EMBO Reports

Papers
(The median citation count of EMBO Reports is 10. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
CCR4‐NOT differentially controls host versus virus poly(a)‐tail length and regulates HCMV infection172
lncRNA‐encoded pep‐AP attenuates the pentose phosphate pathway and sensitizes colorectal cancer cells to Oxaliplatin131
The mission to ensure continued funding for excellent basic research130
Equally potent: Nlrp3 mutation in macrophages or neutrophils is sufficient to drive autoinflammation114
Dipeptidyl peptidase 9 triggers BRCA2 degradation and promotes DNA damage repair105
Piwil2 (Mili) sustains neurogenesis and prevents cellular senescence in the postnatal hippocampus105
Lamin A‐mediated nuclear lamina integrity is required for proper ciliogenesis102
Nlrp3 inflammasome activation in macrophages suffices for inducing autoinflammation in mice99
Aire‐dependent transcripts escape Raver2‐induced splice‐event inclusion in the thymic epithelium91
LGBTIQ+N89
Enhancing Spns2/S1P in macrophages alleviates hyperinflammation and prevents immunosuppression in sepsis89
The Golgi microtubules regulate single cell durotaxis86
Through an ecological lens84
Concerns about academic freedom caused by the Russia–Ukraine War81
TERT activates endogenous retroviruses to promote an immunosuppressive tumour microenvironment80
E3 ubiquitin ligase NEDD4L negatively regulates inflammation by promoting ubiquitination of MEKK276
XIAP promotes melanoma growth by inducing tumour neutrophil infiltration71
The post‐translational regulation of transcription factor EB (TFEB) in health and disease65
SETD1A function in leukemia is mediated through interaction with mitotic regulators BuGZ/BUB361
SCF FBXW7 regulates G2‐M progression through control of CCNL1 60
Dynamin‐like proteins mediate extracellular vesicle secretion in Mycobacterium tuberculosis59
METTL3 protects METTL14 from STUB1‐mediated degradation to maintain m6A homeostasis58
Functional skewing of TRIM21‐SIRT5 interplay dictates IL‐1β production in DSS‐induced colitis58
Global and precise identification of functional miRNA targets in mESCs by integrative analysis57
UBAP2L‐dependent coupling of PLK1 localization and stability during mitosis57
The transcriptional regulator Sin3A balances IL‐17A and Foxp3 expression in primary CD4 T cells55
SPTing across condensates: SEC‐mediated translocation of SPT complex from pausing condensates to elongation condensates54
pH regulates hematopoietic stem cell potential via polyamines54
Noncanonical Wnt signaling promotes colon tumor growth, chemoresistance and tumor fibroblast activation50
Zika virus alters centrosome organization to suppress the innate immune response49
A Good Day for Helminths: how parasite‐derived GDH suppresses inflammatory responses49
Scalable RT‐LAMP‐based SARS‐CoV‐2 testing for infection surveillance with applications in pandemic preparedness49
PRMT5 links lipid metabolism to contractile function of skeletal muscles49
Morphofunctional changes at the active zone during synaptic vesicle exocytosis48
Tissue‐like environments shape functional interactions of HIV‐1 with immature dendritic cells47
Blood flow diverts extracellular vesicles from endothelial degradative compartments to promote angiogenesis47
Functions of animal microRNA‐encoded peptides: the race is on!46
Resting natural killer cell homeostasis relies on tryptophan/NAD+ metabolism and HIF‐1α45
Sequestration of LINE‐1 in cytosolic aggregates by MOV10 restricts retrotransposition45
Rapid evolutionary repair by secondary perturbation of a primary disrupted transcriptional network44
Sci‐Con44
Somatosensory neurons express specific sets of lincRNAs, and lincRNA CLAP promotes itch sensation in mice44
Animals do count44
Microtubules are not required to generate a nascent axon in embryonic spinal neurons in vivo44
Striking the right balance between youth and experience44
A tiny loop in the Argonaute PIWI domain tunes small RNA seed strength44
The DEAD box RNA helicase DDX42 is an intrinsic inhibitor of positive‐strand R43
