OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Developmental Cell is 55. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Radially patterned morphogenesis of murine hair follicle placodes ensures robust epithelial budding	263
cAMP controls a trafficking mechanism that maintains the neuron specificity and subcellular placement of electrical synapses	244
TREX1-dependent DNA damage links nuclear rupture to tumor cell invasion	229
Epithelial cells adapt to curvature induction via transient active osmotic swelling	204
Rim aperture of yeast autophagic membranes balances cargo inclusion with vesicle maturation	166
Decomposing a deterministic path to mesenchymal niche formation by two intersecting morphogen gradients	164
HOPX-associated molecular programs control cardiomyocyte cell states underpinning cardiac structure and function	152
Mechanisms of ferroptosis sensitization and resistance	144
Therapeutic modulation of GSTO activity rescues FUS-associated neurotoxicity via deglutathionylation in ALS disease models	129
Spatial patterning controls neuron numbers in the Drosophila visual system	124
A transcriptional and regulatory map of mouse somite maturation	122
CloneSeq: A highly sensitive analysis platform for the characterization of 3D-cultured single-cell-derived clones	121
Diet suppresses glioblastoma initiation in mice by maintaining quiescence of mutation-bearing neural stem cells	113
Astrocyte-induced mGluR1 activates human lung cancer brain metastasis via glutamate-dependent stabilization of EGFR	112
Control of poly(A)-tail length and translation in vertebrate oocytes and early embryos	110
Epithelial tissue confinement inhibits cell growth and leads to volume-reducing divisions	107
ORF3a of SARS-CoV-2 promotes lysosomal exocytosis-mediated viral egress	107
Airway basal stem cells reutilize the embryonic proliferation regulator, Tgfβ-Id2 axis, for tissue regeneration	106
Rapid and robust optogenetic control of gene expression in Drosophila	103
SMARCA5 reprograms AKR1B1-mediated fructose metabolism to control leukemogenesis	101
A feedback loop between lamellipodial extension and HGF-ERK signaling specifies leader cells during collective cell migration	100
A human breast atlas integrating single-cell proteomics and transcriptomics	93
Restoration of cone-circuit functionality in the regenerating adult zebrafish retina	93
Slc25a3-dependent copper transport controls flickering-induced Opa1 processing for mitochondrial safeguard	92
E3 ubiquitin ligase IPI1 controls rice immunity and flowering via both E3 ligase-dependent and -independent pathways	90

Mechanics of spindle orientation in human mitotic cells is determined by pulling forces on astral microtubules and clustering of cortical dynein	90
Partial closure of the γ-tubulin ring complex by CDK5RAP2 activates microtubule nucleation	90
Damage-responsive neuro-glial clusters coordinate the recruitment of dormant neural stem cells in Drosophila	83
Discrete cis-acting element regulates developmentally timed gene-lamina relocation and neural progenitor competence in vivo	81
Gene copy-number changes and chromosomal instability induced by aneuploidy confer resistance to chemotherapy	80
Bifunctional transcription factor GhMYB4 orchestrates transition from elongation to secondary cell wall synthesis trade-off in cotton fiber	79
Maternal and embryonic signals cause functional differentiation of luminal epithelial cells and receptivity establishment	78
Organoids from pluripotent stem cells and human tissues: When two cultures meet each other	75
BMP-gated cell-cycle progression drives anoikis during mesenchymal collective migration	74
Distinct classes of lagging chromosome underpin age-related oocyte aneuploidy in mouse	73
How structural interactions and receptor phosphorylation shape strigolactone signaling in rice	72
YAP1 and PRDM14 converge to promote cell survival and tumorigenesis	69
The miR-430 locus with extreme promoter density forms a transcription body during the minor wave of zygotic genome activation	67
Neuronal-epithelial cross-talk drives acinar specification via NRG1-ERBB3-mTORC2 signaling	67
A condensates-to-VPS41-associated phagic vacuoles conversion pathway controls autophagy degradation in plants	66
Can’t smell the virus: SARS-CoV-2, chromatin organization, and anosmia	65
Pollen-stigma incompatibility within and between species: Tread lightly, sedate the dogs, and don’t wake the guards!	65
Lysosomal catabolic activity promotes the exit of murine totipotent 2-cell state by silencing early-embryonic retrotransposons	64
Bidirectional activation of stem-like programs between metastatic cancer and alveolar type 2 cells within the niche	64
MAP9/MAPH-9 supports axonemal microtubule doublets and modulates motor movement	62
Vimentin intermediate filaments coordinate actin stress fibers and podosomes to determine the extracellular matrix degradation by macrophages	61
SUMO style defense: How post-translational modification via SUMO conjugation promotes plant defense	61
Traveling to the left: A story of PKD1L1-containing vesicles	59
Nucleolar protein PEXF controls ribosomal RNA synthesis and pluripotency exit	58
Axon guidance in central nervous system regeneration	58
Dynamic control of H2A.Zub and H3K27me3 by ambient temperature during cell fate determination in Arabidopsis	58
Don’t fear the reaper: The role of regulated cell death in tumorigenesis and BH3-mimetics for cancer therapy	57
The microtubular preprophase band recruits Myosin XI to the cortical division site to guide phragmoplast expansion during plant cytokinesis	57
Seamless knockins in Drosophila via CRISPR-triggered single-strand annealing	57
SLAM-ITseq identifies that Nrf2 induces liver regeneration through the pentose phosphate pathway	56
Stepping on the molecular brake: Slowing down proliferation to allow differentiation	55