OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Biology of Sex Differences 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Sex differences and sex-specific regulation of motivated behavior by Melanin-concentrating hormone: a short review	91
Sex-specific molecular signature of mouse podocytes in homeostasis and in response to pharmacological challenge with rapamycin	85
Correction to: Consideration of sex and gender differences in addiction medication response	63
Sex-specific cardiac remodeling in aged rats after adolescent chronic stress: associations with endocrine and metabolic factors	63
Genetic hypogonadal mouse model reveals niche-specific influence of reproductive axis and sex on intestinal microbial communities	61
In search of sex-related mediators of affective illness	60
Hippo-vgll3 signaling may contribute to sex differences in Atlantic salmon maturation age via contrasting adipose dynamics	43
Ischemic preconditioning protects the heart against ischemia-reperfusion injury in chronic kidney disease in both males and females	42
Sex-dependent expression of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin in aortic stenosis	40
Sexual dimorphism in colorectal cancer: molecular mechanisms and treatment strategies	39
Sex differences in binge alcohol drinking and the behavioral consequences of protracted abstinence in C57BL/6J mice	33
Estrogen administration enhances the adverse effects of cigarette smoking on the heart in cycling female mice	32
Sex and gender correlates of sexually polymorphic cognition	32
Sex differences in renal cell carcinoma: a single-cell analysis reveals exhausted CD8+ T-cells highly infiltrated in males	31
RAGE displays sex-specific differences in obesity-induced adipose tissue insulin resistance	31
Sex-specific effects of gastrointestinal microbiome disruptions on Helicobacter pylori-induced gastric carcinogenesis in INS-GAS mice	30
Regulatory mechanism of LncRNAs in gonadal differentiation of hermaphroditic fish, Monopterus albus	30
The role of sex differences in cardiovascular, metabolic, and immune functions in health and disease: a review for “Sex Differences in Health Awareness Day”	29
Fetal sex differences in placental LCPUFA ether and plasmalogen phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylcholine contents in pregnancies complicated by obesity	27
Are we moving the dial? Canadian health research funding trends for women’s health, 2S/LGBTQ + health, sex, or gender considerations	26
The diagnostic potential of oxidative stress biomarkers for preeclampsia: systematic review and meta-analysis	26
Dyskerin and telomerase RNA component are sex-differentially associated with outcomes and Sunitinib response in patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma	25
Univariate and multivariate sex differences and similarities in gray matter volume within essential language-processing areas	25
Sex specific analysis of patients with and without reported statin intolerance referred to a specialized outpatient lipid clinic	25
Investigation of autism-related transcription factors underlying sex differences in the effects of bisphenol A on transcriptome profiles and synaptogenesis in the offspring hippocampus	24

Sex differences in the human brain: a roadmap for more careful analysis and interpretation of a biological reality	23
The influence of sex on neuroimmune communication, pain, and physiology	21
Sex differences in the human brain related to visual motion perception	21
Sex and gender differences in adverse events following influenza and COVID-19 vaccination	21
Sex-based differences in remote monitoring of biometric, psychometric and biomarker indices in stable ischemic heart disease	20
Sex differences in the modulation of anxiety- and depression-like behaviors by matrix metalloproteinase-9 expression levels in mice	20
Sex differences in the associations of body size and body shape with platelets in the UK Biobank cohort	19
Sex differences in clinical cognitive impairment with Lewy bodies: a Chinese multicenter study	19
Sex differences in song syntax and syllable diversity in testosterone-induced songs of adult male and female canaries	19
Novel insight into the lipid network of plasma extracellular vesicles reveal sex-based differences in the lipidomic profile of alcohol use disorder patients	19
Parental kynurenine 3-monooxygenase genotype in mice directs sex-specific behavioral outcomes in offspring	18
Sex differences in distribution and identity of aromatase gene expressing cells in the young adult rat brain	18
Sexually dimorphic DNA methylation and gene expression patterns in human first trimester placenta	17
Sex differences in a mouse model of diet-induced obesity: the role of the gut microbiome	17
Sex dimorphism and tissue specificity of gene expression changes in aging mice	16
The effect of nicotine-containing products and fetal sex on placenta-associated circulating midpregnancy biomarkers	16
Breast cancer: the first comparative evaluation of oncobiome composition between males and females	16
Evidence for sex-specific intramuscular changes associated to physical weakness in adults older than 75 years	16
Sex and interspecies differences in ESR2-expressing cell distributions in mouse and rat brains	16
