OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling is 8. 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
Signaling network regulating osteogenesis in mesenchymal stem cells	42
Targeting of the tumor immune microenvironment by metformin	34
A Review of Prostanoid Receptors: Expression, Characterization, Regulation, and Mechanism of Action	33
Matrigel: history/background, uses, and future applications	30
Role of interleukin-6-mediated inflammation in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease: focus on the available therapeutic approaches and gut microbiome	26
A complete map of the Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase 2 (CAMKK2) signaling pathway	25
Verteporfin inhibits the persistent fibrotic phenotype of lesional scleroderma dermal fibroblasts	24
Periostin: an emerging activator of multiple signaling pathways	21
BMP4 enhances anoikis resistance and chemoresistance of breast cancer cells through canonical BMP signaling	21
Involvement of the unfolded protein response in the protective effects of growth hormone releasing hormone antagonists in the lungs	20
Repurposing calcium channel blockers as antiviral drugs	19
The CCN2/CTGF interactome: an approach to understanding the versatility of CCN2/CTGF molecular activities	19
CircRNA cPWWP2A: an emerging player in diabetes mellitus	18
Endocannabinoid signaling pathways: beyond CB1R and CB2R	17
The complexity of TGFβ/activin signaling in regeneration	16
Targeting PI3K/Akt signaling in prostate cancer therapy	16
Comprehensive transcriptomic analysis identifies novel regulators of lung adenocarcinoma	16
A modular map of Bradykinin-mediated inflammatory signaling network	15
Biomechanical signal communication in vascular smooth muscle cells	15
A network map of endothelin mediated signaling pathway	15
Sequence features, structure, ligand interaction, and diseases in small leucine rich repeat proteoglycans	15
SARS-CoV-2 signaling pathway map: A functional landscape of molecular mechanisms in COVID-19	14
The linkage between inflammation and fibrosis in muscular dystrophies: The axis autotaxin–lysophosphatidic acid as a new therapeutic target?	14
Skin aging from the perspective of dermal fibroblasts: the interplay between the adaptation to the extracellular matrix microenvironment and cell autonomous processes	14
An assembly of galanin–galanin receptor signaling network	14

The CCN axis in cancer development and progression	14
Photobiomodulation reduces oxidative stress in diabetic wounded fibroblast cells by inhibiting the FOXO1 signaling pathway	14
The modulation of neuroinflammation by inducible nitric oxide synthase	13
Activated fibroblasts enhance cancer cell migration by microvesicles-mediated transfer of Galectin-1	13
YY1 regulated transcription‐based stratification of gastric tumors and identification of potential therapeutic candidates	12
A comprehensive network map of IL-17A signaling pathway	12
GAB2 and GAB3 are expressed in a tumor stage-, grade- and histotype-dependent manner and are associated with shorter progression-free survival in ovarian cancer	12
A pathway map of AXL receptor-mediated signaling network	12
Lactate regulates autophagy through ROS-mediated activation of ERK1/2/m-TOR/p-70S6K pathway in skeletal muscle	12
The role of extracellular vesicles in podocyte autophagy in kidney disease	12
COVID-19: is fibrosis the killer?	12
tRNA-derived fragments (tRFs) in cancer	12
CCN2 (Cellular Communication Network factor 2) in the bone marrow microenvironment, normal and malignant hematopoiesis	11
CCN2/CTGF promotes liver fibrosis through crosstalk with the Slit2/Robo signaling	11
Identification of key regulators associated with colon cancer prognosis and pathogenesis	11
Long non-coding RNA DIO3OS/let-7d/NF-κB2 axis regulates cells proliferation and metastasis of thyroid cancer cells	10
CCN proteins in the musculoskeletal system: current understanding and challenges in physiology and pathology	10
The impact of cellular senescence in human adipose tissue	10
Opioid receptors signaling network	10
CTHRC1 promotes growth, migration and invasion of trophoblasts via reciprocal Wnt/β-catenin regulation	10
Chemokine signaling in cancer-stroma communications	10
CD47 interactions with exportin-1 limit the targeting of m7G-modified RNAs to extracellular vesicles	9
CSNK2B contributes to colorectal cancer cell proliferation by activating the mTOR signaling	9
Integrin α11β1 in tumor fibrosis: more than just another cancer-associated fibroblast biomarker?	9
Naringenin alleviates hyperglycemia-induced renal toxicity by regulating activating transcription factor 4–C/EBP homologous protein mediated apoptosis	8
Prediction of cellular targets in diabetic kidney diseases with single-cell transcriptomic analysis of db/db mouse kidneys	8
Identification of potential key genes and miRNAs involved in Hepatoblastoma pathogenesis and prognosis	8
The network map of Elabela signaling pathway in physiological and pathological conditions	8
Extracellular vesicles from MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells stimulated with insulin-like growth factor 1 mediate an epithelial–mesenchymal transition process in MCF10A mammary epithelial cells	8
Cellular communication network factor 3 in cartilage development and maintenance	8
A multi-cellular molecular signaling and functional network map of C–C motif chemokine ligand 18 (CCL18): a chemokine with immunosuppressive and pro-tumor functions	8
Circulating miR34a levels as a potential biomarker in the follow-up of Ewing sarcoma	8
Why do humans need thrombospondin-1?	8
A network map of apelin-mediated signaling	8
A review on Tsukushi: mammalian development, disorders, and therapy	8
Cellular crosstalk of glomerular endothelial cells and podocytes in diabetic kidney disease	8
Targeting CCN2 protects against progressive non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in a preclinical model induced by high-fat feeding and type 2 diabetes	8