OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Biological Sciences is 45. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
mRNA vaccines for COVID-19: what, why and how	187
Regulation of exosome production and cargo sorting	182
Tagitinin C induces ferroptosis through PERK-Nrf2-HO-1 signaling pathway in colorectal cancer cells	163
Immunotherapy in colorectal cancer: current achievements and future perspective	131
Interaction between Aβ and Tau in the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease	125
Cisplatin Induces Pyroptosis via Activation of MEG3/NLRP3/caspase-1/GSDMD Pathway in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer	122
Current advances in the development of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines	106
Ferroptosis-Related Long Non-Coding RNA signature predicts the prognosis of Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma	101
Dihydroartemisinin: A Potential Natural Anticancer Drug	98
Underlying the Mechanisms of Doxorubicin-Induced Acute Cardiotoxicity: Oxidative Stress and Cell Death	92
Long COVID and its Management	87
Forsythoside A Mitigates Alzheimer's-like Pathology by Inhibiting Ferroptosis-mediated Neuroinflammation via Nrf2/GPX4 Axis Activation	87
Neutrophil extracellular traps mediate m⁶A modification and regulates sepsis-associated acute lung injury by activating ferroptosis in alveolar epithelial cells	81
GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs): cardiovascular actions and therapeutic potential	80
Artificial intelligence in the diagnosis of COVID-19: challenges and perspectives	74
VEGF/VEGFR-Targeted Therapy and Immunotherapy in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: Targeting the Tumor Microenvironment	71
Construction and applications of SARS-CoV-2 pseudoviruses: a mini review	67
Attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccines in Chinese college students	66
Cytokine storm in COVID-19: from viral infection to immune responses, diagnosis and therapy	66
Betulinic acid inhibits pyroptosis in spinal cord injury by augmenting autophagy via the AMPK-mTOR-TFEB signaling pathway	64
The Impact of TRPV1 on Cancer Pathogenesis and Therapy: A Systematic Review	64
USP24-GSDMB complex promotes bladder cancer proliferation via activation of the STAT3 pathway	61
The role of RNA m⁵C modification in cancer metastasis	59
LncRNA H19: A novel oncogene in multiple cancers	59
Tumor heterogeneity reshapes the tumor microenvironment to influence drug resistance	58

Hypoxic pancreatic cancer derived exosomal miR-30b-5p promotes tumor angiogenesis by inhibiting GJA1 expression	57
The Landscape Of Alpha Fetoprotein In Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Where Are We?	57
Application of radiomics and machine learning in head and neck cancers	55
A combination therapy of Phages and Antibiotics: Two is better than one	55
The role of CD4⁺FoxP3⁺ regulatory T cells in the immunopathogenesis of COVID-19: implications for treatment	53
Integrated Machine Learning and Bioinformatic Analyses Constructed a Novel Stemness-Related Classifier to Predict Prognosis and Immunotherapy Responses for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients	53
Understanding the Effects of Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis on Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and the Possible Probiotics Role: Recent Updates	52
CD47/SIRPα pathway mediates cancer immune escape and immunotherapy	51
A Multiple-Hit Hypothesis Involving Reactive Oxygen Species and Myeloperoxidase Explains Clinical Deterioration and Fatality in COVID-19	51
Smad3 Signatures in Renal Inflammation and Fibrosis	48
Ferroptosis in Cancer Progression: Role of Noncoding RNAs	48
SARS-CoV-2 main protease suppresses type I interferon production by preventing nuclear translocation of phosphorylated IRF3	47
HPV E6/E7 promotes aerobic glycolysis in cervical cancer by regulating IGF2BP2 to stabilize m⁶A-MYC expression	47
A Positive Feedback Loop between Inactive VHL-Triggered Histone Lactylation and PDGFRβ Signaling Drives Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma Progression	47
βII spectrin (SPTBN1): biological function and clinical potential in cancer and other diseases	46
Progress of Breast Cancer basic research in China	46
The role of ubiquitination and deubiquitination in tumor invasion and metastasis	46
Functional and Structural Diversity of Insect Glutathione S-transferases in Xenobiotic Adaptation	46
NEAT1 as a competing endogenous RNA in tumorigenesis of various cancers: Role, mechanism and therapeutic potential	46
A review of physiological and cellular mechanisms underlying fibrotic postoperative adhesion	45
CircRNA ciRS-7: a Novel Oncogene in Multiple Cancers	45
Development and application of therapeutic antibodies against COVID-19	45
Berberine ameliorates DSS-induced intestinal mucosal barrier dysfunction through microbiota-dependence and Wnt/β-catenin pathway	45
Biological characteristics of IL-6 and related intestinal diseases	45
CAR-T Cell Therapy for Breast Cancer: From Basic Research to Clinical Application	45
Potential of exosomes as diagnostic biomarkers and therapeutic carriers for doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity	45
Role of hydrogen sulfide donors in cancer development and progression	45