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(The median citation count of Biology Direct 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
DEPTOR attenuates asthma progression by suppressing endoplasmic reticulum stress through SOD180
Exploring the role of GhN/AINV23: implications for plant growth, development, and drought tolerance58
Long-term longitudinal study on swine VML model55
USP5 knockdown alleviates lung cancer progression via activating PARP1-mediated mTOR signaling pathway53
Circ_0002669 promotes osteosarcoma tumorigenesis through directly binding to MYCBP and sponging miR-889-3p42
Moving biology direct towards a new dimension40
Functional and structural characterization of the human indolethylamine N-methyltransferase through fluorometric, thermal and computational docking analyses39
RGS5 maintaining vascular homeostasis is altered by the tumor microenvironment38
Epigenetic mechanism of RBM15 in affecting cisplatin resistance in laryngeal carcinoma cells by regulating ferroptosis37
Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals the critical role of alternative splicing in cattle testicular spermatagonia36
Wandering about allostery35
NID1 promotes laryngeal cancer stemness via activating WNT pathway34
Deciphering the role of SAMHD1 in endometrial cancer progression33
Neuregulin-4 protects cardiomyocytes against high-glucose-induced ferroptosis via the AMPK/NRF2 signalling pathway32
Molecular mechanisms of efferocytosis imbalance in the idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis microenvironment: from gene screening to dynamic regulation analysis30
Prostatitis, benign prostatic hyperplasia, and prostate cancer: a bidirectional Mendelian randomization study and clinical implications for these patients’ populations30
Dualistic role of ZEB1 and ZEB2 in tumor progression28
Equol exerts anti-tumor effects on choriocarcinoma cells by promoting TRIM21-mediated ubiquitination of ANXA228
Identification of a prognostic cuproptosis-related signature in hepatocellular carcinoma27
Circulating extracellular vesicles regulate ELAVL1 by delivering miR-133a-3p which affecting NLRP3 mRNA stability inhibiting PANoptosome formation27
DTX2 promotes glioma development via regulation of HLTF26
Biochemical characterization of the feedforward loop between CDK1 and FOXM1 in epidermal stem cells25
M2 macrophage-derived exosomal miR-193b-3p promotes progression and glutamine uptake of pancreatic cancer by targeting TRIM6223
ARMCX1 inhibits lung adenocarcinoma progression by recruiting FBXW7 for c-Myc degradation23
An exploration into the diagnostic capabilities of microRNAs for myocardial infarction using machine learning22
The deubiquitinating protein OTUD6B promotes lung adenocarcinoma progression by stabilizing RIPK121
Lactobacillus reuteri mitigates hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury by modulating gut microbiota and metabolism through the Nrf2/HO-1 signaling21
The p53 family member p73 in the regulation of cell stress response19
ZNF330/NOA36 interacts with HSPA1 and HSPA8 and modulates cell cycle and proliferation in response to heat shock in HEK293 cells19
Conventional type 1 dendritic cells (cDC1) in cancer immunity18
Exploring the molecular mechanism of estrogen therapy effectiveness after TCRA in IUA patients at single-cell level18
Martin Karplus (1930–2024)17
Correction: High-fat diet impairs ferroptosis and promotes cancer invasiveness via downregulating tumor suppressor ACSL4 in lung adenocarcinoma17
The RRP9-JUN axis promotes breast cancer progression via the AKT signalling pathway17
Lipidome atlas of p53 mutant variants in pancreatic cancer16
N6-methyladenosine-mediated SH3BP5-AS1 upregulation promotes GEM chemoresistance in pancreatic cancer by activating the Wnt signaling pathway16
Exploring the role of oxidative stress in carotid atherosclerosis: insights from transcriptomic data and single-cell sequencing combined with machine learning16
p53 regulates expression of nuclear envelope components in cancer cells16
Loss of the centrosomal protein ALMS1 alters lipid metabolism and the regulation of extracellular matrix-related processes16
RCC2 promotes prostate cancer cell proliferation and migration through Hh/GLI1 signaling pathway and cancer stem-like cells16
Aged mesenchymal stem cells and inflammation: from pathology to potential therapeutic strategies15
A multi-omics exploration of PPARG activation in colon cancer: kinases featuring a PPRE sequence within regulatory regions15
