Nature Immunology

Papers
(The median citation count of Nature Immunology 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Vaccine-induced memory1045
Pathogenic T cells in post-viral lung disease in mice866
The delivery device of SARS-CoV-2 mucosal vaccine matters718
Orthogonal engineering of synthetic T cell states to enhance cancer immunotherapy535
Two-birds-one-stone approach to combine protein and mRNA vaccines for COVID-19499
Charting granulopoietic disturbances in sepsis468
Ironman training for NK cells375
Author Correction: Mucosal vaccine-induced cross-reactive CD8+ T cells protect against SARS-CoV-2 XBB.1.5 respiratory tract infection371
Complement profile333
Imprinting tissue immunity329
3D imaging of the synovium defines an immune defense system at the blood–joint barrier305
Clonal succession after prolonged antiretroviral therapy rejuvenates CD8+ T cell responses against HIV-1264
Author Correction: Dual blockade of IL-10 and PD-1 leads to control of SIV viral rebound following analytical treatment interruption236
Keeping neonatal intestines happy210
PD-1 and CD73 on naive CD4+ T cells synergistically limit responses to self195
Vaccination reduces central nervous system IL-1β and memory deficits after COVID-19 in mice183
A TNIP1-driven systemic autoimmune disorder with elevated IgG4179
The complexity of immune evasion mechanisms throughout the metastatic cascade174
Lactation-associated macrophages exist in murine mammary tissue and human milk173
The role of recruitment versus training in influenza-induced lasting changes to alveolar macrophage function173
Deletion of PD-1 destabilizes the lineage identity and metabolic fitness of tumor-infiltrating regulatory T cells173
In vivo CRISPR screens reveal the landscape of immune evasion pathways across cancer171
PD-L1–PD-1 interactions limit effector regulatory T cell populations at homeostasis and during infection165
Direct presentation of inflammation-associated self-antigens by thymic innate-like T cells induces elimination of autoreactive CD8+ thymocytes162
Transposon-triggered innate immune response confers cancer resistance to the blind mole rat160
Single-cell analysis of human MAIT cell transcriptional, functional and clonal diversity153
CTLA-4 tail fusion enhances CAR-T antitumor immunity152
Memory B cell subsets have divergent developmental origins that are coupled to distinct imprinted epigenetic states151
A longitudinal single-cell atlas of anti-tumour necrosis factor treatment in inflammatory bowel disease151
Human TH17 cells engage gasdermin E pores to release IL-1α on NLRP3 inflammasome activation150
Analysis of brain and blood single-cell transcriptomics in acute and subacute phases after experimental stroke147
Deactylation by SIRT1 enables liquid–liquid phase separation of IRF3/IRF7 in innate antiviral immunity146
GPR34 is a metabolic immune checkpoint for ILC1-mediated antitumor immunity143
Defective fibrinolysis in periodontitis141
KEAP1 maintains stemness138
Reversing T cell immunity reveals the basis for T cell lineage fate determination138
Nociceptors enhance humoral immunity137
Restriction factor136
A polarizing answer — microglia in Nasu-Hakola disease135
The road not taken en route to T cell exhaustion134
A microbial iron fist to fight tumors134
Author Correction: Runx factors launch T cell and innate lymphoid programs via direct and gene network-based mechanisms134
Publisher Correction: PU.1 and BCL11B sequentially cooperate with RUNX1 to anchor mSWI/SNF to poise the T cell effector landscape133
Enhancing T cell therapy132
Insights into autoimmunity and cancer132
m1A tRNA modification facilitates rapid T cell proliferation130
Aging lymph node responses128
Learning from inborn errors128
CAR macrophages on a fast track to solid tumor therapy127
The heterogeneity of neutrophils in cancer and its implication for therapeutic targeting125
G-CSF drives autoinflammation in APLAID125
Enhancer-instructed epigenetic landscape and chromatin compartmentalization dictate a primary antibody repertoire protective against specific bacterial pathogens125
Mechanisms of NLRP3 activation and inhibition elucidated by functional analysis of disease-associated variants125
Cytokine polarized, alternatively activated bone marrow neutrophils drive axon regeneration123
Sodium chloride in the tumor microenvironment enhances T cell metabolic fitness and cytotoxicity123
JAK-STAT signaling maintains homeostasis in T cells and macrophages122
ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) vaccine-induced Fc receptor binding tracks with differential susceptibility to COVID-19121
Oleic acid availability impacts thymocyte preprogramming and subsequent peripheral Treg cell differentiation119
IL-1 and IL-1ra are key regulators of the inflammatory response to RNA vaccines118
tRNA-m1A modification promotes T cell expansion via efficient MYC protein synthesis117
PU.1 and BCL11B sequentially cooperate with RUNX1 to anchor mSWI/SNF to poise the T cell effector landscape117
