EMBO Reports

Papers
(The median citation count of EMBO Reports is 12. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
METTL3 protects METTL14 from STUB1 ‐mediated degradation to maintai205
LGBTIQ+N148
Dynamin‐like proteins mediate extracellular vesicle secretion in Mycobacterium tuberculosis146
Dipeptidyl peptidase 9 triggers BRCA2 degradation and promotes DNA damage repair146
The Golgi microtubules regulate single cell durotaxis140
The mission to ensure continued funding for excellent basic research135
Through an ecological lens125
Global and precise identification of functional miRNA targets in mESCs by integrative analysis121
Piwil2 (Mili) sustains neurogenesis and prevents cellular senescence in the postnatal hippocampus119
Equally potent: Nlrp3 mutation in macrophages or neutrophils is sufficient to drive autoinflammation115
SETD1A function in leukemia is mediated through interaction with mitotic regulators BuGZ / BU115
SCF FBXW7 regulates G2‐M progression thro97
UBAP2L ‐dependent coupling of PLK1 localization and stability during mitosis88
Nlrp3 inflammasome activation in macrophages suffices for inducing autoinflammation in mice77
Enhancing Spns2/S1P in macrophages alleviates hyperinflammation and prevents immunosuppression in sepsis76
E3 ubiquitin ligase NEDD4L negatively regulates inflammation by promoting ubiquitination of M75
The post‐translational regulation of transcription factor EB ( TFEB ) in health and disease69
Functional skewing of TRIM21‐SIRT5 interplay dictates IL ‐1β production in 66
CCR4‐NOT differentially controls host versus virus poly(a)‐tail length and regulates HCMV infection64
The transcriptional regulator Sin3A balances IL‐17A and Foxp3 expression in primary 63
Blood flow diverts extracellular vesicles from endothelial degradative compartments to promote angiogenesis60
Striking the right balance between youth and experience59
Animals do count55
Tissue‐like environments shape functional interactions of HIV ‐1 with immature dendritic cells54
Noncanonical Wnt signaling promotes colon tumor growth, chemoresistance and tumor fibroblast activation54
Rapid evolutionary repair by secondary perturbation of a primary disrupted transcriptional network53
Zika virus alters centrosome organization to suppress the innate immune response53
Sequestration of LINE ‐1 in cytosolic aggregates by MOV10 restricts retrotransposition51
Energetic landscape of polycystin channel gating50
Somatosensory neurons express specific sets of lincRNAs , and lincRNA CLAP promotes itch sensation47
The DEAD box RNA helicase DDX42 is an intrinsic47
Scalable RT‐LAMP‐based SARS‐CoV‐2 testing for infection surveillance with applications in pandemic preparedness47
A tiny loop in the Argonaute PIWI domain tunes small RNA seed strength46
Microtubules are not required to generate a nascent axon in embryonic spinal neurons in vivo46
Resting natural killer cell homeostasis relies on tryptophan/ NAD + metabolism and HIF 46
PRMT5 links lipid metabolism to contractile function of skeletal muscles45
SPTing across condensates: SEC‐mediated translocation of SPT complex from pausing condensates to elongation condensates44
pH regulates hematopoietic stem cell potential via polyamines43
Evolutionary remodelling of N‐terminal domain loops fine‐tunes SARS‐CoV ‐2 spike43
IL ‐21 has a critical role in establishing germinal centers by amplifying early B cell proliferation43
Morphofunctional changes at the active zone during synaptic vesicle exocytosis43
Transient rapamycin treatment during developmental stage extends lifespan in Mus musculus and Drosophila melanogaster43
The regulation of human blastoid research42
Introducing quality measures in an academic research consortium42
The fin roundabout: Slit‐Robo and S1P signaling coordinate fin morphogenesis42
The GCN2 / eIF2αK stress kinase regulates PP1 t41
Vitamin D receptor enhances NLRC4 inflammasome activation by promoting NAIPs–NLRC4 association41
