OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Skeletal Muscle 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 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
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
Severe acute myopathy following SARS-CoV-2 infection: a case report and review of recent literature	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
mRNP granule proteins Fmrp and Dcp1a differentially regulate mRNP complexes to contribute to control of muscle stem cell quiescence and activation	16
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
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
Niclosamide ethanolamine ameliorates diabetes-related muscle wasting by inhibiting autophagy	11
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
Novel γ-sarcoglycan interactors in murine muscle membranes	10
ViaFuse: Fiji macros to calculate skeletal muscle cell viability and fusion index	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
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
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