Nature Cell Biology

Papers
(The TQCC of Nature Cell Biology is 25. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
STING and fat crosstalk662
TRIM8 in Ewing sarcoma447
Force boosts SARS-CoV-2 invasion359
Enhancing T cell therapy343
Pushing chromatin to totipotency275
Restoring placental methylome220
Unravelling the endoplasmic reticulum–Golgi intermediate compartment in plant cells219
Keeping membraneless organelles apart188
tRNA flux and consistency in differentiation187
Immune memory in individuals with COVID-19169
An inflammatory switch for stem cell plasticity167
COPIng with senescence162
Finding a chaperone for TDP-43155
RIPK1 and RIPK3 form mosaic necrosomes153
ETV2 functions as a pioneer factor to regulate and reprogram the endothelial lineage139
Cysteine oxidation of copper transporter CTR1 drives VEGFR2 signalling and angiogenesis138
Criteria for the standardization of stem-cell-based embryo models134
The guinea pig serves as an alternative model to study human preimplantation development130
Dynamic regulation of integrin β1 phosphorylation supports invasion of breast cancer cells129
ATFS-1 counteracts mitochondrial DNA damage by promoting repair over transcription129
Spatial and functional separation of mTORC1 signalling in response to different amino acid sources124
Compression-dependent microtubule reinforcement enables cells to navigate confined environments124
Mechanical forces across compartments coordinate cell shape and fate transitions to generate tissue architecture122
Hepatocellular senescence induces multi-organ senescence and dysfunction via TGFβ116
ER-associated RNA silencing promotes ER quality control115
Creatine kinase B suppresses ferroptosis by phosphorylating GPX4 through a moonlighting function115
Human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived salivary gland organoids model SARS-CoV-2 infection and replication114
Telomere dysfunction in ageing and age-related diseases110
A guideline on the molecular ecosystem regulating ferroptosis109
Metabolic regulation of chemoresistance and immuno-surveillance in AML by SHP-1108
Implementing sustainable science in the lab108
A serendipitous discovery of a family of membrane remodelling proteins108
Regenerating the academic pipeline107
Diverse heterochromatin-associated proteins repress distinct classes of genes and repetitive elements103
How a ribosomal protein avoids mixed signals103
Publisher Correction: p27 controls Ragulator and mTOR activity in amino acid-deprived cells to regulate the autophagy–lysosomal pathway and coordinate cell cycle and cell growth102
TCF3, TCF12 and distinct enhancers regulate oocyte transcription100
STAM and Hrs interact sequentially with IFN-α Receptor to control spatiotemporal JAK–STAT endosomal activation99
PRC2 shields the potency of human stem cells97
Real-time and programmable transcriptome sequencing with PROFIT-seq96
HSF1 renders NK cells too stressed to respond96
Nuclear class 3 PI3K coactivates circadian clock95
Membranes regulate biomolecular condensates94
Dapl1 controls NFATc2 activation to regulate CD8+ T cell exhaustion and responses in chronic infection and cancer94
Lymphotoxin-β promotes breast cancer bone metastasis colonization and osteolytic outgrowth93
The Polycomb system sustains promoters in a deep OFF state by limiting pre-initiation complex formation to counteract transcription93
The mechanics of crypt morphogenesis90
Ras suppression potentiates rear actomyosin contractility-driven cell polarization and migration89
Nuclear proteasomes buffer cytoplasmic proteins during autophagy compromise89
IL-2 delivery by engineered mesenchymal stem cells re-invigorates CD8+ T cells to overcome immunotherapy resistance in cancer87
EZH2 noncanonically binds cMyc and p300 through a cryptic transactivation domain to mediate gene activation and promote oncogenesis86
Spermidine is essential for fasting-mediated autophagy and longevity85
Single-nucleus multi-omics of human stem cell-derived islets identifies deficiencies in lineage specification84
