OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Biochemistry and Cell Biology 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Maternal use of methamphetamine alters cardiovascular function in the adult offspring	23
Structure and function of fermentation-derived bovine lactoferrin produced from Komagataella phaffii	22
Introduction: Dual use in life science research	21
Retraction: Long noncoding RNA HIF1A-AS2 facilitates cell survival and migration by sponging miR-33b-5p to modulate SIRT6 expression in osteosarcoma	19
Transcriptional regulation of human abraxas brother protein 1 expression by yin yang 1	18
Retraction: PYGB facilitates cell proliferation and invasiveness in non-small cell lung cancer by activating the Wnt–β-catenin signaling pathway	18
Circ_0000043 promotes the proliferation, migration, invasiveness, and epithelial–mesenchymal transition in breast cancer cells via the miR-136–Smad3 axis	17
Retraction: MiR-301b promotes the proliferation, mobility, and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition of bladder cancer cells by targeting EGR1	15
Retraction: MicroRNA-181 inhibits proliferation and promotes apoptosis of chondrocytes in osteoarthritis by targeting PTEN	15
The nuclear-localized GHR is involved in the cell proliferation of gastric cancer, and pegvisomant may be an important potential drug to inhibit the proliferation of gastric cancer cells	14
Characterization of a novel FADS2 transcript variant: implications for D6D activity regulation in cells	14
Retraction: Lentivirus-mediated angiopoietin-2 gene silencing decreases TNF-α induced apoptosis of alveolar epithelium cells	14
HSPB8 facilitates prostate cancer progression via activating the JAK/STAT3 signaling pathway	13
The m6A reader IGF2BP2 promotes the progression of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma cells by increasing the stability of OCT4 mRNA	13
Paeonol reduces IL-β production by inhibiting the activation of nucleotide oligomerization domain-like receptor protein-3 inflammasome and nuclear factor-κB in macrophages	13
BioCanRx Summit for Cancer Immunotherapy 2022 Proceedings	12
Cadmium chloride generates cytotoxic reactive species that cause oxidative damage and morphological changes in human erythrocytes	12
NDUFA4 promotes the progression of head and neck paraganglioma by inhibiting ferroptosis	12
RNA deadenylation complexes in development and diseases	11
Working from within: how secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor regulates the expression of pro-inflammatory genes	11
CD142 plays a key role in the carcinogenesis of gastric adenocarcinoma by inhibiting BCL2-dependent autophagy	11
Interaction between the guanylate kinase domain of PSD-95 and the proline-rich region and microtubule binding repeats 2 and 3 of tau	11
Exogenous hydrogen sulfide prevents SOD2 degradation to safeguard renal function in diabetic kidney disease	10
Message from Dr. Philippe T. Georgel, Guest Editor for the Marshall University Collection, Brad D. Smith, President of Marshall University, and Dr. Anivandan Mukherjee, Provost of Marshall University	10
FYCO1 regulates migration, invasion, and invadopodia formation in HeLa cells through CDC42/N-WASP/Arp2/3 signaling pathway	10

Comparative analysis of the effect of hypoxia in two different tumor cell models shows the differential involvement of PTEN control of proangiogenic pathways	10
G protein coupled receptor kinase 5 modifies the nucleolar stress response activated by actinomycin D	10
Effects of the omega-3 fatty acid DHA on histone and p53 acetylation in diffuse large B cell lymphoma	9
Doxorubicin, a DNA intercalator, inhibits transcription elongation	9
On-cell nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to probe cell surface interactions	9
Resveratrol upregulates miR-455-5p to antagonize cisplatin ototoxicity via modulating the PTEN–PI3K–AKT axis	9
Chromatin- and nucleosome-associated features in liquid biopsy: implications for cancer biomarker discovery	8
Saikosaponin-d protects against liver fibrosis by regulating the estrogen receptor-β/NLRP3 inflammasome pathway	8
Thidiazuron suppresses breast cancer via targeting miR-132 and dysregulation of the PI3K–Akt signaling pathway mediated by the miR-202-5p–PTEN axis	8
SOAT1 enhances lung cancer invasiveness by stimulating AKT-mediated mitochondrial fragmentation	8
Aberrant sphingomyelin³¹P-NMR signatures in giant cell tumour of bone	8
Tetraspanin-29 activates Notch signaling by interacting with ADAM10 to enhance its activity in colorectal cancer	8
Effects of clopidogrel bisulfate on B16-F10 cells and tumor development in a murine model of melanoma	8
