OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of European Journal of Cell Biology 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Retraction notice to “LncRNA GAS6-AS1 facilitates the progression of breast cancer by targeting the miR-324-3p/SETD1A axis to activate the PI3K/AKT pathway” [Eur. J. Cell Biol. 99 (2020) 151124]	130
Cell-substratum and cell-cell adhesion forces and single-cell mechanical properties in mono- and multilayer assemblies from robotic fluidic force microscopy	61
CRISPR technology: A versatile tool to model, screen, and reverse drug resistance in cancer	56
European Journal of Cell Biology – Editorial	53
Editorial - Cell mechanics and mechanobiology	50
LUZP1: A new player in the actin-microtubule cross-talk	43
Immunotherapeutic approaches in Hepatocellular carcinoma: Building blocks of hope in near future	41
Extracellular vesicles on the move: Traversing the complex matrix of tissues	39
Lipopolysaccharide induces vascular endothelial cell pyroptosis via the SP1/RCN2/ROS signaling pathway	37
ING1 inhibits Twist1 expression to block EMT and is antagonized by the HDAC inhibitor vorinostat	34
Receptor-mediated internalization promotes increased endosome size and number in a RAB4- and RAB5-dependent manner	33
The solute carrier SLC7A1 may act as a protein transporter at the blood-brain barrier	32
LRP1 involvement in FHIT-regulated HER2 signaling in non-small cell lung cancer	30
Mechanical forces: The missing link between idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and lung cancer	30
Structural topological analysis of spike proteins of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern highlight distinctive amino acid substitution patterns	28
The endocytic protein machinery as an actin-driven membrane-remodeling machine	27
Degradation of hexosylceramides is required for timely corpse clearance via formation of cargo-containing phagolysosomal vesicles	27
Nuclear receptor Nur77 regulates immunomechanics of macrophages	25
Cross-regulation of Listeria monocytogenes and the host ubiquitin system in listeriosis	24
Gq/G11 oncogenic mutations promote PD-L1 expression and suppress tumor immunity	24
Exploring optimal protocols for generating and preserving glucose-responsive insulin-secreting progenitor cells derived from human pluripotent stem cells	23
In vitro differentiation of ciliated cells in ALI-cultured human airway epithelium – The framework for functional studies on airway differentiation in ciliopathies	23
Stable laminar shear stress induces G1 cell cycle arrest and autophagy in urothelial carcinoma by a torque sensor-coupled cone-and-plate device	22
Nitric oxide-dependent cell death in glioblastoma and squamous cell carcinoma via prodeath mitochondrial clustering	21
Septin-dependent defense mechanisms against Pseudomonas aeruginosa are stalled in cystic fibrosis bronchial epithelial cells	20

Adenomatous Polyposis Coli (APC) in cell migration	17
VASP boosts protrusive activity of macroendocytic cups and drives phagosome rocketing after internalization	17
THOC5 regulates human osteoclastogenesis	17
Cannabidiol activates PINK1-Parkin-dependent mitophagy and mitochondrial-derived vesicles	16
The impact of physical, biochemical, and electrical signaling on Schwann cell plasticity	15
Modelling Legionnaires’ disease: Lessons learned from invertebrate and vertebrate animal models	15
Influence of vitamin K2 on lipid precursors of inflammation and fatty acids pathway activities in HepG2 cells	15
OxLDL sensitizes platelets for increased formation of extracellular vesicles capable of finetuning macrophage gene expression	15
The PRC2 molecule EED is a target of epigenetic therapy for neuroblastoma	14
Neural pericytes: A genomic archival state programmed by CHromatin topology	14
The role of prostanoids in regulatory T cells and their implications in inflammatory diseases and cancers	14
Molecular mechanisms of naringenin modulation of mitochondrial permeability transition acting on F1FO-ATPase and counteracting saline load-induced injury in SHRSP cerebral endothelial cells	14
Advances in understanding N-glycosylation structure, function, and regulation in health and disease	13
StarD13 negatively regulates invadopodia formation and invasion in high-grade serous (HGS) ovarian adenocarcinoma cells by inhibiting Cdc42	13
Activity and function of auxiliary fluxes of glucose metabolism in response to physiological normoxia (5% O2) during long-term Adipose-Derived Stem/Stromal cell culture	13
Vitamin D3 protects against respiratory syncytial virus-induced barrier dysfunction in airway epithelial cells via PKA signaling pathway	13
From fundamental biology to the search for innovation: The story of fungal extracellular vesicles	13
Membrane localization of actin filaments stabilizes giant unilamellar vesicles against external deforming forces	13
Editorial - In vitro reconstitution of cytoskeletal processes	12
Spoonbill positively regulates JNK signalling mediated apoptosis in Drosophila melanogaster	12
Invad_2019—Mechano-chemical signals in invasion	12
Urine-derived renal epithelial cells isolated after kidney transplant are sensitive to neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin exposure during in vitro culture	12
KIF15 knockdown suppresses gallbladder cancer development	11
NANOS1 restricts oral cancer cell motility and TGF-ß signaling	11
Novel insights into the pharmacological modulation of human periodontal ligament stem cells by the amino-bisphosphonate Alendronate	11
Recent trends and advances in type 1 diabetes therapeutics: A comprehensive review	11
High throughput methods to study protein-protein interactions during host-pathogen interactions	11
Paving the way to a neural fate – RNA signatures in naive and trans-differentiating mesenchymal stem cells	11
Regulation of the HIF switch in human endothelial and cancer cells	11
Biochemical characterization of actin assembly mechanisms with ALS-associated profilin variants	11
Retrograde transport in plants: Circular economy in the endomembrane system	10
Specific subdomain localization of ER resident proteins and membrane contact sites resolved by electron microscopy	10
Dehydrated human amniotic membrane modulates canonical Wnt signaling in multiple cell types in vitro	10
MitoTracker: A useful tool in need of better alternatives	10
RhoB as a tumor suppressor: It’s all about localization	10
Understanding cancer stem cells and plasticity: Towards better therapeutics	10
Shigella generates distinct IAM subpopulations during epithelial cell invasion to promote efficient intracellular niche formation	9
Deciphering actin remodelling in immune cells through the prism of actin-related inborn errors of immunity	9
Generating kidney organoids based on developmental nephrology	9
Xenogeneic versus allogeneic serum and macromolecular crowding in human tenocyte cultures	9
Salmonella infection impacts host proteome thermal stability	8
Target lysis by cholesterol extraction is a rate limiting step in the resolution of phagolysosomes	8
Mechanoresponsive ETS1 causes endothelial dysfunction and arterialization in varicose veins via NOTCH4/DLL4 signaling	8
The nexus of nuclear envelope dynamics, circular economy and cancer cell pathophysiology	8
Three-dimensional chromatin architecture in plants – General features and novelties	8
Cancer’s camouflage: Microvesicle shedding from cholesterol-rich tumor plasma membranes might blindfold first-responder immunosurveillance strategies	8
Iron metabolism in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum: A role for ferric chelate reductases	8
Molecular mechanisms underlying the heterogeneous barrier responses of two primary endothelial cell types to sphingosine-1-phosphate	8
Controling the cytoskeleton during CEACAM3-mediated phagocytosis	8
Frameshift mutation S368fs in the gene encoding cytoskeletal β-actin leads to ACTB-associated syndromic thrombocytopenia by impairing actin dynamics	8