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Papers

(The median citation count of Experimental Lung Research is 2. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
SRC3 deficiency exacerbates lipopolysaccharide-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome in mice	11
Effects of sulfur dioxide, ozone, and ambient air pollution on lung histopathology, oxidative-stress biomarkers, and apoptosis-related gene expressions in rats	10
Artificial stone dust affects oxidative stress and epithelial barrier in CALU 3 cells	8
Zebrafish as a model for investigating Klebsiella pneumoniae -driven lung injury and therapeutic targets	8
USP4-mediated deubiquitination of SRC-1 regulates macrophage polarization and asthma inflammation	8
HIF and ER stress are involved in TGFβ1-mediated wound closure of alveolar epithelial cells	8
Cold ischemia time alters cell-type specific senescence leading to loss of cellular integrity in mouse lungs	8
Correction	8
Downregulation of miR-761 ameliorates radiation-induced pulmonary fibrosis by regulating PGC-1α	7
Lef1 is transcriptionally activated by Klf4 and suppresses hyperoxia-induced alveolar epithelial cell injury	7
Stevioside attenuates bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis by activating the Nrf2 pathway and inhibiting the NF-κB and TGF-β1/Smad2/3 pathways	7
Alveolar epithelial cell growth hormone releasing hormone receptor in alveolar epithelial inflammation	6
Exosomes derived from hypoxic alveolar epithelial cells promote the phenotypic transformation of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells via the Rap1 pathway	6
Effects of end-expiratory lung volume versus PaO₂ guided PEEP determination on respiratory mechanics and oxygenation in moderate to severe ARDS	6
PM2.5 induces ferroptosis in chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases via the GSK-3β/NRF2 pathway	6
Transglutaminase 2 mediates lung inflammation and remodeling by transforming growth factor beta 1viaalveolar macrophage modulation	6
Changes in lung sialidases in male and female mice after bleomycin aspiration	5
Cigarette smoke extract-induced inflammatory response via inhibition of the TFEB-mediated autophagy in NR8383 cells	5
House dust mite-induced endoplasmic reticulum stress mediates MUC5AC hypersecretion via TBK1 in airway epithelium	5
Chronic exposure to ampicillin alters lung microbial composition in laboratory rat	5
Preliminary bronchodilator dose effect on aerosol-delivery through different nebulizers in noninvasively ventilated COPD patients	4
Effect of using acoustic flo-tone training device and its smartphone application on enhancing inhalation technique from metered-dose inhaler with spacer in asthmatic children	4
The 16S rRNA lung microbiome in mechanically ventilated patients: a methodological study	4
Store-operated Ca ²⁺ entry contributes to the ASM phenotype transition in asthma	4
Differential changes in expression of inflammatory mRNA and protein after oleic acid-induced acute lung injury	3

Melatonin attenuates lung ischemia-reperfusion injury through SIRT3 signaling-dependent mitophagy in type 2 diabetic rats	3
Impact of lipopolysaccharide-induced acute lung injury in aged mice	3
Ultrastructural analysis of the intracellular surfactant in lungs of healthy and ovalbumin sensitized and challenged Brown Norway rats	3
ErbB deletion effect on pulmonary intracellular surfactant distribution	3
Exosomal miR-223 promotes ARDS by targeting insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor: A cell communication study	3
Screening and validation of stable housekeeping genes in lung organoids and rat lung models under tobacco exposure	3
Signal processing to remove spurious contributions to the assessment of respiratory mechanics	3
Pulmonary inflammation caused by cigarette smoke combined with lipopolysaccharide up-regulated OATP2B1 in rat lung tissue and pulmonary epithelial cells	3
Hypoxic conditions promote a proliferative, poorly differentiated phenotype in COPD lung tissue progenitor cells in vitro	3
3,3′-Diindolylmethane attenuates inflammation and fibrosis in radiation-induced lung injury by regulating NF-κB/TGF-β/Smad signaling pathways	3
Comparison of hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension rat models caused by different hypoxia protocols	2
BRD7 restrains TNF-α-induced proliferation and migration of airway smooth muscle cells by inhibiting notch signaling	2
Whole transcriptome sequencing identifies key lncRNAs, circRNAs and miRNAs in sepsis-associated acute lung injury	2
Pulmonary metabolic imbalances and mitochondrial ultrastructural remodeling in lipopolysaccharide-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome	2
High oxygen exposure’s impact on newborn mice: Temporal changes observed via micro-computed tomography	2
Hypobaric hypoxia promotes the production of IL-10 of lung NKT cells in HAPE rats to fight inflammation	2
Continuous positive airway pressure affects mitochondrial function and exhaled PGC1-α levels in obstructive sleep apnea	2
MiR-24 regulates obstructive pulmonary disease in rats via S100A8	2
Metabolic profile of exhaled breath condensate from the pneumonia patients	2
Collagen 3D matrices as a model for the study of cell behavior in pulmonary fibrosis	2
Performance of newly developed add-on devices on aerosol delivery in noninvasive ventilated subjects	2
Treatment with inhaled aerosolised ethanol reduces viral load and potentiates macrophage responses in an established influenza mouse model	2
BCL6 attenuates hyperoxia-induced lung injury by inhibiting NLRP3-mediated inflammation in fetal mouse	2