Identification of druggable targets in acute kidney injury by proteome- and transcriptome-wide Mendelian randomization and bioinformatics analysis15
Correction: Affibodies as valuable tool to prevent β2m aggregation under lysosomal-like conditions15
FXR1 associates with and degrades PDZK1IP1 and ATOH8 mRNAs and promotes esophageal cancer progression15
MLL1 promotes placental trophoblast ferroptosis and aggravates preeclampsia symptoms through epigenetic regulation of RBM15/TRIM72/ADAM9 axis13
Colon cancer exosome-associated HSP90B1 initiates pre-metastatic niche formation in the liver by polarizing M1 macrophage into M2 phenotype13
Long-range enhancement of N501Y-endowed mouse infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 by the non-RBD mutations of Ins215KLRS and H655Y13
Machine learning-driven estimation of mutational burden highlights DNAH5 as a prognostic marker in colorectal cancer13
RPL35A promotes the progression of cholangiocarcinoma by mediating HSPA8 ubiquitination13
USP44 regulates HEXIM1 stability to inhibit tumorigenesis and metastasis of oral squamous cell carcinoma13
Artificial genetic polymers against human pathologies12
ILC1-derived IFN-γ regulates macrophage activation in colon cancer12
Integrative genomics unveils basement membrane-related diagnostic markers and therapeutic targets in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma12
The role of endothelial cell-related gene COL1A1 in prostate cancer diagnosis and immunotherapy: insights from machine learning and single-cell analysis12
LncRNA MIR205HG accelerates cell proliferation, migration and invasion in hepatoblastoma through the activation of MAPK signaling pathway and PI3K/AKT signaling pathway12
Eraldo Antonini Lectures, 1983–201912
BMC Caller: a webtool to identify and analyze bacterial microcompartment types in sequence data12
In vitro synergistic effect of AXL, FAK and ErbB receptors inhibitors for head and neck cancer11
Shaping root architecture: towards understanding the mechanisms involved in lateral root development11
Dysregulation and antimetastatic function of circLRIG1 modulated by miR-214-3p/LRIG1 axis in bladder carcinoma11
Tissue-specific roles of peroxisomes revealed by expression meta-analysis11
Single-cell transcriptomic profiling unveils insights into ovarian fibrosis in obese mice11
Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG ameliorates radiation-induced lung fibrosis via lncRNASNHG17/PTBP1/NICD axis modulation11
Mir-338-3p targeting THBS1 attenuates glioma progression by inhibiting the PI3K/Akt pathway10
Alpha-actnin-4 (ACTN4) selectively affects the DNA double-strand breaks repair in non-small lung carcinoma cells10
Dual-labeled nanoparticles based on small extracellular vesicles for tumor detection10
Differential adaptive RNA editing signals between insects and plants revealed by a new measurement termed haplotype diversity10
Biological roles of RNA m7G modification and its implications in cancer10
A link between mitotic defects and mitotic catastrophe: detection and cell fate10
Autophagy inhibition potentiates anti-cancer activity of Sunitinib in kidney cancer cells10
Understanding p53 tumour suppressor network10
HOXB4/METTL7B cascade mediates malignant phenotypes of hepatocellular carcinoma through TKT m6A modification10
Ti3C2 (MXene) nanosheets disrupt spermatogenesis in male mice mediated by the ATM/p53 signaling pathway10
SPI1 upregulated LILRB2 to enhance the immunosuppressive phenotype of LPS-tolerant macrophages by inhibiting TLR8-mediated MyD88/NF-κB signaling10
miPEP31 alleviates sepsis development by regulating Chi3l1-dependent macrophage polarization10
Image-based modeling of vascular organization to evaluate anti-angiogenic therapy10
The oncogenic role and regulatory mechanism of PGK1 in human non-small cell lung cancer9
Estrogen receptor alpha dynamics and plasticity during endocrine resistance9
Probing pathways by which rhynchophylline modifies sleep using spatial transcriptomics9
Sorafenib-induced macrophage extracellular traps via ARHGDIG/IL4/PADI4 axis confer drug resistance through inhibiting ferroptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma9
RARRES1 inhibits hepatocellular carcinoma progression and increases its sensitivity to lenvatinib through interaction with SPINK28
Reprogramming hematopoietic stem cell metabolism in lung cancer: glycolysis, oxidative phosphorylation, and the role of 2-DG8
Transcription factor KLF15 inhibits the proliferation and migration of gastric cancer cells via regulating the TFAP2A-AS1/NISCH axis8
