OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Genetics and Molecular Biology is 4. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Putative protective genomic variation in the Lithuanian population	33
The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Vincetoxicum mongolicum (Apocynaceae), a perennial medicinal herb	19
Genetic diversity of Moroccan date palm revealed by microsatellite markers	19
Genetic associations with disease in populations with Indigenous American ancestries	18
Di-n-butyl and di-iso-pentyl phthalates and their mixture increase oxidative stress and embryo-larval malformations in zebrafish (Danio rerio)	16
Morphological and transcriptional analysis of Colletotrichum lindemuthianum race 7 during early stages of infection in common bean	15
LINC00974 sponges miR-33a to facilitate cell proliferation, invasion, and EMT of ovarian cancer through HMGB2 upregulation	13
The good, the bad and the ugly of transposable elements annotation tools	12
Evolutionary and structural aspects of Solanaceae RNases T2	11
What we know so far and what we can expect next: A molecular investigation of plant parasitism	11
Investigating the evolutionary dynamics of diploid number variation in Ctenomys (Ctenomyidae, Rodentia)	11
Clusters of oculocutaneous albinism in isolated populations in Brazil: A community genetics challenge	11
Genome editing in maize: Toward improving complex traits in a global crop	11
Adaptive strategies of aquatic mammals: Exploring the role of the HIF pathway and hypoxia tolerance	11
Variability and functional characterization of the Phakopsora pachyrhizi Egh16-like effectors	11
Phylogeography and karyotypic evolution of some Deuterodon species from southeastern Brazil (Characiformes, Characidae, Stethaprioninae)	10
Implications of the microbiome and metabolic intermediaries produced by bacteria in breast cancer	10
The rs1800469 T/T and rs1800470 C/C genotypes of the TGFB1 gene confer protection against diabetic retinopathy in a Southern Brazilian population	9
Comparative structural studies on Bovine papillomavirus E6 oncoproteins: Novel insights into viral infection and cell transformation from homology modeling and molecular dynamics simulations	9
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	8
TMEM147 is a novel biomarker for diagnosis and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma	8
Boosting life sciences research in Brazil: building a case for a local Drosophila stock center	8
Homocysteine and methylmalonic acid in Phenylketonuria patients	8
The use of adenoviral vectors in gene therapy and vaccine approaches	8

Identification and characterization of waterlogging-responsive genes in the parental line of maize hybrid An’nong 876	8
Systematic analyses of a novel circRNA-related miRNAs prognostic signature for Cervical Cancer	7
EPO activates PI3K-IKKα-CDK1 signaling pathway to promote the proliferation of Glial Cells under hypoxia environment	7
DNA damage repair-related methylated genes RRM2 and GAPDH are prognostic biomarkers associated with immunotherapy for lung adenocarcinoma	6
Chromosomal characterization of three species of Serrasalmini (Serrasalmidae: Characiformes)	6
Interchromosomal translocation in neural progenitor cells exposed to L1 retrotransposition	6
Phenotypic and molecular basis for genetic variation in jelly palms (Butia sp.): where are we now and where are we headed to?	6
Comparative genomics and phylogenomics of the Ralstonia solanacearum Moko ecotype and its symptomatological variants	6
Analysis of parental origin of de novo pathogenic CNVs in patients with intellectual disability	6
The order of events on Avian coronavirus life cycle shapes the order of quasispecies evolution during host switches	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
Unstable environment of coastal lagoons drives genetic variation in the amphipod Quadrivisio lutzi	5
Revealing the role of Peg13: A promising therapeutic target for mitigating inflammation in sepsis	5
Prevalence and molecular characterization of alpha and beta-Thalassemia mutations among Hakka people in southern China	5
Lack of genotoxicity of iron oxide maghemite (γ-Fe2O3) and magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles to Oreochromis niloticus after acute exposures	5
A genomic perspective on South American human history	5
Cu(bta)(1,10-phen)ClO4 copper complex modulates the carcinogenicity of carboplatin in somatic cells of Drosophila melanogaster	5
Investigation of genetic markers associated to type 2 diabetes mellitus in Santarém-Pará	5
Interpopulation variation of transposable elements of the hAT superfamily in Drosophila willistoni (Diptera: Drosophilidae): in-situ approach	5
Transcriptional signature of host shift in the seed beetle Zabrotes subfasciatus	5
Beyond transcription factors: more regulatory layers affecting soybean gene expression under abiotic stress	4
Modulation of tumor plasticity by senescent cells: Deciphering basic mechanisms and survival pathways to unravel therapeutic options	4
Microcephaly in South Brazil: Are cases of Congenital Zika Syndrome increasing in recent years?	4
GJB2 c.35del variant up-regulates GJA1 gene expression and affects differentiation of human stem cells	4
Molecular evolution and structural analyses of proteins involved in metabolic pathways of volatile organic compounds in Petunia hybrida (Solanaceae)	4
miR-140-3p suppresses the proliferation and migration of macrophages	4
LncRNA AK001796 promotes cell proliferation via acting as a ceRNA of miR-150 in hepatocellular carcinoma	4
Fire ants: What do rural and urban areas show us about occurrence, diversity, and ancestral state reconstruction?	4
Protection is not always a good thing: The immune system’s impact on gene therapy	4
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	4
Broken silence: 22,841 predicted deleterious synonymous variants identified in the human exome through computational analysis	4
Disentangling the causes of high polymorphism sharing in sympatric Petunia species from subtropical highland grasslands: insights from nuclear diversity	4
The past, present and future of genomics and bioinformatics: A survey of Brazilian scientists	4
Capra hircus outliers markers in Brazil: Searching for genomic regions under the action of natural selection	4
How are people with orofacial clefts attended in northwest region of São Paulo state, Brazil?	4
Inferring the historical demography of southern African cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) using Bayesian analyses of molecular genetic data	4
Sending out an SOS - the bacterial DNA damage response	4
Karyotypic characterization of Centromochlus schultzi Rössel 1962 (Auchenipteridae, Centromochlinae) from the Xingu River basin: New inferences on chromosomal evolution in Centromochlus	4
Neonatal screening for spinal muscular atrophy: A pilot study in Brazil	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