Table 4 Top 10 highly cited articles on miRNAs in IDD in the WOSCC database
Rank | Author | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Cheng X | Circular RNA VMA21 protects against intervertebral disc degeneration through targeting miR-200c and X-linked inhibitor-of-apoptosis protein | Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | 2018 | 176 |
2 | Wang HQ | Deregulated miR-155 promotes Fas-mediated apoptosis in human intervertebral disc degeneration by targeting FADD and caspase-3 | The Journal of Pathology | 2011 | 163 |
3 | Cheng X | Mesenchymal stem cells deliver exogenous miR-21 via exosomes to inhibit nucleus pulposus cell apoptosis and reduce intervertebral disc degeneration | Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine | 2018 | 159 |
4 | Yu X | MicroRNA-10b Promotes Nucleus Pulposus Cell Proliferation through RhoC-Akt Pathway by Targeting HOXD10 in Intervertebral Disc Degeneration | PloS One | 2013 | 150 |
5 | Li Z | MicroRNA in intervertebral disc degeneration | Cell Proliferation | 2015 | 134 |
6 | Ji ML | Preclinical development of a microRNA-based therapy for intervertebral disc degeneration | Nature Communications | 2018 | 111 |
7 | Fang H | miRNA-21 promotes proliferation and invasion of triple-negative breast cancer cells through targeting PTEN | American Journal of Translational Research | 2017 | 96 |
8 | Wan ZY | Aberrantly expressed long noncoding RNAs in human intervertebral disc degeneration: a microarray related study | Arthritis Research & Therapy | 2014 | 83 |
9 | Gu SX | MicroRNA-146a reduces IL-1-dependent inflammatory responses in the intervertebral disc | Gene | 2015 | 80 |
10 | Chen WK | lncRNAs: novel players in intervertebral disc degeneration and osteoarthritis | Cell Proliferation | 2017 | 79 |