Nature Reviews Immunology

Papers
(The TQCC of Nature Reviews Immunology is 28. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Lactation-associated macrophages1283
HDAC9 association with heart disease linked to NLRP3 inflammasome activation923
Comparing neurological complications after COVID-19 vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 infection726
The role of T cells in age-related diseases717
First glimpses into the mechanisms of Long COVID625
Social distancing plus rapid vaccination prevents emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants618
TSLP uses up fats to coat the skin618
Sucralose: not sweet enough for T cells588
The autoinflammatory disease APLAID is driven by G-CSF563
Cross-reactive tissue-resident CD8+ T cells may provide first line of defence against SARS-CoV-2481
Thymic masqueraders472
Neutralization susceptibility of Omicron lineages466
When ‘mild’ COVID-19 is not so mild444
Dexamethasone restrains neutrophils in severe COVID-19438
Time of day determines cancer immunotherapy response426
How the brain regulates inflammation423
Microbiome effects on immune surveillance of intestinal tumours405
Muscle spindle macrophages regulate motor coordination361
Orally delivered lactate-producing bacteria limit CNS autoimmunity359
NMDAR-directed CAAR T cells show promise for autoimmune encephalitis354
Bacteria tag tumours for CAR T cell attack349
The mole rat’s secret to cancer resistance341
IgA selects for fit, peace-loving fungi319
Sensing extracellular ATP boosts memory T cell commitment304
Heart failure affects innate immune memory302
Immunology of food aversion298
Pyroptotic cell products promote tissue repair280
How neuroinflammation weakens muscles277
Early life antibiotics have lasting effects on the lung epithelium275
The brain tumour microenvironment imparts neutrophils with pro-tumour properties270
Inflammatory rewiring262
Seeing SARS-CoV-2 variants through the eyes of T cells254
A pre-TCRα-independent pathway of αβ T cell differentiation253
Boosting glymphatic drainage via adrenergic receptor inhibition protects the injured brain243
Effect of prenatal stress on the developing brain233
Antitumour roles for antihistamines224
Sensing proteotoxic stress217
Cholesterol controls tolerogenic versus immunogenic DCs216
‘Prime and spike’ induces mucosal immunity and reduces SARS-CoV-2 transmission208
Understanding NK cell heterogeneity207
Natural killer cells that target autoimmune cells linked with protection against multiple sclerosis206
Regulation goes awry in the liver205
B cell-derived acetylcholine curbs haematopoiesis205
Vaccines only partially protect against Long COVID203
Clonal haematopoiesis-associated, age-related motor deficits caused by monocyte-derived microglia203
Will SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern affect the promise of vaccines?203
Innate IL-13 licenses dermal type 2 dendritic cells for efficient T helper 2 cell responses199
Linking the maternal milk microbiota and infant respiratory infections198
XXtra killer cells195
Sex-specific role for microglial CST7 in Alzheimer’s disease190
Author Correction: Strategies for HIV-1 vaccines that induce broadly neutralizing antibodies188
Mitochondria in monocyte-derived cells promote tissue damage in multiple sclerosis179
The danger theory of immunity revisited176
Macrophage commonalities across tissues and inflammation170
Revealing T follicular helper cells with BCL6168
The epigenetic ghost of infections past155
A pan-cancer signature for dysfunctional T cells154
Defining the TH17 cell lineage154
Tissue-specific epigenomics of resident memory CD8+ T cells153
Inflammatory cytokines and cardiac arrhythmias: the lesson from COVID-19148
Using art and history to communicate immunology to a broad audience147
Adipose tissue maintains healthy joint fibroblasts via cortisol signalling144
Author Correction: The immunology of long COVID144
ComplexEye: a multi-lens array microscope for high-throughput cell migration analysis142
Author Correction: The immunopathogenesis of seropositive rheumatoid arthritis: from triggering to targeting136
Ancient DNA reveals evolutionary origins of autoimmune diseases136
Lymphocytes in lockdown133
Red blood cells join the ranks as immune sentinels132
Disturbance of cytoskeleton primes RIG-I-like receptors132
SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy130
Low serotonin linked to long COVID124
Neutralizing monoclonal antibodies for treatment of COVID-19123
Modelling vaccination strategies for COVID-19121
Omicron, the great escape artist121
A guide to thymic selection of T cells115
Novel insights into double-stranded RNA-mediated immunopathology112
Brain regulatory T cells112
Antigen presentation for central tolerance induction111
Understanding vertebrate immunity through comparative immunology110
Insights from a 30-year journey: function, regulation and therapeutic modulation of PD1110
