Nature Reviews Immunology

Papers
(The median citation count of Nature Reviews Immunology is 2. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)
ArticleCitations
Regulation goes awry in the liver907
Heart failure affects innate immune memory795
Comparing neurological complications after COVID-19 vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 infection646
Author Correction: Strategies for HIV-1 vaccines that induce broadly neutralizing antibodies634
Early life antibiotics have lasting effects on the lung epithelium587
BCG plus β-glucan trains neutrophils to beat bladder cancer553
The danger theory of immunity revisited545
The immunology of asthma and chronic rhinosinusitis436
Natural killer cells that target autoimmune cells linked with protection against multiple sclerosis396
Viral infection and antiviral immunity in the oral cavity376
Decoding the human prenatal immune system with single-cell multi-omics371
Human immune organoids: a tool to study vaccine responses326
Exercise induces metabolic changes in the gut microbiota that enhance anti-tumour T cell responses326
Vaccines only partially protect against Long COVID310
Challenges in developing personalized neoantigen cancer vaccines301
Muscle spindle macrophages regulate motor coordination299
Broadly neutralizing antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 and other human coronaviruses298
Regulation of cGAS–STING signalling and its diversity of cellular outcomes275
Stressed tumours release immunosuppressive vesicles272
Omicron alone provides limited cross-protection267
Gut commensals promote antiviral immunity via extracellular vesicles266
Targeting malaria transmission259
Lessons from vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia257
Novel insights into the immune response to bacterial T cell superantigens255
The distinctive immune features of long COVID254
Human T follicular regulatory cells with helper and regulatory lineage origins252
Fatty liver disease induced by maternal obesity is driven by metabolic rewiring of Kupffer cells244
Neutrophils are dispensable for Shigella control: macrophages take centre stage241
Antiviral neutralizing antibodies: from in vitro to in vivo activity223
The NLR gene family: from discovery to present day218
How bile acids and the microbiota interact to shape host immunity216
Encouraging vaccine uptake: lessons from behavioural science208
A guide to adaptive immune memory198
Mechanistic insights from inflammasome structures198
B cells in central nervous system disease: diversity, locations and pathophysiology195
Salt sensitivity includes effects on immune cell signalling and metabolism188
Blood neutrophil subset predicts the success of immune checkpoint inhibitors in cancer188
Mapping the developmental trajectory and recruitment of memory-phenotype Ly49+CD8+ T cells188
You are what you ate: myeloid cells trained by fatty acids173
Bile duct tuft cells regulate immune defences163
Adaptive meets innate: CD8+ T cells kill MHC-I-negative tumour cells162
T cell–eosinophil collaboration162
Gut ILC2s remember IL-25161
Author Correction: SARS-CoV-2 and HIV-1 – A Tale of Two Vaccines160
Online immunology education for a global world152
The kiss a cell can’t forget: tracking cell–cell interactions with uLIPSTIC152
APOL1 variants contribute to racial disparity in sepsis151
The OrganiX microfluidic system to recreate the complex tumour microenvironment149
Cross reactive T cells hold up against Omicron144
The cancer-immune dialogue in the context of stress143
Splenic stromal niches in homeostasis and immunity142
Spatial adaptation of eosinophils and their emerging roles in homeostasis, infection and disease136
The germinal centre B cell response to SARS-CoV-2135
Bacteria in tumours promote cancer progression131
Feeding IgA+ plasma cells131
JAKs drive innate-like TH9 cell activation in allergy131
Negative regulation of fungal immunity by STING130
Mechanistic insights into Long COVID in hamsters129
Spatial resolution of host–microbiome interactions128
Defective viral genomes can protect against SARS-CoV-2 variants and other respiratory viruses128
Low risk of CAR T cells going rogue127
Monocytes rule energy metabolism with an iron fist123
An ILC3-intrinsic, CTLA4-dependent intestinal checkpoint123
Neutrophils make matrix to fortify barrier immunity120
The immunopathogenesis of narcolepsy type 1117
Author Correction: Cancer cell metabolism and antitumour immunity113
The spatial and temporal activation of macrophages during fibrosis113
Strategies for HIV-1 vaccines that induce broadly neutralizing antibodies111
Olfactory immunology: the missing piece in airway and CNS defence111
The biology of TREM receptors111
Lessons in self-defence: inhibition of virus entry by intrinsic immunity111
The interplay of immunology and cachexia in infection and cancer104
Monkeypox: disease epidemiology, host immunity and clinical interventions103
Rejuvenation through checkpoint inhibitors?100
A guide to antigen processing and presentation100
T cells target viral protein to remove senescent fibroblasts99
Foetal sex affects maternal and placental immune responses to SARS-CoV-294
Author Correction: Immune dysregulation and immunopathology induced by SARS-CoV-2 and related coronaviruses — are we our own worst enemy?92
Commensal fungi support granulocyte development92
