Nature Cell Biology

Papers
(The median citation count of Nature Cell Biology is 5. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
Pushing chromatin to totipotency847
STING and fat crosstalk575
Enhancing T cell therapy447
Unravelling the endoplasmic reticulum–Golgi intermediate compartment in plant cells260
Keeping membraneless organelles apart255
tRNA flux and consistency in differentiation245
COPIng with senescence213
Restoring placental methylome202
Atlas of amnion development during the first trimester of human pregnancy201
Finding a chaperone for TDP-43186
ER-associated RNA silencing promotes ER quality control181
Designing protein-based artificial kinetochores as decoys to prevent meiotic errors in oocytes172
The guinea pig serves as an alternative model to study human preimplantation development170
ATFS-1 counteracts mitochondrial DNA damage by promoting repair over transcription164
Human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived salivary gland organoids model SARS-CoV-2 infection and replication163
Compression-dependent microtubule reinforcement enables cells to navigate confined environments161
ETV2 functions as a pioneer factor to regulate and reprogram the endothelial lineage158
RIPK1 and RIPK3 form mosaic necrosomes155
Mechanical forces across compartments coordinate cell shape and fate transitions to generate tissue architecture153
Dynamic regulation of integrin β1 phosphorylation supports invasion of breast cancer cells153
Hepatocellular senescence induces multi-organ senescence and dysfunction via TGFβ149
Spatial and functional separation of mTORC1 signalling in response to different amino acid sources149
Criteria for the standardization of stem-cell-based embryo models147
Cysteine oxidation of copper transporter CTR1 drives VEGFR2 signalling and angiogenesis145
Creatine kinase B suppresses ferroptosis by phosphorylating GPX4 through a moonlighting function144
Telomere dysfunction in ageing and age-related diseases137
A guideline on the molecular ecosystem regulating ferroptosis137
Regenerating the academic pipeline136
How a ribosomal protein avoids mixed signals136
Metabolic regulation of chemoresistance and immuno-surveillance in AML by SHP-1135
A serendipitous discovery of a family of membrane remodelling proteins130
Nuclear class 3 PI3K coactivates circadian clock123
Implementing sustainable science in the lab122
Nuclear proteasomes buffer cytoplasmic proteins during autophagy compromise121
Real-time and programmable transcriptome sequencing with PROFIT-seq121
VAMP2 chaperones α-synuclein in synaptic vesicle co-condensates119
The MARCHF6 E3 ubiquitin ligase acts as an NADPH sensor for the regulation of ferroptosis118
A lysosomal surveillance response to stress extends healthspan117
PRC2 shields the potency of human stem cells114
TCF3, TCF12 and distinct enhancers regulate oocyte transcription113
HSF1 renders NK cells too stressed to respond113
Synthetic ZFTA fusions pinpoint disordered protein domain acquisition as a mechanism of brain tumorigenesis112
Lymphotoxin-β promotes breast cancer bone metastasis colonization and osteolytic outgrowth107
MAPL regulates gasdermin-mediated release of mtDNA from lysosomes to drive pyroptotic cell death104
The Polycomb system sustains promoters in a deep OFF state by limiting pre-initiation complex formation to counteract transcription103
Membranes regulate biomolecular condensates101
Host extracellular vesicles confer cytosolic access to systemic LPS licensing non-canonical inflammasome sensing and pyroptosis100
Single-nucleus multi-omics of human stem cell-derived islets identifies deficiencies in lineage specification100
IL-2 delivery by engineered mesenchymal stem cells re-invigorates CD8+ T cells to overcome immunotherapy resistance in cancer98
Hyaluronic acid–GPRC5C signalling promotes dormancy in haematopoietic stem cells97
Spermidine is essential for fasting-mediated autophagy and longevity95
Ras suppression potentiates rear actomyosin contractility-driven cell polarization and migration91
