OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Genetics and Molecular Biology is 4. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Putative protective genomic variation in the Lithuanian population	34
The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Vincetoxicum mongolicum (Apocynaceae), a perennial medicinal herb	23
Genetic associations with disease in populations with Indigenous American ancestries	20
Genetic diversity of Moroccan date palm revealed by microsatellite markers	20
Di-n-butyl and di-iso-pentyl phthalates and their mixture increase oxidative stress and embryo-larval malformations in zebrafish (Danio rerio)	17
LINC00974 sponges miR-33a to facilitate cell proliferation, invasion, and EMT of ovarian cancer through HMGB2 upregulation	16
Evolutionary and structural aspects of Solanaceae RNases T2	14
The good, the bad and the ugly of transposable elements annotation tools	13
Morphological and transcriptional analysis of Colletotrichum lindemuthianum race 7 during early stages of infection in common bean	13
What we know so far and what we can expect next: A molecular investigation of plant parasitism	12
Investigating the evolutionary dynamics of diploid number variation in Ctenomys (Ctenomyidae, Rodentia)	12
Clusters of oculocutaneous albinism in isolated populations in Brazil: A community genetics challenge	12
A new Caenorhabditis elegans apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) endonuclease engaged in rescue from replication stress-induced arrest	12
Adaptive strategies of aquatic mammals: Exploring the role of the HIF pathway and hypoxia tolerance	12
Variability and functional characterization of the Phakopsora pachyrhizi Egh16-like effectors	12
Genome editing in maize: Toward improving complex traits in a global crop	11
Comparative structural studies on Bovine papillomavirus E6 oncoproteins: Novel insights into viral infection and cell transformation from homology modeling and molecular dynamics simulations	11
Phylogeography and karyotypic evolution of some Deuterodon species from southeastern Brazil (Characiformes, Characidae, Stethaprioninae)	11
Implications of the microbiome and metabolic intermediaries produced by bacteria in breast cancer	11
The rs1800469 T/T and rs1800470 C/C genotypes of the TGFB1 gene confer protection against diabetic retinopathy in a Southern Brazilian population	10
TMEM147 is a novel biomarker for diagnosis and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma	9
Oral microbiota, co-evolution, and implications for health and disease: The case of indigenous peoples	9
Homocysteine and methylmalonic acid in Phenylketonuria patients	8
Identification and characterization of waterlogging-responsive genes in the parental line of maize hybrid An’nong 876	8
The genomes sequenced for the neotropical stingless bees Scaptotrigona bipunctata and S. depilis strengthen the phylogenomics support for the taxonomy of social bees	8

Boosting life sciences research in Brazil: building a case for a local Drosophila stock center	8
The use of adenoviral vectors in gene therapy and vaccine approaches	8
Exosomes secreted from bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells suppress cardiomyocyte hypertrophy through Hippo-YAP pathway in heart failure	8
DNA damage repair-related methylated genes RRM2 and GAPDH are prognostic biomarkers associated with immunotherapy for lung adenocarcinoma	7
Chromosomal characterization of three species of Serrasalmini (Serrasalmidae: Characiformes)	7
Analysis of parental origin of de novo pathogenic CNVs in patients with intellectual disability	7
Phenotypic and molecular basis for genetic variation in jelly palms (Butia sp.): where are we now and where are we headed to?	7
Transcriptome data-based screening of potential host of genetic transformation for a blue-hued Bougainvillea transgene	6
Systematic analyses of a novel circRNA-related miRNAs prognostic signature for Cervical Cancer	6
Investigation of genetic markers associated to type 2 diabetes mellitus in Santarém-Pará	6
EPO activates PI3K-IKKα-CDK1 signaling pathway to promote the proliferation of Glial Cells under hypoxia environment	6
The order of events on Avian coronavirus life cycle shapes the order of quasispecies evolution during host switches	6
Interchromosomal translocation in neural progenitor cells exposed to L1 retrotransposition	6
