Nature Immunology

Papers
(The TQCC of Nature Immunology is 25. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Vaccine-induced memory1077
The delivery device of SARS-CoV-2 mucosal vaccine matters943
Orthogonal engineering of synthetic T cell states to enhance cancer immunotherapy741
Two-birds-one-stone approach to combine protein and mRNA vaccines for COVID-19550
Charting granulopoietic disturbances in sepsis544
Author Correction: Mucosal vaccine-induced cross-reactive CD8+ T cells protect against SARS-CoV-2 XBB.1.5 respiratory tract infection494
Complement profile450
Imprinting tissue immunity398
3D imaging of the synovium defines an immune defense system at the blood–joint barrier353
Author Correction: Dual blockade of IL-10 and PD-1 leads to control of SIV viral rebound following analytical treatment interruption352
Keeping neonatal intestines happy324
Astrocyte TRAIL promotes GBM277
Single-cell analysis of human MAIT cell transcriptional, functional and clonal diversity227
Deactylation by SIRT1 enables liquid–liquid phase separation of IRF3/IRF7 in innate antiviral immunity214
Clonal succession after prolonged antiretroviral therapy rejuvenates CD8+ T cell responses against HIV-1201
A TNIP1-driven systemic autoimmune disorder with elevated IgG4193
CTLA-4 tail fusion enhances CAR-T antitumor immunity193
Memory B cell subsets have divergent developmental origins that are coupled to distinct imprinted epigenetic states189
Neurons protect against fibrosis186
Direct presentation of inflammation-associated self-antigens by thymic innate-like T cells induces elimination of autoreactive CD8+ thymocytes177
The role of recruitment versus training in influenza-induced lasting changes to alveolar macrophage function173
The complexity of immune evasion mechanisms throughout the metastatic cascade171
Secretogranin 2 binds LILRB4 resulting in immunosuppression169
Human TH17 cells engage gasdermin E pores to release IL-1α on NLRP3 inflammasome activation166
Pathogenic T cells in post-viral lung disease in mice165
Transposon-triggered innate immune response confers cancer resistance to the blind mole rat165
Lactation-associated macrophages exist in murine mammary tissue and human milk158
Ironman training for NK cells156
In vivo CRISPR screens reveal the landscape of immune evasion pathways across cancer156
PD-L1–PD-1 interactions limit effector regulatory T cell populations at homeostasis and during infection153
PD-1 and CD73 on naive CD4+ T cells synergistically limit responses to self151
Deletion of PD-1 destabilizes the lineage identity and metabolic fitness of tumor-infiltrating regulatory T cells150
A longitudinal single-cell atlas of anti-tumour necrosis factor treatment in inflammatory bowel disease150
Analysis of brain and blood single-cell transcriptomics in acute and subacute phases after experimental stroke147
Defective fibrinolysis in periodontitis145
Vaccination reduces central nervous system IL-1β and memory deficits after COVID-19 in mice145
KEAP1 maintains stemness144
Reversing T cell immunity reveals the basis for T cell lineage fate determination143
Nociceptors enhance humoral immunity141
A polarizing answer — microglia in Nasu-Hakola disease141
Restriction factor141
GPR34 is a metabolic immune checkpoint for ILC1-mediated antitumor immunity140
Cytokine polarized, alternatively activated bone marrow neutrophils drive axon regeneration140
Mutations in the human CSF1R gene impact microglia’s maintenance of brain white matter integrity138
Microglia loss triggers glial stress and white matter damage in human leukodystrophy137
Beneficial role of GZMK+CD8+ T cells in neurodegeneration137
A microbial iron fist to fight tumors135
The receptor binding domain of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants targets Siglec-9 to decrease its immunogenicity by preventing macrophage phagocytosis135
The road not taken en route to T cell exhaustion134
Author Correction: Runx factors launch T cell and innate lymphoid programs via direct and gene network-based mechanisms133
Publisher Correction: PU.1 and BCL11B sequentially cooperate with RUNX1 to anchor mSWI/SNF to poise the T cell effector landscape132
Enhancing T cell therapy130
Insights into autoimmunity and cancer129
m1A tRNA modification facilitates rapid T cell proliferation128
Aging lymph node responses125
Learning from inborn errors125
PU.1 and BCL11B sequentially cooperate with RUNX1 to anchor mSWI/SNF to poise the T cell effector landscape121
G-CSF drives autoinflammation in APLAID121
Type I interferon transcriptional network regulates expression of coinhibitory receptors in human T cells118
Sodium chloride in the tumor microenvironment enhances T cell metabolic fitness and cytotoxicity117
Oleic acid availability impacts thymocyte preprogramming and subsequent peripheral Treg cell differentiation117
Aging disrupts circadian gene regulation and function in macrophages112
Carboxylation switch111
