG4‐producing extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of mucosa‐associated lymphoid tissue (MALT lymphoma) in the cavernous sinus: A mimicker of IgG4‐related disease/hypertrophic pachymeningitis	4
Myofibroblastoma of the breast showing rare palisaded morphology and uncommon desmin‐ and CD34‐negative immunophenotype: A case report	4
Three‐dimensional imaging of intramural perineural invasion in colorectal cancer: Three‐dimensional reconstruction approach with multiple immunohistochemically stained sections	4
High‐grade neuroepithelial tumor with BCL6 corepressor‐alteration presenting pathological and radiological calcification: A case report	4
Mantle cell lymphoma with EBV‐positive Hodgkin and Reed–Sternberg‐like cells in a patient after autologous PBSCT: Phenotypically distinct but genetically related tumors	4
Non‐sebaceous lymphadenoma‐like mucoepidermoid carcinoma: A case report	4
Previously unreported permanent tattoo‐associated angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia/epithelioid hemangioma	4
Maternal death analysis based on data from the nationwide registration system in Japan (2010–2018)	4
Post‐mortem differential diagnosis from COVID‐19: A case of fulminant myocarditis HHV‐6 related	3
Clinicopathological and molecular characteristics of endometrial neuroendocrine carcinomas reveal preexisting endometrial carcinoma origin	3
Giant cell tumor of bone – Analysis of 213 cases involving extra‐craniofacial bones	3
Pathology of salivary gland dysfunction and restoration of function	3
Sex‐dependent expression of prostatic markers and hormone receptors in cystic tumor of the atrioventricular node: A histopathological study of three cases	3
Extramammary Paget's disease of the hard palate: A case report and review of the literature	3
Clinicopathological significance of CBX3 in colorectal cancer: An intensive expression study based on formalin‐fixed and paraffin‐embedded tissues	3
A case‐series of six autopsy cases of COVID‐19 including three cases of cytomegalovirus coinfection	3
Tumor‐suppressive miR‐323a inhibits pancreatic cancer cell proliferation and glycolysis through targeting HK‐2	3
A case of acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis complicated by interstitial nephritis related to streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin B	3
TRIM39 is a poor prognostic factor for patients with estrogen receptor‐positive breast cancer and promotes cell cycle progression	3
P4HA1, transcriptionally activated by STAT1, promotes esophageal cancer progression	3
Utility of gastric biopsy in diagnosing IgG4‐related gastrointestinal disease	3
Paraneoplastic pemphigus and fatal bronchiolitis obliterans associated with Castleman disease: Report of an autopsy case	3
Phosphoglyceride crystal deposition disease in a rib bone and ovary mimicking malignancy: A report of two cases including a previously undescribed cystic case	3
Difference in the distribution of tumor‐infiltrating CD8+ T cells and FOXP3+ T cells between micronodular thymoma with lymphoid stroma and micronodular thymic carcinoma with lymphoid stroma	3
Papillary renal neoplasm with reverse polarity is biologically and clinically distinct from eosinophilic papillary renal cell carcinoma	3
Papillary thyroid carcinoma with aggressive fused follicular and solid growth pattern: A unique histological subtype with high‐grade malignancy?	3
Quantitative assessment of HER2 gene amplification of breast cancer using droplet digital PCR	3
Development of extrahepatic bile ducts and mechanisms of tumorigenesis: Lessons from mouse models	3
A case of extensively spreading acinic cell carcinoma of the breast with microglandular features	3
Identification of an EML4‐ALK rearrangement in an intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma	3
Histogenetic and disease‐relevant phenotypes in thymic epithelial tumors (TETs): The potential significance for future TET classification	3
Lipofibroadenoma arising in hyperplastic thymic tissue: Possible perivascular origin of lipofibroadenoma	3
The prognostic significance of neuroendocrine markers and somatostatin receptor 2 in hepatocellular carcinoma	3
Enterocolic granulomatous phlebitis associated with epidermal growth factor‐containing fibulin‐like extracellular matrix protein 1 deposition and focal amyloid properties: A case report	3
Rhabdoid tumor predisposition syndrome with renal tumor 10 years after brain tumor	3
Two cases of mammary acinic cell carcinomas with microglandular structures mimicking microglandular adenosis	3
Spectrum of paired‐like homeobox 2b immunoexpression in pediatric brain tumors with embryonal morphology	3
Best practices for the extraction of genomic DNA from formalin‐fixed paraffin‐embedded tumor tissue for cancer genomic profiling tests	3