STAM and Hrs interact sequentially with IFN-α Receptor to control spatiotemporal JAK–STAT endosomal activation91
Dapl1 controls NFATc2 activation to regulate CD8+ T cell exhaustion and responses in chronic infection and cancer91
EZH2 noncanonically binds cMyc and p300 through a cryptic transactivation domain to mediate gene activation and promote oncogenesis91
A cell biological perspective on Singapore’s scientific growth90
The nuclear periphery confers repression on H3K9me2-marked genes and transposons to shape cell fate90
Telomeres are a life-extending gift89
Waste management and cell death in T cells88
It started with a western87
Assessing gene loss after gene editing85
A model for propagation of RNA structural memory through biomolecular condensates85
Sequential enhancer state remodelling defines human germline competence and specification85
Deep-learning for microscopy83
Identification of a retinoic acid-dependent haemogenic endothelial progenitor from human pluripotent stem cells83
Intron-encoded cistronic transcripts for minimally invasive monitoring of coding and non-coding RNAs82
Caveolin-1 dolines form a distinct and rapid caveolae-independent mechanoadaptation system82
p300 nucleocytoplasmic shuttling underlies mTORC1 hyperactivation in Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome80
Escape from X inactivation is directly modulated by Xist noncoding RNA79
Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase 1 functions as a protein phosphatase to dephosphorylate histone H3 and suppresses PPARα-regulated gene transcription and tumour growth77
A single-cell atlas of non-haematopoietic cells in human lymph nodes and lymphoma reveals a landscape of stromal remodelling76
N6-methyladenosine regulates maternal RNA maintenance in oocytes and timely RNA decay during mouse maternal-to-zygotic transition75
ETV4 is a mechanical transducer linking cell crowding dynamics to lineage specification74
p16-dependent increase of PD-L1 stability regulates immunosurveillance of senescent cells72
Malonyl-CoA is a conserved endogenous ATP-competitive mTORC1 inhibitor72
Time for lipid cell biology71
Atypical nuclear envelope condensates linked to neurological disorders reveal nucleoporin-directed chaperone activities70
Tissue memory relies on stem cell priming in distal undamaged areas70
The role of PINK1–Parkin in mitochondrial quality control70
MFSD1 with its accessory subunit GLMP functions as a general dipeptide uniporter in lysosomes69
The transcription factor GABPA is a master regulator of naive pluripotency67
CTCF–CTCF loops and intra-TAD interactions show differential dependence on cohesin ring integrity67
Solid tumour-induced systemic immunosuppression involves dichotomous myeloid–B cell interactions67
Zippering against the beat67
A quantitative ultrastructural timeline of nuclear autophagy reveals a role for dynamin-like protein 1 at the nuclear envelope67
Autophagy-regulated mitochondrial inheritance controls early CD8+ T cell fate commitment66
Trafficking circuit of CD8+ T cells between the intestine and bone marrow governs antitumour immunity66
Endogenous aldehyde-induced DNA–protein crosslinks are resolved by transcription-coupled repair66
SHP-1 inhibition targets leukaemia stem cells to restore immunosurveillance and enhance chemosensitivity by metabolic reprogramming66
Mitochondrial fission links ECM mechanotransduction to metabolic redox homeostasis and metastatic chemotherapy resistance66
Cell-intrinsic and microenvironmental determinants of metastatic colonization64
Stromal niche inflammation mediated by IL-1 signalling is a targetable driver of haematopoietic ageing64
FSP1-mediated lipid droplet quality control prevents neutral lipid peroxidation and ferroptosis64
Proliferation-driven mechanical compression induces signalling centre formation during mammalian organ development64
SEL1L–HRD1 endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation controls STING-mediated innate immunity by limiting the size of the activable STING pool64