Enhancer-instructed epigenetic landscape and chromatin compartmentalization dictate a primary antibody repertoire protective against specific bacterial pathogens110
tRNA-m1A modification promotes T cell expansion via efficient MYC protein synthesis108
Single-cell profiling identifies mechanisms of inflammatory heterogeneity in chronic rhinosinusitis107
ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) vaccine-induced Fc receptor binding tracks with differential susceptibility to COVID-19107
JAK-STAT signaling maintains homeostasis in T cells and macrophages103
Mechanisms of NLRP3 activation and inhibition elucidated by functional analysis of disease-associated variants102
Six degrees of TGFβ101
Mammary intraepithelial lymphocytes and intestinal inputs shape T cell dynamics in lactogenesis101
The heterogeneity of neutrophils in cancer and its implication for therapeutic targeting99
CAR macrophages on a fast track to solid tumor therapy96
IL-1 and IL-1ra are key regulators of the inflammatory response to RNA vaccines96
Defining macrophages in the lactating murine mammary gland and human milk95
Mucus needs GSDMD94
What Jane Jacobs has taught me about neuroimmunology93
Distinct developmental pathways generate functionally distinct populations of natural killer cells93
Vγ9Vδ2 T cells recognize butyrophilin 2A1 and 3A1 heteromers93
Dynamic chromatin accessibility licenses STAT5- and STAT6-dependent innate-like function of TH9 cells to promote allergic inflammation93
Three cytokine pairs modulate sepsis effects at the organism level91
Less BMI-1 is more for chronic infections90
Role of the T cell vitamin D receptor in severe COVID-1989
Author Correction: Neoantigen-specific stem cell memory-like CD4+ T cells mediate CD8+ T cell-dependent immunotherapy of MHC class II-negative solid tumors88
Reply to ‘Comment on: Repositioning TH cell polarization from single cytokines to complex help’88
Transcriptional state and function of CD8+ memory T cells is linked to past proliferation87
Runx factors launch T cell and innate lymphoid programs via direct and gene network-based mechanisms86
Monocyte-derived IL-6 programs microglia to rebuild damaged brain vasculature86
Multimodal profiling reveals site-specific adaptation and tissue residency hallmarks of γδ T cells across organs in mice85
Prenatal and postnatal neuroimmune interactions in neurodevelopmental disorders85
An IGHG1 variant exhibits polarized prevalence and confers enhanced IgG1 antibody responses against life-threatening organisms85
Dynamic CD4+ T cell heterogeneity defines subset-specific suppression and PD-L1-blockade-driven functional restoration in chronic infection84
Novel mouse models based on intersectional genetics to identify and characterize plasmacytoid dendritic cells84
Depletion of slow-cycling PDGFRα+ADAM12+ mesenchymal cells promotes antitumor immunity by restricting macrophage efferocytosis82
Low-avidity T cells drive endogenous tumor immunity in mice and humans81
Meningeal damage repair79
Hypoxia drives CD39-dependent suppressor function in exhausted T cells to limit antitumor immunity79
Regulatory T cell-derived IL-1Ra suppresses the innate response to respiratory viral infection79
2B or not 2B is the question in DC ontogeny79
Unraveling age-specific complexity in the human T cell compartment78
Mapping the interferon response78
HSCs perpetuate inflammation77
Facilitating broad antibody responses76
Pregnancy stress76
Mouse long-lived plasma cells develop from multiple origins76
Gasdermin splicing75
B cells require exosomes74
Germinal centers FAMished without TFAM73
Immune tolerance in peripheral CD4+ T cells is cooperatively regulated by PD-1 and CD7373
Impaired CD4+ T cell recognition of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern73
Author Correction: Long-term retention of antigens in germinal centers is controlled by the spatial organization of the follicular dendritic cell network72
Monocyte-derived macrophages are too much of a good thing in lung fibrosis72
Author Correction: GIMAP5 deficiency reveals a mammalian ceramide-driven longevity assurance pathway71
COQ6 defies immune and metabolic expectations71
A global effort to dissect the human genetic basis of resistance to SARS-CoV-2 infection70
Neuropilin-1 flags lung-resident type 2 innate lymphoid cells70
Itaconate modifies JAK169
Establishment and recall of SARS-CoV-2 spike epitope-specific CD4+ T cell memory69
Specific CD4+ T cell phenotypes associate with bacterial control in people who ‘resist’ infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis68
Specialization determines outcomes in inflammation and cancer67
Aberrant T follicular helper cells generated by TH17 cell plasticity in the gut promote extraintestinal autoimmunity67
c-Myb redefines the hierarchy of stem-like T cells67
IRE1α–XBP1 safeguards hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells by restricting pro-leukemogenic gene programs67
