OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Genetics and Molecular Biology is 3. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
LINC00974 sponges miR-33a to facilitate cell proliferation, invasion, and EMT of ovarian cancer through HMGB2 upregulation	31
Morphological and transcriptional analysis of Colletotrichum lindemuthianum race 7 during early stages of infection in common bean	19
Genetic diversity of Moroccan date palm revealed by microsatellite markers	17
Genetic associations with disease in populations with Indigenous American ancestries	17
The good, the bad and the ugly of transposable elements annotation tools	16
Di-n-butyl and di-iso-pentyl phthalates and their mixture increase oxidative stress and embryo-larval malformations in zebrafish (Danio rerio)	14
Putative protective genomic variation in the Lithuanian population	13
Evolutionary and structural aspects of Solanaceae RNases T2	11
Genome editing in maize: Toward improving complex traits in a global crop	11
Clusters of oculocutaneous albinism in isolated populations in Brazil: A community genetics challenge	11
Variability and functional characterization of the Phakopsora pachyrhizi Egh16-like effectors	11
The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Vincetoxicum mongolicum (Apocynaceae), a perennial medicinal herb	11
Implications of the microbiome and metabolic intermediaries produced by bacteria in breast cancer	11
Investigating the evolutionary dynamics of diploid number variation in Ctenomys (Ctenomyidae, Rodentia)	10
What we know so far and what we can expect next: A molecular investigation of plant parasitism	10
Adaptive strategies of aquatic mammals: Exploring the role of the HIF pathway and hypoxia tolerance	10
Oral microbiota, co-evolution, and implications for health and disease: The case of indigenous peoples	9
Exosomes secreted from bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells suppress cardiomyocyte hypertrophy through Hippo-YAP pathway in heart failure	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
TMEM147 is a novel biomarker for diagnosis and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma	8
Identification and characterization of waterlogging-responsive genes in the parental line of maize hybrid An’nong 876	8
Phylogeography and karyotypic evolution of some Deuterodon species from southeastern Brazil (Characiformes, Characidae, Stethaprioninae)	8
The use of adenoviral vectors in gene therapy and vaccine approaches	8
The rs1800469 T/T and rs1800470 C/C genotypes of the TGFB1 gene confer protection against diabetic retinopathy in a Southern Brazilian population	8
Comparative genomics and phylogenomics of the Ralstonia solanacearum Moko ecotype and its symptomatological variants	7

The order of events on Avian coronavirus life cycle shapes the order of quasispecies evolution during host switches	7
Analysis of parental origin of de novo pathogenic CNVs in patients with intellectual disability	7
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	6
Transcriptome data-based screening of potential host of genetic transformation for a blue-hued Bougainvillea transgene	6
DNA damage repair-related methylated genes RRM2 and GAPDH are prognostic biomarkers associated with immunotherapy for lung adenocarcinoma	6
EPO activates PI3K-IKKα-CDK1 signaling pathway to promote the proliferation of Glial Cells under hypoxia environment	6
Chromosomal characterization of three species of Serrasalmini (Serrasalmidae: Characiformes)	6
Homocysteine and methylmalonic acid in Phenylketonuria patients	6
Boosting life sciences research in Brazil: building a case for a local Drosophila stock center	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
Lack of genotoxicity of iron oxide maghemite (γ-Fe2O3) and magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles to Oreochromis niloticus after acute exposures	5
Investigation of genetic markers associated to type 2 diabetes mellitus in Santarém-Pará	5
Interchromosomal translocation in neural progenitor cells exposed to L1 retrotransposition	5
Karyotypic characterization of Centromochlus schultzi Rössel 1962 (Auchenipteridae, Centromochlinae) from the Xingu River basin: New inferences on chromosomal evolution in Centromochlus	5
Interpopulation variation of transposable elements of the hAT superfamily in Drosophila willistoni (Diptera: Drosophilidae): in-situ approach	5
Unstable environment of coastal lagoons drives genetic variation in the amphipod Quadrivisio lutzi	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
Revealing the role of Peg13: A promising therapeutic target for mitigating inflammation in sepsis	4
Microcephaly in South Brazil: Are cases of Congenital Zika Syndrome increasing in recent years?	4
Disentangling the causes of high polymorphism sharing in sympatric Petunia species from subtropical highland grasslands: insights from nuclear diversity	4
Molecular evolution and structural analyses of proteins involved in metabolic pathways of volatile organic compounds in Petunia hybrida (Solanaceae)	4
LncRNA AK001796 promotes cell proliferation via acting as a ceRNA of miR-150 in hepatocellular carcinoma	4
Inferring the historical demography of southern African cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) using Bayesian analyses of molecular genetic data	4
Transcriptional signature of host shift in the seed beetle Zabrotes subfasciatus	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
Capra hircus outliers markers in Brazil: Searching for genomic regions under the action of natural selection	4
Modulation of tumor plasticity by senescent cells: Deciphering basic mechanisms and survival pathways to unravel therapeutic options	4
GJB2 c.35del variant up-regulates GJA1 gene expression and affects differentiation of human stem cells	4
Sending out an SOS - the bacterial DNA damage response	4
Protection is not always a good thing: The immune system’s impact on gene therapy	4
Beyond transcription factors: more regulatory layers affecting soybean gene expression under abiotic stress	4
Frequency of CFTR variants in southern Brazil and indication for modulators therapy in patients with cystic fibrosis	4
Applications of massively parallel sequencing in forensic genetics	3
A variant W chromosome in Centromochlus heckelii (Siluriformes, Auchenipteridae) and the role of repeated DNA in its heteromorphism	3
The past, present and future of genomics and bioinformatics: A survey of Brazilian scientists	3
Fire ants: What do rural and urban areas show us about occurrence, diversity, and ancestral state reconstruction?	3
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	3
The role of chaperone-mediated autophagy in drug resistance	3
Erratum: Investigating the shared genetic architecture between breast and ovarian cancers	3
Phylomitogenomics of two Neotropical species of long-legged crickets Endecous Saussure, 1878 (Orthoptera: Phalangopsidae)	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
Uncovering a novel mechanism: Butyrate induces estrogen receptor alpha activation independent of estrogen stimulation in MCF-7 breast cancer cells	3
miR-140-3p suppresses the proliferation and migration of macrophages	3
APOE and KLF14 genetic variants are sex-specific for low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol identified by a genome-wide association study	3
Characterization of the chemoreceptor repertoire of a highly specialized fly with comparisons to other Drosophila species	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

Study of four Neotropical species of tree crickets Oecanthus Serville, 1831 (Orthoptera, Gryllidae) using cytogenetic and molecular markers	3
Social information as an entrainment cue for the circadian clock	3
Clinical and epidemiological characterisation of neurofibromatosis type 1: Combined analysis of a reference hospital in Brazil and DataSUS	3
Neonatal screening for spinal muscular atrophy: A pilot study in Brazil	3
How are people with orofacial clefts attended in northwest region of São Paulo state, Brazil?	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
ΔNp63α promotes cigarette smoke-induced renal cancer stem cell activity via the Sonic Hedgehog pathway	3