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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)
ArticleCitations
Interview with Journal of Cell Science Editor Rob Parton87
First person – Carolina Camelo86
First person – Akruti Shah71
Keratin 8 mutations in transgenic mice predispose to lung injury70
Comparative analysis of vertebrates reveals that mouse primordial oocytes do not contain a Balbiani body67
Mitochondrial antiviral-signalling protein is a client of the BAG6 protein quality control complex62
UMAD1 contributes to ESCRT-III dynamic subunit turnover during cytokinetic abscission61
Spatiotemporal regulation of organelle transport by spindle position checkpoint kinase Kin461
Correction: Actin remodeling requires ERM function to facilitate AQP2 apical targeting59
First person – Shigetaka Nishiguchi57
Interview with FocalPlane Scientific Advisory Board member Jennifer Waters55
First person – Olivera Mitevska52
Interview with the Guest Editor – James Olzmann51
First person – Syed Qaaifah Gillani49
First person – François Tyckaert49
Polo-like kinase 1 regulates immune synapse assembly and cytotoxic T cell function by driving microtubule dynamics46
The system III – the workplace46
First person – Aude Pascal46
First person – Neža Vadnjal42
First person – Alice Dupont Juhl41
The worst41
Estimation of microtubule-generated forces using a DNA origami nanospring40
First person – Gianna Fote40
First person – M. H. D. Fouad Zakaria40
First person – Abhishek Shinde40
First person – Francisca Vitorino38
Phosphorylation in the intrinsically disordered region of F-BAR protein Imp2 regulates its contractile ring recruitment38
ARF6 plays a general role in targeting palmitoylated proteins from the Golgi to the plasma membrane37
Near-infrared imaging in fission yeast using a genetically encoded phycocyanobilin biosynthesis system37
Metformin inactivates the cGAS-STING pathway through autophagy and suppresses senescence in nucleus pulposus cells36
First person – Celia Segui-Perez34
Nucleophagy contributes to genome stability through degradation of type II topoisomerases A and B and nucleolar components34
Expression of Concern: RyR1 and RyR3 isoforms provide distinct intracellular Ca2+ signals in HEK 293 cells34
Altered cohesin dynamics and H3K9 modifications contribute to mitotic defects in thecbf11Δlipid metabolism mutant33
Cell cycle-dependent palmitoylation of protocadherin 7 by ZDHHC5 promotes successful cytokinesis33
The dual Ras-association domains of Drosophila Canoe have differential roles in linking cell junctions to the cytoskeleton during morphogenesis32
Preferential recruitment and stabilization of Myosin II at compartment boundaries in Drosophila32
PI31 is a positive regulator of 20S immunoproteasome assembly32
Glucocorticoids enhance chemotherapy-driven stress granule assembly and impair granule dynamics, leading to cell death32
Augmin complex activity finetunes dendrite morphology through non-centrosomal microtubule nucleation in vivo32
Cellular effects of NAT-mediated histone N-terminal acetylation31
Microtubules under mechanical pressure can breach dense actin networks31
TC10 on endosomes regulates the local balance between microtubule stability and dynamics through the PAK2-JNK pathway and promotes axon outgrowth31
The role of mitochondrial mRNA translation in cellular communication30
Live-imaging studies reveal how microclots and the associated inflammatory response enhance cancer cell extravasation30
Confinement plus myosin-II suppression maximizes heritable loss of chromosomes, as revealed by live-cell ChReporters30
α- and β-tubulin C-terminal tails with distinct modifications are crucial for ciliary motility and assembly30
Approaches to reduce succinate accumulation by restoration of succinate dehydrogenase activity in cultured adrenal cells29
Let's review I29
PCTAIRE1 promotes mitotic progression and resistance against antimitotic and apoptotic signals29
ER–mitochondria encounter structure connections determine drug sensitivity and virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans29
The insect perspective on Z-disc structure and biology28
The roles of dynein and myosin VI motor proteins in endocytosis28
Reprogramming macrophages with R848-loaded artificial protocells to modulate skin and skeletal wound healing28
Apolipoprotein A1 deficiency in mice primes bone marrow stem cells for T cell lymphopoiesis28
Culture substrate stiffness impacts human myoblast contractility-dependent proliferation and nuclear envelope wrinkling28
LCN2 promotes focal adhesion formation and invasion by stimulating c-Src activation27
MITOL-mediated DRP1 ubiquitylation and degradation promotes mitochondrial hyperfusion in a CMT2A-linked MFN2 mutant27