DOT1L bridges transcription and heterochromatin formation at mammalian pericentromeres40
Bipolar‐associated miR ‐499‐5p controls neuroplasticity by downregulating the Cav1.2 subunit CACNB240
FOXM1 network in association with TREM1 suppression regulates NET f39
STAT5b is a key effector of NRG ‐1/ ERBB4 ‐mediated myocardial grow39
A cAMP signalosome in primary cilia drives gene expression and kidney cyst formation39
Specific N ‐glycans regulate an extracellular adhesion complex during somatosensory dendrite patterning38
GAPDH facilitates homologous recombination repair by stabilizing RAD51 in an HDAC1 38
Malaria parasites release vesicle subpopulations with signatures of different destinations38
BTNL2 promotes colitis‐associated tumorigenesis in mice by regulating IL ‐22 production37
Autophagy orchestrates the crosstalk between cells and organs37
Tick‐borne flavivirus NS5 antagonizes interferon signaling by inhibiting the catalytic activity of TYK236
Single cell clonal analysis identifies an AID ‐dependent pathway of plasma cell differentiation36
ER ‐phagy: selective autophagy of the endoplasmic reticulum36
Tonic TNF conditioning of macrophages safeguards stimulus‐specific inflammatory responses35
Getting the message right35
Ovol1/2 loss‐induced epidermal defects elicit skin immune activation and alter global metabolism35
Inductive prediction in biology34
Gold mining nature for natural products34
Isotope‐labeled amyloid‐β does not transmit to the brain in a prion‐like manner after peripheral administration34
Constructive correction34
Pericyte stem cells induce Ly6G + cell accumulation and immunotherapy resistance in pancreatic cancer34
CDK9 and PP2A regulate RNA polymerase II33
mPFC DUSP1 mediates adolescent cocaine exposure‐induced higher sensitivity to drug in adulthood33
TMBIM5 is the Ca 2+ /H + antiporter of mammalian mitochondria32
The Toll pathway mediates Drosophila resilience to Aspergillus mycotoxins through specific Bomanins32
The Autophagy Receptor TAX1BP1 ( T6BP ) improves antigen presentation by 32
Adaptation delay causes a burst of mutations in bacteria responding to oxidative stress31
Confusion31
The extracellular matrix fibulin 7 maintains epidermal stem cell heterogeneity during skin aging31
Learning tricks from old dogs31
KIAA1429 / VIRMA promotes breast cancer progression by m 31
NuRD‐independent Mi‐2 activity represses ectopic gene expression during neuronal maturation31
Reducing oxidative protein folding alleviates senescence by minimizing ER‐to‐nucleus H 2 O 2 relea30
An ULK1 / 2‐PXN mechanotransduction pathway suppresses breast cancer cell migration30
Scholars in peril: when being a scientist can land you in jail (or worse)30
Chronic inflammation decreases HSC fitness by activating the druggable Jak/Stat3 signaling pathway30
Evolution of pathogen virulence30
PLK1 promotes the mitotic surveillance pathway by controlling cytosolic 53BP1 availability30
GM‐CSF suppresses antioxidant signaling and drives IL‐1β secretion through NRF2 downregulation29
Cx43‐mediated sorting of miRNAs into extracellular vesicles29
A plea for the ultimate optimism29
ZBTB2 links p53 deficiency to HIF ‐1‐mediated hypoxia signaling to promote cancer aggressiveness29
Autism therapy at crossroads29
Optogenetic control of YAP cellular localisation and function29
Phosphatidylserine clustering by the Ebola virus matrix protein is a critical step in viral budding29
Rab21 regulates caveolin‐1‐mediated endocytic trafficking to promote immature neurite pruning29
Circadian oscillation in primary cilium length by clock genes regulates fibroblast cell migration29
CG7630 is the Drosophila melanogaster homolog of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit COX7B28
RNA polymerase II CTD is dispensable for transcription and required for termination in human cells28
Hedgehog signaling can enhance glycolytic ATP production in the Drosophila wing disc28
