OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of BMC Molecular and Cell Biology is 7. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Simple, low-cost, and well-performing method, the outgrowth technique, for the isolation of cells from nasal polyps	56
The role of proteoglycan form of DMP1 in cranial repair	46
Method for determining of cytotoxicity based on the release of fluorescent proteins	33
Upregulation of CCT3 predicts poor prognosis and promotes cell proliferation via inhibition of ferroptosis and activation of AKT signaling in lung adenocarcinoma	22
High levels of follicular fluid testosterone could impair oocyte developmental competency via affecting aryl hydrocarbon receptor pathway in PCOS patients	21
LEP O-GlcNAcylation inactivates NF-κB pathway by suppressing LEP protein level and thus mediates cellular senescence and osteogenic differentiation in mouse mesenchymal stem cells	20
Development of an in vitro human alveolar epithelial air-liquid interface model using a small molecule inhibitor cocktail	19
Comparative transcriptomic analysis reveals gene regulation mediated by caspase activity in a chordate organism	18
Optimization of fuzzy c-means (FCM) clustering in cytology image segmentation using the gray wolf algorithm	18
Searching for protein partners of short-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (SCHAD) reveals keratin 8 as a novel candidate for interaction in pancreatic β-cells	16
NanoBRET in C. elegans illuminates functional receptor interactions in real time	16
Association between plasma L-carnitine levels and mitochondrial DNA copy number	14
microRNA-338-3p suppresses lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammatory response in HK-2 cells	14
Differential methylation patterns in paternally imprinted gene promoter regions in sperm from hepatitis B virus infected individuals	14
Exportin Crm1 is important for Swi6 nuclear shuttling and MBF transcription activation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	13
Correction to: A potential implication of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 2B10 in the detoxification of drugs used in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation setting: an in silico investigation	13
Correction: Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3 regulates IGFBP-1 gene transcription through the Thymine-rich Insulin Response Element	13
The 3D nuclear conformation of the major histocompatibility complex changes upon cell activation both in porcine and human macrophages	12
Convergent evolution of type I antifreeze proteins from four different progenitors in response to global cooling	12
Optimisation of cryopreservation conditions, including storage duration and revival methods, for the viability of human primary cells	12
N-actylcysteine inhibits diethyl phthalate-induced inflammation via JNK and STAT pathway in RAW264.7 macrophages	12
MicroRNA-145-5p modulates Krüppel-like factor 5 and inhibits cell proliferation, migration, and invasion in nasopharyngeal carcinoma	11
Transcriptome and DNA methylation profiling during the NSN to SN transition in mouse oocytes	11
Uncarboxylated osteocalcin promotes proliferation and metastasis of MDA-MB-231 cells through TGF-β/SMAD3 signaling pathway	11
Designing multi-epitope vaccines against Echinococcus granulosus: an in-silico study using immuno-informatics	11

Neuroprotective effect of ciclopirox olamine in retinal ischemia/reperfusion injury	11
Melatonin reduces lung injury in type 1 diabetic mice by the modulation of autophagy	11
Overexpression of lncRNA HOXA-AS2 promotes the progression of oral squamous cell carcinoma by mediating SNX5 expression	10
SCAT8/miR-125b-5p axis triggers malignant progression of nasopharyngeal carcinoma through SCARB1	10
The formin FMNL2 plays a role in the response of melanoma cells to substrate stiffness	10
Hik28-dependent and Hik28-independent ABC transporters were revealed by proteome-wide analysis of ΔHik28 under combined stress	10
Intercellular transfer of mitochondrial DNA carrying metastasis-enhancing pathogenic mutations from high- to low-metastatic tumor cells and stromal cells via extracellular vesicles	10
Mutant Fam20c knock-in mice recapitulate both lethal and non-lethal human Raine Syndrome	9
Upregulated dual oxidase 1-induced oxidative stress and caspase-1-dependent pyroptosis reflect the etiologies of heart failure	9
Long non-coding RNA SOX2OT in tamoxifen-resistant breast cancer	8
Systematic study of single-cell isolation from musculoskeletal tissues for single-sell sequencing	8
An alternative D. melanogaster 7SK snRNP	8
Hyperoxia exposure upregulates Dvl-1 and activates Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in newborn rat lung	8
Chromatin structure in cancer	8
Ribosomal protein RPL5 regulates colon cancer cell proliferation and migration through MAPK/ERK signaling pathway	7
Angiogenic ability of human endothelial cells was decreased following senescence induction with hydrogen peroxide: possible role of vegfr-2/akt-1 signaling pathway	7
The dual role of Nrf2 in melanoma: a systematic review	7
Systemic administration of c-Kit+ cells diminished pulmonary and vascular inflammation in rat model of chronic asthma	7
The absence of the autoimmune regulator gene (AIRE) impairs the three-dimensional structure of medullary thymic epithelial cell spheroids	7
Sex alters thyroid hormone’s effect on protein O-GlcNAcylation in the aged mouse heart	7
The proneural transcription factor Atoh1 promotes odontogenic differentiation in human dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs)	7