OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Anticipation of Antigenic Sites for the Goal of Vaccine Designing Against Nipah Virus: An Immunoinformatics Inquisitive Quest	77
Synthetic Antimicrobial Peptide Polybia MP-1 (Mastoparan) Inhibits Growth of Antibiotic Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates From Mastitic Cow Milk	65
Anti‐adipogenic Effects of αAL14 Mediated by Modulation of PI3K/Akt Pathways in 3T3-L1 Cells	52
In Silico Analysis of Inhibiting Papain-like Protease from SARS-CoV-2 by Using Plant-Derived Peptides	44
Potential Antioxidative, Anti‐inflammatory and Immunomodulatory Effects of Ghrelin, an Endogenous Peptide from the Stomach in SARS-CoV2 Infection	38
Uncovering Antimicrobial Peptide from Zophobas atratus Using Transcriptome Analysis	36
Butelase-1 as the Prototypical Peptide Asparaginyl Ligase and Its Applications: A Review	29
KGF Phage Model Peptide Accelerates Cutaneous Wound Healing in a Diabetic Rat Model	23
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv0292 Protein Peptides Could be Included in a Synthetic Anti-tuberculosis Vaccine	22
Immunoinformatics Design of Multiepitope Vaccine Against Enterococcus faecium Infection	20
In-Silico Vaccine Design Based on a Novel Vaccine Candidate Against Infections Caused by Acinetobacter baumannii	17
ACE2 Peptide Fragment Interaction with Different S1 Protein Sites	17
Hydrophobic Residues Confer the Helicity and Membrane Permeability of Ocellatin-1 Antimicrobial Peptide Scaffold Towards Therapeutics	16
Total Synthesis of Novel Antimicrobial β-Hairpin Capitellacin Via Rapid Flow-Based SPPS Assembly and Regioselective On-Resin Disulfide Cyclisation	16
Making ERRFI1-Derived Peptides ‘Bindable’ to the Allosteric Dimerization Interface of Breast Cancer ERBB3 Kinase by Adding a Nonbonded Interaction System	16
HDL, ApoA-I and ApoE-Mimetic Peptides: Potential Broad Spectrum Agent for Clinical Use?	15
Detecting the Dominant T and B Epitopes of Klebsiella pneumoniae Ferric Enterobactin Protein (FepA) and Introducing a Single Epitopic Peptide as Vaccine Candidate	14
Role of Polypeptide Inflammatory Biomarkers in the Diagnosis and Monitoring of COVID-19	14
Antimicrobial Activity, Stability and Wound Healing Performances of Chitosan Nanoparticles Loaded Recombinant LL37 Antimicrobial Peptide	14
Protective Effects of Phoenixin-14 Peptide in the Indomethacin-Induced Duodenal Ulcer: An Experimental Study	14
His-Rich Peptides, Gly- and His-Rich Peptides: Functionally Versatile Compounds with Potential Multi-Purpose Applications	14
Phα1β is a Promising Neuroprotective Peptide from the Phoneutria nigriventer ‘Armed’ Spider	14
Antibacterial Activities of Peptide HF-18 Against Helicobacter pylori and its Virulence Protein CagA	13
l-Carnosine and Taurine Supplementation Attenuates the Intensity of Diabetes in Alloxan-Induced Diabetic Male Albino Rats	13
Impact of Synthesized AuNPs from Crocin Against Aggregation and Conformational Change in α-Lactalbumin	13

Design of Tripeptides as a Competitive Inhibitor for HMG-CoA Reductase	13
In Silico Identification of Multi-target Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Peptides from Quinoa Seed Proteins	12
Design of a Multi-epitope Vaccine Against Acinetobacter baumannii Using Immunoinformatics Approach	12
Enhanced Production of Iturin A-2 Generated from Bacillus velezensis T701 and the Antitumor Activity of Iturin A-2 against Human Gastric Carcinoma Cells	12
The Interaction of Possible Anti-AD ASA-NAP Peptide Conjugate with Tubulin: A Theoretical and Experimental Insight	12
Identification of Potential Peptide Inhibitors of ACE-2 Target of SARS-CoV-2 from Buckwheat & Quinoa	12
Enhanced Activation of Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (ANP) and Natriuretic Peptide Receptor-A (NPRA) in Chronic Cigarette Smoke-Induced Lung Inflammation in Experimental Rats	12
VirVACPRED: A Web Server for Prediction of Protective Viral Antigens	12