Diacylglycerols interact with the L2 lipidation site in TRPC3 to induce a sensitized channel state28
FBL promotes cancer cell resistance to DNA damage and BRCA1 transcr28
TPLATE complex‐dependent endocytosis attenuates CLAVATA1 signaling for shoot apical meristem maintenance27
DNA demethylation fine‐tunes IL ‐2 production during thymic regulatory T cell differentiation27
Developmental cell death of cortical projection neurons is controlled by a Bcl11a/Bcl6‐dependent pathway27
Two structurally defined Aβ polymorphs promote different pathological changes in susceptible mice27
Terminal differentiation of villus tip enterocytes is governed by distinct Tgfβ superfamily members27
LINC00839 promotes colorectal cancer progression by recruiting RUVBL1 /Tip60 complexes to activate 27
Chemical conversion of human conventional PSCs to TSCs following transient naive gene activation26
The mind of a scientist26
MOV10 recruits DCP2 to decap human LINE ‐1 26
Structural insights into coordinating 5S RNP rotation with ITS2 pre‐ RNA<26
Spns2/ S1P : it takes two to tango with inflammation and metabolic rewiring during sepsis26
Descending dopaminergic pathway facilitates itch signal processing via activating spinal GRPR + neurons26
We can do better26
Waste management26
The Drosophila mitotic spindle orientation machinery requires activation, not just localization25
Keep biology weird25
The splicing‐regulatory lncRNA NTRAS sustains vascular integrity25
Ethical aspects of GMO regulation in the EU25
The perceived decline of “disruptive” science and technology25
Oxygen‐regulated post‐translation modifications as master signalling pathway in cells25
The chromatin factor ROW cooperates with BEAF ‐32 in regulating long‐range inducible genes25
A trashed treasure24
Combining organotypic tissue culture with light‐sheet microscopy ( OTCxLSFM ) to study glioma invasion24
Differential roles of the fish chitinous membrane in gut barrier immunity and digestive compartments24
Estrogen receptor alpha signaling in dendritic cells modulates autoimmune disease phenotype in mice24
Lipid and protein content profiling of isolated native autophagic vesicles24
The CRHR1 / CREB / REST signaling cascade regul23
EHD1 promotes CP110 ubiquitination by centriolar satellite delivery of HERC2 23
Bioenergetics of early life23
hnRNP R negatively regulates transcription by modulating the association of P‐TEFb with 7SK23
Structural study of UFL1‐UFC1 interaction uncovers the role of UFL1 N‐terminal helix in ufmylation23
Adult neural stem cells and neurogenesis are resilient to intermittent fasting23
Co‐evolution within the plant holobiont drives host performance23
Once in a lifetime23
The cancer microbiome23
Intracellular growth of Brucella is mediated by Dps‐dependent activation of ferritinophagy23
The taste of vitamin C in Drosophila22
Myddosome clustering in IL ‐1 receptor signaling regulates the formation of an NF‐kB activating si22
Bassoon controls synaptic vesicle release via regulation of presynaptic phosphorylation and cAMP22
Human Tim8a, Tim8b and Tim13 are auxiliary assembly factors of mature Complex IV22
ALS ‐linked KIF5A ΔExon27 mutant causes neuronal toxicity through gain‐of‐function22
SARS‐CoV‐2‐related bat virus behavior in human‐relevant models sheds light on the origin of COVID‐1922
Cancer‐cell‐secreted extracellular vesicles target p53 to impair mitochondrial function in muscle21
Lipin‐2 regulates the antiviral and anti‐inflammatory responses to interferon21
Candida albicans induces neutrophil extracellular traps and leucotoxic hypercitrullination via candidalysin21
Akkermansia muciniphila induces slow extramedullary hematopoiesis via cooperative IL‐1R / TLR21
The obesity‐linked human lncRNA AATBC stimulates mitochondrial function in adipocytes21
Piccolino is required for ribbon architecture at cochlear inner hair cell synapses and for hearing21
Metabolic routing maintains the unique fatty acid composition of phosphoinositides20