The AHR target gene scinderin activates the WNT pathway by facilitating the nuclear translocation of β-catenin27
SUN4 is a spermatid type II inner nuclear membrane protein that forms heteromeric assemblies with SUN3 and interacts with lamin B326
First person – Kristina Ehring26
Nuclear speckles – a driving force in gene expression26
First person – Chia-Li Liao25
Corona XLVI – Oh my, Omicron!25
First person – Shekhar Saha25
First person – Kenrick Waite25
First person – Pablo Sánchez and Franziska Kriegenburg25
First person – Rebeka Tomasin24
First person – Marta Grifell-Junyent24
EPLIN-β is a novel substrate of ornithine decarboxylase antizyme 1 and mediates cellular migration24
First person – Ana Popović24
First person – Agathe Chaigne24
Rac1 and Rac3 GTPases and TPC2 are required for axonal outgrowth and migration of cortical interneurons24
First person – Franziska Lehne24
Schwann cells are axo-protective after injury irrespective of myelination status in mouse Schwann cell–neuron cocultures24
Lipid-driven CFTR clustering is impaired in cystic fibrosis and restored by corrector drugs24
Mitochondrial respiration promotes Cdc37-dependent stability of the Cdk1 homolog Cdc2823
30 years of nanobodies – an ongoing success story of small binders in biological research23
The role of mitochondrial dynamics in mtDNA maintenance23
Interview with Florence Niedergang – President of the French Society for Cell Biology23
Dynamics of intracellular cGMP during chemotaxis in Dictyostelium cells23
STAT3 signaling induced by IL-6 family cytokines modulates angiogenesis23
First person – Aimee Uyehara23
A WDR47 homolog facilitates ciliogenesis by modulating intraflagellar transport23
ALFY localizes to early endosomes and cellular protrusions to facilitate directional cell migration23
Rerouting trafficking circuits through posttranslational SNARE modifications23
Interview with Associate Editor Pedro Carvalho23
Incorporation of 53BP1 into phase-separated bodies in cancer cells during aberrant mitosis22
Myosin-X recruits lamellipodin to filopodia tips22
The microtubule-associated protein She1 coordinates directional spindle positioning by spatially restricting dynein activity22
Functions of neuronal Synaptobrevin in the post-Golgi transport of Rhodopsin in Drosophila photoreceptors22
Transendothelial migration induces differential migration dynamics of leukocytes in tissue matrix22
Cooperation of membrane-translocated syntaxin4 and basement membrane for dynamic mammary epithelial morphogenesis22
The histone variant macroH2A1.1 regulates RNA polymerase II-paused genes within defined chromatin interaction landscapes21
Affimers and nanobodies as molecular probes and their applications in imaging21
Local DNA synthesis is critical for DNA repair during oocyte maturation21
New insights into FAK structure and function in focal adhesions21
Cristae shaping and dynamics in mitochondrial function21
Evolving circuitries in plant signaling cascades21
The scaffold protein CasL restrains membrane blebbing and promotes T cell migration20
First person – Chandra Ramakrishnan20
First person – Daniel Lagunas-Gomez20
Toxoplasma gondiiscavenges mammalian host organelles through the usurpation of host ESCRT-III and Vps4A20
The structure and function of centriolar rootlets20
Dynamic mechanisms for membrane skeleton transitions20
Meeting report – Desmosome dysfunction and disease: Alpine desmosome disease meeting20
First person – Mira Kuzmić20
Phosphorylation of the Aly3 C-terminus impedes aberrant endocytosis of Schizosaccharomyces pombe hexose transporter Ght520
Distinct nuclear and cytoplasmic assemblies and interactomes of the mammalian CTLH E3 ligase complex20
Lipophagy at a glance20
Smaug1 membrane-less organelles respond to AMPK and mTOR and affect mitochondrial function20
Trophoblast organoids with physiological polarity model placental structure and function20
First person – Kazuhiro Kajiwara20
Epithelial cell extrusion at a glance20
AMPK promotes Arf6 activation in a kinase-independent manner upon glucose starvation20
PIKFYVE inhibition induces endosome- and lysosome-derived vacuole enlargement via ammonium accumulation20
First person – Tadayuki Komori19
Necroptosis at a glance19
First person – Alex van Vliet19
ISG20L1 acts as a co-activator of DAPK1 in the activation of the p53-dependent cell death pathway19
Vacuolar H+-ATPase dysfunction rescues intralumenal vesicle cargo sorting in yeast lacking PI(3,5)P2 or Doa419
First person – Harini Iyer19
Label2label: training a neural network to selectively restore cellular structures in fluorescence microscopy19
Qui(e)t19
Angiomotin isoform 2 promotes binding of PALS1 to KIF13B at primary cilia and regulates ciliary length and signaling19
SART3 associates with a post-splicing complex18
