OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology is 38. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Normal muscle fiber type distribution is recapitulated in aged ephrin-A3^−/− mice that previously lacked most slow myofibers	321
Hugh Davson: the scientist and his science	141
Immune system activation and cognitive impairment in arterial hypertension	129
Chloride transport modulators as drug candidates	105
Differential MMP-14 targeting by biglycan, decorin, fibromodulin, and lumican unraveled by in silico approach	93
Effect of the mitochondrial transaminase (GOT2) on membrane potential-sensitive respiration in mitochondria of differentiated C2C12 muscle cells	79
miR-19b-3p is associated with a diametric response to resistance exercise in older adults and regulates skeletal muscle anabolism via PTEN inhibition	79
Inhibition of mitochondrial citrate shuttle alleviates metabolic syndromes induced by high-fat diet	79
Regulation of the intestinal Na⁺/H⁺ exchanger NHE3 by AMP-activated kinase is dependent on phosphorylation of NHE3 at S555 and S563	77
The European and Japanese eel NaCl cotransporters β exhibit chloride currents and are resistant to thiazide type diuretics	77
Microbiota protect against frailty and loss of skeletal muscle, and maintain inflammatory tone during aging in mice	74
EphrinB2 drives osteogenic fate of adult cardiac fibroblasts in a calcium influx dependent manner	67
Biological sex divergence in transcriptomic profiles during the onset of hindlimb unloading-induced atrophy	66
Following Ussing’s legacy: from amphibian models to mammalian kidney and brain	66
Are you listening: cellular signaling in ECM-driven diseases	64
MALDI-MSI reveals shared lipid signatures in sarcoid-like granulomas of mice and in a human case	59
Microscopic computed tomography with AI-CNN-powered image analysis: the path to phenotype bleomycin-induced lung injury	59
Lasmiditan induces mitochondrial biogenesis in primary mouse renal peritubular endothelial cells and augments wound healing and tubular network formation	57
Enteroendocrine cells regulate intestinal barrier permeability	56
Resistance exercise and mechanical overload upregulate vimentin for skeletal muscle remodeling	55
Hydrogen sulfide in health and diseases: cross talk with noncoding RNAs	55
TRPV4 and chloride channels mediate volume sensing in trabecular meshwork cells	55
TRPV1 enhances cholecystokinin signaling in primary vagal afferent neurons and mediates the central effects on spontaneous glutamate release in the NTS	54
Mitochondrial antioxidant SkQ1 attenuates C26 cancer-induced muscle wasting in males and improves muscle contractility in female tumor-bearing mice	53
Role of myofiber-specific FoxP1 in pancreatic cancer-induced muscle wasting	51

Sulforaphane attenuates cancer cell-induced atrophy of C2C12 myotubes	49
Proteolysis: a key post-translational modification regulating proteoglycans	47
Pericytes in tissue fibrosis	45
Small molecule drugs to improve sarcomere function in those with acquired and inherited myopathies	45
Inhibition of mitochondrial fission protein Drp1 ameliorates skeletal myopathy in the D2-mdx model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy	44
Syndecan-1 in liver pathophysiology	43
G-protein tonic inhibition of calcium channels in pancreatic β-cells	43
In dystrophic mdx hindlimb muscles where fibrosis is limited, versican haploinsufficiency transiently improves contractile function without reducing inflammation	42
ASP210: a potent oligonucleotide-based inhibitor effective against TKI-resistant CML cells	42
Sex-specific activation of platelet purinergic signaling is key in local cytokine release and phagocytosis in the peritoneal cavity in intra-abdominal sepsis	41
The HIF2α-dependent upregulation of SETDB1 facilitates hypoxia-induced functional and phenotypical changes of pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells	39
Aerobic training increases mitochondrial respiratory capacity in human skeletal muscle stem cells from sedentary individuals	39
Corrigendum for Tuncay et al., volume 324, 2023, p. C1017–C1027	38