Safety Evaluation and Physiological Function of Dietary Balenine Derived From Opah Lampris guttatus on Skeletal Muscle of Mice	11
Membrane Bound Aminopeptidase B of a Potential Probiotic Pediococcus acidilactici NCDC 252: Purification, Physicochemical and Kinetic Characterization	11
Evaluation of Cell-Penetrating Peptides as Mucosal Immune Enhancers for Nasal Vaccination	11
Stability of Oligopeptides in Solution. Proteolytic Digestion and Potential Dimerization Process	11
Evaluation of Functional Properties of Wheat Germ Protein Hydrolysates and Its Effect on Physicochemical Properties of Frozen Yogurt	11
Enhancement of Osteogenic Induction by LL37 Modified with a Collagen-Binding Domain In Vitro and In Vivo	10
In-Silico Validation of Prosopis ciniraria Therapeutic Peptides Against Fungal Cell Wall: Better Treatment Strategy for Fungal Diseases	10
PACAP and PAC1 Receptor Expression in Human Insulinomas	10
A Comprehensive in Silico Analysis for Identification of Immunotherapeutic Epitopes of HPV-18	10
Effect of Chronic Treatment with D2 Allosteric Modulator PAOPA on the Expression of Cerebral Dopamine Neurotrophic Factor (CDNF) in Select Brain Regions	9
A Mini-Review on Potential of Neuropeptides as Future Therapeutics	9
Secretory Expression of Human Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF165) in Kluyveromyces lactis and Characterization of Its Biological Activity	9
Glutathione Encapsulation in Core-Shell Drug Nanocarriers (Polymersomes and Niosomes) Prevents Advanced Glycation End-products Toxicities	9
Antibacterial Activity of a Modified Choline Binding Peptide Against Streptococcus pneumoniae with Corresponding Antibody	9
Lessons Learned from Cutting-Edge Immunoinformatics on Next-Generation COVID-19 Vaccine Research	9
Design of Multiepitope Vaccine Construct Against Non-typhoidal Salmonellosis and its Characterization Using Immunoinformatics Approach	9
Correction to: Self-assembling Peptide P11-4: A Biomimetic Agent for Enamel Remineralization	9
Immunoinformatics Insights into the Internalin A and B Proteins to Design a Multi-Epitope Subunit Vaccine for L. monocytogenes	9
HL-7 and HL-10 Peptides Stimulate Insulin Secretion in the INS-1 Insulinoma Cell Line through Incretin-Dependent Pathway and Increasing the Glucose Uptake in L6 Myoblast	8
Effects of Molecular Weights -Assisted Enzymatic Hydrolysis on Antioxidant and Anticancer Activities of Liza abu Muscle Protein Hydrolysates	8
Crab Pentapeptide and Its Anti-inflammatory Activity on Macrophage Cells	8
Production, Purification and Characterization of ‘Iturin A-2’ a Lipopeptide with Antitumor Activity from Chinese Sauerkraut Bacterium Bacillus velezensis T701	8
Characterization of Antitumor Activity of a Synthetic Moronecidin-Like Peptide Computationally Predicted from the Tiger Tail Seahorse Hippocampus Comes in Tumor-bearing Mice	8
Subtractive Proteomics and Immuno-informatics Approaches for Multi-peptide Vaccine Prediction Against Klebsiella oxytoca and Validation Through In Silico Expression	8
A Review of Antimicrobial Peptides: Its Function, Mode of Action and Therapeutic Potential	7
Nano Defensin: A Promising Antibacterial Agent Against Colorectal Cancer Related Bacteria	7
Pulse Derived Bioactive Peptides as Novel Nutraceuticals: A Review	7
Structural Characteristics, Prokaryotic Expression and Activity Analysis of Antimicrobial Peptide ALFPm10 from Penaeus monodon	7
Exploring Onchocerca volvulus Cysteine Protease Inhibitor for Multi-epitope Subunit Vaccine Against Onchocerciasis: An Immunoinformatics Approach	7
Expression and Characterization of a Potent Long-Acting GLP-1 Receptor Like Agonist, Exendin-4-Fc	7
Peptides from Liza aurata: Natural Source Attenuate Paracetamol Induced Nephrotoxicity by Modulation of the Inflammatory Response and DNA Damage	7
Design and In Silico Evaluation of a Novel Cyclic Disulfide-Rich anti-VEGF Peptide as a Potential Antiangiogenic Drug	6
PepEngine: A Manually Curated Structural Database of Peptides Containing α, β- Dehydrophenylalanine (ΔPhe) and α-Amino Isobutyric Acid (Aib)	6
