Matrix Biology

Papers
(The median citation count of Matrix Biology is 8. 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.)
ArticleCitations
Optic neuropathy associated with TGFβ dysregulation in mice with a glaucoma-causative mutation of ADAMTS1073
Basement membrane structure and function: Relating biology to mechanics53
Transmembrane and multiplexin collagens in development and pathobiology51
Role of extracellular space and matrix remodeling in cardiac amyloidosis37
Thrombospondin-1 promotes mechanical stress-mediated ligamentum flavum hypertrophy through the TGFβ1/Smad3 signaling pathway37
Combined genetic-pharmacologic inactivation of tightly linked ADAMTS proteases in temporally specific windows uncovers distinct roles for versican proteolysis and glypican-6 in cardiac development36
ADAMTS6 cleaves the large latent TGFβ complex and increases the mechanotension of cells to activate TGFβ35
Tumor and stroma COL8A1 secretion induces autocrine and paracrine progression signaling in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma33
Beyond the matrisome: New frontiers in ECM research33
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 healing30
Collagen XVIII regulates extracellular matrix integrity in the developing nephrons and impacts nephron progenitor cell behavior30
Obesity impairs skeletal muscle repair through NID-1 mediated extracellular matrix remodeling by mesenchymal progenitors29
A top-down approach to uncover the hidden ligandome of low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1 in cartilage29
Hyperglycemic environments directly compromise intestinal epithelial barrier function in an organoid model and hyaluronan (∼35 kDa) protects via a layilin dependent mechanism28
Targeting the αVβ3/NgR2 pathway in neuroendocrine prostate cancer27
Age related changes in hyaluronan expression leads to Meibomian gland dysfunction27
Neurocan regulates axon initial segment organization and neuronal activity27
The epidermal integrin-mediated secretome regulates the skin microenvironment during tumorigenesis and repair27
Molecular and epigenetic ex vivo profiling of testis cancer-associated fibroblasts and their interaction with germ cell tumor cells and macrophages26
Tumor-associated fibrosis impairs the response to immunotherapy26
Nanoscale characterization of collagen structural responses to in situ loading in rat Achilles tendons25
Effects of hydrostatic pressure, osmotic pressure, and confinement on extracellular matrix associated responses in the nucleus pulposus cells ex vivo25
Dysfunctional latent transforming growth factor β activation after corneal injury in a classical Ehlers–Danlos model25
Temporally and spatially regulated collagen XVIII isoforms are involved in ureteric tree development via the TSP1-like domain25
Fibroblast integrin α11β1 is a collagen assembly receptor in mechanoregulated fibrillar adhesions24
Inhibition of the MRTF-A/SRF signaling axis alleviates vocal fold scarring24
Multi-factorial nerve guidance conduit engineering improves outcomes in inflammation, angiogenesis and large defect nerve repair23
RETRACTED: Novel regulatory roles of small leucine-rich proteoglycans in remodeling of the uterine cervix in pregnancy23
Retraction Notice to “RETRACTED: The angiostatic molecule Multimerin 2 is processed by MMP-9 to allow sprouting angiogenesis”23
Sdc4 deletion perturbs intervertebral disc matrix homeostasis and promotes early osteopenia in the aging mouse spine22
Mitochondrial DNA mutations attenuate Bleomycin-induced dermal fibrosis by inhibiting differentiation into myofibroblasts22
Matricellular protein CCN1 promotes collagen alignment and scar integrity after myocardial infarction22
Hyaluronan in the pathogenesis of acute and post-acute COVID-19 infection22
Global, but not chondrocyte-specific, MT1-MMP deficiency in adult mice causes inflammatory arthritis21
Collagen VII maintains proteostasis in dermal fibroblasts by scaffolding TANGO1 cargo21
Different molecular weights of hyaluronan research in knee osteoarthritis: A state-of-the-art review21
The integral role of fibronectin in skeletal morphogenesis and pathogenesis21
Loss of col4a1 in zebrafish recapitulates the cerebrovascular phenotypes associated with monogenic cerebral small vessel disease21
Spatial localization of collagen hydroxylated proline site variation as an ancestral trait in the breast cancer microenvironment21
Tissue mechanics coevolves with fibrillar matrisomes in healthy and fibrotic tissues20
George R. Martin: Pioneering matrix biologist20
Secreted ADAMTS-like 2 promotes myoblast differentiation by potentiating WNT signaling20
Peptide location fingerprinting identifies structural alterations within basement membrane components in ageing kidney20
Lamellar thickness measurements in control and osteogenesis imperfecta human bone, with development of a method of automated thickness averaging to simplify quantitation20
Mysteries of the collagen triple helix19
Tonic repression of collagen I by the bradykinin receptor 2 in skin fibroblasts19
LPA-induced expression of CCN2 in muscular fibro/adipogenic progenitors (FAPs): Unraveling cellular communication networks19
RIPK3-MLKL signaling activates mitochondrial CaMKII and drives intrarenal extracellular matrix production during CKD19
The structural organisation of pentraxin-3 and its interactions with heavy chains of inter-α-inhibitor regulate crosslinking of the hyaluronan matrix19
