Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Papers
(The median citation count of Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology is 3. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
When senescence generates pluripotent stem cells2227
Tightening the epithelium to control signalling1431
Histone H1 deamidation regulates DNA double-strand break repair1323
The secretory pathway gets a molecular framework1311
A dynamic culture system that models the intricacy of the mammary gland970
Transfection reflections: fit-for-purpose delivery of nucleic acids959
DNA-repair-driven cell death compels us to rethink cancer therapies929
Advancing single-cell omics and cell-based therapeutics with quantum computing844
The translation m(o)TOR that propels regeneration778
Plucking cellular ribosomes with Ribo-Tweezer740
Single-cell evidence for PANoptosome complexes733
Mechanisms of substrate processing during ER-associated protein degradation713
Pore-forming proteins as drivers of membrane permeabilization in cell death pathways704
Understanding mechanisms of antioxidant action in health and disease632
Regulation of RNA transcript elongation in metazoans and its relevance to disease597
Exploiting cell cycle-dependent dephosphorylation for mitosis-specific protein recruitment567
Decoding the Ca2+ signal for salt tolerance557
The double life of a transcription factor in the cytoplasm548
Chemical reprogramming of human blood cells511
Resilience through selective translation480
Programmed ‘DNA splicing’ removes transposons from genes442
The phosphoinositide PI5P inhibits the Hippo pathway effector YAP432
How proteins sense their cellular environment422
PIONEARing how DNA sequence composition tunes TF–nucleosome interactions402
Engineered nanobodies facilitate cryo-EM studies of small proteins384
Progress in stem cell-based embryo models and their applications in developmental biology and biomedicine383
The advent of confocal laser scanning microscopy in biological research354
Mechanism and regulation of kinesin motors347
The emerging mechanisms and functions of microautophagy345
N-glycan-dependent protein maturation and quality control in the ER340
New insights into activation and function of the AMPK318
C-degron mimicry confers E3 ligase selectivity312
The discovery of oncogene-induced senescence307
Nucleosomes as blueprints of genome architecture294
Silencing centromeres with age287
Bookmarking pluripotency genes271
Studying lysosomal function and dysfunction using LysoIP269
DNA looping regulates transcription269
Coordination of cardiogenesis in vivo and in vitro266
Biology and therapeutic potential of extracellular vesicle targeting and uptake264
Mechanisms and roles of podosomes and invadopodia253
Regulation, functions and transmission of bivalent chromatin during mammalian development249
Biology and therapeutic targeting of vascular endothelial growth factor A242
Rise and SINE: roles of transcription factors and retrotransposons in zygotic genome activation240
ESCRT-III function in membrane fission and repair236
Regulation of membrane protein structure and function by their lipid nano-environment233
Telomere function and regulation from mouse models to human ageing and disease229
CRISPR–Cas applications in agriculture and plant research219
A quick guide to (transmembrane) planar cell polarity mouse strains218
Snoozing APC/C for a sweet cell cycle entry210
A histone variant that manages abiotic stress in plants199
Publisher Correction: Emerging roles and functional mechanisms of PIWI- interacting RNAs197
Improving chemical reprogramming strategies196
Migrasomes promote angiogenesis196
Circadian clock communication during homeostasis and ageing184
Molecular tools for analysing in vivo senescence184
Revolutionizing DNA repair research and cancer therapy with CRISPR–Cas screens184
Programmable delivery of mitochondria to specific cell types183
Context-dependent TGFβ family signalling in cell fate regulation178
Splicing regulation through biomolecular condensates and membraneless organelles177
A guide to the biogenesis and functions of endogenous small non-coding RNAs in animals173
Science Twitter — navigating change in science communication165
FOXO transcription factors as mediators of stress adaptation162
RNA binding — a useful third wheel in transcription155
Like water on rock, the microenvironment bends stem cell fate154
Activation of human endogenous retroviruses and its physiological consequences148
Subcellular localization as a driver of protein function146
Mechanisms and regulation of the Hsp70 chaperone network146
Integrated biophysical imaging of cell interactions with 3D extracellular matrices145
Energy-driven genome regulation by ATP-dependent chromatin remodellers145
Organelles stick together through PDZD8-mediated condensate formation144
How ancient RNA survives and what we can learn from it139
Does species-specific alternative splicing make us human?135
Regulation and function of insulin and insulin-like growth factor receptor signalling134
Molecular machineries and pathways of mitochondrial protein transport130
Mechanisms of autophagy–lysosome dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases129
Targeted protein degradation: from mechanisms to clinic121
A guide to cell death pathways118