H3K27ac chromatin acetylation and gene expression analysis reveal sex- and situs-related differences in developing chicken gonads	16
Visceral adiposity index and sex differences in relation to peripheral artery disease in normal-weight adults with hypertension	16
Maternal immune suppression during pregnancy does not prevent abnormal behavior in offspring	15
Sex differences in mitochondrial gene expression during viral myocarditis	15
Sex-related associations between body height and cognitive impairment among low-income elderly adults in rural China: a population-based cross-sectional study	15
Sex differences in the influence of type 2 diabetes (T2D)-related genes, parental history of T2D, and obesity on T2D development: a case–control study	14
The mixed legacy of the rat estrous cycle	14
Sympathetic-mediated blunting of forearm vasodilation is similar between young men and women	14
Sex-based differences in natural killer T cell-mediated protection against diet-induced steatohepatitis in Balb/c mice	14
Exercise training worsens cardiac performance in males but does not change ejection fraction and improves hypertrophy in females in a mouse model of metabolic syndrome	13
Sex differences in coronary angiographic findings in patients with stable chest pain: analysis of data from the KoRean wOmen’S chest pain rEgistry (KoROSE)	13
Age-associated sex difference in the expression of mitochondria-based redox sensitive proteins and effect of pioglitazone in nonhuman primate brain	13
XX sex chromosome complement modulates immune responses to heat-killed Streptococcus pneumoniae immunization in a microbiome-dependent manner	13
Exclusion of women from COVID-19 studies harms women's health and slows our response to pandemics	13
Overall and sex-specific risk factors for subjective cognitive decline: findings from the 2015–2018 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey	13
Sex-specific DNA methylation signatures of autism spectrum disorder from whole genome bisulfite sequencing of newborn blood	12
Sex differences in cognition, anxiety-phenotype and therapeutic effect of metformin in the aged apoE-TR mice	12
Sex-specific differences in zebrafish brains	12
Fetal sex impacts birth to placental weight ratio and umbilical cord oxygen values with implications for regulatory mechanisms	12
Sex-specific association of hair cortisol concentration with stress-related psychological factors in healthy young adults	12
Sex-specific influences of APOEε4 genotype on hippocampal neurogenesis and progenitor cells in middle-aged rats	12
Mitochondrial function and oxidative stress in white adipose tissue in a rat model of PCOS: effect of SGLT2 inhibition	12
Neurogenesis in the neonatal rat hippocampus is regulated by sexually dimorphic epigenetic modifiers	12
Sex differences in the association between diabetes and hypertension and the risk of stroke: cohort of the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study	11
Nrf2 activation rescues stress-induced depression-like behaviour and inflammatory responses in male but not female rats	11
Sex hormones and the risk of myocardial infarction in women and men: a prospective cohort study in the UK Biobank	11
Nk3R blockade has sex-divergent effects on memory in mice	11
Sexual differences in neuronal and synaptic properties across subregions of the mouse insular cortex	11
The impact of chronic intermittent hypoxia on enzymatic activity in memory-associated brain regions of male and female rats	11
Appetite ratings and ghrelin concentrations in young adults after administration of a balanced meal. Does sex matter?	10
Chronic periadolescent leuprolide exposure affects the development of reproductive physiology and behavior of female and male rats differently, but both mature after treatment termination	10

Comparing the antidepressant-like effects of electroconvulsive seizures in adolescent and adult female rats: an intensity dose–response study	10
Sex and gender differences in the molecular etiology of Parkinson’s disease: considerations for study design and data analysis	10
The impact of childhood maltreatment, HIV status, and their interaction on mental health outcomes and markers of systemic inflammation in women	10
Remembering the null hypothesis when searching for brain sex differences	10
Investigating the sex-dependent effects of prefrontal cortex stimulation on response execution and inhibition	10
Myocytic androgen receptor overexpression does not affect sex differences in adaptation to chronic endurance exercise	10
Sexual dimorphism of monocyte transcriptome in individuals with chronic low-grade inflammation	10
Sex-dependent effect of sublethal copper concentrations on de novo cholesterol synthesis in astrocytes and their possible links to variations in cholesterol and amyloid precursor protein levels in neu	10
Sex differences in metabolic phenotype and hypothalamic inflammation in the 3xTg-AD mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease	10
CGRP as a potential mediator for the sexually dimorphic responses to traumatic brain injury	10
Spatiotemporal AMPKα2 deletion in mice induces cardiac dysfunction, fibrosis and cardiolipin remodeling associated with mitochondrial dysfunction in males only	10
Association of physical activity with vascular aging in a population with intermediate cardiovascular risk, analysis by sex: MARK study	10