First person – Jiwon Lee18
TFEB – at the crossroads of host–pathogen interactions18
Emerging roles of p300/CBP in autophagy and autophagy-related human disorders18
Complexity and self-organization in the evolution of cell polarization18
Say hello, wave goodbye18
An evolutionary perspective on the relationship between kinetochore size and CENP-E dependence for chromosome alignment18
SAF-A promotes origin licensing and replication fork progression to ensure robust DNA replication18
Links between autophagy and tissue mechanics18
Disordered hinge regions of the AP-3 adaptor complex promote vesicle budding from the late Golgi in yeast18
Conserved cholesterol-related activities of Dispatched 1 drive Sonic hedgehog shedding from the cell membrane18
First person – Rinka Hata18
Pyruvate plus uridine augments mitochondrial respiration and prevents cardiac hypertrophy in zebrafish and H9c2 cells18
Neutral sphingomyelinase 2 controls exosome secretion by counteracting V-ATPase-mediated endosome acidification18
First person – Zachary Wilson17
Membrane tethers at a glance17
Correction: An SR protein is essential for activating DNA repair in malaria parasites17
Structured RhoGEF recruitment drives myosin II organization on large exocytic vesicles17
A novel homeostatic mechanism tunes PI(4,5)P2-dependent signaling at the plasma membrane17
First person – Keira L. Rice17
Loss of kinesin-8 improves the robustness of the self-assembled spindle in Schizosaccharomyces pombe17
Quantitative proteomics reveals insights into the assembly of IFT trains and ciliary assembly17
First person – Amber Knapp-Wilson17
Correction: An evolutionarily distinct chaperone promotes 20S proteasome α-ring assembly in plants17
First person – Jean Castillo17
First person – Vartika Sharma17
Filopodial protrusion driven by density-dependent Ena–TOCA-1 interactions16
Ankyrin-B is required for the establishment and maintenance of lens cytoarchitecture, mechanics and clarity16
Localized TPC1-mediated Ca2+ release from endolysosomes contributes to myoseptal junction development in zebrafish16
Evidence of 14-3-3 proteins contributing to kinetochore integrity and chromosome congression during mitosis16
Radial spoke protein 9 is necessary for axoneme assembly in Plasmodium but not in trypanosomatid parasites16
Src- and Abl-family kinases activate spleen tyrosine kinase to maximize phagocytosis and Leishmania infection16
Deep learning ­– promises for 3D nuclear imaging: a guide for biologists16
Peroxisomal support of mitochondrial respiratory efficiency promotes ER stress survival16
First person – Inga Mohr16
The SARS-CoV-2 protein NSP2 enhances microRNA-mediated translational repression16
Interview with Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz16
First person – Emily McParland and Noah Gurley16
Single-chromosome dynamics reveals locus-dependent dynamics and chromosome territory orientation16
Fetuin-A secretion from β-cells leads to accumulation of macrophages in islets, aggravates inflammation and impairs insulin secretion15
First person – Masashi Nambu15
First person – Sarah Barger15
First person – Keiichiro Sakai15
Three-dimensional geometry controls division symmetry in stem cell colonies15
Multiple regions within junctin drive its interaction with calsequestrin-1 and its localization to triads in skeletal muscle15
Low kindlin-3 levels in osteoclasts of kindlin-3 hypomorphic mice result in osteopetrosis due to leaky sealing zones15
Ezrin knockdown reduces procaterol-stimulated ciliary beating without morphological changes in mouse airway cilia15
First person – Joe Tyler15
First person – Yuan Gao15
The worst II – eight days a week15
AMG232 inhibits angiogenesis in glioma through the p53–RBM4–VEGFR2 pathway15
The Dilute domain in Canoe is not essential for linking cell junctions to the cytoskeleton but supports morphogenesis robustness15
Electrically tunable lenses – eliminating mechanical axial movements during high-speed 3D live imaging15
Substrate adhesion determines migration during mesenchymal cell condensation in chondrogenesis15
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 increase15
First person – Clara Mutschler15
First person – Guan Chen15
cellPLATO – an unsupervised method for identifying cell behaviour in heterogeneous cell trajectory data15
Nuclear F-actin and Lamin A antagonistically modulate nuclear shape15
Actin assembly requirements of the formin Fus1 to build the fusion focus15
First person – Anthony Dornan14
First person – Nima Taefehshokr14
First person – Laura Quirion14
SGIP1 binding to the α-helical H9 domain of cannabinoid receptor 1 promotes axonal surface expression14
Nuclear translocation of the tagged endogenous MAPK MPK-1 denotes a subset of activation events in C. elegans development14