Comparative genomics and phylogenomics of the Ralstonia solanacearum Moko ecotype and its symptomatological variants	6
Ancient origin of Jingchuvirales derived glycoproteins integrated in arthropod genomes	5
Prevalence and molecular characterization of alpha and beta-Thalassemia mutations among Hakka people in southern China	5
Transcriptional signature of host shift in the seed beetle Zabrotes subfasciatus	5
Molecular evolution and structural analyses of proteins involved in metabolic pathways of volatile organic compounds in Petunia hybrida (Solanaceae)	5
Interpopulation variation of transposable elements of the hAT superfamily in Drosophila willistoni (Diptera: Drosophilidae): in-situ approach	5
A genomic perspective on South American human history	5
Cu(bta)(1,10-phen)ClO4 copper complex modulates the carcinogenicity of carboplatin in somatic cells of Drosophila melanogaster	5
GJB2 c.35del variant up-regulates GJA1 gene expression and affects differentiation of human stem cells	5
Increased runs of homozygosity in the autosomal genome of Brazilian individuals with neurodevelopmental delay/intellectual disability and/or multiple congenital anomalies investigated by chromosomal m	5
Unstable environment of coastal lagoons drives genetic variation in the amphipod Quadrivisio lutzi	5
Lack of genotoxicity of iron oxide maghemite (γ-Fe2O3) and magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles to Oreochromis niloticus after acute exposures	5
Revealing the role of Peg13: A promising therapeutic target for mitigating inflammation in sepsis	5
Sending out an SOS - the bacterial DNA damage response	5
Karyotypic characterization of Centromochlus schultzi Rössel 1962 (Auchenipteridae, Centromochlinae) from the Xingu River basin: New inferences on chromosomal evolution in Centromochlus	5
Microcephaly in South Brazil: Are cases of Congenital Zika Syndrome increasing in recent years?	4
Disentangling the causes of high polymorphism sharing in sympatric Petunia species from subtropical highland grasslands: insights from nuclear diversity	4
Frequency of CFTR variants in southern Brazil and indication for modulators therapy in patients with cystic fibrosis	4
APOE and KLF14 genetic variants are sex-specific for low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol identified by a genome-wide association study	4
Neonatal screening for spinal muscular atrophy: A pilot study in Brazil	4
Capra hircus outliers markers in Brazil: Searching for genomic regions under the action of natural selection	4
The past, present and future of genomics and bioinformatics: A survey of Brazilian scientists	4
Protection is not always a good thing: The immune system’s impact on gene therapy	4
Modulation of tumor plasticity by senescent cells: Deciphering basic mechanisms and survival pathways to unravel therapeutic options	4
LncRNA AK001796 promotes cell proliferation via acting as a ceRNA of miR-150 in hepatocellular carcinoma	4
Clinical and epidemiological characterisation of neurofibromatosis type 1: Combined analysis of a reference hospital in Brazil and DataSUS	4
How are people with orofacial clefts attended in northwest region of São Paulo state, Brazil?	4
Is there are relationship between polymorphisms TSHR gene frequencies and genetic ancestry markers in patients with Primary Congenital Hypothyroidism?	4
miR-140-3p suppresses the proliferation and migration of macrophages	4
Ethnicity-specific associations between the promoter region G-308A polymorphism (rs1800629) of the TNF-α gene and the development of end-stage renal disease: An evidence-based meta-analysis and trial	4
Inferring the historical demography of southern African cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) using Bayesian analyses of molecular genetic data	4
Broken silence: 22,841 predicted deleterious synonymous variants identified in the human exome through computational analysis	4
Erratum: Investigating the shared genetic architecture between breast and ovarian cancers	4
Characterization of the chemoreceptor repertoire of a highly specialized fly with comparisons to other Drosophila species	4
Fire ants: What do rural and urban areas show us about occurrence, diversity, and ancestral state reconstruction?	4
Beyond transcription factors: more regulatory layers affecting soybean gene expression under abiotic stress	4