Journal of Cell Science

Papers
(The TQCC of Journal of Cell Science 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)
ArticleCitations
First person – Gianna Fote99
Spatiotemporal regulation of organelle transport by spindle position checkpoint kinase Kin489
First person – Alice Dupont Juhl80
Interview with Journal of Cell Science Editor Rob Parton75
UMAD1 contributes to ESCRT-III dynamic subunit turnover during cytokinetic abscission72
The role of mitochondrial mRNA translation in cellular communication70
First person – Carolina Camelo69
SUN4 is a spermatid type II inner nuclear membrane protein that forms heteromeric assemblies with SUN3 and interacts with lamin B368
Culture substrate stiffness impacts human myoblast contractility-dependent proliferation and nuclear envelope wrinkling62
Beyond cysts: Organization of epithelial networks in the murine thymus58
α- and β-tubulin C-terminal tails with distinct modifications are crucial for ciliary motility and assembly57
Histone deacetylase 7 mediates lipopolysaccharide-inducible mitochondrial fission in macrophages57
Augmin complex activity finetunes dendrite morphology through non-centrosomal microtubule nucleation in vivo56
MITOL-mediated DRP1 ubiquitylation and degradation promotes mitochondrial hyperfusion in a CMT2A-linked MFN2 mutant55
Glucocorticoids enhance chemotherapy-driven stress granule assembly and impair granule dynamics, leading to cell death51
First person – Aaron Fountain and Mélanie Mansat50
Comparative analysis of vertebrates reveals that mouse primordial oocytes do not contain a Balbiani body50
Functional residuomics – analyzing how missense mutations impact cellular systems47
First person – Francisca Vitorino46
PI31 is a positive regulator of 20S immunoproteasome assembly45
Reprogramming macrophages with R848-loaded artificial protocells to modulate skin and skeletal wound healing42
First person – Neža Vadnjal42
First person – Syed Qaaifah Gillani40
The roles of dynein and myosin VI motor proteins in endocytosis39
Estimation of microtubule-generated forces using a DNA origami nanospring38
Interview with FocalPlane Scientific Advisory Board member Jennifer Waters36
First person – Akruti Shah35
First person – Aude Pascal35
First person – Celia Segui-Perez35
Interview with the Guest Editor – James Olzmann35
Mitochondrial antiviral-signalling protein is a client of the BAG6 protein quality control complex34
The worst34
The system III – the workplace33
First person – Abhishek Shinde33
Apolipoprotein A1 deficiency in mice primes bone marrow stem cells for T cell lymphopoiesis33
TC10 on endosomes regulates the local balance between microtubule stability and dynamics through the PAK2-JNK pathway and promotes axon outgrowth32
Live-imaging studies reveal how microclots and the associated inflammatory response enhance cancer cell extravasation32
Let's review I32
PCTAIRE1 promotes mitotic progression and resistance against antimitotic and apoptotic signals31
Polo-like kinase 1 regulates immune synapse assembly and cytotoxic T cell function by driving microtubule dynamics30
First person – Olivera Mitevska30
Altered cohesin dynamics and H3K9 modifications contribute to mitotic defects in thecbf11Δlipid metabolism mutant29
First person – M. H. D. Fouad Zakaria28
First person – François Tyckaert28
The dual Ras-association domains of Drosophila Canoe have differential roles in linking cell junctions to the cytoskeleton during morphogenesis27
The AHR target gene scinderin activates the WNT pathway by facilitating the nuclear translocation of β-catenin27
Cell volume regulates terminal differentiation of cultured human epidermal keratinocytes27
LCN2 promotes focal adhesion formation and invasion by stimulating c-Src activation27
Nucleophagy contributes to genome stability through degradation of type II topoisomerases A and B and nucleolar components27
Microtubules under mechanical pressure can breach dense actin networks27
Expression of Concern: RyR1 and RyR3 isoforms provide distinct intracellular Ca2+ signals in HEK 293 cells27
Correction: Actin remodeling requires ERM function to facilitate AQP2 apical targeting27
Cell cycle-dependent palmitoylation of protocadherin 7 by ZDHHC5 promotes successful cytokinesis27
Confinement plus myosin-II suppression maximizes heritable loss of chromosomes, as revealed by live-cell ChReporters27
Near-infrared imaging in fission yeast using a genetically encoded phycocyanobilin biosynthesis system26
Cellular effects of NAT-mediated histone N-terminal acetylation26
ARF6 plays a general role in targeting palmitoylated proteins from the Golgi to the plasma membrane26
The insect perspective on Z-disc structure and biology26
ER–mitochondria encounter structure connections determine drug sensitivity and virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans26