Scratching the ocean surface20
Dengue virus NS1 protein conveys pro‐inflammatory signals by docking onto high‐density lipoproteins20
Metabolomics meets systems immunology20
RAB11A and RAB11B control mitotic spindle function in intestinal epithelial progenitor cells20
Trained immunity induced by high‐salt diet impedes stroke recovery20
Frizzled receptors facilitate Tiki inhibition of Wnt signaling at the cell surface20
FTO negatively regulates the cytotoxic activity of natural killer cells20
Centrosome linker protein C‐Nap1 maintains stem cells in mouse testes20
A short history of beer brewing20
Losing bigly20
Engagement of TRAIL triggers degranulation and IFNγ production in human natural killer cells19
The international of wisdom19
Extracellular vesicles from malaria‐infected red blood cells: not all are secreted equal19
Retrotransposon insertions associated with risk of neurologic and psychiatric diseases19
Lysosomal K + channel TMEM175 promotes apoptosis and aggravates symptoms of Parkinson's disease19
Constricted migration is associated with stable 3D genome structure differences in cancer cells19
Impaired activation of transposable elements in SARS‐CoV ‐2 infection19
Immune–epithelial cell cross‐talk enhances antiviral responsiveness to SARS‐CoV ‐2 in children19
The structure of fly Teneurin‐m reveals an asymmetric self‐assembly that allows expansion into zippers18
Cohesin contributes to transcriptional repression of stage‐specific genes in the human malaria parasite18
Nsp16 shields SARS–CoV ‐2 from efficient MDA5 sensing and IFIT1 18
Cryo‐EM structure of the octameric pore of Clostridium perfringens β‐toxin18
Legionella ‐ and host‐driven lipid flux at LCV‐ER membrane contact sites promotes vacuole remodeling18
Metabolic plasticity sustains the robustness of Caenorhabditis elegans embryogenesis18
UBQLN2 and HSP70 participate in Parkin‐mediated mitophagy by facilitating outer mitochondrial membrane rupture18
The fate of surplus laboratory animals18
A congenital hydrocephalus‐causing mutation in Trim71 induces stem cell defects via inhibiting Lsd1   mRNA 18
Threatened forests18
A20 controls RANK ‐dependent osteoclast formation and bone physiology17
Loss of primary cilia promotes inflammation and carcinogenesis17
Histone remodeling reflects conserved mechanisms of bovine and human preimplantation development17
The P4‐ATPase Drs2 interacts with and stabilizes the multisubunit tethering complex TRAPPIII in ye17
Let's bring games into university classrooms17
Dynamic chromosomal interactions and control of heterochromatin positioning by Ki‐6717
ABCB ‐mediated shootward auxin transport feeds into the root clock17
The nucleolar protein GNL3 prevents resection of stalled replication forks17
A dual‐function SNF2 protein drives chromatid resolution and nascent transcript removal in mitosis17
CIP2A deficiency promotes depression‐like behaviors in mice through inhibition of dendritic arborization17
CTCF shapes chromatin structure and gene expression in health and disease17
Reconsidering editorial consideration17
A quantitative fluorescence‐based approach to study mitochondrial protein import17
Loss of renal tubular G9a benefits acute kidney injury by lowering focal lipid accumulation via CES116
Pseudomonas aeruginosa LecB suppresses immune responses by inhibiting transendothelial migration16
PcEiger links the Imd/Relish pathway to ROS production in the intestine of the red swamp crayfish16
UNC13D inhibits STING signaling by attenuating its oligomerization on the endoplasmic reticulum16
Something new under the sun: caspases promote cell survival under moderate heat stress16
Molecular mechanisms of TWIST1‐regulated transcription in EMT and cancer metastasis16
The piano and the pianist16
C9orf72 protein quality control by UBR5 ‐mediated heterotypic ubiquitin chains16
Paraspeckles interact with SWI/SNF subunit ARID1B to regulate transcription and splicing16
