OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction is 1. 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
microRNA-199a downregulation alleviates hyperuricemic nephropathy via the PPARγ/β-catenin axis	24
Long noncoding RNA LINC00858 promotes the progression of ovarian cancer via regulating the miR-134-5p/TRIM44 axis	21
Early initiation of insulin attenuates histological and functional changes in the liver of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats using ^99mTc-sulfur colloid functional imaging	20
Quest for discovering novel CDK12 inhibitor	16
Virtual screening, molecular docking and dynamics simulation studies to identify potential agonists of orphan receptor GPR78 targeting CNS disorders	15
Regulation of the apolipoprotein M signaling pathway: a review	13
The vasodilator effect of Eugenol on uterine artery – potential therapeutic applications in pregnancy-associated hypertension	11
XIST/miR-34a-5p/PDL1 axis regulated the development of lung cancer cells and the immune function of CD8⁺ T cells	11
Correction	10
MicroRNA-320a-containing exosomes from human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells curtail proliferation and metastasis in lung cancer by binding to SOX4	9
The cannabinoid CB ₂ receptor positive allosteric modulator EC21a exhibits complicated pharmacology in vitro	9
Cerebrolysin provides effective protection on high glucose-induced neuropathy in cultured rat dorsal root ganglion neurons	8
Curcumin restrains hepatocellular carcinoma progression depending on the regulation of the circ_0078710/miR-378b/PRIM2 axis	8
MFAP2 promotes the malignant progression of gastric cancer via activating the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway	7
Ozone protects cardiomyocytes from myocardial ischemia–reperfusion injury through miR-200c/FOXO3 axis	7
Adrenergic receptor behaviors of mesenchymal stem cells obtained from different tissue sources and the effect of the receptor blockade on differentiation	6
GLP-1 agonist liraglutide improves ouabain-induced mania and depressive state via GSK-3β pathway	6
Bortezomib suppresses TGF-β1-mediated LOXL4 reduction through the inhibition of MEK/ERK pathways in MDA-MB-231 cells	5
Lycopene induces antiproliferative effects through apoptosis, autophagy, and oxidative DNA damage in the HeLa cells	5
Deciphering the involvement of norepinephrine and β-adrenergic receptor subtypes in glucose induced insulin secretion: an integrated in silico and in vitr	5
Anti-COVID-19 and antidiabetic activities of new oleanane and ursane-type triterpenoids from Salvia grossheimii: an in-silico approach	5
Verapamil modulates NFAT2 to inhibit tumor growth and potentiates PD1ab immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy in cervical cancer treatment	5
Methylglyoxal enhances the proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells via Akt phosphorylation	4
QSAR study of antituberculosis activity of oxadiazole derivatives using DFT calculations	4
Endothelial progenitor cells promote neural stem cell proliferation in hypoxic conditions through VEGF via the PI3K/AKT pathway	4

Angiotensin III activates ERK1/2 mitogen activated protein kinases and proliferation of rat vascular smooth muscle cells	4
Sepsis modulates aortic AT1 and P₂Y₆ receptors to produce vascular hyporeactivity in mice	4
Zingerone suppresses proliferation, invasion, and migration of hepatocellular carcinoma cells by the inhibition of MTDH-mediated PI3K/Akt pathway	4
Target-based in-silico screening of basil polysaccharides against different epigenetic targets responsible for breast cancer	4
A review of protein-protein interaction and signaling pathway of Vimentin in cell regulation, morphology and cell differentiation in normal cells	3
In silico screening of c-Met tyrosine kinase inhibitors targeting nucleotide and drug-substrate binding sites of ABCB1 as potential MDR reversal agents	3
Statement of Retraction: Ultrasound microbubble-mediated miR-150-5p inhibits gastric cancer cell growth by targeting the expression of NR2F2	3
circ-PSD3 promoted proliferation and invasion of papillary thyroid cancer cells via regulating the miR-7-5p/METTL7B axis	3
Statement of Retraction: Baicalin suppresses the progression of preeclampsia via regulating miR-155-5p/FOXO3 axis	3
Exploring the composition of protein-ligand binding sites for cancerous inhibitor of PP2A (CIP2A) by inhibitor guided binding analysis: paving a new way for the Discovery of drug candidates against tr	2
Quantitative structure activity relationship (QSAR) modeling study of some novel thiazolidine 4-one derivatives as potent anti-tubercular agents	2
Low pH modulates lipopolysaccharide-induced tumor necrosis factor-alpha expression and macropinocytotic activity in RAW264.7 cells	2
The roles of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 inhibitor, melatonin and its agonist on angiotensin II reactivity in intact and denuded rat aortic rings	2
Molecular docking study of britannin binding to PD-L1 and related anticancer pseudoguaianolide sesquiterpene lactones	2
Intracerebroventricular injection of kisspeptin in male rats activates hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal axis, but not hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis	2
The route of autophagy regulation by osteopontin: a review on the linking mechanisms	1
Rhein protects retinal Müller cells from high glucose-induced injury via activating the AMPK/Sirt1/PGC-1α pathway	1
Uric acid can enhance MAPK pathway-mediated proliferation in rat primary vascular smooth muscle cells via controlling of mitochondria and caspase-dependent cell death	1
Effect of elastin on abnormal proliferation of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells at an early stage of hypoxic exposure	1
Gαs and Gαq/11 protein coupling bias of two AVPR2 mutants (R68W and V162A) that cause nephrogenic diabetes insipidus	1
Emodin alleviates high glucose-induced oxidative stress, inflammation and extracellular matrix accumulation of mesangial cells by the circ_0000064/miR-30c-5p/Lmp7 axis	1
Molecular docking and toxicity studies of nerve agents against acetylcholinesterase (AChE)	1
MiR-370-5p inhibits the progression of breast cancer via targeting LUC7L3	1
Novel therapeutic approaches targeting 5-HT7 receptors outside the central nervous system	1
The influence of senescent associated secretory phenotype on glucose homeostasis in C2C12 muscle cells: insights into potential p38 inhibitor interventions	1
TPX2 knockdown mediates p53 activation to induce autophagy and apoptosis for anti-colorectal cancer effects	1
Role of TRPV1 channels on glycogen synthase kinase-3β and oxidative stress in ouabain-induced bipolar disease	1
Effect of dapagliflozin on pulmonary vascular remodeling in rats with chronic hypoxic pulmonary arterial hypertension	1
Computational insights into potent USP5 inhibitors based on multistep virtual screening and molecular dynamics simulation	1