Publisher Correction: Immunological studies in trans-individuals undergoing gender affirming hormone therapy91
Guardians of immune privilege90
Podoplanin mediates stromal–immune crosstalk in the lymph node90
The regulation and differentiation of regulatory T cells and their dysfunction in autoimmune diseases89
We need to keep an eye on avian influenza85
DNA damage and repair in age-related inflammation85
mRNA vaccine for treating pancreatic cancer83
MR1 antigen presentation to MAIT cells and other MR1-restricted T cells80
Local immune recognition of trophoblast in early human pregnancy: controversies and questions80
Glomerulonephritis: immunopathogenesis and immunotherapy78
Spatial immunometabolic zonation in tuberculosis granulomas78
Pollution impairs lung defences with age77
Bacterial serotonin induces Treg cells in neonates75
Neutralizing autoantibodies against type 1 interferons identified in West Nile virus encephalitis74
γδ T cells sense disturbance74
Boosting cytotoxic T cells for immunotherapy73
Microbiota licenses protective CD8+ T cell responses against neonatal influenza72
Actin branching maintains tissue-resident mast cells69
Insights into immune cell–fibroblast communication in heart disease68
Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 linked to HLA-B*15:0167
Hypoxia and IL-24 drive a sterile wound healing pathway64
Early antiviral type I interferon impairs lung metastasis63
Lung-resident memory B cells class-switch to IgE62
Integrated organ immunity: a path to a universal vaccine62
Beyond neutralization: Fc-dependent antibody effector functions in SARS-CoV-2 infection60
The renaissance of oral tolerance: merging tradition and new insights59
Turning on anti-tumour T cells via MTAP58
Understanding human mast cells: lesson from therapies for allergic and non-allergic diseases57
CODEX multiplexed tissue imaging56
Defining myeloid-derived suppressor cells56
IL-17 and IL-17-producing cells in protection versus pathology55
First glimpses into the mechanisms of Long COVID53
Effect of prenatal stress on the developing brain52
The autoinflammatory disease APLAID is driven by G-CSF50
Author Correction: The immunology of long COVID49
A pan-cancer signature for dysfunctional T cells48
Mitochondria in monocyte-derived cells promote tissue damage in multiple sclerosis47
When ‘mild’ COVID-19 is not so mild46
PerturbView: scalable image-based perturbation screens in cells and tissues44
Bacteria tag tumours for CAR T cell attack44
B cell-derived acetylcholine curbs haematopoiesis44
Disturbance of cytoskeleton primes RIG-I-like receptors43
Boosting glymphatic drainage via adrenergic receptor inhibition protects the injured brain43
NMDAR-directed CAAR T cells show promise for autoimmune encephalitis42
Modelling vaccination strategies for COVID-1941
Immunology of food aversion41
Role of thymic stromal lymphopoietin in allergy and beyond41
SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy40
Trogocytosis challenges the cellular specificity of lineage markers and monoclonal antibodies39
The role of galectins in immunity and infection39
The role of transcription factors in shaping regulatory T cell identity38
Transposon-derived decoy fine-tunes IFN responses37
Understanding COVID-19-associated coagulopathy37
Targeting ER stress sensor restores immunogenicity of chemotherapy37
CARD8 kills CD4+ T cells in response to HIV entry36
Linking Epstein-Barr virus infection to multiple sclerosis36
Author Correction: The role of platelets in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases36
Inclusion of ACKR5 in the systematic nomenclature of atypical chemokine receptors35
Disentangling the relative importance of T cell responses in COVID-19: leading actors or supporting cast?35
Macrophages bordering the brain parenchyma regulate the flow of cerebrospinal fluid32
The diversity of CD8+ T cell dysfunction in cancer and viral infection31
CRISPR screens for functional interrogation of immunity30
Meningeal MAIT cells preserve brain homeostasis30
Macrophage quality control of HSCs29
Comparing paediatric COVID-19 with MIS-C28
Regulation of innate-like activities of neonatal CD8+ T cells28
Human ILC2s can act as cytolytic killers27
Obesity-associated autoreactivity27
Unconventional T cells shape tissue-specific lymph node responses27
Focusing on the correct gene signatures for SLE26
Publisher Correction: Inflammasome components as new therapeutic targets in inflammatory disease26
Fetal Treg cell reprogramming links maternal immunity to neurodevelopment25
Signal length not strength guides T cell fate25
Osteoblast-derived ATP maintains bone marrow plasma cells25
STAT5A antagonizes TOX in CD8+ T cell exhaustion24
Engaging innate immunity in HIV-1 cure strategies24
Cardiometabolic syndrome — an emergent feature of Long COVID?23
The impact of pre-existing cross-reactive immunity on SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccine responses22
A skull bone marrow niche for antitumour neutrophils in glioblastoma22
Roles of natural killer cells in immunity to cancer, and applications to immunotherapy22
RORγt+ antigen-presenting cells mediate food tolerance21
Squeeze to arm21
Redefining our vision: an updated guide to the ocular immune system21
Rethinking pDCs: a questionable ally in immunity?20
DDX17 identified as inflammasome sensor for retrotransposon RNA20
BRD4 acts as a pH sensor to tune inflammation19