Myosin VI assists in fork protection114
Decoding ubiquitin signals inside cells111
Author Correction: All the sites we cannot see: Sources and mitigation of false negatives in RNA modification studies111
The centromere as a tag of self-DNA111
Genomic regulation of transcription and RNA processing by the multitasking Integrator complex109
Cold-induced longevity through proteasome boosting109
Redox-driven cell death by disulfidptosis and its therapeutic potential108
A demonstration that multivalent interactions drive condensate formation108
New frontiers in quality control: the case of GPI-anchored proteins108
Effortless immortalization of primary mouse fibroblasts103
COPII meets autophagy at the ER membrane100
Resolution in super-resolution microscopy — definition, trade-offs and perspectives100
The molecular basis for cellular function of intrinsically disordered protein regions99
The technological landscape and applications of single-cell multi-omics97
Genome characteristics at the borders95
DEI conversations: more than a box-ticking exercise95
Polarized endoplasmic reticulum–plasma membrane contacts in cell migration93
Fat cells have long-lasting (epigenetic) memory89
Author Correction: Regulation of membrane protein structure and function by their lipid nano-environment87
Anticancer effects of zotatifin are mediated by RNA structure remodelling87
Author Correction: Fibroblast and myofibroblast activation in normal tissue repair and fibrosis86
Roles of RIPK1 as a stress sentinel coordinating cell survival and immunogenic cell death85
Microenvironmental determinants of endothelial cell heterogeneity84
Regulation of phospholipid distribution in the lipid bilayer by flippases and scramblases84
New developments and applications of human organoids83
Caveolae mechanics in cellular functions and disease79
The role and regulation of integrins in cell migration and invasion76
Exchange dynamics and kinetic control of gene regulation complexes75
Voices of the new generation: importance of emotional ‘match’ in mentoring relationships74
Profiling the disordered proteome in cells using a chemical tag73
The contribution of databases towards understanding the universe of long non-coding RNAs62
Reassessing the relationship between mRNA levels and protein abundance in exercised skeletal muscles58
The hunter becomes the hunted in target-directed microRNA degradation56
Transcription factors crossing the cell membrane55
Author Correction: Mechanisms of lncRNA biogenesis as revealed by nascent transcriptomics54
From shortening telomeres to replicative crisis54
All the sites we cannot see: Sources and mitigation of false negatives in RNA modification studies53
Mechanisms and regulation of substrate degradation by the 26S proteasome51
Reply to ‘Single-cell evidence for PANoptosome complexes’50
Exercise metabolism and adaptation in skeletal muscle49
Fibroblast and myofibroblast activation in normal tissue repair and fibrosis49
Neural crest gene regulatory networks as drivers of development, diversification and disease48
Cellular role of TETs in early embryos47
Translation feedback control in the brain47
Publisher Correction: Advancing single-cell omics and cell-based therapeutics with quantum computing46
Cis-regulatory elements that tune transcriptional responses in liver drug metabolism and outcomes44
Following the electric current43
Stem cell sources of colon cancer in mice41
Author Correction: The role of the haematopoietic stem cell niche in development and ageing41
Cellular and molecular control of vertebrate somitogenesis41
Overcoming cytoskeleton instability in the early embryo40
Organization of replicated chromosomes by DNA loops and sister chromatid cohesion40
The senescence-associated secretory phenotype and its physiological and pathological implications38
SWI/SNF chromatin remodellers persist through mitosis37
Deciphering ADP-ribosylation signalling36
Nuclear speckles of GC richness36
The bystander effect of pyroptosis33
Calcium connects lysosomal damage to stress granule formation33
Tissue injury leads to the accumulation of somatic mtDNA mutations32
The bioethics of synthetic cells32
The birth of evo-devo29
Mechanisms and regulation of DNA end resection in the maintenance of genome stability28
Collective cell migration modes in development, tissue repair and cancer28
Voices of the new generation: my unconventional way to stay in academia26
Microtubules provide a mechanical link for YAP/TAZ signalling24
Harnessing fluorescent probes to unveil dynamic membrane mechanics23
The emergence of MARUbe — a hybrid ADP-ribose–ubiquitin modification23
Spatiotemporal control over cell–matrix interactions using dynamic micropatterns23
Proteins that assemble co-translationally lean on their partner for stability22
Publisher Correction: Generation of nanoscopic membrane curvature for membrane trafficking22
Phase separation across membranes and condensates in cell organization and function20
ERMES — from myths to molecules20
Local and systemic mechanisms that control the hair follicle stem cell niche18
The mechanistic basis and cellular functions of UFMylation18
Functions and therapeutic applications of pseudouridylation17
Lasker Award for AlphaFold16
Present and future of synthetic cell development16
Smelling your way to longevity16