The MARCHF6 E3 ubiquitin ligase acts as an NADPH sensor for the regulation of ferroptosis82
A cell biological perspective on Singapore’s scientific growth81
Hyaluronic acid–GPRC5C signalling promotes dormancy in haematopoietic stem cells81
Host extracellular vesicles confer cytosolic access to systemic LPS licensing non-canonical inflammasome sensing and pyroptosis81
VAMP2 chaperones α-synuclein in synaptic vesicle co-condensates81
Deep-learning for microscopy80
Xist seeds X inactivation80
Mapping the foetal striatum79
Telomeres are a life-extending gift78
It started with a western77
Waste management and cell death in T cells76
Intron-encoded cistronic transcripts for minimally invasive monitoring of coding and non-coding RNAs76
A single-cell atlas of non-haematopoietic cells in human lymph nodes and lymphoma reveals a landscape of stromal remodelling76
ETV4 is a mechanical transducer linking cell crowding dynamics to lineage specification76
Label-free multiplexed microtomography of endogenous subcellular dynamics using generalizable deep learning74
Malonyl-CoA is a conserved endogenous ATP-competitive mTORC1 inhibitor73
Tissue memory relies on stem cell priming in distal undamaged areas73
Time for lipid cell biology71
N6-methyladenosine regulates maternal RNA maintenance in oocytes and timely RNA decay during mouse maternal-to-zygotic transition70
Atypical nuclear envelope condensates linked to neurological disorders reveal nucleoporin-directed chaperone activities69
Identification of a retinoic acid-dependent haemogenic endothelial progenitor from human pluripotent stem cells68
p16-dependent increase of PD-L1 stability regulates immunosurveillance of senescent cells68
Sequential enhancer state remodelling defines human germline competence and specification68
Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase 1 functions as a protein phosphatase to dephosphorylate histone H3 and suppresses PPARα-regulated gene transcription and tumour growth68
The role of PINK1–Parkin in mitochondrial quality control67
p300 nucleocytoplasmic shuttling underlies mTORC1 hyperactivation in Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome66
Caveolin-1 dolines form a distinct and rapid caveolae-independent mechanoadaptation system65
Quantitative proteomics identifies the core proteome of exosomes with syntenin-1 as the highest abundant protein and a putative universal biomarker65
Surveying the dividing genome64
Single-cell spatial transcriptomics64
The transcription factor GABPA is a master regulator of naive pluripotency63
ASTE1 cutting to block DNA end resection62
Publisher Correction: Epithelial cell plasticity drives endoderm formation during gastrulation62
Trafficking circuit of CD8+ T cells between the intestine and bone marrow governs antitumour immunity61
Cell-intrinsic and microenvironmental determinants of metastatic colonization60
Solid tumour-induced systemic immunosuppression involves dichotomous myeloid–B cell interactions60
MFSD1 with its accessory subunit GLMP functions as a general dipeptide uniporter in lysosomes59
CTCF–CTCF loops and intra-TAD interactions show differential dependence on cohesin ring integrity59
SHP-1 inhibition targets leukaemia stem cells to restore immunosurveillance and enhance chemosensitivity by metabolic reprogramming59
SEL1L–HRD1 endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation controls STING-mediated innate immunity by limiting the size of the activable STING pool59
A quantitative ultrastructural timeline of nuclear autophagy reveals a role for dynamin-like protein 1 at the nuclear envelope58
Endogenous aldehyde-induced DNA–protein crosslinks are resolved by transcription-coupled repair58
XRCC1 protects transcription from toxic PARP1 activity during DNA base excision repair58
Proliferation-driven mechanical compression induces signalling centre formation during mammalian organ development57
Mitochondrial fission links ECM mechanotransduction to metabolic redox homeostasis and metastatic chemotherapy resistance57