miR-155 mediated regulation of PKG1 and its implications on cell invasion, migration, and apoptosis in preeclampsia through NF-κB pathway8
Mir-421 and mir-550a-1 are potential prognostic markers in esophageal adenocarcinoma8
Targeting SOX4/PCK2 signaling suppresses neuroendocrine trans-differentiation of castration-resistant prostate cancer8
The role of LINC01419 in regulating the cell stemness in lung adenocarcinoma through recruiting EZH2 and regulating FBP1 expression8
Integrated Mendelian randomization and single-cell RNA-sequencing analyses identified OAS1 as a novel therapeutic target for erectile dysfunction via targeting fibroblasts8
A functional approach to homeostatic regulation8
Integrating machine learning models with multi-omics analysis to decipher the prognostic significance of mitotic catastrophe heterogeneity in bladder cancer8
Correction: Integrated Mendelian randomization and single-cell RNA-sequencing analyses identified OAS1 as a novel therapeutic target for erectile dysfunction via targeting fibroblasts7
Host-mediated RNA editing in viruses7
Construction of a prognostic model based on disulfidptosis-related genes and identification of CCNA2 as a novel biomarker for hepatocellular carcinoma7
Comprehensive pan-cancer analysis indicates UCHL5 as a novel cancer biomarker and promotes cervical cancer progression through the Wnt signaling pathway7
Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals a new mechanism of endothelial cell heterogeneity and healing in diabetic foot ulcers7
Correction: IPSC derived cardiac fibroblasts of DMD patients show compromised actin microfilaments, metabolic shift and pro-fibrotic phenotype7
LncRNA5251 inhibits spermatogenesis via modification of cell-cell junctions7
Quinolinic acid impairs mitophagy promoting microglia senescence and poor healthspan in C. elegans: a mechanism of impaired aging process7
Circular RNA hsa_circ_0067842 facilitates tumor metastasis and immune escape in breast cancer through HuR/CMTM6/PD-L1 axis7
m6A methylation-mediated lncRNA RNF144A-AS1 promotes hepatocellular carcinoma progression through the miR-1301-3p/RNF38 pathway7
In silico optimization of RNA–protein interactions for CRISPR-Cas13-based antimicrobials7
Glucose deprivation-induced disulfidptosis in human nucleus pulposus cells: a novel pathological mechanism of intervertebral disc degeneration7
Identification of M2 macrophage-related genes associated with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma via bioinformatics and machine learning approaches7
Upregulation of long intergenic non-coding RNA LINC00326 inhibits non-small cell lung carcinoma progression by blocking Wnt/β-catenin pathway through modulating the miR-657/dickkopf WNT signaling path7
cGAS-STING targeting offers therapy choice in lung diseases7
ADSC-derived exosomes attenuate myocardial infarction injury by promoting miR-205-mediated cardiac angiogenesis7
Loss of AMPK activity induces organelle dysfunction and oxidative stress during oocyte aging6
Did the early full genome sequencing of yeast boost gene function discovery?6
Proteomics and digital subtraction angiography approaches reveal CDH18 as a potential target for therapy of moyamoya disease6
METTL3 in cancer-associated fibroblasts-derived exosomes promotes the proliferation and metastasis and suppresses ferroptosis in colorectal cancer by eliciting ACSL3 m6A modification6
Ultrastructural studies distinguish skin diversities among Galápagos iguanas6
Affibodies as valuable tool to prevent β2m aggregation under lysosomal-like conditions6
Fraxinellone-mediated targeting of cathepsin B leakage from lysosomes induces ferroptosis in fibroblasts to inhibit hypertrophic scar formation6
Unraveling the oxidative stress landscape in diabetic foot ulcers: insights from bulk RNA and single-cell RNA sequencing data6
Single-cell transcriptomics reveals cellular heterogeneity and macrophage-to-mesenchymal transition in bicuspid calcific aortic valve disease6
PNSC928, a plant-derived compound, specifically disrupts CtBP2-p300 interaction and reduces inflammation in mice with acute respiratory distress syndrome6
METTL3-induced lncRNA GBAP1 promotes hepatocellular carcinoma progression by activating BMP/SMAD pathway6
Deep learning-assisted high-content screening identifies isoliquiritigenin as an inhibitor of DNA double-strand breaks for preventing doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity6
Unveiling the molecular profile of a prostate carcinoma: implications for personalized medicine6