Gut Treg cells release IL-27 to regulate TH17 cell responses67
Age-induced alterations of granulopoiesis generate atypical neutrophils that aggravate stroke pathology66
Genetic variants in UNC93B1 predispose to childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus66
Addendum: Langerhans cells renew in the skin throughout life under steady-state conditions66
The impact of genetic immune disorders on infections including COVID-19, inflammatory bowel disease and cancer65
Significance of bystander T cell activation in microbial infection65
Disrupting Roquin-1 interaction with Regnase-1 induces autoimmunity and enhances antitumor responses64
The ligation between ERMAP, galectin-9 and dectin-2 promotes Kupffer cell phagocytosis and antitumor immunity63
Multitier mechanics control stromal adaptations in the swelling lymph node63
A second-generation M1-polarized CAR macrophage with antitumor efficacy62
Developmentally programmed early-age skin localization of iNKT cells supports local tissue development and homeostasis61
COVID-19 vaccine trials must include helminth-infected cohorts61
Notch gives early T cell progenitors time to grow up61
Homeostatic IL-13 in healthy skin directs dendritic cell differentiation to promote TH2 and inhibit TH17 cell polarization61
Human SHARPIN deficiency is linked to inborn errors of cell death61
Author Correction: B lymphocyte-derived acetylcholine limits steady-state and emergency hematopoiesis60
An updated guide for the perplexed: cytometry in the high-dimensional era59
lnc(RNA)-ing myeloid metabolism59
Human early-onset dementia caused by DAP12 deficiency reveals a unique signature of dysregulated microglia59
Monocytes can proliferate in vacant niches before differentiation into macrophages59
IFNγ-induction of TH1-like regulatory T cells controls antiviral responses58
m6A RNA modification regulates innate lymphoid cell responses in a lineage-specific manner58
Cell-autonomous effects of APOE4 in restricting microglial response in brain homeostasis and Alzheimer’s disease58
Selective IL-27 production by intestinal regulatory T cells permits gut-specific regulation of TH17 cell immunity58
Repeated mRNA vaccination sequentially boosts SARS-CoV-2-specific CD8+ T cells in persons with previous COVID-1958
LAG3 ectodomain structure reveals functional interfaces for ligand and antibody recognition58
Eosinophil–lymphocyte interactions in the tumor microenvironment and cancer immunotherapy58
Towards evidence-based immunology57
Anti-tumor CTLs need IL-2757
UBXN9 governs GLUT4-mediated spatial confinement of RIG-I-like receptors and signaling56
γδ T cells maintain sensitivity to immunotherapy in MHC-I-deficient tumors56
Y do T cells fail56
Recycling dead bacteria to fuel macrophage immunometabolism55
Author Correction: CD40 signal rewires fatty acid and glutamine metabolism for stimulating macrophage anti-tumorigenic functions55
β-Glucan reprograms neutrophils to promote disease tolerance against influenza A virus55
Intrinsic immunogenicity is a major determinant of type-specific responses in SARS-CoV-2 infections55
Inflammasome protein scaffolds the DNA damage complex during tumor development55
Stress-induced inflammation54
A genetic disorder reveals a hematopoietic stem cell regulatory network co-opted in leukemia54
Reciprocal regulation of T follicular helper cells and dendritic cells drives colitis development54
Time is of the essence for vaccine success54
SARS-CoV-2 immune repertoire in MIS-C and pediatric COVID-1953
Cholesterol mobilization regulates dendritic cell maturation and the immunogenic response to cancer53
Hallmarks of CD8+ T cell dysfunction are established within hours of tumor antigen encounter before cell division53
TFH cell responses endure in human lymph nodes after vaccination53
Old and new mpox vaccine52
The immunoregulatory landscape of human tuberculosis granulomas52
Publisher Correction: Effect of posttranslational modifications and subclass on IgG activity: from immunity to immunotherapy52
Emerging tumor repression of immune recognition is reversed by inhibiting DNA methylation52
Insulin signaling establishes a developmental trajectory of adipose regulatory T cells52
Author Correction: Tumor immunoevasion by the conversion of effector NK cells into type 1 innate lymphoid cell51
Author Correction: Elusive early NK cell progenitor identified51
Inflammatory fibroblasts remodeling in colitis51
PD-1 blockade unblocks immune responses to vaccination50
PD-L1 senses fungi50
Publisher Correction: Tumor cell-released kynurenine biases MEP differentiation into megakaryocytes in individuals with cancer by activating AhR–RUNX150
Author Correction: Homeostatic IL-13 in healthy skin directs dendritic cell differentiation to promote TH2 and inhibit TH17 cell polarization50
Publisher Correction: IFNγ binding to extracellular matrix prevents fatal systemic toxicity50
