OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Medical Molecular Morphology is 3. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Three-dimensional reconstruction by electron tomography for the application to ultrastructural analysis of SARS-CoV-2 particles	12
Elevated MUC5AC expression is associated with mismatch repair deficiency and proximal tumor location but not with cancer progression in colon cancer	10
Hepatic expression of sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) in patients with chronic liver disease	9
Pancreatic cancer cell-derived exosomes induce epithelial-mesenchymal transition in human pancreatic cancer cells themselves partially via transforming growth factor β1	9
Circulating microRNA-92a-3p in colorectal cancer: a review	9
Prediction of treatment response from the microenvironment of tumor immunity in cervical cancer patients treated with chemoradiotherapy	8
Expression analyses of PLEKHG2, a Rho family-specific guanine nucleotide exchange factor, during mouse brain development	8
Sclerosing mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the salivary glands: report of three cases with special concern to the counterpart accompanied by eosinophilia	7
Correlation of hepatitis C virus-mediated endoplasmic reticulum stress with autophagic flux impairment and hepatocarcinogenesis	7
The concurrent stimulation of Wnt and FGF8 signaling induce differentiation of dental mesenchymal cells into odontoblast-like cells	7
Atypical spindle cell/pleomorphic lipomatous tumor with a sarcomatous component showing high mitotic activity and Ki-67 labeling index: report of a unique case mimicking dedifferentiated liposarcoma	6
Morphological comparison between three-dimensional structure of immortalized human lens epithelial cells and Soemmering's ring	6
Retinoic acid metabolism in cancer: potential feasibility of retinoic acid metabolism blocking therapy	6
Metanephric adenoma with BRAF V600K mutation and a doubtful radiological imaging: pitfalls in the diagnostic process	6
Next-generation sequencing of 16S rRNA for identification of invasive bacterial pathogens in a formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded placental specimen: a case report of perinatal fulminant Streptococcus p	5
High G protein subunit beta 4 protein level is correlated to poor prognosis of urothelial carcinoma	5
Endometrial cancer with a POLE mutation progresses frequently through the type I pathway despite its high-grade endometrioid morphology: a cohort study at a single institution in Japan	5
LncRNA PICSAR binds to miR-485-5p and activates TGF-β1/Smad to promote abnormal proliferation of hypertrophic scar fibroblasts (HSFs) and excessive deposition of extracellular matrix (ECM)	5
High T-cell infiltration in tumor tissue and younger age predict the response to pembrolizumab in recurrent urothelial cancer	5
M-CSFR expression in the embryonal component of hepatoblastoma and cell-to-cell interaction between macrophages and hepatoblastoma	5
Usefulness of SynCAM3 and cyclin D1 immunohistochemistry in distinguishing superficial CD34-positive fibroblastic tumor from its histological mimics	4
Nicorandil, an ATP-sensitive potassium channel activation, attenuates myocardial injury in rats with ischemic cardiomyopathy	4
Role of repressed microRNAs in endometriosis	4
Analysis of purple urine bag syndrome by low vacuum scanning electron microscopy	4
Quantitative digital image analysis of somatostatin receptor 2 immunohistochemistry in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors	4

Promising therapeutic targets of endometriosis obtained from microRNA studies	4
Mitochonic acid-5 ameliorates chlorhexidine gluconate-induced peritoneal fibrosis in mice	4
MiR-98-3p regulates ovarian granulosa cell proliferation and apoptosis in polycystic ovary syndrome by targeting YY1	4
Pathological findings of myocardium in a patient with cardiac conduction defect associated with an SCN5A mutation	4
A novel parotid carcinoma with a prominent ghost cell population: a masquerading tumor or “salivary ghost cell carcinoma”?	3
Expression of CILP-2 and DDR2 and ultrastructural changes in the articular cartilage of patients with knee osteoarthritis undergoing total knee arthroplasty: a pilot morphological study	3
Dentigerous cyst exhibiting prominent mucous cell metaplasia: report of a unique case mimicking central mucoepidermoid carcinoma	3
Pathological classification of desmoplastic reaction is prognostic factor in cervical adenocarcinoma	3
Association between mitochondrial and nuclear DNA damages and cellular senescence in the patients with biliary atresia undergoing Kasai portoenterostomy and liver transplantation	3
Vitamin D metabolism in cancer: potential feasibility of vitamin D metabolism blocking therapy	3
Histopathological changes of myocytes in restrictive cardiomyopathy	3
Effects of stretching on the basement membrane structure in the soleus muscle of Wistar rats	3
Lymphoepithelial carcinoma of the parotid gland: a unique example showing p16 immunoreactivity	3
A rare case of high-grade intraductal carcinoma of the upper lip: immunohistochemical and genetic analyses	3
Predictive value of an exosomal microRNA-based signature for tumor immunity in cervical cancer patients treated with chemoradiotherapy	3