OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of BMC Molecular and Cell Biology is 7. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Simple, low-cost, and well-performing method, the outgrowth technique, for the isolation of cells from nasal polyps	60
The role of proteoglycan form of DMP1 in cranial repair	34
LEP O-GlcNAcylation inactivates NF-κB pathway by suppressing LEP protein level and thus mediates cellular senescence and osteogenic differentiation in mouse mesenchymal stem cells	25
Development of an in vitro human alveolar epithelial air-liquid interface model using a small molecule inhibitor cocktail	23
Optimization of fuzzy c-means (FCM) clustering in cytology image segmentation using the gray wolf algorithm	22
Upregulation of CCT3 predicts poor prognosis and promotes cell proliferation via inhibition of ferroptosis and activation of AKT signaling in lung adenocarcinoma	19
Method for determining of cytotoxicity based on the release of fluorescent proteins	19
High levels of follicular fluid testosterone could impair oocyte developmental competency via affecting aryl hydrocarbon receptor pathway in PCOS patients	18
Comparative transcriptomic analysis reveals gene regulation mediated by caspase activity in a chordate organism	17
NanoBRET in C. elegans illuminates functional receptor interactions in real time	16
Association between plasma L-carnitine levels and mitochondrial DNA copy number	16
Exportin Crm1 is important for Swi6 nuclear shuttling and MBF transcription activation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	15
microRNA-338-3p suppresses lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammatory response in HK-2 cells	14
Searching for protein partners of short-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (SCHAD) reveals keratin 8 as a novel candidate for interaction in pancreatic β-cells	14
Differential methylation patterns in paternally imprinted gene promoter regions in sperm from hepatitis B virus infected individuals	14
Correction to: A potential implication of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 2B10 in the detoxification of drugs used in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation setting: an in silico investigation	13
Optimisation of cryopreservation conditions, including storage duration and revival methods, for the viability of human primary cells	13
Correction: Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3 regulates IGFBP-1 gene transcription through the Thymine-rich Insulin Response Element	13
Melatonin reduces lung injury in type 1 diabetic mice by the modulation of autophagy	12
Designing multi-epitope vaccines against Echinococcus granulosus: an in-silico study using immuno-informatics	12
Transcriptome and DNA methylation profiling during the NSN to SN transition in mouse oocytes	12
N-actylcysteine inhibits diethyl phthalate-induced inflammation via JNK and STAT pathway in RAW264.7 macrophages	12
Convergent evolution of type I antifreeze proteins from four different progenitors in response to global cooling	11
Immune gene expression in salmon keratocytes upon bacterial exposure	11
MicroRNA-145-5p modulates Krüppel-like factor 5 and inhibits cell proliferation, migration, and invasion in nasopharyngeal carcinoma	11

Overexpression of lncRNA HOXA-AS2 promotes the progression of oral squamous cell carcinoma by mediating SNX5 expression	11
Uncarboxylated osteocalcin promotes proliferation and metastasis of MDA-MB-231 cells through TGF-β/SMAD3 signaling pathway	11
Neuroprotective effect of ciclopirox olamine in retinal ischemia/reperfusion injury	11
SCAT8/miR-125b-5p axis triggers malignant progression of nasopharyngeal carcinoma through SCARB1	10
Intercellular transfer of mitochondrial DNA carrying metastasis-enhancing pathogenic mutations from high- to low-metastatic tumor cells and stromal cells via extracellular vesicles	10
Long non-coding RNA SOX2OT in tamoxifen-resistant breast cancer	10
The formin FMNL2 plays a role in the response of melanoma cells to substrate stiffness	10
Mutant Fam20c knock-in mice recapitulate both lethal and non-lethal human Raine Syndrome	8
Hik28-dependent and Hik28-independent ABC transporters were revealed by proteome-wide analysis of ΔHik28 under combined stress	8
Ribosomal protein RPL5 regulates colon cancer cell proliferation and migration through MAPK/ERK signaling pathway	8
Systematic study of single-cell isolation from musculoskeletal tissues for single-sell sequencing	8
Sex alters thyroid hormone’s effect on protein O-GlcNAcylation in the aged mouse heart	8
Upregulated dual oxidase 1-induced oxidative stress and caspase-1-dependent pyroptosis reflect the etiologies of heart failure	8
Chromatin structure in cancer	8
The dual role of Nrf2 in melanoma: a systematic review	8
Systemic administration of c-Kit+ cells diminished pulmonary and vascular inflammation in rat model of chronic asthma	7
Protein kinase C regulates organic anion transporter 1 through phosphorylating ubiquitin ligase Nedd4–2	7
Hyperoxia exposure upregulates Dvl-1 and activates Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in newborn rat lung	7
The proneural transcription factor Atoh1 promotes odontogenic differentiation in human dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs)	7