Coupling of cell shape, matrix and tissue dynamics ensures embryonic patterning robustness57
Stromal niche inflammation mediated by IL-1 signalling is a targetable driver of haematopoietic ageing55
CAF heterogeneity and dynamics54
Phase separation of EB1 guides microtubule plus-end dynamics54
Keeping up with the Rag GTPases53
Author Correction: Aberrant chromatin landscape following loss of the H3.3 chaperone Daxx in haematopoietic precursors leads to Pu.1-mediated neutrophilia and inflammation53
Golden opportunity for piRNA in female fertility53
ER-to-Golgi trafficking through a dynamic intermediate cis-Golgi tubular network in Arabidopsis52
A group 3 medulloblastoma stem cell program is maintained by OTX2-mediated alternative splicing52
Retraction Note: Tumour microenvironment programming by an RNA–RNA-binding protein complex creates a druggable vulnerability in IDH-wild-type glioblastoma52
Author Correction: Single-nucleus multi-omics of human stem cell-derived islets identifies deficiencies in lineage specification52
Peripheral neural stem cells from the neural tube contribute to multi-organ neurogenesis52
Author Correction: Elongator stabilizes microtubules to control central spindle asymmetry and polarized trafficking of cell fate determinants52
Lysate-based pipeline to characterize microtubule-associated proteins uncovers unique microtubule behaviours52
Publisher Correction: m6A RNA methylation orchestrates transcriptional dormancy during paused pluripotency51
Cell type ontologies of the Human Cell Atlas51
A single-cell transcriptomic landscape of the lungs of patients with COVID-1951
Phase separation of initiation hubs on cargo is a trigger switch for selective autophagy51
The memory of neuronal mitochondrial stress is inherited transgenerationally via elevated mitochondrial DNA levels51
Loss of WIPI4 in neurodegeneration causes autophagy-independent ferroptosis50
A milestone in epithelial–mesenchymal transition49
A topographic atlas defines developmental origins of cell heterogeneity in the human embryonic lung49
RBFOX2 recognizes N6-methyladenosine to suppress transcription and block myeloid leukaemia differentiation49
Polarized branched Actin modulates cortical mechanics to produce unequal-size daughters during asymmetric division49
Unchecked oxidative stress in skeletal muscle prevents outgrowth of disseminated tumour cells49
Mitochondrial YME1L1 governs unoccupied protein translocase channels49
Curved adhesions mediate cell attachment to soft matrix fibres in three dimensions48
Non-invasive and high-throughput interrogation of exon-specific isoform expression48
A nucleolar mechanism suppresses organismal proteostasis by modulating TGFβ/ERK signalling48
CD63 sorts cholesterol into endosomes for storage and distribution via exosomes48
From phage genetics to chromosomes as mechanical objects48
Endothelin signalling drives dermal sheath smooth muscle contraction for hair follicle regression48
Multiplexed genome regulation in vivo with hyper-efficient Cas12a48
Species-specific cortex features48
COVID-19 lung atlas48
Mapping T cell landscapes in B cell lymphomas47
Publisher Correction: POLθ-mediated end joining is restricted by RAD52 and BRCA2 until the onset of mitosis46
Perturbing TET2 condensation promotes aberrant genome-wide DNA methylation and curtails leukaemia cell growth46
Dissecting melanocytes to predict melanoma46
ADSL-generated fumarate binds and inhibits STING to promote tumour immune evasion45
VCAM1 confers innate immune tolerance on haematopoietic and leukaemic stem cells45
Cell origin of BRCA2-mutant breast cancer45
Rear traction forces drive adherent tissue migration in vivo45
Long life depends on open communication45
Conference accessibility should be a universal concern45
Dynamic transcriptional reprogramming leads to immunotherapeutic vulnerabilities in myeloma44
Multimodal and spatially resolved profiling identifies distinct patterns of T cell infiltration in nodal B cell lymphoma entities43