Membrane organization by tetraspanins and galectins shapes lymphocyte function19
Opportunities and challenges for T cell-based influenza vaccines19
Live vaccine development through targeted protein degradation18
Obesity amplifies TH17-type pathology in atopic diseases18
Clock genes keep intestinal ILC3s ticking18
Sleep deprivation whips up cytokine storm17
Fired up in the bone marrow16
Insulin neoantigen elicits memory T cell activation in diabetes16
Allergen immunotherapy: past, present and future16
‘Bedside’ observations challenge aspects of the ‘epithelial barrier hypothesis’16
Lessons from Long COVID: working with patients to design better research15
Brief blockade of type I IFN increases CD8+ T cell memory15
Aspirin helps T cells to stop cancer spread15
Immune control of brain physiology15
Resident tissue macrophages maintain intraocular pressure by regulating extracellular matrix homeostasis15
Fever affects T cell fate15
Bone marrow inflammation in haematological malignancies14
Engineered γδ T cells show promise in bone tumours14
Cytokines target distinct brain areas to modulate behavioural responses13
Neutrophils release inflammation-resolving vesicles13
Author Correction: The effect of physical exercise on anticancer immunity13
Clonal haematopoiesis and dysregulation of the immune system12
The role of chromatin loop extrusion in antibody diversification12
Defining the balance between optimal immunity and immunopathology in influenza virus infection12
Omicron entry route11
Cerebral dysfunctions caused by sepsis during ageing11
The impact of Plasmodium-driven immunoregulatory networks on immunity to malaria11
Bacteria form unique biofilms to kill immune cells11
Tick-targeted mRNA vaccine to tackle disease transmission?11
Organoids identify a role for IL-7 in coeliac disease10
Trogocytosis of CARs depends on transmembrane domains10
Pain-sensing neurons calm the gut10
A role for microglia in mediating the microbiota–gut–brain axis9
The immunology of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection: what are the key questions?9
Clearing the hurdles for CAR-T cell treatment9
Daughters forget, mothers remember9
Negative regulation of AHR essential for intestinal homeostasis9
Beyond exhaustion: the unique characteristics of CD8+ T cell dysfunction in chronic HBV infection9
Magnesium: essential for T cells8
From TCR fundamental research to innovative chimeric antigen receptor design8
Universal LIPSTIC: a new tool for decoding cellular interactions8
T cell exhaustion: early or late in tumour progression?8
A nuclear STING in the tail for canonical signalling8
Dexamethasone restrains neutrophils in severe COVID-197
Therapeutic induction of antigen-specific immune tolerance7
Time of day determines cancer immunotherapy response7
Orally delivered lactate-producing bacteria limit CNS autoimmunity7
Immunological factors linked to geographical variation in vaccine responses7
HDAC9 association with heart disease linked to NLRP3 inflammasome activation7
Immune ageing at single-cell resolution7
Assessing the generation of tissue resident memory T cells by vaccines7
Understanding vertebrate immunity through comparative immunology6
Antitumour roles for antihistamines6
Connection and communication between the nervous and immune systems6
Tuning immunity through tissue mechanotransduction6
Omicron, the great escape artist6
Clonal haematopoiesis-associated, age-related motor deficits caused by monocyte-derived microglia6
How neuroinflammation weakens muscles6
How to respond when biomedical science and global health is under existential threat6
Macrophage commonalities across tissues and inflammation6
Low serotonin linked to long COVID6
Myeloid cell-targeted therapies for solid tumours6
Understanding NK cell heterogeneity6
The immunology of type 1 diabetes5
Rejuvenating an old immune system5
Trained immunity in chronic inflammatory diseases and cancer5
TGFβ control of immune responses in cancer: a holistic immuno-oncology perspective5
Brief diet changes affect immunity5
Black In Immuno: harnessing social media and digital platforms to connect the dots5
Linking tumour angiogenesis and tumour immunity5
Insights from a 30-year journey: function, regulation and therapeutic modulation of PD15
Fasting affects monocyte lifespan and migration5
An inter-organ neuro–immuno–endocrine circuit for glucose homeostasis5
Reindeer antlers model skin regeneration5
Iron and the immune system4
Have a cake and eat it too: the importance of metaphors in research communication4
Cancer cell metabolism and antitumour immunity4
Considering innate immune responses in SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-194
SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections in vaccinated individuals: measurement, causes and impact4
The multifunctional protein HMGB1: 50 years of discovery4
Cancer immune evasion, immunoediting and intratumour heterogeneity4
Author Correction: Using BCG vaccination to protect against COVID-19: when reality fails to meet expectation4
Immune-related actinopathies at the cross-road of immunodeficiency, autoimmunity and autoinflammation4
Cooperation of ILC2s and TH2 cells in the expulsion of intestinal helminth parasites4
Short-chain fatty acids: linking diet, the microbiome and immunity4
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