OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Nutrition & Metabolism is 10. 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
Milk consumption and multiple health outcomes: umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses in humans	77
Gut bacteria Akkermansia is associated with reduced risk of obesity: evidence from the American Gut Project	72
Browning of the white adipose tissue regulation: new insights into nutritional and metabolic relevance in health and diseases	56
Time-restricted feeding improves blood glucose and insulin sensitivity in overweight patients with type 2 diabetes: a randomised controlled trial	54
The polyphenol-rich extract from chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa L.) modulates gut microbiota and improves lipid metabolism in diet-induced obese rats	46
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of the effects of Propolis in inflammation, oxidative stress and glycemic control in chronic diseases	46
The impact of ATP-binding cassette transporters on metabolic diseases	42
Chronic stress, epigenetics, and adipose tissue metabolism in the obese state	39
STAT3 phosphorylation in central leptin resistance	37
The potential mechanisms of lactate in mediating exercise-enhanced cognitive function: a dual role as an energy supply substrate and a signaling molecule	36
Effects of weight loss during a very low carbohydrate diet on specific adipose tissue depots and insulin sensitivity in older adults with obesity: a randomized clinical trial	33
A comprehensive review of long non-coding RNAs in the pathogenesis and development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease	32
Novel and traditional anthropometric indices for identifying metabolic syndrome in non-overweight/obese adults	30
Effects of green tea consumption on glycemic control: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	29
Vitamin D deficiency and metabolic syndrome in elderly Chinese individuals: evidence from CLHLS	29
Bacillus coagulans GBI-30, 6086 improves amino acid absorption from milk protein	28
Resveratrol ameliorates atherosclerosis induced by high-fat diet and LPS in ApoE−/− mice and inhibits the activation of CD4+ T cells	27
A comprehensive insight into the effect of glutamine supplementation on metabolic variables in diabetes mellitus: a systematic review	25
Metabolomic signatures for liver tissue and cecum contents in high-fat diet-induced obese mice based on UHPLC-Q-TOF/MS	25
Ferulic acid alleviates lipotoxicity-induced hepatocellular death through the SIRT1-regulated autophagy pathway and independently of AMPK and Akt in AML-12 hepatocytes	24
Gypenosides regulate farnesoid X receptor-mediated bile acid and lipid metabolism in a mouse model of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis	24
Effect of advanced chelate technology based trace minerals on growth performance, mineral digestibility, tibia characteristics, and antioxidant status in broiler chickens	24
The anti-diabetic effects of betanin in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats through modulating AMPK/SIRT1/NF-κB signaling pathway	24
Hawthorn fruit extract reduced trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO)-exacerbated atherogenesis in mice via anti-inflammation and anti-oxidation	24
The impact of gut microbiota metabolites on cellular bioenergetics and cardiometabolic health	23

Prevalence and risk factors of metabolic associated fatty liver disease in the contemporary South China population	23
The dysregulation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis in diet-induced prediabetic male Sprague Dawley rats	22
Sialylated human milk oligosaccharides prevent intestinal inflammation by inhibiting toll like receptor 4/NLRP3 inflammasome pathway in necrotizing enterocolitis rats	22
Ketogenic diet aggravates cardiac remodeling in adult spontaneously hypertensive rats	22
Dihydromyricetin ameliorates liver fibrosis via inhibition of hepatic stellate cells by inducing autophagy and natural killer cell-mediated killing effect	22
Validation of Dietary Antioxidant Index (DAI) and investigating the relationship between DAI and the odds of gastric cancer	21
Effects of high fat diet-induced obesity on vitamin D metabolism and tissue distribution in vitamin D deficient or supplemented mice	21
TET1 promotes fatty acid oxidation and inhibits NAFLD progression by hydroxymethylation of PPARα promoter	20
Gut microbiota modulation as a possible mediating mechanism for fasting-induced alleviation of metabolic complications: a systematic review	19
High fat-induced inflammation in vascular endothelium can be improved by Abelmoschus esculentus and metformin via increasing the expressions of miR-146a and miR-155	19
The role of protein hydrolysates for exercise-induced skeletal muscle recovery and adaptation: a current perspective	19
Effects of NAD+ precursor supplementation on glucose and lipid metabolism in humans: a meta-analysis	18
Fat-soluble vitamins: updated review of their role and orchestration in human nutrition throughout life cycle with sex differences	18
Pineapple consumption reduced cardiac oxidative stress and inflammation in high cholesterol diet-fed rats	18
Combined Lycium barbarum polysaccharides and C-phycocyanin increase gastric Bifidobacterium relative abundance and protect against gastric ulcer caused by aspirin in rats	18
Aerobic exercise promotes the functions of brown adipose tissue in obese mice via a mechanism involving COX2 in the VEGF signaling pathway	18
Metabolic reprogramming in cervical cancer and metabolomics perspectives	17
High-protein and low-calorie diets improved the anti-aging Klotho protein in the rats’ brain: the toxic role of high-fat diet	17
Fat mass to fat-free mass ratio and the risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and fibrosis in non-obese and obese individuals	17
A combination of herbal compound (SPTC) along with exercise or metformin more efficiently alleviated diabetic complications through down-regulation of stress oxidative pathway upon activating Nrf2-Kea	17