Spatial transcriptomic characterization of a Carnegie stage 7 human embryo43
Spermidine mediates acetylhypusination of RIPK1 to suppress diabetes onset and progression43
Drosophila TMEM63 and mouse TMEM63A are lysosomal mechanosensory ion channels43
Nuclear and cytoplasmic spatial protein quality control is coordinated by nuclear–vacuolar junctions and perinuclear ESCRT43
Diet and longevity42
Mapping paths through the nuclear pore complex42
TRIM15 and CYLD regulate ERK activation via lysine-63-linked polyubiquitination42
Harnessing introns to monitor gene expression42
Heat-shock chaperone HSPB1 regulates cytoplasmic TDP-43 phase separation and liquid-to-gel transition42
Ribophagy relies on Rpl1241
Navigating human embryogenesis through tailored model selection41
The glutathione S-transferase Gstt1 drives survival and dissemination in metastases41
Worrying through the ECM41
Author Correction: A Rag GTPase dimer code defines the regulation of mTORC1 by amino acids41
Metabolites in tumour interstitial fluid directly suppress T cells40
Author Correction: Stiff matrix induces exosome secretion to promote tumour growth40
Author Correction: Reversible amyloids of pyruvate kinase couple cell metabolism and stress granule disassembly40
Arginyl-tRNA synthetase in inflammation40
Pan-cancer pervasive upregulation of 3′ UTR splicing drives tumourigenesis40
In situ architecture of the human prohibitin complex39
An expanding repertoire of E3 ligases in membrane Atg8ylation39
RNA sequestration in P-bodies sustains myeloid leukaemia39
C-to-G editing generates double-strand breaks causing deletion, transversion and translocation38
Stiff matrix induces exosome secretion to promote tumour growth38
Astrocyte-induced Cdk5 expedites breast cancer brain metastasis by suppressing MHC-I expression to evade immune recognition38
Adherens junctions organize size-selective proteolytic hotspots critical for Notch signalling38
FUS maintains TAZ fluidity and function37
Evidence for widespread cytoplasmic structuring into mesoscale condensates37
Modelling SARS-CoV-2 CNS infection37
Order and disorder in clathrin-mediated endocytosis37
NANOG prion-like assembly mediates DNA bridging to facilitate chromatin reorganization and activation of pluripotency37
m6A RNA methylation orchestrates transcriptional dormancy during paused pluripotency37
METTL3 restrains autoimmunity in β-cells37
The spectrin cytoskeleton integrates endothelial mechanoresponses37
OASL phase condensation induces amyloid-like fibrillation of RIPK3 to promote virus-induced necroptosis37
Intrinsically disordered CO2 sensors36
Pausing pluripotency via RNA methylation36
Mitochondrial shape alteration by metabolites36
A chosen STING with a PERKy trail36
H3K9me selectively blocks transcription factor activity and ensures differentiated tissue integrity35
CellComm infers cellular crosstalk that drives haematopoietic stem and progenitor cell development35
H3K27 dimethylation dynamics reveal stepwise establishment of facultative heterochromatin in early mouse embryos35
Celebrating 25 years of cell biology35
Identification of aberrant luminal progenitors and mTORC1 as a potential breast cancer prevention target in BRCA2 mutation carriers35
Breaking up translation condensates in cancer35
Ex vivo imaging reveals the spatiotemporal control of ovulation34
Elongation factor ELOF1 drives transcription-coupled repair and prevents genome instability34
Cancer-cell-derived GABA promotes β-catenin-mediated tumour growth and immunosuppression34
Neutrophil-derived migrasomes are an essential part of the coagulation system34
Single-cell analysis reveals transcriptomic and epigenomic impacts on the maternal–fetal interface following SARS-CoV-2 infection34
Lysosome lipid signalling from the periphery to neurons regulates longevity34
Transcription-coupled DNA–protein crosslink repair by CSB and CRL4CSA-mediated degradation34
Softening redox homeostasis in cancer cells33
Human neural tube morphogenesis in a dish33