Author Correction: Elongator stabilizes microtubules to control central spindle asymmetry and polarized trafficking of cell fate determinants62
Phase separation of EB1 guides microtubule plus-end dynamics62
Keeping up with the Rag GTPases62
Coupling of cell shape, matrix and tissue dynamics ensures embryonic patterning robustness62
Author Correction: Aberrant chromatin landscape following loss of the H3.3 chaperone Daxx in haematopoietic precursors leads to Pu.1-mediated neutrophilia and inflammation61
Lysate-based pipeline to characterize microtubule-associated proteins uncovers unique microtubule behaviours61
CoCo-ST detects global and local biological structures in spatial transcriptomics datasets61
Retraction Note: Tumour microenvironment programming by an RNA–RNA-binding protein complex creates a druggable vulnerability in IDH-wild-type glioblastoma60
Publisher Correction: m6A RNA methylation orchestrates transcriptional dormancy during paused pluripotency60
CAF heterogeneity and dynamics60
Revealing the order of chromatin reorganization events with Dam&ChIC59
Author Correction: Single-nucleus multi-omics of human stem cell-derived islets identifies deficiencies in lineage specification59
The molecular basis of human transcription-coupled DNA repair58
Unchecked oxidative stress in skeletal muscle prevents outgrowth of disseminated tumour cells58
Young secretory proteins go through a phase58
Peripheral neural stem cells from the neural tube contribute to multi-organ neurogenesis58
Polarized branched Actin modulates cortical mechanics to produce unequal-size daughters during asymmetric division58
Mitochondrial YME1L1 governs unoccupied protein translocase channels57
A group 3 medulloblastoma stem cell program is maintained by OTX2-mediated alternative splicing55
Curved adhesions mediate cell attachment to soft matrix fibres in three dimensions55
A foundation for tomorrow’s discoveries in cell biology55
A milestone in epithelial–mesenchymal transition55
Phase separation of initiation hubs on cargo is a trigger switch for selective autophagy54
A topographic atlas defines developmental origins of cell heterogeneity in the human embryonic lung54
The intrinsically disordered regions of organellophagy receptors are interchangeable and control organelle fragmentation, ER-phagy and mitophagy flux54
ER-to-Golgi trafficking through a dynamic intermediate cis-Golgi tubular network in Arabidopsis53
Multi-omics identify hallmark protein and lipid features of small extracellular vesicles circulating in human plasma53
Multiplexed genome regulation in vivo with hyper-efficient Cas12a53
CD63 sorts cholesterol into endosomes for storage and distribution via exosomes53
RBFOX2 recognizes N6-methyladenosine to suppress transcription and block myeloid leukaemia differentiation53
Proximal proteomics reveals a landscape of human nuclear condensates53
From phage genetics to chromosomes as mechanical objects52
Autophagy-targeted NBR1–p62/SQSTM1 complexes promote breast cancer metastasis by sequestering ITCH52
Endothelin signalling drives dermal sheath smooth muscle contraction for hair follicle regression52
Mapping T cell landscapes in B cell lymphomas52
Loss of WIPI4 in neurodegeneration causes autophagy-independent ferroptosis52
Perturbing TET2 condensation promotes aberrant genome-wide DNA methylation and curtails leukaemia cell growth51
Long life depends on open communication51
Endoplasmic reticulum disruption stimulates nuclear membrane mechanotransduction51
Cell origin of BRCA2-mutant breast cancer51
Conference accessibility should be a universal concern51
Nuclear and cytoplasmic spatial protein quality control is coordinated by nuclear–vacuolar junctions and perinuclear ESCRT50
VCAM1 confers innate immune tolerance on haematopoietic and leukaemic stem cells50
Author Correction: Reprogramming of H3K9me3-dependent heterochromatin during mammalian embryo development50
ERCC6L2–CtIP condensation tunes end resection50