Resistant dextrin improves high-fat-high-fructose diet induced insulin resistance	17
Menopausal status, age at natural menopause and risk of diabetes in China: a 10-year prospective study of 300,000 women	16
Association between frequency of spicy food consumption and hypertension: a cross-sectional study in Zhejiang Province, China	16
High fat diet significantly changed the global gene expression profile involved in hepatic drug metabolism and pharmacokinetic system in mice	16
The relation between low carbohydrate diet score and psychological disorders among Iranian adults	15
Effects of exercise on high-fat diet–induced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and lipid metabolism in ApoE knockout mice	15
Optimisation of a metabotype approach to deliver targeted dietary advice	15
Independent and joint associations of body mass index, waist circumference, waist-height ratio and their changes with risks of hyperuricemia in middle-aged and older Chinese individuals: a population-	15
The relationship between dietary patterns and rheumatoid arthritis: a case–control study	15
Maternal obesity alters C19MC microRNAs expression profile in fetal umbilical cord blood	15
Discovery of metabolic biomarkers for gestational diabetes mellitus in a Chinese population	14
Metabolic adaptation is associated with less weight and fat mass loss in response to low-energy diets	14
Dose response of a novel exogenous ketone supplement on physiological, perceptual and performance parameters	14
L-carnitine ameliorates the muscle wasting of cancer cachexia through the AKT/FOXO3a/MaFbx axis	13
Metabolic and hormonal effects of melatonin and/or magnesium supplementation in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial	13
Anthocyanins increase serum adiponectin in newly diagnosed diabetes but not in prediabetes: a randomized controlled trial	13
The effect of high-fat diet and exercise on KISS-1/GPR54 expression in testis of growing rats	13
The effect of 8 plant extracts and combinations on post-prandial blood glucose and insulin responses in healthy adults: a randomized controlled trial	12
The long noncoding RNA MALAT1 modulates adipose loss in cancer-associated cachexia by suppressing adipogenesis through PPAR-γ	12
A comprehensive insight into the molecular and cellular mechanisms of the effects of Propolis on preserving renal function: a systematic review	12
Systemic vitamin intake impacting tissue proteomes	12
Estradiol regulates intestinal ABCG2 to promote urate excretion via the PI3K/Akt pathway	12
Comparisons of the effects of different flaxseed products consumption on lipid profiles, inflammatory cytokines and anthropometric indices in patients with dyslipidemia related diseases: systematic re	11
High-trans fatty acid and high-sugar diets can cause mice with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis with liver fibrosis and potential pathogenesis	11
Combined effect of vitamin C and vitamin D3 on intestinal epithelial barrier by regulating Notch signaling pathway	11
Vitamin D status affects the relationship between lipid profile and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein	11
Supplementation of quinoa regulates glycolipid metabolism and endoplasmic reticulum stress in the high-fat diet-induced female obese mice	11
Protective effect of homogeneous polysaccharides of Wuguchong (HPW) on intestinal mucositis induced by 5-fluorouracil in mice	11
Effect of metabolically healthy obesity on the development of arterial stiffness: a prospective cohort study	11
Serum uric acid and risk of incident chronic kidney disease: a national cohort study and updated meta-analysis	11

Oatmeal induced gut microbiota alteration and its relationship with improved lipid profiles: a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial	11
Dihydromyricetin attenuates palmitic acid-induced oxidative stress by promoting autophagy via SIRT3-ATG4B signaling in hepatocytes	11
The influence of progressive-chronic and acute sodium bicarbonate supplementation on anaerobic power and specific performance in team sports: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover s	11
Prevalence and prognostic significance of malnutrition in diabetic patients with coronary artery disease: a cohort study	11
Low-arginine and low-protein diets induce hepatic lipid accumulation through different mechanisms in growing rats	11
Disease-associated metabolic alterations that impact satellite cells and muscle regeneration: perspectives and therapeutic outlook	10
Obesity and intestinal stem cell susceptibility to carcinogenesis	10
Protective effects of calorie restriction on insulin resistance and islet function in STZ-induced type 2 diabetes rats	10
Association of daytime napping in relation to risk of diabetes: evidence from a prospective study in Zhejiang, China	10
Trends in prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus in Zhejiang Province, China, 2016–2018	10
Differential ketogenic diet-induced shift in CSF lipid/carbohydrate metabolome of pediatric epilepsy patients with optimal vs. no anticonvulsant response: a pilot study	10
Mulberry leaf extract improves glycaemic response and insulaemic response to sucrose in healthy subjects: results of a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled study	10
Sex- and body mass index-specific reference intervals for serum leptin: a population based study in China	10
Sufficience serum vitamin D before 20 weeks of pregnancy reduces the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus	10
Visceral adiposity index outperforms conventional anthropometric assessments as predictor of diabetes mellitus in elderly Chinese: a population-based study	10
Association of hypertriglyceridemic waist phenotype with renal function impairment: a cross-sectional study in a population of Chinese adults	10
The cut-off values of handgrip strength and lean mass index for sarcopenia among patients on peritoneal dialysis	10