Redressing the interactions between stem cells and immune system in tissue regeneration6
Prognostic model integrating histology, systemic inflammation, and recurrence status predicts immunotherapy response in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer patients6
Spinal apolipoprotein E is involved in inflammatory pain via regulating lipid metabolism and glial activation in the spinal dorsal horn6
The CXCR3/PLC/IP3-IP3R axis is responsible for the ignition of UPR in intestinal epithelial cells exposed to gliadin peptide, during the onset of celiac disease6
Integrating Circle-Seq with transcriptomics reveals genome-wide characterization of extrachromosomal circular DNA for dilated cardiomyopathy6
Elevated SREBP1 accelerates the initiation and growth of pancreatic cancer by targeting SOX96
AQP5 trafficking is regulated by its C-terminal tail and interaction with prolactin-inducible protein6
Genomic characteristics and evolution of Multicentric Esophageal and gastric Cardiac Cancer6
Identification of fatty acid metabolism-related lncRNAs in the prognosis and immune microenvironment of colon adenocarcinoma6
Autophagy is influenced by vitamin D3 level in people with HIV-15
Long-read assembly of major histocompatibility complex and killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor genome regions in cynomolgus macaque5
scE2EGAE: enhancing single-cell RNA-Seq data analysis through an end-to-end cell-graph-learnable graph autoencoder with differentiable edge sampling5
p53-driven lipidome influences non-cell-autonomous lysophospholipids in pancreatic cancer5
Identification of novel snoRNA-based biomarkers for clear cell renal cell carcinoma from urine-derived extracellular vesicles5
NUAK2 and RCan2 participate in the p53 mutant pro-tumorigenic network5
Sigma-1 receptor activation attenuates DOX-induced cardiotoxicity by alleviating endoplasmic reticulum stress and mitochondrial calcium overload via PERK and IP3R-VDAC1-MCU signaling pathways5
GPR137 inactivates Hippo signaling to promote gastric cancer cell malignancy5
m6A-mediated upregulation of LINC01003 regulates cell migration by targeting the CAV1/FAK signaling pathway in glioma5
Integrating multi-layered biological priors to improve genomic prediction accuracy in beef cattle5
LncRNA Airn alleviates diabetic cardiac fibrosis by inhibiting activation of cardiac fibroblasts via a m6A-IMP2-p53 axis5
Lifestyle-dependent microglial plasticity: training the brain guardians5
Long non-coding RNA SNHG8 enhances triple-negative breast cancer cell proliferation and migration by regulating the miR-335-5p/PYGO2 axis5
PLAU promotes growth and attenuates cisplatin chemosensitivity in ARID1A-depleted non-small cell lung cancer through interaction with TM4SF15
Dynamic expression of IGFBP3 modulate dual actions of mineralization micro-environment during tooth development via Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway5
Identifying the driver miRNAs with somatic copy number alterations driving dysregulated ceRNA networks in cancers5
Analysis of lineage-specific protein family variability in prokaryotes combined with evolutionary reconstructions5
Rab32 uses its effector reticulon 3L to trigger autophagic degradation of mitochondria-associated membrane (MAM) proteins5
Antitumoral effects of Bortezomib in malignant mesothelioma: evidence of mild endoplasmic reticulum stress in vitro and activation of T cell response in vivo5
Phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor tadalafil reduces prostatic fibrosis via MiR-3126-3p/FGF9 axis in benign prostatic hyperplasia5
Exploring the association between osteoporosis and kidney stones: a clinical to mechanistic translational study based on big data and bioinformatics5
TIMM8B promotes oxidative phosphorylation and glycolysis by inhibiting the mtROS/ASK1/JNK signaling pathway in ovarian cancer5
Lysine-specific methyltransferase Set7/9 in stemness, differentiation, and development5
A glutamine metabolish-associated prognostic model to predict prognosis and therapeutic responses of hepatocellular carcinoma5
Mammalian enabled protein enhances tamoxifen sensitivity of the hormone receptor-positive breast cancer patients by suppressing the AKT signaling pathway5
miR-210 is essential to retinal homeostasis in fruit flies and mice4
BRD4 sustains p63 transcriptional program in keratinocytes4
Valentina Tassinari, the legacy of a young scientist4
