OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Skeletal Muscle 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
New tools for the investigation of muscle fiber-type spatial distributions across histological sections	109
Identification of the co-differentially expressed hub genes involved in the endogenous protective mechanism against ventilator-induced diaphragm dysfunction	93
Differences in muscle satellite cell dynamics during muscle hypertrophy and regeneration	77
High-throughput muscle fiber typing from RNA sequencing data	71
The double homeodomain protein DUX4c is associated with regenerating muscle fibers and RNA-binding proteins	33
Severe acute myopathy following SARS-CoV-2 infection: a case report and review of recent literature	30
Multi-omics reveals age-related differences in the diaphragm response to mechanical ventilation: a pilot study	30
Angiogenesis precedes myogenesis during regeneration following biopsy injury of skeletal muscle	30
Absence of the Z-disc protein α-actinin-3 impairs the mechanical stability of Actn3KO mouse fast-twitch muscle fibres without altering their contractile properties or twitch kinetics	28
Transcription factor signal transducer and activator of transcription 6 (STAT6) is an inhibitory factor for adult myogenesis	22
DNA methylation of insulin signaling pathways is associated with HOMA2-IR in primary myoblasts from older adults	21
Muscle stem cell adaptations to cellular and environmental stress	19
Correction: Estrogen signaling effects on muscle-specific immune responses through controlling the recruitment and function of macrophages and T cells	17
Improved CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing in primary human myoblasts using low confluency cultures on Matrigel	16
Prolonged FOS activity disrupts a global myogenic transcriptional program by altering 3D chromatin architecture in primary muscle progenitor cells	16
mRNP granule proteins Fmrp and Dcp1a differentially regulate mRNP complexes to contribute to control of muscle stem cell quiescence and activation	16
Mouse models of SMA show divergent patterns of neuronal vulnerability and resilience	15
The pan HDAC inhibitor Givinostat improves muscle function and histological parameters in two Duchenne muscular dystrophy murine models expressing different haplotypes of the LTBP4 gene	14
Electrical impedance myography detects dystrophin-related muscle changes in mdx mice	13
Dysregulated ATX-LPA and YAP/TAZ signaling in dystrophic Sgcd−/− mice with early fibrosis and inflammation	13
Age-related differences in the loss and recovery of serial sarcomere number following disuse atrophy in rats	11
Development of muscle weakness in a mouse model of critical illness: does fibroblast growth factor 21 play a role?	11
Niclosamide ethanolamine ameliorates diabetes-related muscle wasting by inhibiting autophagy	11
ViaFuse: Fiji macros to calculate skeletal muscle cell viability and fusion index	10
Novel γ-sarcoglycan interactors in murine muscle membranes	10

Metabolic signatures and potential biomarkers of sarcopenia in suburb-dwelling older Chinese: based on untargeted GC–MS and LC–MS	9
Cellular and molecular alterations to muscles and neuromuscular synapses in a mouse model of MEGF10-related myopathy	9
Aminoguanidine hemisulfate improves mitochondrial autophagy, oxidative stress, and muscle force in Duchenne muscular dystrophy via the AKT/FOXO1 pathway in mdx mice	8
Biomarkers for Duchenne muscular dystrophy progression: impact of age in the mdx tongue spared muscle	8
The SarcoEndoplasmic Reticulum Calcium ATPase (SERCA) pump: a potential target for intervention in aging and skeletal muscle pathologies	8
Expression of Myomaker and Myomerger in myofibers causes muscle pathology	8
Intramuscular fatty infiltration and its correlation with muscle composition and function in hip osteoarthritis	8
CaMKIIβ deregulation contributes to neuromuscular junction destabilization in Myotonic Dystrophy type I	8
Metabolic pathways for removing reactive aldehydes are diminished in the skeletal muscle during heart failure	8
The prevalence of low muscle mass associated with obesity in the USA	8
Functional replacement of myostatin with GDF-11 in the germline of mice	7
The Notch signaling network in muscle stem cells during development, homeostasis, and disease	7
Skeletal muscle vulnerability in a child with Pitt-Hopkins syndrome	7
Tropomyosin 3 (TPM3) function in skeletal muscle and in myopathy	7
Decreased number of satellite cells-derived myonuclei in both fast- and slow-twitch muscles in HeyL-KO mice during voluntary running exercise	7
Amiloride ameliorates muscle wasting in cancer cachexia through inhibiting tumor-derived exosome release	7
Evaluation of the mechanisms of sarcopenia in chronic inflammatory disease: protocol for a prospective cohort study	6
Single cell RNA-seq analysis of the flexor digitorum brevis mouse myofibers	6
David J. Glass elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences	6
Extracellular vesicle distribution and localization in skeletal muscle at rest and following disuse atrophy	6
Wnt7a is required for regeneration of dystrophic skeletal muscle	6
Macroglossia and less advanced dystrophic change in the tongue muscle of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy rat	6
Golodirsen restores DMD transcript imbalance in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy patient muscle cells	5
The influence of age, sex, and exercise on autophagy, mitophagy, and lysosome biogenesis in skeletal muscle	5
Hypoxia enhances human myoblast differentiation: involvement of HIF1α and impact of DUX4, the FSHD causal gene	5
Pannexin 1 dysregulation in Duchenne muscular dystrophy and its exacerbation of dystrophic features in mdx mice	4
Oxidative stress-induced premature senescence and aggravated denervated skeletal muscular atrophy by regulating progerin–p53 interaction	4
Megaconial congenital muscular dystrophy due to novel CHKB variants: a case report and literature review	4
Regulation of injury-induced skeletal myofiber regeneration by glucose transporter 4 (GLUT4)	4
OBSCN undergoes extensive alternative splicing during human cardiac and skeletal muscle development	4
Muscle degeneration in aging Drosophila flies: the role of mechanical stress	4
Fusion of myofibre branches is a physiological feature of healthy human skeletal muscle regeneration	4
Metabolomic signatures for the longitudinal reduction of muscle strength over 10 years	3
N-terminal titin fragment: a non-invasive, pharmacodynamic biomarker for microdystrophin efficacy	3
Endurance exercise with reduced muscle glycogen content influences substrate utilization and attenuates acute mTORC1- and autophagic signaling in human type I and type II muscle fibers	3
Six1 promotes skeletal muscle thyroid hormone response through regulation of the MCT10 transporter	3
Generation of a novel mouse model of nemaline myopathy due to recurrent NEB exon 55 deletion	3
Pilot investigations into the mechanistic basis for adverse effects of glucocorticoids in dysferlinopathy	3
Restoring skeletal muscle mass as an independent determinant of liver fat deposition improvement in MAFLD	3
Multi-omics analysis of sarcospan overexpression in mdx skeletal muscle reveals compensatory remodeling of cytoskeleton-matrix interactions that promote mechanotransduction pathways	3
Neuromuscular electrical stimulation training induces myonuclear accretion and hypertrophy in mice without overt signs of muscle damage and regeneration	3
Meeting report: the 2021 FSHD International Research Congress	3