OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Protein & Cell is 8. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Withdrawn as Duplicate: Remembering the Scholar Ding Ying: The Father of Chinese Rice-Farming Science	230
Gene print-based cell subtypes annotation of human disease across heterogeneous datasets with gPRINT	149
Pan Shuh: the founding figure of modern Chinese psychology	121
DHA, a potentially therapeutic lipid for myocardial infarction	110
One step, two functions: the mechanism of the ABCH class of transporter serving barrier construction and detoxification in insects	101
JMJD1C forms condensate to facilitate a RUNX1-dependent gene expression program shared by multiple types of AML cells	87
DCK confers sensitivity of DCTD-positive cancer cells to oxidized methylcytidines	62
Anthrax lethal toxin and tumor necrosis factor-α synergize on intestinal epithelia to induce mouse death	59
Spatially-resolved expression landscape and gene-regulatory network of human gastric corpus epithelium	55
Gut microbial methionine impacts circadian clock gene expression and reactive oxygen species level in host gastrointestinal tract	44
Unfolding HBx for an epigenetic switch of HBV cccDNA minichromosome	43
ARID1A IDR targets EWS-FLI1 condensates and finetunes chromatin remodeling	42
An improved method for the detection of double-stranded RNA suitable for quality control of mRNA vaccines	41
Microbiome research outlook: past, present, and future	38
Single-nucleus transcriptomics reveals a gatekeeper role for FOXP1 in primate cardiac aging	38
Endoplasmic reticulum membrane remodeling by targeting reticulon-4 induces pyroptosis to facilitate antitumor immune	37
Architecture of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus	34
Strategies for generating mouse model resources of human disease	29
3D chromatin dynamics in cellular neuroendocrine transformation	29
Dynamin 1-mediated endocytic recycling of glycosylated N-cadherin sustains the plastic mesenchymal state to promote ovarian cancer metastasis	28
A single-cell transcriptomic landscape characterizes the endocrine system aging in the mouse	28
Efficient clustered, regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats-based gene activation using combinatorial human transcription activation domains	27
Cryo-EM structures of Nipah virus polymerase complex reveal highly varied interactions between L and P proteins among paramyxoviruses	26
Mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 spike receptor binding domain and their delicate balance between ACE2 affinity and antibody evasion	26
Inheritance and advancement in biochemistry: the pioneering research of Szu-Chih Liu	26

Correction to: Genome-wide CRISPR screen identifies synthetic lethality between DOCK1 inhibition and metformin in liver cancer	25
A hnRNPA2B1 agonist effectively inhibits HBV and SARS-CoV-2 omicronin vivo	24
Pasteurized Akkermansia muciniphila promotes GP2 expression in microfold cells and facilitates Salmonella infection	23
A long non-coding RNA LncSync regulates mouse cardiomyocyte homeostasis and cardiac hypertrophy through coordination of miRNA actions	22
Immune rebalancing at the maternal-fetal interface of maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection during early pregnancy	22
An orally-available monovalent SMAC mimetic compound as a broad-spectrum antiviral	22
Correction to: SIRT7 antagonizes human stem cell aging as a heterochromatin stabilizer	21
Tuning the Hsp70 chaperone cycle: emerging roles of GrpE-like nucleotide exchange factors in proteostasis and organelle function	20
Long-term in vivo chimeric cells tracking in non-human primate	20
Oxidative phosphorylation safeguards pluripotency via UDP-N-acetylglucosamine	20
High-throughput screening of SARS-CoV-2 main and papain-like protease inhibitors	20
Primate ASPM knockout causes severe microcephaly and oligodendrocyte loss in the brain	20
Advances in gene and cellular therapeutic approaches for Huntington’s disease	19
Accumulation of newly synthesized docosahexaenoic acid plays an essential role in heart regeneration	19