Energetic landscape of polycystin channel gating43
Transient rapamycin treatment during developmental stage extends lifespan in Mus musculus and Drosophila melanogaster42
IL‐21 has a critical role in establishing germinal centers by amplifying early B cell proliferation42
Single‐cell analysis reveals dynamic changes of neural cells in developing human spinal cord41
Biparatopic sybodies neutralize SARS‐CoV‐2 variants of concern and mitigate drug resistance40
Specific N‐glycans regulate an extracellular adhesion complex during somatosensory dendrite patterning40
Viral diseases and the brain39
Bipolar‐associated miR‐499‐5p controls neuroplasticity by downregulating the Cav1.2 subunit CACNB239
The GCN2/eIF2αK stress kinase regulates PP1 to ensure mitotic fidelity38
The fin roundabout: Slit‐Robo and S1P signaling coordinate fin morphogenesis37
GAPDH facilitates homologous recombination repair by stabilizing RAD51 in an HDAC1‐dependent manner37
Evolutionary remodelling of N‐terminal domain loops fine‐tunes SARS‐CoV‐2 spike37
DOT1L bridges transcription and heterochromatin formation at mammalian pericentromeres37
STAT5bis a key effector ofNRG‐1/ERBB4‐mediated myocardial growth37
Single cell clonal analysis identifies an AID ‐dependent pathway of plasma cell differentiation36
A cAMP signalosome in primary cilia drives gene expression and kidney cyst formation36
BTNL2 promotes colitis‐associated tumorigenesis in mice by regulating IL‐22 production36
Vitamin D receptor enhances NLRC4 inflammasome activation by promoting NAIPs–NLRC4 association36
Introducing quality measures in an academic research consortium36
DJ‐1 depletion prevents immunoaging in T‐cell compartments36
#IchbinHannah and the fight for permanent jobs for postdocs36
FOXM1 network in association with TREM1 suppression regulates NET formation in diabetic foot ulcers35
A human coronavirus OC43‐derived polypeptide causes neuropathic pain35
Autophagy orchestrates the crosstalk between cells and organs35
The regulation of human blastoid research35
Bclaf1 regulates c‐FLIP expression and protects cells from TNF‐induced apoptosis and tissue injury35
ER ‐phagy: selective autophagy of the endoplasmic reticulum35
Tick‐borne flavivirus NS5 antagonizes interferon signaling by inhibiting the catalytic activity of TYK234
Malaria parasites release vesicle subpopulations with signatures of different destinations34
mPFC DUSP1 mediates adolescent cocaine exposure‐induced higher sensitivity to drug in adulthood33
Understanding redundancy and resilience33
Getting the message right33
Ovol1/2 loss‐induced epidermal defects elicit skin immune activation and alter global metabolism33
Constructive correction32
Fish faeces and ocean life32
CDK9 and PP2A regulate RNA polymerase II transcription termination and coupled RNA maturation32
Pericyte stem cells induce Ly6G+ cell accumulation and immunotherapy resistance in pancreatic cancer32
Gold mining nature for natural products32
Isotope‐labeled amyloid‐β does not transmit to the brain in a prion‐like manner after peripheral administration31
Tonic TNF conditioning of macrophages safeguards stimulus‐specific inflammatory responses31
CACGAACTACCCTAA31
Inductive prediction in biology30
TMBIM5 is the Ca 2+ /H + antiporter of mammalian mitochondria30
Open reading frame dominance indicates protein‐coding potential of RNAs30
Powering on cGAMP mini factories30
A need for recalibrating access and benefit sharing29
Phase‐separated foci of EML4‐ALK facilitate signalling and depend upon an active kinase conformation29
Tet enzymes are essential for early embryogenesis and completion of embryonic genome activation29
The Toll pathway mediates Drosophila resilience to Aspergillus mycotoxins through specific Bomanins29
On predictions and laws in biological evolution28
A virus‐derived microRNA targets immune response genes during SARS‐CoV‐2 infection28
The extracellular matrix fibulin 7 maintains epidermal stem cell heterogeneity during skin aging28
Learning tricks from old dogs28
Evolution of pathogen virulence28