SIRT3 ‐dependent delactylation of cyclin E2 prevents hepatocellular carcinoma growth16
LTK and ALK promote neuronal polarity and cortical migration by inhibiting IGF1R 16
Dynamics of SLC25A51 reveal preference for oxidized NAD + and subst16
Reverse electron transfer is activated during aging and contributes to aging and age‐related disease16
Stalking the link between reproduction and aging16
Structural insights into the assembly and activation of the IL ‐27 signaling complex16
LRH ‐1/ NR5A2 interacts with the glucocorticoid receptor to regulate glucocorticoid resistance15
Late‐termination of pregnancy for medical reasons: when abortion isn’t really by choice15
Interferon‐induced transmembrane protein 3 (IFITM3) limits lethality of SARS‐CoV‐2 in mice15
From pollutant to powerhouse15
Functional platelet‐derived mitochondria induce the release of human neutrophil microvesicles15
Cognition: from the cosmos down to molecules – and back15
The cost of living15
I was born this way15
Ethanolamine‐phosphate on the second mannose is a preferential bridge for some GPI‐anchored proteins15
How to avoid mistakes in science publications15
53BP1 ‐mediated recruitment of RASSF1A to ribosomal DNA breaks prom15
Intervention15
Open Access for Open Science15
Dissecting the cotranscriptome landscape of plants and their microbiota15
The plant FYVE domain‐containing protein FREE1 associates with microprocessor components to repres15
ER ‐mitochondria contacts and cholesterol metabolism are disrupted by disease‐associated tau protein14
M1AP interacts with the mammalian ZZS complex and promotes male meiotic recombination14
T cell‐dependent bispecific antibodies alter organ‐specific endothelial cell–T cell interaction14
Local and systemic effects of microbiome‐derived metabolites14
The fountain of youth of mitochondrial research14
(Free) Creative Commons content on the internet is not so free after all14
The mechanosensitive TRPV2 calcium channel promotes human melanoma invasiveness and metastatic potential14
Presynaptic cGMP sets synaptic strength in the striatum and is important for motor learning14
O ‐GlcNAcylation promotes topoisomerase IIα c14
Sphingosine‐1‐phosphate controls endothelial sphingolipid homeostasis via ORMDL14
Desert plants to stop desertification14
A CcdB toxin‐derived peptide acts as a broad‐spectrum antibacterial therapeutic in infected mice14
Orchestrating vesicular and nonvesicular membrane dynamics by intrinsically disordered proteins14
LINC00493‐encoded microprotein SMIM26 exerts anti‐metastatic activity in renal cell carcinoma14
Genome‐wide association and environmental suppression of the mortal germline phenotype of wild C. elegans14
Mitigating the ecological collapse of coral reef ecosystems14
A novel stem cell type at the basal side of the subventricular zone maintains adult neurogenesis14
The Preprint Club13
Old and newly synthesized histones are asymmetrically distributed in Drosophila intestinal stem cell divisions13
Antiviral activity of the human endogenous retrovirus‐R envelope protein against SARS‐CoV‐213
Calculation of ATP production rates using the Seahorse XF Analyzer13
In viral games, refs go to the replay13
TRAPPC1 is essential for the maintenance and differentiation of common myeloid progenitors in mice13
Rassf7a promotes spinal cord regeneration and controls spindle orientation in neural progenitor cells13
The polyA tail facilitates splicing of last introns with weak 3′ splice sites via PABPN113
“Seek simplicity and distrust it”13
Science after Brexit: bright spots on the Horizon?13
Low hanging fruit for combatting SARS‐CoV‐2?13
Autophagic state prospectively identifies facultative stem cells in the intestinal epithelium13
MARCH5 promotes STING pathway activation by suppressing polymer formation of oxidized STING13
Asexuality in Drosophila juvenile males is organizational and independent of juvenile hormone13
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