Hybrid Anticancer Peptides DN1 and DN4 Exert Selective Cytotoxicity Against Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells by Inducing Both Intrinsic and Extrinsic Apoptotic Pathways	6
Machine Learning for the Cleaner Production of Antioxidant Peptides	6
l-asparaginase: Need for an Expedition from an Enzymatic Molecule to Antimicrobial Drug	6
Quest for Novel Preventive and Therapeutic Options Against Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa	6
Pierce into Structural Changes of Interactions Between Mutated Spike Glycoproteins and ACE2 to Evaluate Its Potential Biological and Therapeutic Consequences	6
The Crosstalk Between Brain Mediators Regulating Food Intake Behavior in Birds: A Review	6
Antioxidant and Anti-hypertensive Bioactive Peptides from Indian Mackerel Fish Waste	6
Screening and Identification of a Specific Binding Peptide to Ovarian Cancer Cells from a Phage-Displayed Peptide Library	6
Recombinant Expression and Antibacterial Properties of BmTXKS2 Venom Peptide in Fusion with GST	6

Protein Composition and Biomedical Potential of the Skin Secretion of Hylarana erythraea (Schlegel, 1837) (Anura: Ranidae) from Langkawi Archipelago, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia	5
Immunoinformatics Approach to Design a Novel Subunit Vaccine Against Visceral Leishmaniasis	5
An In Silico Evaluation of Molecular Interaction Between Antimicrobial Peptide Subtilosin A of Bacillus subtilis with Virulent Proteins of Aeromonas hydrophila	5
Antibacterial Effect of a Short Peptide, VV18, from Calcineurin-A of Macrobrachium rosenbergii: Antibiofilm Agent Against Escherichia coli and a Bacterial Membrane Disruptor in Pseudomonas aeruginosa	5
Extracellular Calcium Contributes to Orexin-Induced Postsynaptic Excitation of the Rat Locus Coeruleus Neurons	5
Role of Different Peptides for Cancer Immunotherapy	5
Affinity Selection from Synthetic Peptide Libraries Enabled by De Novo MS/MS Sequencing	5
Characterization and Cytotoxic Evaluation of Bacteriocins Possessing Antibiofilm Activity Produced by Lactobacillus plantarum SJ33	5
Fabrication of an Antimicrobial Peptide-Loaded Silk Fibroin/Gelatin Bilayer Sponge to Apply as a Wound Dressing; An In Vitro Study	4
Antifungal Peptide CGA-N9 Protects Against Systemic Candidiasis in Mice	4
In-Silico Design of a Novel Tridecapeptide Targeting Spike Protein of SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern	4
Development of ULYSSIS, a Tool for the Biosynthesis of Cyclotides and Cyclic Knottins	4
Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (ANP) Regulates the Biological Activity of EGF/EGFR System in Adult Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cell	4
Efficacy Comparison of TAT Peptide-Functionalized PEGylated Liposomal Doxorubicin in C26 and B16F0 Tumor Mice Models	4
Pathophysiological Effects of Lycosa erythrognatha Derived Peptide LyeTxI-b on RKO-AS-45-1 Colorectal Carcinoma Cell Line Using the Chicken Chorioallantoic Membrane Model	4
Recombinant Expression of a Plant-Derived Dimeric Antifungal Peptide (DiSkh-AMP1) Joined by a Flexible Linker in Escherichia coli and Evaluation of Its Biological Activity In Vitro	4
Correction to: Galanin Peptides Alleviate Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury by Reducing Reactive Oxygen Species Formation	4
Computational Design and Analysis of a Multi-epitope Against Influenza A virus	4
Cyclic Dodecapeptide Induces Cell Death Through Membrane–Peptide Interactions in Breast Cancer Cells	4
In Silico Characterization of a Transcript Code Based Screening of Antimicrobial Peptide from Trichogramma chilonis	4
Prophylactic Application of MA-[d-Leu-4]-OB3, a Small Molecule Synthetic Peptide Leptin Mimetic, Prevents or Slows the Progression of Obesity, Insulin Resistance, and Cognitive Impairment in a Mouse M	4
Biofilm Effects of the Soil Bacillus cereus Metabolites: Isolation, Characterization and Antimicrobial Activity Against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus	4