Three-dimensional beating pattern of the ciliary tip in the live ciliate Tetrahymena26
Approaches to reduce succinate accumulation by restoration of succinate dehydrogenase activity in cultured adrenal cells25
Preferential recruitment and stabilization of Myosin II at compartment boundaries in Drosophila25
Metformin inactivates the cGAS-STING pathway through autophagy and suppresses senescence in nucleus pulposus cells25
Nuclear speckles – a driving force in gene expression25
Impaired biogenesis of renin granules in juxtaglomerular cells of Vps33a (D251E) mutant mice24
Meeting report – Desmosome dysfunction and disease: Alpine desmosome disease meeting24
MitoRUSH as a tool to study the efficiency of mitochondrial import in complex I-deficient cells24
Trophoblast organoids with physiological polarity model placental structure and function24
The role of mitochondrial dynamics in mtDNA maintenance24
New insights into FAK structure and function in focal adhesions24
Cristae shaping and dynamics in mitochondrial function24
Dynamics of intracellular cGMP during chemotaxis in Dictyostelium cells24
First person – Hatwan Nadir23
First person – Aranya Pal and Prabin Bawali23
First person – Rebeka Tomasin23
Affimers and nanobodies as molecular probes and their applications in imaging23
Myosin-X recruits lamellipodin to filopodia tips23
The scaffold protein CasL restrains membrane blebbing and promotes T cell migration23
Local DNA synthesis is critical for DNA repair during oocyte maturation23
Evolving circuitries in plant signaling cascades23
Interview with Associate Editor Pedro Carvalho22
A WDR47 homolog facilitates ciliogenesis by modulating intraflagellar transport22
First person – Kenrick Waite22
First person – Shekhar Saha22
Rerouting trafficking circuits through posttranslational SNARE modifications22
Lipid-driven CFTR clustering is impaired in cystic fibrosis and restored by corrector drugs22
First person – Kristina Ehring22
Mitochondrial respiration promotes Cdc37-dependent stability of the Cdk1 homolog Cdc2822
The histone variant macroH2A1.1 regulates RNA polymerase II-paused genes within defined chromatin interaction landscapes21
Functions of neuronal Synaptobrevin in the post-Golgi transport of Rhodopsin in Drosophila photoreceptors21
First person – Chia-Li Liao21
Corona XLVI – Oh my, Omicron!21
Incorporation of 53BP1 into phase-separated bodies in cancer cells during aberrant mitosis21
The microtubule-associated protein She1 coordinates directional spindle positioning by spatially restricting dynein activity21
Cooperation of membrane-translocated syntaxin4 and basement membrane for dynamic mammary epithelial morphogenesis21
First person – Pablo Sánchez and Franziska Kriegenburg21
First person – Aimee Uyehara21
First person – Marta Grifell-Junyent21
STAT3 signaling induced by IL-6 family cytokines modulates angiogenesis21
Interview with Florence Niedergang – President of the French Society for Cell Biology21
First person – Franziska Lehne21
First person – Ana Popović21
EPLIN-β is a novel substrate of ornithine decarboxylase antizyme 1 and mediates cellular migration21
Rac1 and Rac3 GTPases and TPC2 are required for axonal outgrowth and migration of cortical interneurons21
ALFY localizes to early endosomes and cellular protrusions to facilitate directional cell migration20
Schwann cells are axo-protective after injury irrespective of myelination status in mouse Schwann cell–neuron cocultures20
30 years of nanobodies – an ongoing success story of small binders in biological research20
Label2label: training a neural network to selectively restore cellular structures in fluorescence microscopy20
Transendothelial migration induces differential migration dynamics of leukocytes in tissue matrix20
First person – Mira Kuzmić19
First person – Rinka Hata19
First person – Chandra Ramakrishnan19
Toxoplasma gondiiscavenges mammalian host organelles through the usurpation of host ESCRT-III and Vps4A19
First person – Alex van Vliet19
Disordered hinge regions of the AP-3 adaptor complex promote vesicle budding from the late Golgi in yeast19
Dynamic mechanisms for membrane skeleton transitions19
First person – Harini Iyer19
Say hello, wave goodbye18
First person – Kazuhiro Kajiwara18
SAF-A promotes origin licensing and replication fork progression to ensure robust DNA replication18
Pyruvate plus uridine augments mitochondrial respiration and prevents cardiac hypertrophy in zebrafish and H9c2 cells18
First person – Tadayuki Komori18
Qui(e)t18
Membrane tethers at a glance18
An evolutionary perspective on the relationship between kinetochore size and CENP-E dependence for chromosome alignment18
First person – Daniel Lagunas-Gomez18
Phosphorylation of the Aly3 C-terminus impedes aberrant endocytosis of Schizosaccharomyces pombe hexose transporter Ght517
