OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Cancer Cell International is 46. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Molecular mechanisms of microRNA-216a during tumor progression	322
Mortalin promotes the evolution of androgen-independent prostate cancer through Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway	318
Imaging the metabolic reprograming of fatty acid synthesis pathway enables new diagnostic and therapeutic opportunity for breast cancer	276
Anterior gradient 2 induces resistance to sorafenib via endoplasmic reticulum stress regulation in hepatocellular carcinoma	200
The addition of arginine deiminase potentiates Mithramycin A-induced cell death in patient-derived glioblastoma cells via ATF4 and cytochrome C	197
NF-kB-dependent activation of STAT3 by H. pylori is suppressed by TFF1	165
Platinum-based drugs induce phenotypic alterations in nucleoli and Cajal bodies in prostate cancer cells	153
Correction to: Synergism between the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase p110β isoform inhibitor AZD6482 and the mixed lineage kinase 3 inhibitor URMC-099 on the blockade of glioblastoma cell motility and f	128
Imperatorin induces autophagy and G0/G1 phase arrest via PTEN-PI3K-AKT-mTOR/p21 signaling pathway in human osteosarcoma cells in vitro and in vivo	118
Retraction Note: Silencing of TRIM11 suppresses the tumorigenicity of chordoma cells through improving the activity of PHLPP1/AKT	118
Construction of a CCL20-centered circadian-signature based prognostic model in cervical cancer	111
Correction to: Short‑term starvation synergistically enhances cytotoxicity of Niraparib via Akt/mTOR signaling pathway in ovarian cancer therapy	108
Smad2/3/4 complex could undergo liquid liquid phase separation and induce apoptosis through TAT in hepatocellular carcinoma	95
Retraction Note to: miR-484 suppresses proliferation and epithelial–mesenchymal transition by targeting ZEB1 and SMAD2 in cervical cancer cells	94
Cuproptosis: a promising new target for breast cancer therapy	92
TERT upstream promoter methylation regulates TERT expression and acts as a therapeutic target in TERT promoter mutation-negative thyroid cancer	86
Potential role of P4HB in the tumor microenvironment and its clinical prognostic value: a comprehensive pan-cancer analysis and experimental validation with a focus on KIRC	86
HOTAIR in cancer: diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic perspectives	75
KCNN4 may weaken anti-tumor immune response via raising Tregs and diminishing resting mast cells in clear cell renal cell carcinoma	73
SULF1 regulates malignant progression of colorectal cancer by modulating ARSH via FAK/PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling	72
Exploring the role of the disulfidptosis-related gene SLC7A11 in adrenocortical carcinoma: implications for prognosis, immune infiltration, and therapeutic strategies	71
LncRNA ASAP1-IT1 enhances cancer cell stemness via regulating miR-509-3p/YAP1 axis in NSCLC	71
CircRFX3 contributes to glioma progression through the circRFX3-miR-1179/miR-1229-VASP axis	70
Evaluation of functional magnetic resonance APT and DKI imaging for breast cancer	67
Alantolactone enhances the sensitivity of melanoma to MAPK pathway inhibitors by targeting inhibition of STAT3 activation and down-regulating stem cell markers	65

Curcumin attenuates smoking and drinking activated NF-κB/IL-6 inflammatory signaling axis in cervical cancer	63
Upregulated CD58 is associated with clinicopathological characteristics and poor prognosis of patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma	62
Single cell RNA-seq data and bulk gene profiles reveal a novel signature of disease progression in multiple myeloma	62
miR-199b-3p contributes to acquired resistance to cetuximab in colorectal cancer by targeting CRIM1 via Wnt/β-catenin signaling	60
RETRACTED ARTICLE: LncRNA LBX2-AS1 promotes colorectal cancer progression and 5-fluorouracil resistance	58
Correction to: B7-H3 promotes aggression and invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma by targeting epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition via JAK2/STAT3/Slug signaling pathway	54
GNG5 is a novel oncogene associated with cell migration, proliferation, and poor prognosis in glioma	53
The current issues and future perspective of artificial intelligence for developing new treatment strategy in non-small cell lung cancer: harmonization of molecular cancer biology and artificial intel	51
PTH2R is related to cell proliferation and migration in ovarian cancer: a multi-omics analysis of bioinformatics and experiments	51
ITC-6102RO, a novel B7-H3 antibody-drug conjugate, exhibits potent therapeutic effects against B7-H3 expressing solid tumors	51
Molecular and phenotypic characterization of 5-FU resistant colorectal cancer cells: toward enrichment of cancer stem cells	50
Human amniotic epithelial cells exert anti-cancer effects through secretion of immunomodulatory small extracellular vesicles (sEV)	50
Deciphering the prognostic features of bladder cancer through gemcitabine resistance and immune-related gene analysis and identifying potential small molecular drug PIK-75	50
STAT3 pathway as a molecular target for resveratrol in breast cancer treatment	48
Metformin regulates the proliferation and motility of melanoma cells by modulating the LINC00094/miR-1270 axis	48
SLC25A17 inhibits autophagy to promote triple-negative breast cancer tumorigenesis by ROS-mediated JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway	48
Integrating bioinformatics and experimental validation to unveil disulfidptosis-related lncRNAs as prognostic biomarker and therapeutic target in hepatocellular carcinoma	47
Syntaxin6 contributes to hepatocellular carcinoma tumorigenesis via enhancing STAT3 phosphorylation	47
Muscone abrogates breast cancer progression through tumor angiogenic suppression via VEGF/PI3K/Akt/MAPK signaling pathways	47
Iron metabolism: backfire of cancer cell stemness and therapeutic modalities	46
LncRNA MONC suppresses the malignant phenotype of Endometrial Cancer Stem Cells and Endometrial Carcinoma Cells by regulating the MiR-636/GLCE axis	46
MicroRNAome profiling of breast cancer unveils hsa-miR-5683 as a tumor suppressor microRNA predicting favorable clinical outcome	46
Melanoma biology and treatment: a review of novel regulated cell death-based approaches	46