Regulation of cGAS–STING signalling and its diversity of cellular outcomes109
Understanding COVID-19-associated coagulopathy107
Three-dimensional genome organization in immune cell fate and function103
Human immune organoids: a tool to study vaccine responses103
Immune responses to human fungal pathogens and therapeutic prospects102
Broadly neutralizing antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 and other human coronaviruses101
The impact of the gut microbiome on extra-intestinal autoimmune diseases98
Macrophages promote nerve growth in both tumours and spinal cord98
Modified uridines are the key to a successful message95
Host-directed immunotherapy of viral and bacterial infections: past, present and future94
Challenges in developing personalized neoantigen cancer vaccines94
TGFβ control of immune responses in cancer: a holistic immuno-oncology perspective94
Expanding dendritic cell nomenclature in the single-cell era92
TCF1 in T cell immunity: a broadened frontier91
How the immune system shapes atherosclerosis: roles of innate and adaptive immunity91
Trogocytosis challenges the cellular specificity of lineage markers and monoclonal antibodies90
Natural killer cells in antiviral immunity88
Same yet different — how lymph node heterogeneity affects immune responses86
Myeloid cell-targeted therapies for solid tumours83
The immunology of type 1 diabetes83
ORF9c and ORF10 as accessory proteins of SARS-CoV-2 in immune evasion82
The precursors of CD8+ tissue resident memory T cells: from lymphoid organs to infected tissues82
Tuning immunity through tissue mechanotransduction82
The role of galectins in immunity and infection80
The role of transcription factors in shaping regulatory T cell identity80
Memory B cells79
A guide to complement biology, pathology and therapeutic opportunity76
Inflammasome components as new therapeutic targets in inflammatory disease75
Immunomodulation by endothelial cells — partnering up with the immune system?73
Role of thymic stromal lymphopoietin in allergy and beyond72
Immunomodulation by radiotherapy in tumour control and normal tissue toxicity70
Decoding the human prenatal immune system with single-cell multi-omics69
Viral infection and antiviral immunity in the oral cavity65
Charge-based immunoreceptor signalling in health and disease61
The inflammatory pathogenesis of colorectal cancer60
PerturbView: scalable image-based perturbation screens in cells and tissues60
B cells in central nervous system disease: diversity, locations and pathophysiology60
The distinctive immune features of long COVID59
CLASH: large-scale engineering system for the discovery of better CAR T cells58
Autoimmune TCRs cross-react with microbial and self-antigens56
Neutrophil surface RNAs promote entry to inflamed sites56
Complement in maternal milk shapes the infant microbiome56
Gut commensals promote antiviral immunity via extracellular vesicles55
Glia mend the gut55
Stressed tumours release immunosuppressive vesicles54
Vitamin D for COVID-19: where are we now?54
IKKβ ignites the inflammasome54
Platelet-derived 5-HIAA helps neutrophils enter tissue53
Rather active for ‘exhausted’ T cells49
A broken immune clock in old macrophages49
Inclusion of ACKR5 in the systematic nomenclature of atypical chemokine receptors47
Meningeal Treg cells keep brain in balance47
Vax-Innate: improving therapeutic cancer vaccines by modulating T cells and the tumour microenvironment46
An inter-organ neuro–immuno–endocrine circuit for glucose homeostasis46
Fasting affects monocyte lifespan and migration45
Noncanonical inflammasome mediates BBB breakdown45
Optimizing pig organs for human transplantation45
Vitamin D shuts down T cell-mediated inflammation44
Self-reactive MAIT cells are common in healthy individuals44
Autoantibodies against chemokines linked with better disease outcomes in COVID-1941
CARD8 kills CD4+ T cells in response to HIV entry39
Macrophages bordering the brain parenchyma regulate the flow of cerebrospinal fluid39
IL-17A–HIF1α axis in epithelial wound repair39
Omicron alone provides limited cross-protection38
Reindeer antlers model skin regeneration36
Targeting malaria transmission35
Targeting ER stress sensor restores immunogenicity of chemotherapy34
Are variant-specific vaccines warranted?32
NFAT: platelet stickiness regulator32
Unique properties of tissue-resident memory T cells in the lungs: implications for COVID-19 and other respiratory diseases32
Trained immunity in chronic inflammatory diseases and cancer32
A protective role for interferon-ε in ovarian cancer30
Linking Epstein-Barr virus infection to multiple sclerosis29
Brief diet changes affect immunity29
SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant excels at membrane fusion, but not immune evasion29
Rejuvenating an old immune system28
Which came first, T cells or B cells?28
Mitochondrial tonic for adoptive T cell therapies28
CAR T cells take to the airways28
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