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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Normal muscle fiber type distribution is recapitulated in aged ephrin-A3^−/− mice that previously lacked most slow myofibers	318
Inhibition of mitochondrial fission protein Drp1 ameliorates skeletal myopathy in the D2-mdx model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy	140
Hugh Davson: the scientist and his science	125
Lasmiditan induces mitochondrial biogenesis in primary mouse renal peritubular endothelial cells and augments wound healing and tubular network formation	99
Enteroendocrine cells regulate intestinal barrier permeability	91
Immune system activation and cognitive impairment in arterial hypertension	77
Inhibition of mitochondrial citrate shuttle alleviates metabolic syndromes induced by high-fat diet	76
Chloride transport modulators as drug candidates	76
Differential MMP-14 targeting by biglycan, decorin, fibromodulin, and lumican unraveled by in silico approach	75
Effect of the mitochondrial transaminase (GOT2) on membrane potential-sensitive respiration in mitochondria of differentiated C2C12 muscle cells	74
miR-19b-3p is associated with a diametric response to resistance exercise in older adults and regulates skeletal muscle anabolism via PTEN inhibition	71
Sulforaphane attenuates cancer cell-induced atrophy of C2C12 myotubes	67
Role of myofiber-specific FoxP1 in pancreatic cancer-induced muscle wasting	63
Syndecan-1 in liver pathophysiology	63
The European and Japanese eel NaCl cotransporters β exhibit chloride currents and are resistant to thiazide type diuretics	61
Proteolysis: a key post-translational modification regulating proteoglycans	57
Regulation of the intestinal Na⁺/H⁺ exchanger NHE3 by AMP-activated kinase is dependent on phosphorylation of NHE3 at S555 and S563	56
EphrinB2 drives osteogenic fate of adult cardiac fibroblasts in a calcium influx dependent manner	55
Microbiota protect against frailty and loss of skeletal muscle, and maintain inflammatory tone during aging in mice	55
Resistance exercise and mechanical overload upregulate vimentin for skeletal muscle remodeling	55
Following Ussing’s legacy: from amphibian models to mammalian kidney and brain	53
Biological sex divergence in transcriptomic profiles during the onset of hindlimb unloading-induced atrophy	52
Are you listening: cellular signaling in ECM-driven diseases	49
Mitochondrial antioxidant SkQ1 attenuates C26 cancer-induced muscle wasting in males and improves muscle contractility in female tumor-bearing mice	48
MALDI-MSI reveals shared lipid signatures in sarcoid-like granulomas of mice and in a human case	48

Microscopic computed tomography with AI-CNN-powered image analysis: the path to phenotype bleomycin-induced lung injury	48
Small molecule drugs to improve sarcomere function in those with acquired and inherited myopathies	47
TRPV4 and chloride channels mediate volume sensing in trabecular meshwork cells	45
TRPV1 enhances cholecystokinin signaling in primary vagal afferent neurons and mediates the central effects on spontaneous glutamate release in the NTS	44
Pericytes in tissue fibrosis	43
Hydrogen sulfide in health and diseases: cross talk with noncoding RNAs	43
The Evolution of Chemical Biology into Translational Physiology and Precision Medicine	41
ASP210: a potent oligonucleotide-based inhibitor effective against TKI-resistant CML cells	41
G-protein tonic inhibition of calcium channels in pancreatic β-cells	41
In dystrophic mdx hindlimb muscles where fibrosis is limited, versican haploinsufficiency transiently improves contractile function without reducing inflammation	40
Sex-specific activation of platelet purinergic signaling is key in local cytokine release and phagocytosis in the peritoneal cavity in intra-abdominal sepsis	40
Making a new limb out of old cells: exploring endogenous cell reprogramming and its role during limb regeneration	39
Aerobic training increases mitochondrial respiratory capacity in human skeletal muscle stem cells from sedentary individuals	39