Mechanical state transitions in the regulation of tissue form and function16
Sorting membrane proteins by size in the Golgi16
Internal-m7G-modified mRNAs quake under stress15
Regulation of RNA-binding proteins by small biomolecules14
Epigenetic discovery by enzyme activity profiling14
Blebbisomes are one bleb away from a functional cell13
A nuclear morphology-based machine learning algorithm for senescence detection13
Decoding the interactions and functions of non-coding RNA with artificial intelligence13
At high noon, plants apply a condensate sunscreen13
Revealing the hidden coding potential of the human genome13
Translating the midbody for cytokinesis12
The birth of stable introns12
Critical constituents and assembly principles of centriole biogenesis in human cells12
Early insights into co-translational assembly of protein complexes12
Cellular functions of eukaryotic RNA helicases and their links to human diseases12
Enabling RNA-compatible synthetic receptors through RNA editing12
The nuance in DNA and transcription factor interactions11
The discovery of cyclin-dependent kinases11
The emerging importance of UBA6 in ubiquitylation and proteostasis11
BCL-2 proteins in senescence: beyond a simple target for senolysis?11
Prevailing views of cell senescence overlook its biological complexity10
Mechanisms and regulation of human mitochondrial transcription10
Genome control by SMC complexes10
Mechanistic insights into gasdermin-mediated pyroptosis9
The dynamic and heterogeneous composition of biomolecular condensates and its functional relevance9
Systemic epigenetic dysregulation as a driver of ageing and a therapeutic target9
Publisher Correction: Mechanisms and regulation of the Hsp70 chaperone network8
Monitoring subcellular protein localization at scale in live cells8
Goodbye, senescent cells: CAR-T cells unleashed to fight ageing8
Single-cell lipidomics reveals the organizing principle of cell fate decision8
Viruses show the way8
Bringing CRISPR screens into tissue space7
Cell–extracellular matrix mechanotransduction in 3D7
Author Correction: Fundamentals of redox regulation in biology7
Paleoproteomics sheds light on million-year-old fossils7
Exploring the uncharted landscape of truncated mRNAs7
Towards a unified framework for the function of endoplasmic reticulum exit sites7
A novel photosystem assembly line worker7
Shaping epithelial tissues by stem cell mechanics in development and cancer7
Protrusion-derived vesicles: new subtype of EVs?6
Key challenges and recommendations for defining organelle membrane contact sites6
The double-edged sword of bivalency6
Ancient enzymes, new biotechnology applications6
Principles and dynamics of spindle assembly checkpoint signalling6
Uncovering mRNA sequences that control translation initiation6
Author Correction: Molecular machineries and pathways of mitochondrial protein transport6
The lipotype hypothesis6
Heterogeneity, dynamics and organelle interactions of lipid droplets5
The regulation, function and disease relevance of cytoplasmic tRNAs5
Inflammageing and clonal haematopoiesis interplay and their impact on human disease5
Illuminating protein microenvironments with rotor-based fluorescent amino acids5
Tight junction structure, assembly and (dys)function5
Turning the replisome around5
A catalytic function for mammalian Argonautes5
A histone code controls positional identity in limb regeneration5
DNA modifications walk a fine line between epigenetics and mutagenesis5
The role of the haematopoietic stem cell niche in development and ageing5
Enhancer selectivity in space and time: from enhancer–promoter interactions to promoter activation5
Probing cytoskeletal remodelling by cutting and marking filaments5
The prompt to discover senolytics5
How embryos sort themselves out5
Modes of Notch signalling in development and disease5
Modelling human brain development and disease with organoids5
Base editing of organellar DNA with programmable deaminases4
Regulation and functions of non-m6A mRNA modifications4
The discovery of simple repeats that cause complex disorders4
The memory of viscosity4
Molecular machineries shaping the mitochondrial inner membrane4
Challenges and opportunities in macromolecular structure determination4
Genome doubling — twice the same is not the same4
Condensates trail the nucleus4
Mechanisms of mechanotransduction and physiological roles of PIEZO channels4
Senescent cells support limb regeneration4
Regulation of and challenges in targeting NAD+ metabolism4
Fatty acid signalling promotes hair regrowth3
Good neighbours transfer nucleotides3
Cell quiescence sends argonaute-2 to transposons3
White adipocyte dysfunction and obesity-associated pathologies in humans3
Plant microRNA maturation and function3
The neuronal epigenome is special3
SLAM passes the haematopoietic stem cell identity test3
Distal enhancers loop to proximal enhancers, not to promoters3
Mechanisms and functions of protein S-acylation3
Uncovering the complexity of RNA–protein interactions3
A lunapark for secretory mRNA translation at ER junctions3
Modelling tauopathies3
The multiple links between actin and mitochondria3
The cell biology of ferroptosis3
Biochemical and mechanical regulation of actin dynamics3
RNF26 and vimentin orchestrate ER stress recovery3
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