A cocktail of kinase inhibitors that enhance the antitumor effects of CAR-T cell therapy50
cGAS meets its demise in the nucleus49
The embers underneath the CoV-2 pandemic: a semblance of the persistent burn of health inequities and disparities in the United States49
Reactivating antitumor immunity by inhibiting JMJD1C49
Advancements in pathogen immunity and signaling49
ImmGenMaps, an open-source cartography of the immune system48
Unveiling the antitumor function of ID3 in liver macrophages48
Short-range immunity48
Skin–gut crosstalk48
IFNλ drives diarrhea48
Pas de deux of NLRP3 and ASC with CD63 on mast cell granules47
Mechanism for controlled assembly of transcriptional condensates by Aire46
A CRISPR-based system for temporal, combinatorial gene knockout in mice46
Low-dose in vivo protection and neutralization across SARS-CoV-2 variants by monoclonal antibody combinations46
The BCR-SEQC initiative46
An anion channel for cyclic dinucleotides in T cells46
Stress and immunity — the circuit makes the difference45
The hidden functional diversity of macrophages45
Macrophage niche availability enables local monocyte proliferation in peripheral tissues45
Pyrimidine de novo synthesis inhibition selectively blocks effector but not memory T cell development44
Large-scale phenotyping of patients with long COVID post-hospitalization reveals mechanistic subtypes of disease44
The humoral response and antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 infection43
PD-1 agonism by anti-CD80 inhibits T cell activation and alleviates autoimmunity43
Unique roles of co-receptor-bound LCK in helper and cytotoxic T cells43
‘Stem-like’ precursors are the fount to sustain persistent CD8+ T cell responses43
Spatial map of microglial diversity beyond proteopathy43
Thioredoxin is a metabolic rheostat controlling regulatory B cells42
Differences in CD80 and CD86 transendocytosis reveal CD86 as a key target for CTLA-4 immune regulation41
TCF-1 mediates chromatin intermingling during T cell development41
High energy, high function41
Natural mouse microbes transiently block innate responses to allergens41
Systems neuroimmunology: current bottlenecks, research priorities and future directions41
Mitochondria controls TH17 cells41
Two CTLA-4 ligands, separate pHates41
ETS1 is a key transcription factor that drives RANKL-expressing, tissue-destructive fibroblasts41
TH17 cell heterogeneity and its role in tissue inflammation41
Check(point) yourself before you wreck yourself in tumors41
Nanotech unveils cytokine traces in post-COVID cardiovascular complications40
Stuart Schlossman (1935–2023)40
SLE B cells take an extrafollicular detour after mRNA vaccination40
Plasmacytoid dendritic cells turn red!40
Modulating RNF4140
IL-1α in aging tumors39
Phenotype and specificity of lung T cell responses correlate with outcome in SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia39
OCT2 pre-positioning facilitates cell fate transition and chromatin architecture changes in humoral immunity38
Innate immune cells link dietary cues to normal and abnormal metabolic regulation38
Past interactions of T cells with antigens shape CAR T cell responses38
Macrophages and fibroblasts as regulators of the immune response in pancreatic cancer38
Innate lymphoid cells and cancer37
Bispecific antibodies promote natural killer cell-mediated elimination of HIV-1 reservoir cells37
Intestinal neuron-associated macrophages in health and disease37
DNA-sensing pathways in health, autoinflammatory and autoimmune diseases37
Robust mucosal SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells effectively combat COVID-19 and establish polyfunctional resident memory in patient lungs37
T cells drive aging of the brain37
VDAC2 enforces a mitochondrial checkpoint to cancer immunity37
PD-1 directed immunotherapy alters Tfh and humoral immune responses to seasonal influenza vaccine37
LARP4-mediated hypertranslation drives T cell dysfunction in tumors36
Enhancing human NK cell antitumor function by knocking out SMAD4 to counteract TGFβ and activin A suppression36
Distinct metabolic requirements regulate B cell activation and germinal center responses36
Type 2 cytokines in the thymus activate Sirpα+ dendritic cells to promote clonal deletion36
NgR1 is an NK cell inhibitory receptor that destabilizes the immunological synapse36
Pan-vaccine analysis reveals innate immune endotypes predictive of antibody responses to vaccination36
Controlling TRM differentiation35
Genetic determinants of mannose-binding lectin activity predispose to thromboembolic complications in critical COVID-1935
A protective ACPA35
Variant-specific local tissue response to SARS-CoV-2 in the nasal mucosa35
The volume-regulated anion channel LRRC8C suppresses T cell function by regulating cyclic dinucleotide transport and STING–p53 signaling35
Macrophages set the bar for acute pain sensitivity34
Dosage compensation in T cells34
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