The human GID complex engages two independent modules for substrate recruitment28
Confusion28
NuRD‐independent Mi‐2 activity represses ectopic gene expression during neuronal maturation28
Reducing oxidative protein folding alleviates senescence by minimizing ER‐to‐nucleus H2O2 release27
The Autophagy Receptor TAX1BP1 ( T6BP ) improves antigen presentation by MHC‐II molecules27
The need for sustainable leadership in academia27
Intra‐epithelial non‐canonical Activin A signaling safeguards prostate progenitor quiescence27
Neutrophils impose strong immune pressure against PfEMP1 variants implicated in cerebral malaria26
Adaptation delay causes a burst of mutations in bacteria responding to oxidative stress26
Bench science26
Phosphorylation by casein kinase 2 enhances the interaction between ER‐phagy receptor TEX264 and ATG8 proteins26
KIAA1429/VIRMA promotes breast cancer progression by m6A‐dependent cytosolic HAS2 stabilization26
GM‐CSF suppresses antioxidant signaling and drives IL‐1β secretion through NRF2 downregulation26
PLK1 promotes the mitotic surveillance pathway by controlling cytosolic 53BP1 availability26
A plea for the ultimate optimism26
ZBTB2 links p53 deficiency to HIF‐1‐mediated hypoxia signaling to promote cancer aggressiveness26
Circadian oscillation in primary cilium length by clock genes regulates fibroblast cell migration25
Optogenetic control of YAP cellular localisation and function25
Rabaptin5 targets autophagy to damaged endosomes and Salmonella vacuoles via FIP200 and ATG16L125
An ULK1/2‐PXN mechanotransduction pathway suppresses breast cancer cell migration25
F‐domain valency determines outcome of signaling through the angiopoietin pathway25
Scholars in peril: when being a scientist can land you in jail (or worse)25
Confessions of a microscope hoarder25
CG7630 is the Drosophila melanogaster homolog of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit COX7B24
Phosphatidylserine clustering by the Ebola virus matrix protein is a critical step in viral budding24
Dual control of dopamine in Drosophila myeloid‐like progenitor cell proliferation and regulation of lymph gland growth24
TPLATE complex‐dependent endocytosis attenuates CLAVATA1 signaling for shoot apical meristem maintenance24
Two structurally defined Aβ polymorphs promote different pathological changes in susceptible mice24
Diacylglycerols interact with the L2 lipidation site in TRPC3 to induce a sensitized channel state24
Chronic inflammation decreases HSC fitness by activating the druggable Jak/Stat3 signaling pathway24
Developmental cell death of cortical projection neurons is controlled by a Bcl11a/Bcl6‐dependent pathway24
RNA polymerase II CTD is dispensable for transcription and required for termination in human cells24
Structural insights into coordinating 5S RNP rotation with ITS2 pre‐RNA processing during ribosome formation23
Rab21 regulates caveolin‐1‐mediated endocytic trafficking to promote immature neurite pruning23
m6A methylation promotes white‐to‐beige fat transition by facilitating Hif1a translation23
Autism therapy at crossroads23
The splicing‐regulatory lncRNA NTRAS sustains vascular integrity23
DNA demethylation fine‐tunes IL‐2 production during thymic regulatory T cell differentiation23
Cx43‐mediated sorting of miRNAs into extracellular vesicles23
MAP kinase cascades in plant development and immune signaling23
FBL promotes cancer cell resistance to DNA damage and BRCA1 transcription via YBX123
Spns2/S1P: it takes two to tango with inflammation and metabolic rewiring during sepsis23
Hedgehog signaling can enhance glycolytic ATP production in the Drosophila wing disc23
Mitochondrial F 1 F O ATP synthase determines the local proton motive force at cristae rims23
LINC00839 promotes colorectal cancer progression by recruiting RUVBL1/Tip60 complexes to activate NRF123
The mind of a scientist22
We can do better22
LincRNA‐EPS impairs host antiviral immunity by antagonizing viral RNA–PKR interaction22
Descending dopaminergic pathway facilitates itch signal processing via activating spinal GRPR+ neurons22