The receptor binding domain of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants targets Siglec-9 to decrease its immunogenicity by preventing macrophage phagocytosis114
Aging disrupts circadian gene regulation and function in macrophages110
Type I interferon transcriptional network regulates expression of coinhibitory receptors in human T cells110
Defining macrophages in the lactating murine mammary gland and human milk108
Single-cell profiling identifies mechanisms of inflammatory heterogeneity in chronic rhinosinusitis108
Mucus needs GSDMD107
Distinct developmental pathways generate functionally distinct populations of natural killer cells105
Novel mouse models based on intersectional genetics to identify and characterize plasmacytoid dendritic cells105
What Jane Jacobs has taught me about neuroimmunology104
Three cytokine pairs modulate sepsis effects at the organism level104
Less BMI-1 is more for chronic infections100
Role of the T cell vitamin D receptor in severe COVID-1999
Reply to ‘Comment on: Repositioning TH cell polarization from single cytokines to complex help’93
An IGHG1 variant exhibits polarized prevalence and confers enhanced IgG1 antibody responses against life-threatening organisms92
Author Correction: Neoantigen-specific stem cell memory-like CD4+ T cells mediate CD8+ T cell-dependent immunotherapy of MHC class II-negative solid tumors92
Prenatal and postnatal neuroimmune interactions in neurodevelopmental disorders92
Transcriptional state and function of CD8+ memory T cells is linked to past proliferation92
Multimodal profiling reveals site-specific adaptation and tissue residency hallmarks of γδ T cells across organs in mice91
Regulatory T cell-derived IL-1Ra suppresses the innate response to respiratory viral infection88
Runx factors launch T cell and innate lymphoid programs via direct and gene network-based mechanisms88
Dynamic chromatin accessibility licenses STAT5- and STAT6-dependent innate-like function of TH9 cells to promote allergic inflammation85
Not-so-opposite ends of the spectrum: CD8+ T cell dysfunction across chronic infection, cancer and autoimmunity85
Dynamic CD4+ T cell heterogeneity defines subset-specific suppression and PD-L1-blockade-driven functional restoration in chronic infection85
Monocyte-derived IL-6 programs microglia to rebuild damaged brain vasculature85
Vγ9Vδ2 T cells recognize butyrophilin 2A1 and 3A1 heteromers84
Depletion of slow-cycling PDGFRα+ADAM12+ mesenchymal cells promotes antitumor immunity by restricting macrophage efferocytosis84
Low-avidity T cells drive endogenous tumor immunity in mice and humans84
Mapping the interferon response83
Meningeal damage repair83
Hypoxia drives CD39-dependent suppressor function in exhausted T cells to limit antitumor immunity83
Mouse long-lived plasma cells develop from multiple origins81
HSCs perpetuate inflammation81
Unraveling age-specific complexity in the human T cell compartment81
Pregnancy stress80
Gasdermin splicing79
Facilitating broad antibody responses79
Itaconate modifies JAK177
B cells require exosomes77
Mentorship matters76
Impaired CD4+ T cell recognition of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern75
Immune tolerance in peripheral CD4+ T cells is cooperatively regulated by PD-1 and CD7375
IRE1α–XBP1 safeguards hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells by restricting pro-leukemogenic gene programs74
Monocyte-derived macrophages are too much of a good thing in lung fibrosis74
Germinal centers FAMished without TFAM74
Author Correction: Long-term retention of antigens in germinal centers is controlled by the spatial organization of the follicular dendritic cell network74
Neuropilin-1 flags lung-resident type 2 innate lymphoid cells73
Author Correction: GIMAP5 deficiency reveals a mammalian ceramide-driven longevity assurance pathway73
Diversity in science requires mentoring for all, by all73
COQ6 defies immune and metabolic expectations73
Specialization determines outcomes in inflammation and cancer72
Disrupting Roquin-1 interaction with Regnase-1 induces autoimmunity and enhances antitumor responses71
Aberrant T follicular helper cells generated by TH17 cell plasticity in the gut promote extraintestinal autoimmunity70
Addendum: Langerhans cells renew in the skin throughout life under steady-state conditions69
Specific CD4+ T cell phenotypes associate with bacterial control in people who ‘resist’ infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis69
Establishment and recall of SARS-CoV-2 spike epitope-specific CD4+ T cell memory68
c-Myb redefines the hierarchy of stem-like T cells68
Genetic variants in UNC93B1 predispose to childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus68
Age-induced alterations of granulopoiesis generate atypical neutrophils that aggravate stroke pathology68
Homeostatic IL-13 in healthy skin directs dendritic cell differentiation to promote TH2 and inhibit TH17 cell polarization67