Complexity and self-organization in the evolution of cell polarization17
Neutral sphingomyelinase 2 controls exosome secretion by counteracting V-ATPase-mediated endosome acidification17
Cell scientist to watch – Angelika Harbauer17
AMPK promotes Arf6 activation in a kinase-independent manner upon glucose starvation17
Urinary renal epithelial cells can be used for NPHP1 phenotyping and a personalized therapeutic strategy17
First person – Jiwon Lee17
Angiomotin isoform 2 promotes binding of PALS1 to KIF13B at primary cilia and regulates ciliary length and signaling17
Distinct nuclear and cytoplasmic assemblies and interactomes of the mammalian CTLH E3 ligase complex17
Emerging roles of lipid transfer protein dimerization17
A conserved domain of Cfap298 governs left-right symmetry breaking in vertebrates17
ISG20L1 acts as a co-activator of DAPK1 in the activation of the p53-dependent cell death pathway17
SART3 associates with a post-splicing complex17
ARL13B-Cerulean rescues Arl13b-null mouse from embryonic lethality and reveals a role for ARL13B in spermatogenesis17
Epithelial cell extrusion at a glance17
PIKFYVE inhibition induces endosome- and lysosome-derived vacuole enlargement via ammonium accumulation17
A novel homeostatic mechanism tunes PI(4,5)P2-dependent signaling at the plasma membrane16
AMG232 inhibits angiogenesis in glioma through the p53–RBM4–VEGFR2 pathway16
Interview with the 2025 BSCB Women in Cell Biology Early Career Medal Winner Helen Weavers16
First person – Emily McParland and Noah Gurley16
First person – Harini Krishnan16
Lipophagy at a glance16
Smaug1 membrane-less organelles respond to AMPK and mTOR and affect mitochondrial function16
Deep learning ­– promises for 3D nuclear imaging: a guide for biologists16
Ezrin knockdown reduces procaterol-stimulated ciliary beating without morphological changes in mouse airway cilia16
Necroptosis at a glance16
Emerging roles of p300/CBP in autophagy and autophagy-related human disorders16
Low kindlin-3 levels in osteoclasts of kindlin-3 hypomorphic mice result in osteopetrosis due to leaky sealing zones16
Correction: An evolutionarily distinct chaperone promotes 20S proteasome α-ring assembly in plants16
First person – Vartika Sharma16
Substrate adhesion determines migration during mesenchymal cell condensation in chondrogenesis15
Actin assembly requirements of the formin Fus1 to build the fusion focus15
First person – Joe Tyler15
Filopodial protrusion driven by density-dependent Ena–TOCA-1 interactions15
Nuclear F-actin and Lamin A antagonistically modulate nuclear shape15
Fetuin-A secretion from β-cells leads to accumulation of macrophages in islets, aggravates inflammation and impairs insulin secretion15
The Dilute domain in Canoe is not essential for linking cell junctions to the cytoskeleton but supports morphogenesis robustness15
Ankyrin-B is required for the establishment and maintenance of lens cytoarchitecture, mechanics and clarity15
First person – Keira L. Rice15
First person – Inga Mohr15
Src- and Abl-family kinases activate spleen tyrosine kinase to maximize phagocytosis and Leishmania infection15
Radial spoke protein 9 is necessary for axoneme assembly in Plasmodium but not in trypanosomatid parasites15
Peroxisomal support of mitochondrial respiratory efficiency promotes ER stress survival15
cellPLATO – an unsupervised method for identifying cell behaviour in heterogeneous cell trajectory data15
Renal tissue-resident macrophages promote cystogenesis in early polycystic kidney disease15
Localized TPC1-mediated Ca2+ release from endolysosomes contributes to myoseptal junction development in zebrafish15
Quantitative proteomics reveals insights into the assembly of IFT trains and ciliary assembly15
Evidence of 14-3-3 proteins contributing to kinetochore integrity and chromosome congression during mitosis15
Interview with Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz15
Multiple regions within junctin drive its interaction with calsequestrin-1 and its localization to triads in skeletal muscle15
Correction: An SR protein is essential for activating DNA repair in malaria parasites15
Single-chromosome dynamics reveals locus-dependent dynamics and chromosome territory orientation15
The SARS-CoV-2 protein NSP2 enhances microRNA-mediated translational repression15
First person – Guan Chen14
Correction: Defining the dynamin-based ring organizing center on the peroxisome-dividing machinery isolated from Cyanidioschyzon merolae14
ADAD2 regulates heterochromatin in meiotic and post-meiotic male germ cells via translation of MDC114
Dishevelled coordinates phosphoinositide kinases PI4KIIIα and PIP5KIγ for efficient PtdInsP2 synthesis14
The Cdc42 GTPase-activating protein Rga6 promotes the cortical localization of septin14
Go with the flow – bulk transport by molecular motors14