Waste management22
Oxygen‐regulated post‐translation modifications as master signalling pathway in cells21
Endothelial‐immune crosstalk contributes to vasculopathy in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease21
USP17 is required for peripheral trafficking of lysosomes21
Two redundant ubiquitin‐dependent pathways of BRCA1 localization to DNA damage sites21
Chemical conversion of human conventional PSCs to TSCs following transient naive gene activation21
The SUMO protease SENP3 regulates mitochondrial autophagy mediated by Fis120
Keep biology weird20
NPM1 ablation induces HSC aging and inflammation to develop myelodysplastic syndrome exacerbated by p53 loss20
Engineering a customizable antibacterial T6SS‐based platform in Vibrio natriegens20
Terminal differentiation of villus tip enterocytes is governed by distinct Tgfβ superfamily members20
Structural study of UFL1‐UFC1 interaction uncovers the role of UFL1 N‐terminal helix in ufmylation20
Exosome‐like nanoparticles from Mulberry bark prevent DSS‐induced colitis via the AhR/COPS8 pathway20
Ethical aspects of GMO regulation in the EU20
Combining organotypic tissue culture with light‐sheet microscopy (OTCxLSFM) to study glioma invasion20
MOV10 recruits DCP2 to decap human LINE‐1 RNA by forming large cytoplasmic granules with phase separation properties20
Differential roles of the fish chitinous membrane in gut barrier immunity and digestive compartments20
An RDH‐Plin2 axis modulates lipid droplet size by antagonizing Bmm lipase20
Estrogen receptor alpha signaling in dendritic cells modulates autoimmune disease phenotype in mice20
The Drosophila mitotic spindle orientation machinery requires activation, not just localization20
The chromatin factorROWcooperates withBEAF‐32 in regulating long‐range inducible genes19
Lipid and protein content profiling of isolated native autophagic vesicles19
A trashed treasure19
The human FOXM1 homolog promotes basal progenitor cell proliferation and cortical folding in mouse19
Bioenergetics of early life19
Once in a lifetime19
The perceived decline of “disruptive” science and technology19
Human Tim8a, Tim8b and Tim13 are auxiliary assembly factors of mature Complex IV19
Adult neural stem cells and neurogenesis are resilient to intermittent fasting19
Lipin‐2 regulates the antiviral and anti‐inflammatory responses to interferon19
The CRHR1/CREB/REST signaling cascade regulates mammalian embryonic neural stem cell properties19
Piwi/piRNAs control food intake by promoting neuropeptide F expression in locusts19
Structural mechanism of TRPV3 channel inhibition by the plant‐derived coumarin osthole19
The obesity‐linked human lncRNA AATBC stimulates mitochondrial function in adipocytes19
Piccolino is required for ribbon architecture at cochlear inner hair cell synapses and for hearing19
Akkermansia muciniphila induces slow extramedullary hematopoiesis via cooperative IL‐1R/TLR signals19
Cancer‐cell‐secreted extracellular vesicles target p53 to impair mitochondrial function in muscle19
The cancer microbiome18
Intracellular growth of Brucella is mediated by Dps‐dependent activation of ferritinophagy18
Osteoclasts adapt to physioxia perturbation through DNA demethylation18
Plasmodium sporozoite disintegration during skin passage limits malaria parasite transmission18
Myddosome clustering in IL‐1 receptor signaling regulates the formation of an NF‐kB activating signalosome18
hnRNP R negatively regulates transcription by modulating the association of P‐TEFb with 7SK and BRD418
EHD1 promotes CP110 ubiquitination by centriolar satellite delivery of HERC2 to the mother centriole18
Candida albicans induces neutrophil extracellular traps and leucotoxic hypercitrullination via candidalysin18
SARS‐CoV‐2‐related bat virus behavior in human‐relevant models sheds light on the origin of COVID‐1918
Bassoon controls synaptic vesicle release via regulation of presynaptic phosphorylation and cAMP18
ALS ‐linked KIF5A ΔExon27 mutant causes neuronal toxicity through gain‐of‐function18