Vemurafenib induces senescence in acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome by activating the HIPPO signaling pathway: implications for potential targeted therapy4
Coordinating energy metabolism and signaling pathways in epithelial self-renewal and differentiation4
Hypoxia-induced activation of HIF-1alpha/IL-1beta axis in microglia promotes glioma progression via NF-κB-mediated upregulation of heparanase expression4
Are prime numbers special? Insights from the life sciences4
Utilizing liquid-liquid biopolymer regulators to predict the prognosis and drug sensitivity of hepatocellular carcinoma4
Functional genomic imaging (FGI), a virtual tool for visualization of functional gene expression modules in heterogeneous tumor samples4
Depletion of LONP2 unmasks differential requirements for peroxisomal function between cell types and in cholesterol metabolism4
Deubiquitination of DNM1L by USP3 triggers the development and metastasis of gallbladder carcinoma4
Regulating ferroptosis by non-coding RNAs in hepatocellular carcinoma4
Integrated machine learning reveals the role of tryptophan metabolism in clear cell renal cell carcinoma and its association with patient prognosis4
Early-stage administration of hydroxytyrosol extends lifespan and delays aging in C. elegans4
Prognostic model of lung adenocarcinoma based on disulfidptosis-related genes and analysis of in vitro cell experiments for PPP1R14B in the model4
MIR194-2HG, a miRNA host gene activated by HNF4A, inhibits gastric cancer by regulating microRNA biogenesis4
ACSM5 inhibits ligamentum flavum hypertrophy by regulating lipid accumulation mediated by FABP4/PPAR signaling pathway4
Efficient DNA-free co-targeting of nuclear genes in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii4
CircRNA_15430 reduced by Helicobacter pylori infection and suppressed gastric cancer progression via miR-382-5p/ZCCHC14 axis4
Extracellular vesicles derived from different tissues attenuate cardiac dysfunction in murine MI models4
Machine learning model reveals the role of angiogenesis and EMT genes in glioma patient prognosis and immunotherapy4
Transcriptional diversity in specific synaptic gene sets discriminates cortical neuronal identity3
Identification of metastasis-related genes for predicting prostate cancer diagnosis, metastasis and immunotherapy drug candidates using machine learning approaches3
HIV-1LAI Nef blocks the development of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells into myeloid-erythroid lineage cells3
Active enhancers: recent research advances and insights into disease3
ZNF692 promotes osteosarcoma cell proliferation, migration, and invasion through TNK2-mediated activation of the MEK/ERK pathway3
E3 ligase HERC5-catalyzed UGDH isgylation promotes SNAI1-mediated tumor metastasis and cisplatin resistance in oral squamous cell carcinoma3
Total network controllability analysis discovers explainable drugs for Covid-19 treatment3
Correction: ILC1-derived IFN-γ regulates macrophage activation in colon cancer3
Acetylation- and ubiquitination-regulated SFMBT2 acts as a tumor suppressor in clear cell renal cell carcinoma3
Disulfidptosis signature predicts immune microenvironment and prognosis of gastric cancer3
Breaking barriers: improving time and space resolution of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis with single-cell sequencing approaches3
Targeting PDZ domains as potential treatment for viral infections, neurodegeneration and cancer3
LINC00885 promotes cervical cancer progression through sponging miR-3150b-3p and upregulating BAZ2A3
GALNT9 enrichment attenuates MPP+-induced cytotoxicity by ameliorating protein aggregations containing α-synuclein and mitochondrial dysfunction3
Overexpression of ZNF488 supports pancreatic cancer cell proliferation and tumorigenesis through inhibition of ferroptosis via regulating SCD1-mediated unsaturated fatty acid metabolism3
Combined treatment of nerve growth factor and transcranical direct current stimulations to improve outcome in children with vegetative state after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest3
Plasma N-Glycoproteomics in monozygotic twin pairs discordant for body mass index reveals an obesity signature related to inflammation and iron metabolism3
Ubiquitin recruiting chimera: more than just a PROTAC3
OTUD5 promotes the growth of hepatocellular carcinoma by deubiquitinating and stabilizing SLC38A13
USP40 promotes hepatocellular carcinoma cell proliferation, migration and stemness by deubiquitinating and stabilizing Claudin13
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