OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Genetics and Molecular Biology is 2. 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
Putative protective genomic variation in the Lithuanian population	34
Genetic diversity of Moroccan date palm revealed by microsatellite markers	26
Genetic associations with disease in populations with Indigenous American ancestries	21
Di-n-butyl and di-iso-pentyl phthalates and their mixture increase oxidative stress and embryo-larval malformations in zebrafish (Danio rerio)	20
LINC00974 sponges miR-33a to facilitate cell proliferation, invasion, and EMT of ovarian cancer through HMGB2 upregulation	17
Morphological and transcriptional analysis of Colletotrichum lindemuthianum race 7 during early stages of infection in common bean	16
Evolutionary and structural aspects of Solanaceae RNases T2	16
The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Vincetoxicum mongolicum (Apocynaceae), a perennial medicinal herb	13
Adaptive strategies of aquatic mammals: Exploring the role of the HIF pathway and hypoxia tolerance	13
The good, the bad and the ugly of transposable elements annotation tools	13
Clusters of oculocutaneous albinism in isolated populations in Brazil: A community genetics challenge	13
Investigating the evolutionary dynamics of diploid number variation in Ctenomys (Ctenomyidae, Rodentia)	12
Variability and functional characterization of the Phakopsora pachyrhizi Egh16-like effectors	12
What we know so far and what we can expect next: A molecular investigation of plant parasitism	12
A new Caenorhabditis elegans apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) endonuclease engaged in rescue from replication stress-induced arrest	12
Implications of the microbiome and metabolic intermediaries produced by bacteria in breast cancer	12
Genome editing in maize: Toward improving complex traits in a global crop	12
Phylogeography and karyotypic evolution of some Deuterodon species from southeastern Brazil (Characiformes, Characidae, Stethaprioninae)	11
Comparative structural studies on Bovine papillomavirus E6 oncoproteins: Novel insights into viral infection and cell transformation from homology modeling and molecular dynamics simulations	11
TMEM147 is a novel biomarker for diagnosis and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma	10
The rs1800469 T/T and rs1800470 C/C genotypes of the TGFB1 gene confer protection against diabetic retinopathy in a Southern Brazilian population	10
Exosomes secreted from bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells suppress cardiomyocyte hypertrophy through Hippo-YAP pathway in heart failure	9
Oral microbiota, co-evolution, and implications for health and disease: The case of indigenous peoples	9
DNA damage repair-related methylated genes RRM2 and GAPDH are prognostic biomarkers associated with immunotherapy for lung adenocarcinoma	8
The genomes sequenced for the neotropical stingless bees Scaptotrigona bipunctata and S. depilis strengthen the phylogenomics support for the taxonomy of social bees	8

Boosting life sciences research in Brazil: building a case for a local Drosophila stock center	8
Analysis of parental origin of de novo pathogenic CNVs in patients with intellectual disability	8
The use of adenoviral vectors in gene therapy and vaccine approaches	8
Homocysteine and methylmalonic acid in Phenylketonuria patients	8
Identification and characterization of waterlogging-responsive genes in the parental line of maize hybrid An’nong 876	8
Phenotypic and molecular basis for genetic variation in jelly palms (Butia sp.): where are we now and where are we headed to?	7
Systematic analyses of a novel circRNA-related miRNAs prognostic signature for Cervical Cancer	7
Chromosomal characterization of three species of Serrasalmini (Serrasalmidae: Characiformes)	7
The order of events on Avian coronavirus life cycle shapes the order of quasispecies evolution during host switches	7
Investigation of genetic markers associated to type 2 diabetes mellitus in Santarém-Pará	6
EPO activates PI3K-IKKα-CDK1 signaling pathway to promote the proliferation of Glial Cells under hypoxia environment	6
Interchromosomal translocation in neural progenitor cells exposed to L1 retrotransposition	6
Comparative genomics and phylogenomics of the Ralstonia solanacearum Moko ecotype and its symptomatological variants	6
Unstable environment of coastal lagoons drives genetic variation in the amphipod Quadrivisio lutzi	6
Transcriptome data-based screening of potential host of genetic transformation for a blue-hued Bougainvillea transgene	6
Ancient origin of Jingchuvirales derived glycoproteins integrated in arthropod genomes	5
Cu(bta)(1,10-phen)ClO4 copper complex modulates the carcinogenicity of carboplatin in somatic cells of Drosophila melanogaster	5
Transcriptional signature of host shift in the seed beetle Zabrotes subfasciatus	5
Karyotypic characterization of Centromochlus schultzi Rössel 1962 (Auchenipteridae, Centromochlinae) from the Xingu River basin: New inferences on chromosomal evolution in Centromochlus	5