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35kDa hyaluronan ameliorates ethanol driven loss of anti-microbial defense and intestinal barrier integrity in a TLR4-dependent manner19
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The INSR/AKT/mTOR pathway regulates the pace of myogenesis in a syndecan-3-dependent manner18
O-fucosylation of thrombospondin type 1 repeats is essential for ECM remodeling and signaling during bone development18
Biomechanical and compositional basement membrane defects due to a Col4a1 mutation affect cardiac morphology and function17
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Collagen IV biosynthesis: Intracellular choreography of post-translational modifications17
Toward a rational therapeutic for elastin related disease: Key considerations for elastin based regenerative medicine strategies17
Mechanical control of breast cancer malignancy by promotion of mevalonate pathway enzyme synthesis17
Role of syndecan-4 in angiogenesis and vasculogenic mimicry in triple negative breast cancer cells17
Accumulation of versican and lack of versikine ameliorate acute colitis17
Remodeling of the extracellular matrix by serine proteases as a prerequisite for cancer initiation and progression17
What does it take to be a collagen receptor?17
FAM20C and FAM20A in normal and ectopic mineralization: A focus on oro-renal syndromes17
Chemotherapy treatment induces pro-invasive changes in liver ECM composition17
Lack of the myotendinous junction marker col22a1 results in posture and locomotion disabilities in zebrafish17
Extracellular matrix integrity regulates GABAergic plasticity in the hippocampus16
Collagen VI deposition mediates stromal T cell trapping through inhibition of T cell motility in the prostate tumor microenvironment16
Matrisome alterations in obesity – Adipose tissue transcriptome study on monozygotic weight-discordant twins16
Scleraxis and collagen I expression increase following pilot isometric loading experiments in a rodent model of patellar tendinopathy16
Human intestinal myofibroblasts deposited collagen VI enhances adhesiveness for T cells – A novel mechanism for maintenance of intestinal inflammation16
Mechanistic interrogation of mutation-independent disease modulators of RDEB identifies the small leucine-rich proteoglycan PRELP as a TGF-β antagonist and inhibitor of fibrosis16
Structural insights on perlecan and Schwartz–Jampel syndrome16
SIRT4 protects against intestinal fibrosis by facilitating GLS1 degradation15
Conditional expression of endorepellin in the tumor vasculature attenuates breast cancer growth, angiogenesis and hyaluronan deposition15
Circulating collagen type I fragments as specific biomarkers of cardiovascular outcome risk: Where are the opportunities?15
Controlled extracellular proteolysis of thrombospondins15
Fiber alignment in 3D collagen networks as a biophysical marker for cell contractility15
S100A4 a classical DAMP as a therapeutic target in fibrosis15
IGF-II regulates lysyl oxidase propeptide and mediates its effects in part via basic helix-loop-helix E4015
AN INTERVIEW WITH VALERIE HORSLEY15
Involvement of lysophosphatidic acid-LPA1-YAP signaling in healthy and pathological FAPs migration14
Mmp14 is required for matrisome homeostasis and circadian rhythm in fibroblasts14
Matrix bound nanovesicles: A great promise for TERM in less than a decade of research14
Fibrolamellar carcinomas–growth arrested by paracrine signals complexed with synthesized 3-O sulfated heparan sulfate oligosaccharides14
CD45+/ Col I+ Fibrocytes: Major source of collagen in the fibrotic lung, but not in passaged fibroblast cultures14
En route towards a personalized medicine approach: Innovative therapeutic modalities for connective tissue disorders14
Collagen VI ablation in zebrafish causes neuromuscular defects during developmental and adult stages14
Molecular mechanisms mediating stiffening in the mechanically adaptable connective tissues of sea cucumbers14
Stiffness-responsive feedback autoregulation of DDR1 expression is mediated by a DDR1-YAP/TAZ axis14
Loss of BTK ameliorates the pathological cardiac fibrosis and dysfunction14
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Analysis of extracellular matrix network dynamics in cancer using the MatriNet database13
Matrix stiffness increases energy efficiency of endothelial cells13
Health consequences of mutant cartilage oligomeric matrix protein and its relationship to abnormal growth and joint degeneration13
AβPP-tau-HAS1 axis trigger HAS1-related nuclear speckles and gene transcription in Alzheimer's disease13
Shed syndecan-2 enhances colon cancer progression by increasing cooperative angiogenesis in the tumor microenvironment13
Cell differentiation and matrix organization are differentially affected during bone formation in osteogenesis imperfecta zebrafish models with different genetic defects impacting collagen type I stru13
Site-specific glycosylation of proteoglycans: A revisited frontier in proteoglycan research13
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The phosphorylation of serine55 in enamelin is essential for murine amelogenesis13
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Mammary collagen is under reproductive control with implications for breast cancer13
Mechanical loading is required for initiation of extracellular matrix deposition at the developing murine myotendinous junction13