Significance of bystander T cell activation in microbial infection66
Multitier mechanics control stromal adaptations in the swelling lymph node66
A global effort to dissect the human genetic basis of resistance to SARS-CoV-2 infection66
Developmentally programmed early-age skin localization of iNKT cells supports local tissue development and homeostasis66
Adenovirus vector vaccination reprograms pulmonary fibroblastic niches to support protective inflating memory CD8+ T cells66
The ligation between ERMAP, galectin-9 and dectin-2 promotes Kupffer cell phagocytosis and antitumor immunity65
Gut Treg cells release IL-27 to regulate TH17 cell responses65
Notch gives early T cell progenitors time to grow up64
A second-generation M1-polarized CAR macrophage with antitumor efficacy64
COVID-19 vaccine trials must include helminth-infected cohorts63
Inflammasome protein scaffolds the DNA damage complex during tumor development63
Human SHARPIN deficiency is linked to inborn errors of cell death63
Author Correction: B lymphocyte-derived acetylcholine limits steady-state and emergency hematopoiesis63
Stress-induced inflammation62
lnc(RNA)-ing myeloid metabolism62
Monocytes can proliferate in vacant niches before differentiation into macrophages62
Brain hematopoiesis61
Anti-tumor CTLs need IL-2760
γδ T cells maintain sensitivity to immunotherapy in MHC-I-deficient tumors60
Recycling dead bacteria to fuel macrophage immunometabolism60
TFH cell responses endure in human lymph nodes after vaccination59
Reciprocal regulation of T follicular helper cells and dendritic cells drives colitis development59
m6A RNA modification regulates innate lymphoid cell responses in a lineage-specific manner57
IFNγ-induction of TH1-like regulatory T cells controls antiviral responses57
SARS-CoV-2 immune repertoire in MIS-C and pediatric COVID-1957
An updated guide for the perplexed: cytometry in the high-dimensional era57
Repeated mRNA vaccination sequentially boosts SARS-CoV-2-specific CD8+ T cells in persons with previous COVID-1957
UBXN9 governs GLUT4-mediated spatial confinement of RIG-I-like receptors and signaling57
The cellular architecture of the antimicrobial response network in human leprosy granulomas56
A genetic disorder reveals a hematopoietic stem cell regulatory network co-opted in leukemia56
Human early-onset dementia caused by DAP12 deficiency reveals a unique signature of dysregulated microglia56
Cholesterol mobilization regulates dendritic cell maturation and the immunogenic response to cancer56
Author Correction: CD40 signal rewires fatty acid and glutamine metabolism for stimulating macrophage anti-tumorigenic functions56
Time is of the essence for vaccine success55
Intrinsic immunogenicity is a major determinant of type-specific responses in SARS-CoV-2 infections54
The immunoregulatory landscape of human tuberculosis granulomas54
LAG3 ectodomain structure reveals functional interfaces for ligand and antibody recognition54
Eosinophil–lymphocyte interactions in the tumor microenvironment and cancer immunotherapy54
Insulin signaling establishes a developmental trajectory of adipose regulatory T cells54
Hallmarks of CD8+ T cell dysfunction are established within hours of tumor antigen encounter before cell division54
β-Glucan reprograms neutrophils to promote disease tolerance against influenza A virus54
Publisher Correction: Effect of posttranslational modifications and subclass on IgG activity: from immunity to immunotherapy53
Old and new mpox vaccine53
Cell-autonomous effects of APOE4 in restricting microglial response in brain homeostasis and Alzheimer’s disease53
Frank W. Fitch (1929–2021)53
Selective IL-27 production by intestinal regulatory T cells permits gut-specific regulation of TH17 cell immunity53
Author Correction: Tumor immunoevasion by the conversion of effector NK cells into type 1 innate lymphoid cell52
PD-L1 senses fungi52
Inflammatory fibroblasts remodeling in colitis52
Systems neuroimmunology: current bottlenecks, research priorities and future directions52
Emerging tumor repression of immune recognition is reversed by inhibiting DNA methylation52
Author Correction: Elusive early NK cell progenitor identified52
A CRISPR-based system for temporal, combinatorial gene knockout in mice51
A cocktail of kinase inhibitors that enhance the antitumor effects of CAR-T cell therapy51
PD-1 blockade unblocks immune responses to vaccination51
The hidden functional diversity of macrophages51
Author Correction: Homeostatic IL-13 in healthy skin directs dendritic cell differentiation to promote TH2 and inhibit TH17 cell polarization51
cGAS meets its demise in the nucleus50
Publisher Correction: Tumor cell-released kynurenine biases MEP differentiation into megakaryocytes in individuals with cancer by activating AhR–RUNX150
Publisher Correction: IFNγ binding to extracellular matrix prevents fatal systemic toxicity50
Reactivating antitumor immunity by inhibiting JMJD1C49
