OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Matrix Biology is 25. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Optic neuropathy associated with TGFβ dysregulation in mice with a glaucoma-causative mutation of ADAMTS10	73
Basement membrane structure and function: Relating biology to mechanics	53
Transmembrane and multiplexin collagens in development and pathobiology	51
Role of extracellular space and matrix remodeling in cardiac amyloidosis	37
Thrombospondin-1 promotes mechanical stress-mediated ligamentum flavum hypertrophy through the TGFβ1/Smad3 signaling pathway	37
Combined genetic-pharmacologic inactivation of tightly linked ADAMTS proteases in temporally specific windows uncovers distinct roles for versican proteolysis and glypican-6 in cardiac development	36
ADAMTS6 cleaves the large latent TGFβ complex and increases the mechanotension of cells to activate TGFβ	35
Beyond the matrisome: New frontiers in ECM research	33
Tumor and stroma COL8A1 secretion induces autocrine and paracrine progression signaling in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma	33
Corrigendum to “Syndecan-1 shedding by meprin β impairs keratinocyte adhesion and differentiation in hyperkeratosis”	31
The dynamic kidney matrisome - is the circadian clock in control?	31
Identification of Periostin as a critical niche for myofibroblast dynamics and fibrosis during tendon healing	30
Collagen XVIII regulates extracellular matrix integrity in the developing nephrons and impacts nephron progenitor cell behavior	30
A top-down approach to uncover the hidden ligandome of low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1 in cartilage	29
Obesity impairs skeletal muscle repair through NID-1 mediated extracellular matrix remodeling by mesenchymal progenitors	29
Hyperglycemic environments directly compromise intestinal epithelial barrier function in an organoid model and hyaluronan (∼35 kDa) protects via a layilin dependent mechanism	28
Neurocan regulates axon initial segment organization and neuronal activity	27
The epidermal integrin-mediated secretome regulates the skin microenvironment during tumorigenesis and repair	27
Targeting the αVβ3/NgR2 pathway in neuroendocrine prostate cancer	27
Age related changes in hyaluronan expression leads to Meibomian gland dysfunction	27
Molecular and epigenetic ex vivo profiling of testis cancer-associated fibroblasts and their interaction with germ cell tumor cells and macrophages	26
Tumor-associated fibrosis impairs the response to immunotherapy	26
Dysfunctional latent transforming growth factor β activation after corneal injury in a classical Ehlers–Danlos model	25
Temporally and spatially regulated collagen XVIII isoforms are involved in ureteric tree development via the TSP1-like domain	25
Nanoscale characterization of collagen structural responses to in situ loading in rat Achilles tendons	25

Effects of hydrostatic pressure, osmotic pressure, and confinement on extracellular matrix associated responses in the nucleus pulposus cells ex vivo