Expression of Concern: Caspase-dependent initiation of apoptosis and necrosis by the Fas receptor in lymphoid cells: onset of necrosis is associated with delayed ceramide increase14
The worst II – eight days a week14
A single-molecule localization microscopy method for tissues reveals nonrandom nuclear pore distribution in Drosophila14
Human sperm rotate with a conserved direction during free swimming in four dimensions14
THSC/TREX-2 deficiency causes replication stress and genome instability in Caenorhabditis elegans14
MAPK activation drives male and female mouse teratocarcinomas from late primordial germ cells14
KRAP regulates mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake by licensing IP3 receptor activity and stabilizing ER–mitochondrial junctions14
Artificial tethering of constitutive centromere-associated network proteins induces CENP-A deposition without Knl2 in DT40 cells14
Structured RhoGEF recruitment drives myosin II organization on large exocytic vesicles14
A WNT4- and DKK3-driven canonical to noncanonical Wnt signaling switch controls multiciliogenesis14
Nuclear segmentation facilitates neutrophil migration14
Shock drives a STAT3 and JunB-mediated coordinated transcriptional and DNA methylation response in the endothelium14
Arsenic binds to nuclear transport factors and disrupts nucleocytoplasmic transport14
Cell Scientist to Watch – Maria Ioannou13
The laminin-binding integrins regulate nuclear factor κB-dependent epithelial cell polarity and inflammation13
First person – Masashi Nambu13
First person – Mitchell Leih13
First person – Yuan Gao13
Quality control of un-imported mitochondrial proteins at a glance13
Endosomal vesicle fusion machinery is involved with the contractile vacuole in Dictyostelium discoideum13
First person – Clara Mutschler13
First person – Caroline König13
Coilin and SUMOylation influence PARP1 dynamics and the DNA damage response13
Cell scientist to watch – Charlotte Aumeier13
filoVision – using deep learning and tip markers to automate filopodia analysis13
First person – Laura Quirion13
First person – Mohima Mukherjee13
First person – Zhong-Qiu Yu13
Vertebrate lonesome kinase modulates the hepatocyte secretome to prevent perivascular liver fibrosis and inflammation13
First person – Sarah Barger13
N-acetylation of secreted proteins in Apicomplexa is widespread and is independent of the ER acetyl-CoA transporter AT113
The small ARF-like 2 GTPase TITAN5 is linked with the dynamic regulation of IRON-REGULATED TRANSPORTER 113
First person – Anthony Dornan13
Believing is seeing – the deceptive influence of bias in quantitative microscopy13
DRP1 mutations associated with EMPF1 encephalopathy alter mitochondrial membrane potential and metabolic programs13
First person – Nima Taefehshokr13
First person – Keiichiro Sakai13
First person – Julia Romano13
First person – Marc Severin13
SGIP1 binding to the α-helical H9 domain of cannabinoid receptor 1 promotes axonal surface expression13
The system II – getting to bed13
First person – Agnieszka Pierzynska-Mach12
First person – Maria Sharkova12
First person – Agostina Di Pizio12
Cell scientist to watch – Tom MacVicar12
ALKBH5 regulates somatic cell reprogramming in a phase-specific manner12
The APC/C targets the Cep152–Cep63 complex at the centrosome to regulate mitotic spindle assembly12
B cell receptor-induced protein dynamics and the emerging role of SUMOylation revealed by proximity proteomics12
StARD9 is a novel lysosomal kinesin required for membrane tubulation, cholesterol transport and Purkinje cell survival12
First person – Ezgi Odabasi12
Segregation of nascent GPCRs in the ER-to-Golgi transport by CCHCR1 via direct interaction12
The UbiB family member Cqd1 forms a novel membrane contact site in mitochondria12
Interactions of cytosolic tails in the Jen1 carboxylate transporter are critical for trafficking and transport activity12
Coming into focus12
Stem cell expression of CXCR4 regulates tissue composition in the vomeronasal organ12
Myosin II tension sensors visualize force generation within the actin cytoskeleton in living cells12
Salinomycin disturbs Golgi function and specifically affects cells in epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition12
Centrosome amplification promotes cell invasion via cell–cell contact disruption and Rap-1 activation12
Cargo sorting at the trans-Golgi network at a glance12
Phospholipase C-related but catalytically inactive protein acts as a positive regulator of insulin signalling in adipocytes12
Spatial regulation of mitochondrial membrane potential by α5β1 integrin engagement in collective cell migration12
First person – James Glover12
First person – Poulomi Das12
Atypical MAP kinases – new insights and directions from amoeba12
Inverted apicobasal polarity in health and disease11
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