Microcephaly in South Brazil: Are cases of Congenital Zika Syndrome increasing in recent years?	5
GJB2 c.35del variant up-regulates GJA1 gene expression and affects differentiation of human stem cells	5
Lack of genotoxicity of iron oxide maghemite (γ-Fe2O3) and magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles to Oreochromis niloticus after acute exposures	5
Interpopulation variation of transposable elements of the hAT superfamily in Drosophila willistoni (Diptera: Drosophilidae): in-situ approach	5
Revealing the role of Peg13: A promising therapeutic target for mitigating inflammation in sepsis	5
Molecular evolution and structural analyses of proteins involved in metabolic pathways of volatile organic compounds in Petunia hybrida (Solanaceae)	5
Inferring the historical demography of southern African cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) using Bayesian analyses of molecular genetic data	5
Prevalence and molecular characterization of alpha and beta-Thalassemia mutations among Hakka people in southern China	5
A genomic perspective on South American human history	5
Sending out an SOS - the bacterial DNA damage response	5
Increased runs of homozygosity in the autosomal genome of Brazilian individuals with neurodevelopmental delay/intellectual disability and/or multiple congenital anomalies investigated by chromosomal m	5
Modulation of tumor plasticity by senescent cells: Deciphering basic mechanisms and survival pathways to unravel therapeutic options	5
Capra hircus outliers markers in Brazil: Searching for genomic regions under the action of natural selection	4
The past, present and future of genomics and bioinformatics: A survey of Brazilian scientists	4
Fire ants: What do rural and urban areas show us about occurrence, diversity, and ancestral state reconstruction?	4
Uncovering a novel mechanism: Butyrate induces estrogen receptor alpha activation independent of estrogen stimulation in MCF-7 breast cancer cells	4
Erratum: Investigating the shared genetic architecture between breast and ovarian cancers	4
Disentangling the causes of high polymorphism sharing in sympatric Petunia species from subtropical highland grasslands: insights from nuclear diversity	4
Ethnicity-specific associations between the promoter region G-308A polymorphism (rs1800629) of the TNF-α gene and the development of end-stage renal disease: An evidence-based meta-analysis and trial	4
Frequency of CFTR variants in southern Brazil and indication for modulators therapy in patients with cystic fibrosis	4
Beyond transcription factors: more regulatory layers affecting soybean gene expression under abiotic stress	4
Characterization of a novel unliked 12 X-STR typing assay for forensic purposes in an admixed Rio de Janeiro population sample	4
Characterization of the chemoreceptor repertoire of a highly specialized fly with comparisons to other Drosophila species	4
APOE and KLF14 genetic variants are sex-specific for low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol identified by a genome-wide association study	4
Neonatal screening for spinal muscular atrophy: A pilot study in Brazil	4
Protection is not always a good thing: The immune system’s impact on gene therapy	4
LncRNA AK001796 promotes cell proliferation via acting as a ceRNA of miR-150 in hepatocellular carcinoma	4
Is there are relationship between polymorphisms TSHR gene frequencies and genetic ancestry markers in patients with Primary Congenital Hypothyroidism?	4
How are people with orofacial clefts attended in northwest region of São Paulo state, Brazil?	4
Computational modeling of oxytocin-receptors interactions with the common marmoset Callithrix jacchus Pro8OT variant	4
Clinical and epidemiological characterisation of neurofibromatosis type 1: Combined analysis of a reference hospital in Brazil and DataSUS	4

The role of chaperone-mediated autophagy in drug resistance	4
Broken silence: 22,841 predicted deleterious synonymous variants identified in the human exome through computational analysis	4
miR-140-3p suppresses the proliferation and migration of macrophages	4
Genetic diversity of toxigenic Fusarium verticillioides associated with maize grains, India	3
Association between cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator genotype and clinical outcomes, glucose homeostasis indices and CF-related diabetes risk in adults with CF	3
Position Weight Matrix or Acyclic Probabilistic Finite Automaton: Which model to use? A decision rule inferred for the prediction of transcription factor binding sites	3
Chromosomal diversity in three species of Lycosa Latreille, 1804 (Araneae, Lycosidae): Inferences on diversification of diploid number and sexual chromosome systems in Lycosinae	3
Epigenomic integrative analysis pinpoint master regulator transcription factors associated with tumorigenesis in squamous cell carcinoma of oral tongue	3
Phylomitogenomics of two Neotropical species of long-legged crickets Endecous Saussure, 1878 (Orthoptera: Phalangopsidae)	3
