OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Experimental and Molecular Pathology is 5. 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
Dexamethasone attenuates low-frequency brainwave disturbances following acute seizures induced by pentylenetetrazol in Wistar rats	95
Effect of glycated HDL on oxidative stress and cholesterol homeostasis in a human bladder cancer cell line, J82	87
Twenty-eight-day perfluorooctanoate exposure does not affect immune cell populations in naïve mice	52
The development of an indel panel for microchimerism detection	51
An in-silico analysis reveals further evidence of an aggressive subset of lung carcinoids sharing molecular features of high-grade neuroendocrine neoplasms	47
Aberrant cell adhesiveness due to DNA hypermethylation of KLF11 in papillary urothelial carcinomas	35
Tumour suppressor role of microRNA-335-5p in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by targeting TTK (Mps1)	26
Retraction notice to “Interferon alpha-2b inhibits negative-strand RNA and protein expression from full-length HCV1a infectious clone” [Experimental and Molecular Pathology 76 (2004) 242–252].	26
Expression of concern: “Upregulation of immunomodulatory molecules by matrine treatment in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis” [Experimental and Molecular Pathology 97 (2014) 470–476]	23
NK1 receptor antagonistic effect of 17-trifluoromethyl phenyl trinor prostaglandin F2α on the growth of human breast cancer cell line	21
Daidzin suppresses melanogenesis through ERK and AKT signaling pathways mediated MITF proteasomal degradation	21
Antihyperglycemic activity of L-norvaline and L-arginine in high-fat diet and streptozotocin-treated male rats	17
Editorial Board	17
A review of the critical role of vitamin D axis on the immune system	17
Retraction notice to “Silencing circANKRD36 protects H9c2 cells against lipopolysaccharide-induced injury via up-regulating miR-138” [Experimental and Molecular Pathology 111 (2019) 104300]	16
Hyperinsulinemic male LEW.1WR1 rats show early signs of impaired liver metabolism	15
Genetic and epigenetic determinants of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: Toward a precision medicine approach	15
Modulating cellular deformability via 3D dextran hydrogel cultivation to regulate the microcirculation of mesenchymal stem cells in murine spleen and liver	14
Transcriptomic analysis of the HPT axis in a model of oligoasthenozoospermia induced by Adenine in rats	14
Editorial Board	14
Effect of aberrant DNA methylation on cancer stem cell properties	14
Cytokeratin 20 expression is linked to stage progression and to poor prognosis in advanced (pT4) urothelial carcinoma of the bladder	13
From asbestos exposure to carcinogenesis: Transcriptomic signatures in malignant pleural mesothelioma	12
m6A demethylase FTO/ALKBH5 promotes diabetes-induced endothelial cell dysfunction by negatively regulating lncRNA H19	12
Corrigendum to “CD4+ T cells and TGFβ1/MAPK signal pathway involved in the valvular hyperblastosis and fibrosis in patients with rheumatic heart disease” [Experimental and Molecular Pathology 114 (202	12

Head and neck squamous cell carcinomas of unknown primary: Can ancillary studies help identify more primary tumor sites?	11
Editorial Board	11
Glycocalyx shedding as a clinical biomarker in critical illness	10
Expression of free fatty acid receptor 2 in normal and neoplastic tissues	10
Molecular and cellular pruritus mechanisms in the host skin	10
CD10 expression as a potential predictor of pathological complete response in ER-negative and triple-negative breast cancer patients treated with anthracycline-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy	9
Retraction notice to “Luteolin retards CXCL12-induced Jurkat cells migration by disrupting transcription of CXCR4” [Experimental and Molecular Pathology 113 (2020) 104370]	9
Targeted molecular profiling of epithelial ovarian cancer from Italian BRCA wild-type patients with a BRCA and PARP pathways gene panel	9
A targeted expression panel for classification, gene fusion detection and PD-L1 measurements – Can molecular profiling replace immunohistochemistry in non-small cell lung cancer?	8
The association between abnormal glucose metabolism and rheumatoid arthritis	8
Cell-specific functions of STAT3 in osteoarthritis and its therapeutic potential	8
Validation of a targeted next-generation sequencing panel for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas	7
Retraction notice to “Anti-proliferation and anti-metastatic effects of sevoflurane on human osteosarcoma U2OS and Saos-2 cells” [Experimental and Molecular Pathology 108 (2019) 121–130]	7
Effect of Clostridium butyricum and antibiotics using simultaneous simple suspension in mice with Clostridioides difficile infection	7
Amplicon-based NGS test for assessing MLH1 promoter methylation and its correlation with BRAF mutation in colorectal cancer patients	7
Roots remain	6
The pleiotropic peroxisome proliferator activated receptors: Regulation and therapeutics	6
Pathobiology of myocardial and cardiomyocyte injury in ischemic heart disease: Perspective from seventy years of cell injury research	6
Editorial Board	6
Metabolic reprogramming during ineffective erythropoiesis in β-thalassemia/HbE disease	6
Small intestinal bacteria accelerate aspirin-induced small intestinal injuries	6
The PI3K-AKT pathway: A plausible therapeutic target in Parkinson's disease	6
The biogenesis, biological functions and modification of Circular RNAs	5
PI3K/mTOR inhibition prevents anal cancer in mice with established low-grade anal dysplasia	5
Effects of different hypoxia exposure on myeloid-derived suppressor cells in mice	5
NVP-BEZ235 enhances autophagy and ameliorates cognitive deficits by targeting tauopathies	5
SARS-CoV-2 hampers dopamine production in iPSC-derived dopaminergic neurons	5
Fragmentation assessment of FFPE DNA helps in evaluating NGS library complexity and interpretation of NGS results	5
Retraction notice to “The role of cardiac fibroblasts in post-myocardial heart tissue repair” [Experimental and Molecular Pathology 101/2 (2016) 231–240]	5
TGF-β1 signaling can worsen NAFLD with liver fibrosis backdrop	5
Analysis of BRCA1 and BRCA2 alternative splicing in predisposition to ovarian cancer	5
Iron supplementation ameliorates aloin-induced iron deficiency anemia in rats	5
A weighted and cumulative point system for accurate scoring of intestinal pathology in a piglet model of necrotizing enterocolitis	5