A new cell in an old tactile sensory organ33
Nuclear pores safeguard the integrity of the nuclear envelope33
Sperm bud mitochondria to adjust the numbers33
Lipidomes define immune cell identity33
A beta cell subset with enhanced insulin secretion and glucose metabolism is reduced in type 2 diabetes33
Boosting cargo turnover with receptor mobility33
Polycomb repressive complex 2 shields naïve human pluripotent cells from trophectoderm differentiation32
Sugar unmasking for trafficking32
FGFR-inhibitor-mediated dismissal of SWI/SNF complexes from YAP-dependent enhancers induces adaptive therapeutic resistance32
Gender equity: toward redefining values32
A general approach to identify cell-permeable and synthetic anti-CRISPR small molecules32
NAD+ regulates nucleotide metabolism and genomic DNA replication31
Non-canonical MLL1 activity regulates centromeric phase separation and genome stability31
Generic nature of the condensed states of proteins31
Retinoic acid induces human gastruloids with posterior embryo-like structures31
RNA scaffolds the Golgi ribbon by forming condensates with GM13031
Combinatorial selective ER-phagy remodels the ER during neurogenesis31
Kinase-independent synthesis of 3-phosphorylated phosphoinositides by a phosphotransferase31
Targeting a key disulfide linkage to regulate RIG-I condensation and cytosolic RNA-sensing31
Author Correction: Polycomb CBX7 has a unifying role in cellular lifespan30
Massively parallel genomic perturbations with multi-target CRISPR interrogates Cas9 activity and DNA repair at endogenous sites30
Harnessing lysohormesis for healthy ageing30
Biomolecular condensation orchestrates clathrin-mediated endocytosis in plants30
Lessons from infrastructure and research advocacy in India29
How cell biology can save the planet29
Biases in machine-learning models of human single-cell data29
Author Correction: Defining E3 ligase–substrate relationships through multiplex CRISPR screening28
A placental model of SARS-CoV-2 infection reveals ACE2-dependent susceptibility and differentiation impairment in syncytiotrophoblasts28
Profiling cell death in COVID-19 pathology28
Now is the greatest time to be in it28
A maternally programmed intergenerational mechanism enables male offspring to make piRNAs from Y-linked precursor RNAs in Drosophila28
PTEN checkMAITs type-17 innate-like T cells28
Leucyl-tRNA synthetase is a tumour suppressor in breast cancer and regulates codon-dependent translation dynamics28
LDL delivery of microbial small RNAs drives atherosclerosis through macrophage TLR828
Stress response regulates cancer fibroblasts28
ADAR1 downregulation by autophagy drives senescence independently of RNA editing by enhancing p16INK4a levels28
Host protection by two memory-like MAIT subsets27
Publisher Correction: o8G modifications rewire tumoral microRNAs27
Stem cell progeny liaisons in regeneration27
CLICing on endocytic cargoes for cancer invasion27
NRF2 mediates melanoma addiction to GCDH by modulating apoptotic signalling27
Brain-enriched RagB isoforms regulate the dynamics of mTORC1 activity through GATOR1 inhibition26
Pseudouridine-modified tRNA fragments repress aberrant protein synthesis and predict leukaemic progression in myelodysplastic syndrome26
Architecture and dynamics of a desmosome–endoplasmic reticulum complex26
RETRACTED ARTICLE: CCM3 is a gatekeeper in focal adhesions regulating mechanotransduction and YAP/TAZ signalling26
Mentoring the next generation of cell biologists25
Author Correction: Cancer-associated fibroblast-derived acetate promotes pancreatic cancer development by altering polyamine metabolism via the ACSS2–SP1–SAT1 axis25
Metaboverse enables automated discovery and visualization of diverse metabolic regulatory patterns25
Real-time mirroring of therapy25
How mothers program sons to use their Y chromosomes25
Pancreatic cancer cells upregulate LPAR4 in response to isolation stress to promote an ECM-enriched niche and support tumour initiation25
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