Endoplasmic reticulum–mitochondria contacts are prime hotspots of phospholipid peroxidation driving ferroptosis49
Modelling co-development between the somites and neural tube in human trunk-like structures49
Multimodal and spatially resolved profiling identifies distinct patterns of T cell infiltration in nodal B cell lymphoma entities49
Spermidine mediates acetylhypusination of RIPK1 to suppress diabetes onset and progression49
Shaping the composition of the mitochondrial outer membrane48
A nucleolar mechanism suppresses organismal proteostasis by modulating TGFβ/ERK signalling48
Spatial transcriptomic characterization of a Carnegie stage 7 human embryo48
Differentiation, ageing and leukaemia alter the metabolic profile of human bone marrow haematopoietic stem and progenitor cells47
ADSL-generated fumarate binds and inhibits STING to promote tumour immune evasion47
Drosophila TMEM63 and mouse TMEM63A are lysosomal mechanosensory ion channels47
Heat-shock chaperone HSPB1 regulates cytoplasmic TDP-43 phase separation and liquid-to-gel transition46
Rear traction forces drive adherent tissue migration in vivo46
Diet and longevity46
Author Correction: Stiff matrix induces exosome secretion to promote tumour growth45
Worrying through the ECM45
Harnessing introns to monitor gene expression45
Navigating human embryogenesis through tailored model selection44
Author Correction: A Rag GTPase dimer code defines the regulation of mTORC1 by amino acids44
Adherens junctions organize size-selective proteolytic hotspots critical for Notch signalling44
Ribophagy relies on Rpl1244
An expanding repertoire of E3 ligases in membrane Atg8ylation44
Arginyl-tRNA synthetase in inflammation44
Mapping paths through the nuclear pore complex44
Metabolites in tumour interstitial fluid directly suppress T cells43
Target cell cortical tension regulates macrophage trogocytosis43
CD160 dictates anti-PD-1 immunotherapy resistance by regulating CD8+ T cell exhaustion in colorectal cancer43
A bridge-like lipid transport protein controls plasma membrane lipid composition and fluidity43
Cracking glioblastoma core regulatory codes43
Polyamines sustain epithelial regeneration in aged intestines by modulating protein homeostasis43
RNA sequestration in P-bodies sustains myeloid leukaemia43
Karyopherins remodel the dynamic organization of the nuclear pore complex transport barrier43
In situ architecture of the human prohibitin complex42
Nuclear mechanics as a determinant of nuclear pore complex plasticity42
Astrocyte-induced Cdk5 expedites breast cancer brain metastasis by suppressing MHC-I expression to evade immune recognition42
OASL phase condensation induces amyloid-like fibrillation of RIPK3 to promote virus-induced necroptosis42
From fallout to renewal42
The glutathione S-transferase Gstt1 drives survival and dissemination in metastases42
m6A RNA methylation orchestrates transcriptional dormancy during paused pluripotency42
Stiff matrix induces exosome secretion to promote tumour growth41
NANOG prion-like assembly mediates DNA bridging to facilitate chromatin reorganization and activation of pluripotency41
Evidence for widespread cytoplasmic structuring into mesoscale condensates41
Pan-cancer pervasive upregulation of 3′ UTR splicing drives tumourigenesis41
The spectrin cytoskeleton integrates endothelial mechanoresponses41
C-to-G editing generates double-strand breaks causing deletion, transversion and translocation41
Order and disorder in clathrin-mediated endocytosis41
Intrinsically disordered CO2 sensors40
FUS maintains TAZ fluidity and function40
Pausing pluripotency via RNA methylation40
Lipidomes define immune cell identity40
METTL3 restrains autoimmunity in β-cells40
Mitochondrial shape alteration by metabolites40
Morula-derived trophectoderm stem cells39
Transcription-coupled DNA–protein crosslink repair by CSB and CRL4CSA-mediated degradation39
A chosen STING with a PERKy trail39
Forcing cell fate39
A beta cell subset with enhanced insulin secretion and glucose metabolism is reduced in type 2 diabetes39