Myeloid deficiency of heparan sulfate 6-O-endosulfatases impairs bone marrow hematopoiesis13
Cancer-associated fibroblasts promote proliferation, angiogenesis, metastasis and immunosuppression in gastric cancer13
Impact of vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome-associated Gly substitutions on structure, function, and mechanics using bacterial collagen12
Tissue-specific collagen hydroxylation at GEP/GDP triplets mediated by P4HA212
A role for decorin in improving motor deficits after traumatic brain injury12
An adapted passive model of anti-MPO dependent crescentic glomerulonephritis reveals matrix dysregulation and is amenable to modulation by CXCR4 inhibition12
The life cycle of type IV collagen12
Corrigendum to “Fibrolamellar carcinomas–growth arrested by paracrine signals complexed with synthesized 3-O sulfated heparan sulfate oligosaccharides” [Matrix Biology 121(August 2023), 194–216]12
Interleukin-1α inhibits transforming growth factor-β1 and β2-induced extracellular matrix production, remodeling and signaling in human lung fibroblasts: Master regulator in lung mucosal repair12
Novel insights into the role of Discoidin domain receptor 2 (DDR2) in cancer progression: a new avenue of therapeutic intervention12
Cleavage of Cartilage Oligomeric Matrix Protein (COMP) by ADAMTS4 generates a neoepitope associated with osteoarthritis and other forms of degenerative joint disease12
Vertebrate extracellular matrix protein hemicentin-1 interacts physically and genetically with basement membrane protein nidogen-212
Integrins and integrin-driven secretory pathways as multi-dimensional regulators of tumor-associated macrophage recruitment and reprogramming in tumor microenvironment11
Modulation of the expression and activity of cathepsin S in reconstructed human skin by neohesperidin dihydrochalcone11
Collagen prolyl 4-hydroxylase isoenzymes I and II have sequence specificity towards different X-Pro-Gly triplets11
Emilin2 fosters vascular stability by promoting pericyte recruitment11
Drosophila Col4a1 Glycine mutations highlight allelic heterogeneity and mechanistic pleiotropy11
Using load to improve tendon/ligament tissue engineering and develop novel treatments for tendinopathy11
Suppression of OGN in lung myofibroblasts attenuates pulmonary fibrosis by inhibiting integrin αv-mediated TGF-β/Smad pathway activation11
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Asporin, an extracellular matrix protein, is a beneficial regulator of cardiac remodeling10
Collagen diversity in human skin: Aging, wound healing, and disorders10
Mutant MESD links cellular stress to type I collagen aggregation in osteogenesis imperfecta type XX10
Ameloblastin promotes polarization of ameloblast cell lines in a 3-D cell culture system10
Dual role of enhancer of zeste homolog 2 in the regulation of ultraviolet radiation-induced matrix metalloproteinase-1 and type I procollagen expression in human dermal fibroblasts10
Laminin-511-functionalized fibrin gel enables in-gel proliferation of human induced pluripotent stem cells10
Fibronectin isoforms promote postnatal skeletal development10
Dual transgene amelioration of Lama2-null muscular dystrophy10
Decoding the MMP14 integrin link: Key player in the secretome landscape10
Peritoneal restoration by repurposing vitamin D inhibits ovarian cancer dissemination via blockade of the TGF-β1/thrombospondin-1 axis10
Metabolic control of collagen synthesis9
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Calponin 1 increases cancer-associated fibroblasts-mediated matrix stiffness to promote chemoresistance in gastric cancer9
The endocytic receptor uPARAP is a regulator of extracellular thrombospondin-19
A lysyl oxidase-responsive collagen peptide illuminates collagen remodeling in wound healing9
The gelatinases, matrix metalloproteinases 2 and 9, play individual roles in skeleton development9
Alterations in the microenvironment of junctional epidermolysis bullosa keratinocytes: A gene expression study8
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Hyaluronan synthase 3 is protective after cardiac ischemia-reperfusion by preserving the T cell response8
Increased expression of the pathological O-glycosylated form of oncofetal fibronectin in the multidrug resistance phenotype of cancer cells8
The basement membrane in the cross-roads between the lung and kidney8
Hedgehog signaling orchestrates cartilage-to-bone transition independently of Smoothened8
Activation of skeletal muscle FAPs by LPA requires the Hippo signaling via the FAK pathway8
Laminin γ1 chain is essential for the cardiorespiratory and muscular systems8
Aberrant TIMP-1 overexpression in tumor-associated fibroblasts drives tumor progression through CD63 in lung adenocarcinoma8
Fibrillin-1 G234D mutation in the hybrid1 domain causes tight skin associated with dysregulated elastogenesis and increased collagen cross-linking in mice8
Autocrine IL-6 drives cell and extracellular matrix anisotropy in scar fibroblasts8
Heparanase 2 (Hpa2) attenuates the growth of human sarcoma8
Versican provides the provisional matrix for uterine spiral artery dilation and fetal growth8
Basement membranes in lung metastasis growth and progression8
TGF-β induces matrisome pathological alterations and EMT in patient-derived prostate cancer tumoroids8
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