N-acetylation of secreted proteins in Apicomplexa is widespread and is independent of the ER acetyl-CoA transporter AT114
THSC/TREX-2 deficiency causes replication stress and genome instability in Caenorhabditis elegans14
First person – Julia Romano14
First person – Marc Severin14
First person – Mohima Mukherjee14
ADAD2 regulates heterochromatin in meiotic and post-meiotic male germ cells via translation of MDC114
First person – Caroline König14
A single-molecule localization microscopy method for tissues reveals nonrandom nuclear pore distribution in Drosophila14
The system II – getting to bed14
First person – Zhong-Qiu Yu14
First person – Mitchell Leih14
Precise regulation of presenilin expression is required for sea urchin early development14
Believing is seeing – the deceptive influence of bias in quantitative microscopy14
Vertebrate lonesome kinase modulates the hepatocyte secretome to prevent perivascular liver fibrosis and inflammation14
The role of Mfn2 in the structure and function of endoplasmic reticulum-mitochondrial tethering in vivo13
A WNT4- and DKK3-driven canonical to noncanonical Wnt signaling switch controls multiciliogenesis13
Human sperm rotate with a conserved direction during free swimming in four dimensions13
The laminin-binding integrins regulate nuclear factor κB-dependent epithelial cell polarity and inflammation13
Coilin and SUMOylation influence PARP1 dynamics and the DNA damage response13
Nuclear segmentation facilitates neutrophil migration13
Visualizing endogenous Rho activity with an improved localization-based, genetically encoded biosensor13
First person – Agnieszka Pierzynska-Mach13
First person – Dipanjana Ghosh13
Dishevelled coordinates phosphoinositide kinases PI4KIIIα and PIP5KIγ for efficient PtdInsP2 synthesis13
Shock drives a STAT3 and JunB-mediated coordinated transcriptional and DNA methylation response in the endothelium13
Correction: Defining the dynamin-based ring organizing center on the peroxisome-dividing machinery isolated from Cyanidioschyzon merolae13
Endosomal vesicle fusion machinery is involved with the contractile vacuole in Dictyostelium discoideum13
Artificial tethering of constitutive centromere-associated network proteins induces CENP-A deposition without Knl2 in DT40 cells13
KRAP regulates mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake by licensing IP3 receptor activity and stabilizing ER–mitochondrial junctions13
First person – Poulomi Das13
First person – Agostina Di Pizio13
First person – Ezgi Odabasi13
Corona XXXIX – WTF?13
filoVision – using deep learning and tip markers to automate filopodia analysis13
Go with the flow – bulk transport by molecular motors13
The small ARF-like 2 GTPase TITAN5 is linked with the dynamic regulation of IRON-REGULATED TRANSPORTER 113
MAPK activation drives male and female mouse teratocarcinomas from late primordial germ cells13
Quality control of un-imported mitochondrial proteins at a glance13
The Cdc42 GTPase-activating protein Rga6 promotes the cortical localization of septin13
First person – Shafali Gupta13
Cell Scientist to Watch – Maria Ioannou13
ConFERMing the role of talin in integrin activation and mechanosignaling12
Regulation of Wnt distribution and function by Drosophila glypicans12
Evolutionary conservation of systemic and reversible amyloid aggregation12
Cell scientist to watch – Charlotte Aumeier12
First person – James Glover12
Stem cell expression of CXCR4 regulates tissue composition in the vomeronasal organ12
DRP1 mutations associated with EMPF1 encephalopathy alter mitochondrial membrane potential and metabolic programs12
Centrosome amplification promotes cell invasion via cell–cell contact disruption and Rap-1 activation12
PLK1 controls centriole distal appendage formation and centrobin removal via independent pathways12
B cell receptor-induced protein dynamics and the emerging role of SUMOylation revealed by proximity proteomics12
First person – Maria Sharkova12
Cell scientist to watch – Tom MacVicar12
Spatial regulation of mitochondrial membrane potential by α5β1 integrin engagement in collective cell migration12
Perspectives in collective cell migration – moving forward12
The E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes UBE2D1 and UBE2D2 regulate VEGFR2 dynamics and endothelial function12
Segregation of nascent GPCRs in the ER-to-Golgi transport by CCHCR1 via direct interaction12
StARD9 is a novel lysosomal kinesin required for membrane tubulation, cholesterol transport and Purkinje cell survival12
Vimentin intermediate filaments provide structural stability to the mammalian Golgi complex12
Vps9d1 regulates tubular endosome formation through specific activation of Rab22A12
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