OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences is 57. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Unraveling the molecular interactions between α7 nicotinic receptor and a RIC3 variant associated with backward speech	217
Phospholipid scramblase 1: an essential component of the nephrocyte slit diaphragm	215
Role for animal models in understanding essential fatty acid deficiency in cystic fibrosis	189
Role of the GLP2–Wnt1 axis in silicon-rich alkaline mineral water maintaining intestinal epithelium regeneration in piglets under early-life stress	154
Functional determinants of lysophospholipid- and voltage-dependent regulation of TRPC5 channel	146
Mechanically guided cell fate determination in early development	127
The distinct phenotype of primary adipocytes and adipocytes derived from stem cells of white adipose tissue as assessed by Raman and fluorescence imaging	124
A context-dependent and disordered ubiquitin-binding motif	121
Targeting lactate dehydrogenase B-dependent mitochondrial metabolism affects tumor initiating cells and inhibits tumorigenesis of non-small cell lung cancer by inducing mtDNA damage	113
Zebrafish: an important model for understanding scoliosis	112
Human myelin proteolipid protein structure and lipid bilayer stacking	112
LSM14B controls oocyte mRNA storage and stability to ensure female fertility	110
Longitudinal metabolomic profiles reveal sex-specific adjustments to long-duration spaceflight and return to Earth	108
Autophagy and apoptosis cascade: which is more prominent in neuronal death?	102
Collagen VI sustains cell stemness and chemotherapy resistance in glioblastoma	98
Mechano-regulation by clathrin pit-formation and passive cholesterol-dependent tubules during de-adhesion	94
Could the kynurenine pathway be the key missing piece of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) complex puzzle?	93
Notch transcriptional target tmtc1 maintains vascular homeostasis	91
NUMA1 modulates apoptosis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma cells through regulating ASK1-JNK signaling pathway	90
IKKα-STAT3-S727 axis: a novel mechanism in DOX-induced cardiomyopathy	89
MIAT, a potent CVD-promoting lncRNA	88
miR-155 regulates physiological angiogenesis but an miR-155-rich microenvironment disrupts the process by promoting unproductive endothelial sprouting	87
Melatonin: highlighting its use as a potential treatment for SARS-CoV-2 infection	85
AP-1B regulates interactions of epithelial cells and intraepithelial lymphocytes in the intestine	83
Human pancreatic ductal organoids with controlled polarity provide a novel ex vivo tool to study epithelial cell physiology	82

Elucidation of the pluripotent potential of bovine embryonic lineages facilitates the establishment of formative stem cell lines	82
Tuning the ignition of CAR: optimizing the affinity of scFv to improve CAR-T therapy	81
EFHD1 promotes osteosarcoma proliferation and drug resistance by inhibiting the opening of the mitochondrial membrane permeability transition pore (mPTP) by binding to ANT3	79
Re-expression of epigenetically silenced PTPRR by histone acetylation sensitizes RAS-mutant lung adenocarcinoma to SHP2 inhibition	78
Sestrin2 protects against lethal sepsis by suppressing the pyroptosis of dendritic cells	76
DUSP1 interacts with and dephosphorylates VCP to improve mitochondrial quality control against endotoxemia-induced myocardial dysfunction	74
TAZ promotes PDX1-mediated insulinogenesis	72
TC-G 1008 facilitates epileptogenesis by acting selectively at the GPR39 receptor but non-selectively activates CREB in the hippocampus of pentylenetetrazole-kindled mice	69
Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 promotes HuR/ELAVL1 cytoplasmic localization and inflammatory gene expression by regulating p38 MAPK activity	69
PATJ inhibits histone deacetylase 7 to control tight junction formation and cell polarity	69
B3galt5 deficiency attenuates hepatocellular carcinoma by suppressing mTOR/p70s6k-mediated glycolysis	69
CDNF and MANF regulate ER stress in a tissue-specific manner	68
A C-type lectin induces NLRP3 inflammasome activation via TLR4 interaction in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells	67
Disrupted mossy fiber connections from defective embryonic neurogenesis contribute to SOX11-associated schizophrenia	67
Cellular interactions in the pituitary stem cell niche	66
Vitamin B12 ameliorates gut epithelial injury via modulating the HIF-1 pathway and gut microbiota	66
TMEM9 activates Rab9-dependent alternative autophagy through interaction with Beclin1	65
FGF receptor kinase inhibitors exhibit broad antiviral activity by targeting Src family kinases	64
Circ-sh3rf3/GATA-4/miR-29a regulatory axis in fibroblast–myofibroblast differentiation and myocardial fibrosis	64
ATM phosphorylates PP2A subunit A resulting in nuclear export and spatiotemporal regulation of the DNA damage response	63
Inositol hexakisphosphate primes syndapin I/PACSIN 1 activation in endocytosis	63
Single cell multi-omics of fibrotic kidney reveal epigenetic regulation of antioxidation and apoptosis within proximal tubule	62
Hypermethylation of the Bmp4 promoter dampens binding of HIF-1α and impairs its cardiac protective effects from oxidative stress in prenatally GC-exposed offspring	61
Cell-specific IL-1R1 regulates the regional heterogeneity of microglial displacement of GABAergic synapses and motor learning ability	61
Rnf20 inhibition enhances immunotherapy by improving regulatory T cell generation	61
Adipose-derived stem cells promote glycolysis and peritoneal metastasis via TGF-β1/SMAD3/ANGPTL4 axis in colorectal cancer	60
Molecular regulation of hematopoietic stem cell quiescence	60
Cryopreservation of human kidney organoids	60
Meprin β knockout reduces brain Aβ levels and rescues learning and memory impairments in the APP/lon mouse model for Alzheimer’s disease	59
Molecular hallmarks of ageing in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis	59
Induction of pulmonary HLA-G expression by SARS-CoV-2 infection	58
Rhythms in lipid droplet content driven by a metabolic oscillator are conserved throughout evolution	58
Rescuing tri-heteromeric NMDA receptor function: the potential of pregnenolone-sulfate in loss-of-function GRIN2B variants	57
Single-cell molecular profiling using ex vivo functional readouts fuels precision oncology in glioblastoma	57
Carbon dioxide inhibits COVID-19-type proinflammatory responses through extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2, novel carbon dioxide sensors	57