| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Role of Polyamines in the Control of Cell Proliferation and Differentiation | Differentiation | 1981 | 940 |
| 2 | Muscle satellite cells are multipotential stem cells that exhibit myogenic, osteogenic, and adipogenic differentiation | Differentiation | 2001 | 718 |
| 3 | Lens Differentiation in Vertebrates | Differentiation | 1981 | 617 |
| 4 | The organizing principle: microenvironmental influences in the normal and malignant breast | Differentiation | 2002 | 542 |
| 5 | The Complete Amino Acid Sequence of Actins from Bovine Aorta, Bovine Heart, Bovine Fast Skeletal Muscle, and Rabbit, Slow Skeletal Muscle | Differentiation | 1979 | 541 |
| 6 | Stem Cell Concepts | Differentiation | 1979 | 503 |
| 7 | A dual effector theory of growth-hormone action | Differentiation | 1985 | 502 |
| 8 | Monoclonal antibodies specific for glial fibrillary acidic (GFA) protein and for each of the neurofilament triplet polypeptides | Differentiation | 1984 | 461 |
| 9 | Pluripotent mouse embryonic stem cells are able to differentiate into cardiomyocytes expressing chronotropic responses to adrenergic and cholinergic agents and Ca2+ channel blockers | Differentiation | 1991 | 458 |
| 10 | Identification of a putative intestinal stem cell and early lineage marker; musashi-1 | Differentiation | 2003 | 442 |
| 11 | How we are shaped: The biomechanics of gastrulation | Differentiation | 2003 | 407 |
| 12 | Tissue Interactions in Tooth Development | Differentiation | 1981 | 382 |
| 13 | The organ microenvironment and cancer metastasis | Differentiation | 2002 | 372 |
| 14 | Formation of Cytoskeletal Elements During Mouse Embryogenesis | Differentiation | 1980 | 360 |
| 15 | Identification and Characterization of Epithelial Cells in Mammalian Tissues by Immunofluorescence Microscopy Using Antibodies to Prekeratin | Differentiation | 1979 | 354 |
| 16 | Non-thermal activation of the hsp27/p38MAPK stress pathway by mobile phone radiation in human endothelial cells: Molecular mechanism for cancer- and blood-brain barrier-related effects | Differentiation | 2002 | 349 |
| 17 | Matrix metalloproteinases in tumor–host cell communication | Differentiation | 2002 | 348 |
| 18 | Complex Cytokeratin Polypeptide Patterns Observed in Certain Human Carcinomas | Differentiation | 1982 | 347 |
| 19 | Desmosomal plakophilin 2 as a differentiation marker in normal and malignant tissues | Differentiation | 1999 | 340 |
| 20 | Immunological identification and characterization of the desmosomal cadherin Dsg2 in coupled and uncoupled epithelial cells and in human tissues | Differentiation | 1996 | 330 |
| 21 | Endothelial-like cells derived from human CD14 positive monocytes | Differentiation | 2000 | 328 |
| 22 | Telomerase and differentiation in multicellular organisms: Turn it off, turn it on, and turn it off again | Differentiation | 2002 | 318 |
| 23 | In vitro differentiation of embryonic stem cells into mineralized osteoblasts | Differentiation | 2003 | 317 |
| 24 | Functional differentiation of hepatocyte-like spheroid structures from putative liver progenitor cells in three-dimensional peptide scaffolds | Differentiation | 2003 | 310 |
| 25 | Key transcription factors in the differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells | Differentiation | 2016 | 296 |
| 26 | Brain from bone: Efficient “meta-differentiation” of marrow stroma-derived mature osteoblasts to neurons with Noggin or a demethylating agent | Differentiation | 2001 | 292 |
| 27 | The epidermal growth factor receptor: from development to tumorigenesis | Differentiation | 2007 | 289 |
| 28 | Bone marrow–derived mesenchymal stem cells already express specific neural proteins before any differentiation | Differentiation | 2004 | 282 |
| 29 | A Myogenic Cell Line with Altered Serum Requirements for Differentiation | Differentiation | 1977 | 279 |
| 30 | Self-renewal and differentiation of interleukin-3-dependent multipotent stem cells are modulated by stromal cells and serum factors | Differentiation | 1986 | 275 |
| 31 | Salivary gland branching morphogenesis | Differentiation | 2006 | 271 |
| 32 | Cell differentiation lineage in the prostate | Differentiation | 2001 | 270 |
| 33 | The origin of renal fibroblasts/myofibroblasts and the signals that trigger fibrosis | Differentiation | 2016 | 264 |
| 34 | In search of the “hair cycle clock”: a guided tour | Differentiation | 2004 | 263 |
| 35 | Delta4, an endothelial specific Notch ligand expressed at sites of physiological and tumor angiogenesis | Differentiation | 2001 | 262 |
| 36 | Androgens and estrogens in benign prostatic hyperplasia: Past, present and future | Differentiation | 2011 | 254 |
| 37 | Role of stroma in carcinogenesis of the prostate | Differentiation | 2002 | 253 |
| 38 | Hormonal and local control of mammary branching morphogenesis | Differentiation | 2006 | 253 |
| 39 | Differentiation and isolation of hepatic-like cells from human embryonic stem cells | Differentiation | 2004 | 252 |
| 40 | Patterns of expression of trichocytic and epithelial cytokeratins in mammalian tissues. I. Human and bovine hair follicles | Differentiation | 1988 | 249 |
| 41 | Formation of Cytoskeletal Elements During Mouse Embryogenesis | Differentiation | 1982 | 248 |
| 42 | Changes in the Pattern of Cytokeratin Polypeptides in Epidermis and Hair Follicles During Skin Development in Human Fetuses | Differentiation | 1982 | 246 |
| 43 | Identification of Merkel cells in human skin by specific cytokeratin antibodies: | Differentiation | 1984 | 246 |
| 44 | Thyroid hormones are important for embryonic to larval transitory phase in zebrafish | Differentiation | 2002 | 245 |
| 45 | Human placenta and bone marrow derived MSC cultured in serum-free, b-FGF-containing medium express cell surface frizzled-9 and SSEA-4 and give rise to multilineage differentiation | Differentiation | 2007 | 241 |
| 46 | Cytoskeletal components of lymphoid organs | Differentiation | 1987 | 240 |
| 47 | Heterogeneity in endothelial cells from large vessels and microvessels | Differentiation | 1987 | 238 |
| 48 | Phenotypic and functional characterization in vitro of a multipotent epithelial cell present in the normal adult human breast | Differentiation | 1998 | 238 |
| 49 | Chondrogenic differentiation of murine C3H10T1/2 multipotential mesenchymal cells: I. Stimulation by bone morphogenetic protein-2 in high-density micromass cultures | Differentiation | 1999 | 237 |
| 50 | Putative stem cells with an embryonic character isolated from the ovarian surface epithelium of women with no naturally present follicles and oocytes | Differentiation | 2008 | 235 |