Co‐evolution within the plant holobiont drives host performance18
Metabolomics meets systems immunology18
The taste of vitamin C inDrosophila17
Cold cases and ancient trade routes17
Pseudomonas syringae senses polyphenols via phosphorelay crosstalk to inhibit virulence17
Metabolic routing maintains the unique fatty acid composition of phosphoinositides17
Scratching the ocean surface17
FTO negatively regulates the cytotoxic activity of natural killer cells17
Trained immunity induced by high‐salt diet impedes stroke recovery17
Lamarck redux and other false arguments against SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccination17
Structural basis for specific inhibition of the highly sensitive ShHTL7 receptor17
Losing bigly17
A short history of beer brewing17
Targeting human CALR‐mutated MPN progenitors with a neoepitope‐directed monoclonal antibody17
Engagement of TRAIL triggers degranulation and IFNγ production in human natural killer cells17
Retrotransposon insertions associated with risk of neurologic and psychiatric diseases17
RAB11A and RAB11B control mitotic spindle function in intestinal epithelial progenitor cells17
Cryo‐EM structure of the octameric pore of Clostridium perfringens β‐toxin16
Frizzled receptors facilitate Tiki inhibition of Wnt signaling at the cell surface16
Nutrition, metabolism, and epigenetics: pathways of circadian reprogramming16
Time for change in research careers16
The fate of surplus laboratory animals16
Dengue virus NS1 protein conveys pro‐inflammatory signals by docking onto high‐density lipoproteins16
Centrosome linker protein C‐Nap1 maintains stem cells in mouse testes16
The international of wisdom16
Constricted migration is associated with stable 3D genome structure differences in cancer cells16
Impaired activation of transposable elements in SARS‐CoV‐2 infection16
Vaccines beyond antibodies15
The Physalis Improvement Project: blending research with community science15
Degradation of WTAP blocks antiviral responses by reducing the m 6 A levels of IRF3 and IFNAR1 mRNA15
Lysosomal K+ channel TMEM175 promotes apoptosis and aggravates symptoms of Parkinson's disease15
Transforming primary human hepatocytes into hepatocellular carcinoma with genetically defined factors15
Iron supplementation is sufficient to rescue skeletal muscle mass and function in cancer cachexia15
Extracellular vesicles from malaria‐infected red blood cells: not all are secreted equal15
HOIP limits anti‐tumor immunity by protecting against combined TNF and IFN‐gamma‐induced apoptosis15
Metabolic plasticity sustains the robustness of Caenorhabditis elegans embryogenesis15
Threatened forests15
The structure of fly Teneurin‐m reveals an asymmetric self‐assembly that allows expansion into zippers15
Immune–epithelial cell cross‐talk enhances antiviral responsiveness to SARS‐CoV‐2 in children15
Muscle‐specific Cand2 is translationally upregulated by mTORC1 and promotes adverse cardiac remodeling15
Reconsidering editorial consideration14
A dual‐function SNF2 protein drives chromatid resolution and nascent transcript removal in mitosis14
CIP2A deficiency promotes depression‐like behaviors in mice through inhibition of dendritic arborization14
PLK1‐dependent phosphorylation restrains EBNA2 activity and lymphomagenesis in EBV‐infected mice14
Cohesin contributes to transcriptional repression of stage‐specific genes in the human malaria parasite14
The P4‐ATPase Drs2 interacts with and stabilizes the multisubunit tethering complex TRAPPIII in yeast14
ABCB‐mediated shootward auxin transport feeds into the root clock14
Legionella‐ and host‐driven lipid flux at LCV‐ER membrane contact sites promotes vacuole remodeling14
CTCF shapes chromatin structure and gene expression in health and disease14
A20 controls RANK ‐dependent osteoclast formation and bone physiology14
A quantitative fluorescence‐based approach to study mitochondrial protein import14
High salt activates p97 to reduce host antiviral immunity by restricting Viperin induction14
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