The embers underneath the CoV-2 pandemic: a semblance of the persistent burn of health inequities and disparities in the United States49
Advancements in pathogen immunity and signaling49
IFNλ drives diarrhea49
ImmGenMaps, an open-source cartography of the immune system48
Unveiling the antitumor function of ID3 in liver macrophages48
Low-dose in vivo protection and neutralization across SARS-CoV-2 variants by monoclonal antibody combinations48
Pas de deux of NLRP3 and ASC with CD63 on mast cell granules48
Short-range immunity48
Skin–gut crosstalk48
An anion channel for cyclic dinucleotides in T cells47
‘Stem-like’ precursors are the fount to sustain persistent CD8+ T cell responses47
Macrophage niche availability enables local monocyte proliferation in peripheral tissues47
Thioredoxin is a metabolic rheostat controlling regulatory B cells47
The humoral response and antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 infection46
PD-1 agonism by anti-CD80 inhibits T cell activation and alleviates autoimmunity46
Mechanism for controlled assembly of transcriptional condensates by Aire46
Pyrimidine de novo synthesis inhibition selectively blocks effector but not memory T cell development46
Unique roles of co-receptor-bound LCK in helper and cytotoxic T cells46
TH17 cell heterogeneity and its role in tissue inflammation45
Differences in CD80 and CD86 transendocytosis reveal CD86 as a key target for CTLA-4 immune regulation45
Large-scale phenotyping of patients with long COVID post-hospitalization reveals mechanistic subtypes of disease45
TCF-1 mediates chromatin intermingling during T cell development44
Stress and immunity — the circuit makes the difference44
Mitochondria controls TH17 cells44
ETS1 is a key transcription factor that drives RANKL-expressing, tissue-destructive fibroblasts44
Check(point) yourself before you wreck yourself in tumors43
Natural mouse microbes transiently block innate responses to allergens43
Two CTLA-4 ligands, separate pHates43
High energy, high function43
Nanotech unveils cytokine traces in post-COVID cardiovascular complications42
Stuart Schlossman (1935–2023)42
Plasmacytoid dendritic cells turn red!42
Genetic determinants of mannose-binding lectin activity predispose to thromboembolic complications in critical COVID-1941
Modulating RNF4141
IL-1α in aging tumors41
SLE B cells take an extrafollicular detour after mRNA vaccination41
Phenotype and specificity of lung T cell responses correlate with outcome in SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia40
Past interactions of T cells with antigens shape CAR T cell responses40
DNA-sensing pathways in health, autoinflammatory and autoimmune diseases39
OCT2 pre-positioning facilitates cell fate transition and chromatin architecture changes in humoral immunity39
Robust mucosal SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells effectively combat COVID-19 and establish polyfunctional resident memory in patient lungs39
T cells drive aging of the brain38
Bispecific antibodies promote natural killer cell-mediated elimination of HIV-1 reservoir cells38
Macrophages and fibroblasts as regulators of the immune response in pancreatic cancer38
NgR1 is an NK cell inhibitory receptor that destabilizes the immunological synapse37
Innate immune cells link dietary cues to normal and abnormal metabolic regulation37
Enhancing human NK cell antitumor function by knocking out SMAD4 to counteract TGFβ and activin A suppression36
The volume-regulated anion channel LRRC8C suppresses T cell function by regulating cyclic dinucleotide transport and STING–p53 signaling36
Intestinal neuron-associated macrophages in health and disease36
Type 2 cytokines in the thymus activate Sirpα+ dendritic cells to promote clonal deletion36
VDAC2 enforces a mitochondrial checkpoint to cancer immunity36
Innate lymphoid cells and cancer35
A protective ACPA35
Reactivity to type I interferon is key to predict cancer immunotherapy response35
PD-1 directed immunotherapy alters Tfh and humoral immune responses to seasonal influenza vaccine35
Macrophages set the bar for acute pain sensitivity35
Immunological imprinting and risks of influenza B virus infection35
Pan-vaccine analysis reveals innate immune endotypes predictive of antibody responses to vaccination35
Distinct metabolic requirements regulate B cell activation and germinal center responses35
Common heritage of fibroblasts35
Variant-specific local tissue response to SARS-CoV-2 in the nasal mucosa34
Metabolite signaling promotes the recruitment of immunosuppressive cells to tumors34
Author Correction: Heterogeneous plasma cells and long-lived subsets in response to immunization, autoantigen and microbiota34
Long COVID34
Controlling TRM differentiation34
Hidden in plain sight: uncovering the role of CREB1 in HIV-1 vaccine-induced immunity34
Author Correction: Human circulating and tissue-resident memory CD8+ T cells33
A balancing act in the control of self-antigen expression33
Tracing the origins of lung fibrosis33
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