Characterization of the 3'UTR of the BTD gene and identification of regulatory elements and microRNAs	3
Structural and evolutive features of the Plinia phitrantha and P. cauliflora plastid genomes and evolutionary relationships within tribe Myrteae (Myrtaceae)	3
Molecular identification of Austrodiplostomum sp., an eye parasite among farmed tambaqui in Amazonia	3
Mosquito long non-coding RNAs are enriched with Transposable Elements	3
Cranial morphological variation of Ctenomys lami (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae) in a restricted geographical distribution	3
The inhibition of Beclin1-dependent autophagy sensitizes PTC cells to ABT737-induced death	3
Social information as an entrainment cue for the circadian clock	3
Analysis of renal lesions in Chinese tuberous sclerosis complex patients with different types of TSC gene mutations	3
Molecular and morphometric analysis of nominal Brachidontes exustus (Mollusca, Mytilidae) in Brazilian waters	3
Mutations and insights into the molecular mechanisms of resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to first-line	3
A phylogenetic review of cancer resistance highlights evolutionary solutions to Peto’s Paradox	3
ΔNp63α promotes cigarette smoke-induced renal cancer stem cell activity via the Sonic Hedgehog pathway	3
Study of four Neotropical species of tree crickets Oecanthus Serville, 1831 (Orthoptera, Gryllidae) using cytogenetic and molecular markers	3
Mismatch uracil DNA glycosylase (Mug) is maintained in the Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis genome and exhibits affinity for uracil but not other types of damage	3
A variant W chromosome in Centromochlus heckelii (Siluriformes, Auchenipteridae) and the role of repeated DNA in its heteromorphism	3
Applications of massively parallel sequencing in forensic genetics	3
KDELR2 as a diagnostic and prognostic biomarker of bladder urothelial carcinoma and its correlation with immune infiltration	3
Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago barcoded: Fish diversity in the remoteness and DNA barcodes reference library for metabarcoding monitoring	3
Genomic characterization of SNW-1, a novel prophage of the deep-sea vent chemolithoautotroph Sulfurimonas indica NW79	3
Genome-wide, evolutionary, and functional analyses of ascorbate peroxidase (APX) family in Poaceae species	3
miRNAs and NFKB1 and TRAF6 target genes: The initial functional study in CD14+ monocytes in rheumatoid arthritis patients	2
An overview of actionable and potentially actionable TSC1 and TSC2 germline variants in an online Database	2
Genome-based taxonomy of Burkholderia sensu lato: Distinguishing closely related species	2
Complete chloroplast genome sequence and phylogenetic analysis of Symphytum officinale	2
Clinical genomics and precision medicine	2
Discovery of novel genetic syndromes in Latin America: Opportunities and challenges	2
Expression profile of inflammasome genes in individuals with Down syndrome	2
bHLH-regulated routes in anther development in rice and Arabidopsis	2
Niclosamide is a potential candidate for the treatment of chemo-resistant osteosarcoma	2
In vitro substrate reduction, chaperone and immunomodulation treatments reduce heparan sulfate in mucolipidosis III human fibroblasts	2
Tailed bacteriophages (Caudoviricetes) dominate the microbiome of a diseased stingless bee	2
Enhancer in cancer pathogenesis and treatment	2
Evolutionary history of the SARS-CoV-2 Gamma variant of concern (P.1): a perfect storm	2
DOF gene family expansion and diversification	2
Development and identification of an elite wheat-Hordeum californicum T6HcS/6BL translocation line ND646 containing several desirable traits	2
Vitamin D and estrogen steroid hormones and their immunogenetic roles in Infectious respiratory (TB and COVID-19) diseases	2
Fungal diversity in larval diets of Melipona interrupta: Impacts on queen development and survival	2
Phylogenomic Analysis of Dichrocephala benthamii and Comparative Analysis within Tribe Astereae (Asteraceae)	2
DNA repair-related genes and adipogenesis: Lessons from congenital lipodystrophies	2
Shades of white: The Petunia long corolla tube clade evolutionary history	2
Intercepting biological messages: Antibacterial molecules targeting nucleic acids during interbacterial conflicts	2
Combined expression of JHDM1D/KDM7A gene and long non-coding RNA RP11-363E7.4 as a biomarker for urothelial cancer prognosis	2
Accuracy of genotype imputation of a low-density SNP array for the Amazon fish Colossoma macropomum	2
The chloroplast genome of Rosa rugosa × Rosa sertata (Rosaceae): genome structure and comparative analysis	2
The complete plastid genome of Bactris riparia (Arecaceae) and a comparative analysis in Bactridinae (Cocoseae, Arecaceae)	2
The complete chloroplast genome of Dicliptera tinctoria (Nees) Kostel. and comparative analysis of chloroplast genomes in Acanthaceae	2
Re-evaluating evidence for giant genomes in amoebae	2