OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Cytokine is 37. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
IL-6 antagonists to replace systemic corticosteroids as the preferred anti-inflammatory therapy in patients with COVID-19?	279
Associations between RORγt and T-bet Expressions, clinicopathological indices and survival rate in oral Squamous cell carcinoma patients	171
Editorial Board	138
Corrigendum to “Poly I:C vaccination drives transient CXCL9 expression near B cell follicles in the lymph node through type-I and type-II interferon signaling” [Cytokine 183 (2024) 156731]	107
Silencing BLNK protects against interleukin-1β-induced chondrocyte injury through the NF-κB signaling pathway	89
Associations between exercise, inflammation and symptom severity in those with mental health disorders	80
Hsa-miR-379 down-regulates Rac1/MLK3/JNK/AP-1/Collagen I cascade reaction by targeting connective tissue growth factor in human alveolar basal epithelial A549 cells	79
CD4+ Foxp3+ Regulatory T-cells in Modulating Inflammatory Microenvironment in Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps: Progress and Future Prospect	74
The effect of acute acid exposure on immunomodulatory protein secretion, cell survival, and cell cycle progression in tumour cell lines	73
Retraction notice to “Inhibition of the p38-MAPK signaling pathway suppresses the apoptosis and expression of proinflammatory cytokines in human osteoarthritis chondrocytes” [Cytokine 90 (2017) 135–14	72
Investigation of the relationship between monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 rs1024611 variant and severity of COVID-19	71
PD-1 inhibitor induces myocarditis by reducing regulatory T cells, activating inflammatory responses, promoting myocardial apoptosis and autophagy	70
Influence of trem-1 gene polymorphisms on cytokine levels during malaria by Plasmodium vivax in a frontier area of the Brazilian Amazon	69
Cardiac disturbances and changes in tissue cytokine levels in mice fed with a high-refined carbohydrate diet	65
Exosomes derived from myelodysplastic syndromes cells induce IL-1β production from macrophages to promote disease progress	64
Kaempferol: Unveiling its anti-inflammatory properties for therapeutic innovation	62
LncRNA ROR promotes NLRP3-mediated cardiomyocyte pyroptosis by upregulating FOXP1 via interactions with PTBP1	56
Molecular analysis of phenotypic interactions of asthma	55
Exercise induced hypoalgesia profile in rats is associated with IL-10 and IL-1 β levels and pain severity following nerve injury	55
Decreased FGF23 inhibits placental angiogenesis via the ERK1/2-EGR-1 signaling pathway in preeclampsia	52
Interleukin-36γ aggravates macrophage foam cell formation and atherosclerosis progression in ApoE knockout mice	51
Obesity and its chronic inflammation as pain potentiation factor in rats with osteoarthritis	50
Impact of oral flora in tongue coating and saliva on oral cancer risk and the regulatory role of Interleukin-8	50
Editorial Board	47
Interleukin-1α: Novel functions in cell senescence and antiviral response	47

Seasonal shifts in respiratory pathogen co-infections and the associated differential induction of cytokines in children	45
Persistent imbalance, anti-apoptotic, and anti-inflammatory signature of circulating C-C chemokines and cytokines in patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria	45
The correlation of serum musclin with diabetic nephropathy	43
IL-33/ST2 enhances MMP-12 expression by macrophages to mediate inflammatory and immune response in IgG4-Related Ophthalmic Disease	43
Serum NLRP3: A potential marker for identifying high-risk coronary arterial aneurysm in children with Kawasaki disease	43
Increment of CSF fractalkine-positive microvesicles preceded the spatial memory impairment in amyloid beta neurotoxicity	42
High occurrence of CRLF2 abnormalities in Mexican children with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia	41
Association of caspase-1 gene polymorphisms with rheumatoid arthritis risk in a Chinese Han population	41
Cytokines in Liver Transplantation	40
The role of innate lymphoid cells in systemic lupus erythematosus	38
Exogenous Oncostatin M induces Cardiac Dysfunction, Musculoskeletal Atrophy, and Fibrosis	38
Editorial Board	37
Extracellular HSP70 facilitated β-glucan induced trained immunity in macrophages to suppress sepsis via TLR2-NF-κB axis	37
Adaptive resistance of tumor cells to anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy: A reversible phenomenon	37