Adenosine-to-inosine RNA editing in cancer: molecular mechanisms and downstream targets	18
Microbial sensing in the intestine	18
Radiation injury and gut microbiota-based treatment	18
Proteomic analysis of ferroptosis pathways reveals a role of CEPT1 in suppressing ferroptosis	18
Hunting out the repeat expansion in Huntington’s pigs	17
Secreted proteins in treating metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: from bench towards bedside	16
Endosomal catabolism of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate is fundamental in building resilience against pathogens	15
Correction to: Adenosine-to-inosine RNA editing in cancer: molecular mechanisms and downstream targets	15
Single transmembrane GPCR modulating proteins: neither single nor simple	14
Systematicidentification of CRISPR off-target effects by CROss-seq	14
The microbiota–gut–brain axis and neurodevelopmental disorders	14
SMURF1: a promising target for colon cancer therapy	14
Boundless love: a German Professor Uli Schwarz in China	13
Glutamine signaling specifically activates c-Myc and Mcl-1 to facilitate cancer cell proliferation and survival	13
Synergistic innovation in organ-on-a-chip and organoid technologies: reshaping the future of disease modeling, drug development, and precision medicine	13
Systematic characterization of full-length RNA isoforms in human colorectal cancer at single-cell resolution	12
Single-cell profiling reveals a potent role of quercetin in promoting hair regeneration	12
Aberrant outputs of cerebellar nuclei and targeted rescue of social deficits in an autism mouse model	12
Oncogenic role of the SLC7A13-SLC3A1 cystine transporter in human luminal breast cancer and its cryo-EM structure	12
Syn3, a newly developed cyclic peptide and BDNF signaling enhancer, ameliorates retinal ganglion cell degeneration in diabetic retinopathy	11
Correction to: Endothelial-to-Osteoblast Conversion maintains bone homeostasis through Kindlin-2/Piezo1/TGFβ/Runx2 axis	11
Structural studies promote vaccine development: lessons from African swine fever virus	11
Sung Shu Chien: The founder of modern Chinese botany	11
Degeneration Directory: a multi-omics web resource for degenerative diseases	11
Single-nucleus transcriptomics uncovers a geroprotective role of YAP in primate gingival aging	10
Tanjun Tong: a pioneer of cellular senescence and aging mechanism research in China	10
The chordata olfactory receptor database	9
Human ESC-derived vascular cells promote vascular regeneration in a HIF-1α dependent manner	9
Whole-exome sequencing identifies ECPAS as a novel potentially pathogenic gene in multiple hereditary families with nonsyndromic orofacial cleft	9
Virological research history in China: a century of profiling virologists’ contributions and virological innovations	9
mTORC2/RICTOR exerts differential levels of metabolic control in human embryonic, mesenchymal and neural stem cells	9
Cryo-EM structure of human κ-opioid receptor-Gi complex bound to an endogenous agonist dynorphin A	9
Join the club: ORP8 is a lipophagy receptor	9
A molecular brake that modulates spliceosome pausing at detained introns contributes to neurodegeneration	9
The role of parkin in monkey	9
Single-nucleus profiling unveils a geroprotective role of the FOXO3 in primate skeletal muscle aging	8

Bardoxolone methyl blocks the efflux of Zn2+ by targeting hZnT1 to inhibit the proliferation and metastasis of cervical cancer	8
Ergothioneine and its congeners: anti-ageing mechanisms and pharmacophore biosynthesis	8
Platelet RNA signature independently predicts ovarian cancer prognosis by deep learning neural network model	8
Structural basis of INTAC-regulated transcription	8
PDHX acetylation facilitates tumor progression by disrupting PDC assembly and activating lactylation-mediated gene expression	8
Gut dysbiosis impairs intestinal renewal and lipid absorption in Scarb2 deficiency-associated neurodegeneration	8
RNA helicase MTR4 drives tumorigenesis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma by regulating the expression of key cell cycle genes	8
Platelet RNA enables accurate detection of ovarian cancer: an intercontinental, biomarker identification study	8