OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Autophagy 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
LAMP2 regulates autophagy in the thymic epithelium and thymic stroma-dependent CD4 T cell development	369
Reticulophagy mediated by the V-ATPase-ATG16L1-LC3C axis	301
A PRKN-independent mechanism regulating cardiac mitochondrial quality control	286
The hallmark domain of the oldest autophagy receptor family is a cargo-binding module	227
ATG7 safeguards human neural integrity	167
PGAM5 interacts with and maintains BNIP3 to license cancer-associated muscle wasting	158
TFEB- and TFE3-dependent autophagy activation supports cancer proliferation in the absence of centrosomes	142
Should it stay or should it go: gap junction protein GJA1/Cx43 conveys damaged lysosomes to the cell periphery to potentiate exocytosis	136
TFEB-dependent autophagy is involved in scavenger receptor OLR1/LOX-1-mediated tumor progression	134
ER quality control through reticulophagy and protein secretion	127
Burkholderia pseudomallei BipD initiates mitophagy to evade killing by hijacking host KLHL9-KLHL13-CUL3 E3 ligase to ubiquitinate IMMT	126
A delicate decision between repair and degradation of damaged lysosomes	117
The autophagy pathway beyond model organisms: an evolutionary perspective	117
Autophagy regulates organelle reorganization during spermiogenesis in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha	113
Enhancing neuronal reticulophagy: a strategy for combating aging and APP toxicity	109
Targeting impaired autophagy as a therapeutic strategy for Koolen-de Vries syndrome	107
Autophagy activates EGR1 via MAPK/ERK to induce FGF2 in renal tubular cells for fibroblast activation and fibrosis during maladaptive kidney repair	105
Reconsidering the selectivity of bulk autophagy: cargo hitchhiking specifies cargo for degradation	104
Neuronal antenna senses signals from the bone to sustain cognition by boosting autophagy	101
Reticulophagy and viral infection	98
Tumor-derived CTF1 (cardiotrophin 1) is a critical mediator of stroma-assisted and autophagy-dependent breast cancer cell migration, invasion and metastasis	95
The active zone protein CLA-1 (Clarinet) bridges two subsynaptic domains to regulate presynaptic sorting of ATG-9	93
Increased apoptosis of gingival epithelium is associated with impaired autophagic flux in medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw	92
Mitochondrial import stress and PINK1-mediated mitophagy: the role of the PINK1-TOMM-TIMM23 supercomplex	91
M. tuberculosis PknG manipulates host autophagy flux to promote pathogen intracellular survival	90

Emerging roles of ATG9/ATG9A in autophagy: implications for cell and neurobiology	87
Atg1-dependent phosphorylation of Vps34 is required for dynamic regulation of the phagophore assembly site and autophagy in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	85
Selective autophagic degradation of ACLY (ATP citrate lyase) maintains citrate homeostasis and promotes oocyte maturation	82
A plant nonenveloped double-stranded RNA virus activates and co-opts BNIP3-mediated mitophagy to promote persistent infection in its insect vector	81
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus degrades DDX10 via SQSTM1/p62-dependent selective autophagy to antagonize its antiviral activity	78
Sodium butyrate ameliorates high glucose-suppressed neuronal mitophagy by restoring PRKN expression via inhibiting the RELA-HDAC8 complex	77
ALDOA maintains NLRP3 inflammasome activation by controlling AMPK activation	76
PINK1-deficiency facilitates mitochondrial iron accumulation and colon tumorigenesis	69
LYC inhibits the AKT signaling pathway to activate autophagy and ameliorate TGFB-induced renal fibrosis	69
Growth factor receptor signaling induces mitophagy through epitranscriptomic regulation	67
ESCRT III-mediated lysosomal repair improve renal tubular cell injury in cisplatin-induced AKI	65
TRIM22 facilitates autophagosome-lysosome fusion by mediating the association of GABARAPs and PLEKHM1	65
CARM1 drives mitophagy and autophagy flux during fasting-induced skeletal muscle atrophy	64
SKArred 2 death: neuroinflammatory breakdown of the hippocampus	63
GAK and PRKCD kinases regulate basal mitophagy	63
Automated quantification of vacuole fusion and lipophagy in Saccharomyces cerevisiae from fluorescence and cryo-soft X-ray microscopy data using deep learning	63
Starvation-inactivated MTOR triggers cell migration via a ULK1-SH3PXD2A/TKS5-MMP14 pathway in ovarian carcinoma	62
Periplocin suppresses the growth of colorectal cancer cells by triggering LGALS3 (galectin 3)-mediated lysophagy	61
The cocoon into a butterfly: why the HVA22 family proteins turned out to be the reticulophagy receptors in plants?	61
Epitranscriptomic turbo for autophagy boost: m⁶A reader YTHDF3	60
Garcinia cambogia attenuates adipogenesis by affecting CEBPB and SQSTM1/p62-mediated selective autophagic degradation of KLF3 through RPS6KA1 and STAT3 suppression	60
PRRSV utilizes MALT1-regulated autophagy flux to switch virus spread and reserve	59
Deciphering melanophagy: role of the PTK2-ITCH-MLANA-OPTN cascade on melanophagy in melanocytes	59
S- acylation of PNPLA2/ATGL: a necessity for triacylglycerol lipolysis and lipophagy in hepatocytes	59
Integrating bioengineering, super-resolution microscopy and mechanobiology in autophagy research: addendum to the guidelines (4th edition)	59
Accurate automated segmentation of autophagic bodies in yeast vacuoles using cellpose 2.0	58
Identification of the YIPF3-YIPF4 heterodimer as a novel Golgiphagy receptor	57
The PINK1 advantage: recycling mitochondria in times of trouble?	56
Lassa virus Z protein hijacks the autophagy machinery for efficient transportation by interrupting CCT2-mediated cytoskeleton network formation	56
Excessive BNIP3- and BNIP3L-dependent mitophagy underlies the pathogenesis of FBXL4-mutated mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome	56
Autophagy deficiency activates rDNA transcription	55
Metabolic stress induces a double-positive feedback loop between AMPK and SQSTM1/p62 conferring dual activation of AMPK and NFE2L2/NRF2 to synergize antioxidant defense	55
High-resolution visualization and assessment of basal and OXPHOS-induced mitophagy in H9c2 cardiomyoblasts	55
ATG2A-WDR45/WIPI4-ATG9A complex-mediated lipid transfer and equilibration during autophagosome formation	55