Identification of aberrant luminal progenitors and mTORC1 as a potential breast cancer prevention target in BRCA2 mutation carriers38
Breaking up translation condensates in cancer38
CellComm infers cellular crosstalk that drives haematopoietic stem and progenitor cell development38
Remote control of AMPK via extracellular adenosine controls tissue growth37
Single-cell analysis reveals transcriptomic and epigenomic impacts on the maternal–fetal interface following SARS-CoV-2 infection37
Crossover patterning through condensation and coarsening of pro-crossover factors37
Celebrating 25 years of cell biology37
Lysosome lipid signalling from the periphery to neurons regulates longevity36
Cancer-cell-derived GABA promotes β-catenin-mediated tumour growth and immunosuppression36
Nuclear pores safeguard the integrity of the nuclear envelope36
Ex vivo imaging reveals the spatiotemporal control of ovulation35
RNA-binding proteins pull in chromatin loops35
Sugar unmasking for trafficking35
A new cell in an old tactile sensory organ35
Neutrophil-derived migrasomes are an essential part of the coagulation system35
Sperm bud mitochondria to adjust the numbers35
H3K27 dimethylation dynamics reveal stepwise establishment of facultative heterochromatin in early mouse embryos35
Boosting cargo turnover with receptor mobility35
RNA scaffolds the Golgi ribbon by forming condensates with GM13035
A comprehensive tRNA pseudouridine map uncovers targets dependent on human stand-alone pseudouridine synthases34
Antagonistic stem cell fates under stress govern decisions between hair greying and melanoma34
Sperm miRNAs exercise benefits34
TDP-43 skein-like inclusions are formed by BAG3- and HSP70-guided co-aggregation with actin-binding proteins34
Softening redox homeostasis in cancer cells34
Kinase-independent synthesis of 3-phosphorylated phosphoinositides by a phosphotransferase33
Gender equity: toward redefining values33
A general approach to identify cell-permeable and synthetic anti-CRISPR small molecules33
Targeting a key disulfide linkage to regulate RIG-I condensation and cytosolic RNA-sensing33
Harnessing lysohormesis for healthy ageing33
Biomolecular condensation orchestrates clathrin-mediated endocytosis in plants33
Combinatorial selective ER-phagy remodels the ER during neurogenesis33
Polycomb repressive complex 2 shields naïve human pluripotent cells from trophectoderm differentiation33
Retinoic acid induces human gastruloids with posterior embryo-like structures32
Non-canonical MLL1 activity regulates centromeric phase separation and genome stability32
NAD+ regulates nucleotide metabolism and genomic DNA replication32
Massively parallel genomic perturbations with multi-target CRISPR interrogates Cas9 activity and DNA repair at endogenous sites32
Stress response regulates cancer fibroblasts31
Author Correction: Defining E3 ligase–substrate relationships through multiplex CRISPR screening31
Author Correction: Polycomb CBX7 has a unifying role in cellular lifespan31
How cell biology can save the planet31
PTEN checkMAITs type-17 innate-like T cells31
Profiling cell death in COVID-19 pathology31
Grow up, beta cells31
Host protection by two memory-like MAIT subsets31
Retrospective and multifactorial single-cell profiling reveals sequential chromatin reorganization during X inactivation31
Now is the greatest time to be in it31
Cytoplasmic control of spindle architecture31
Lessons from infrastructure and research advocacy in India31
Publisher Correction: o8G modifications rewire tumoral microRNAs30
Biases in machine-learning models of human single-cell data30
Reaffirming the value of model organisms in training scientific minds30
LDL delivery of microbial small RNAs drives atherosclerosis through macrophage TLR830
Cholesterol sensing by the SCAP–FAM134B complex regulates ER-phagy and STING innate immunity30
Author Correction: Cancer-associated fibroblast-derived acetate promotes pancreatic cancer development by altering polyamine metabolism via the ACSS2–SP1–SAT1 axis30
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