Cholecalciferol induces apoptosis via autocrine metabolism in epidermoid cervical cancer cells	8
Skeletal muscle mitochondrial morphology negatively affected in mice lacking Xin	7
Targeting FHL1 impairs cell proliferation and differentiation of acute myeloid leukemia cells	7
A role for NFIB in SOX2 downregulation and epigenome accessibility changes due to long-term estrogen treatment of breast cancer epithelial cells	7
Hoxa5 inhibits adipocyte proliferation through transcriptional regulation of Ccne1 and blocking JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway in mice	7
Protein arginine methyltransferase 1, a major regulator of biological processes	7
Neurodevelopmental functions and activities of the KAT3 class of lysine acetyltransferases	7
Lactoferrin efficacy in treating hyperferritinemia in patients suffering from pathologies unrelated to hereditary hemochromatosis	7
SENP1 knockdown potentiates the apoptosis, cell cycle arrest, and reduces cisplatin resistance of diffuse large B cell lymphoma cells via inducing ferroptosis	7
BRD4 promotes the migration and invasion of bladder cancer cells through the Sonic hedgehog signaling pathway and enhances cisplatin resistance	7
Evaluation of drug-free methods for the detection of gene silencing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	6
Retraction: MiR-1180 promotes cardiomyocyte cell cycle re-entry after injury through the NKIRAS2–NFκB pathway	6
GCN5 enables HSP12 induction promoting chromatin remodeling, not histone acetylation	6
Note of appreciation	6
Expression of concern: MicroRNA-518-3p suppresses cell proliferation, invasiveness, and migration in colorectal cancer via targeting TRIP4	6
Induction of PDCD4 by albumin in proximal tubule epithelial cells potentiates proteinuria-induced dysfunctional autophagy by negatively targeting Atg5	6
LINE-1: an emerging initiator of cGAS-STING signalling and inflammation that is dysregulated in disease	6
Analysis of financial challenges faced by graduate students in Canada	6
Automatic detection of Cryptosporidium in optical microscopy images using YOLOv5x: a comparative study	6
Adenylate kinases of thermophilesAquifex aeolicusandGeobacillus stearothermophilus: biochemical and kinetic studies	6
E3 ubiquitin ligase HECW1 promotes the metastasis of non-small cell lung cancer cells through mediating the ubiquitination of Smad4	6
SARS-CoV-2 E protein-induced THP-1 pyroptosis is reversed by Ruscogenin	6
The effects of cetuximab and cisplatin anti-cancer drugs on the mechanical properties of the lung cancerous cells using atomic force microscope	5
Novel insights into RNA polymerase II transcription regulation: transcription factors, phase separation, and their roles in cardiovascular diseases	5
LINC00641 contributes to nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell malignancy through FOXD1 upregulation at the post-transcriptional level	5
Low-dose lipopolysaccharide protects nerve cells against spinal cord injury via regulating the PI3K–AKT–Nrf2 signaling pathway	5
Melatonin inhibits vascular endothelial cell pyroptosis by improving mitochondrial function via up-regulation and demethylation of UQCRC1	5
PDGFRβ modulates aerobic glycolysis in osteosarcoma HOS cells via the PI3K/AKT/mTOR/c-Myc pathway	5
HER2 induces cell scattering and invasion through ∆Np63α and E-cadherin	5
Hydrocortisone improves post-resuscitation myocardial dysfunction by inhibiting the NF-κB pathway	5
Antibiofilm activities of lactoferricin-related Trp- and Arg-rich antimicrobial hexapeptides against pathogenic Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains	5
PUM1 modulates trophoblast cell proliferation and migration through LRP6	5
Predicting human RNA quadruplex helicases through comparative sequence approaches and helicase mRNA interactome analyses	5
Emerging regulatory challenges of next-generation synthetic biology	5
Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency	5
Perturbation of calcium homeostasis invokes eryptosis-like cell death in enucleated bone marrow stem cells	5
Epidermal growth factor receptor activity upregulates lactate dehydrogenase A expression, lactate dehydrogenase activity, and lactate secretion in cultured IB3-1 cystic fibrosis lung epithelial cells	5

The regulation of m⁶A-related proteins during whole-body freezing of the freeze-tolerant wood frog	5
Decursin ameliorates carbon-tetrachloride-induced liver fibrosis by facilitating ferroptosis of hepatic stellate cells	5
HDAC1 overexpression promoted by METTL3-IGF2BP2 inhibits FGF21 expression in metabolic syndrome-related liver injury	5