Developmental Cell

Papers
(The median citation count of Developmental Cell is 9. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
StBPA1 attenuates surface receptor activation and finely regulates immune responses against bacterial and oomycete pathogens in potato309
Radially patterned morphogenesis of murine hair follicle placodes ensures robust epithelial budding298
Spatial patterning controls neuron numbers in the Drosophila visual system270
Rim aperture of yeast autophagic membranes balances cargo inclusion with vesicle maturation196
A pathological role of O-GlcNAcylation-driven TR11B production and function in lung adenocarcinoma170
Partial closure of the γ-tubulin ring complex by CDK5RAP2 activates microtubule nucleation149
Decomposing a deterministic path to mesenchymal niche formation by two intersecting morphogen gradients142
Mechanics of spindle orientation in human mitotic cells is determined by pulling forces on astral microtubules and clustering of cortical dynein142
Control of poly(A)-tail length and translation in vertebrate oocytes and early embryos133
Organoids from pluripotent stem cells and human tissues: When two cultures meet each other133
Mechanisms of ferroptosis sensitization and resistance131
A feedback loop between lamellipodial extension and HGF-ERK signaling specifies leader cells during collective cell migration130
cAMP controls a trafficking mechanism that maintains the neuron specificity and subcellular placement of electrical synapses121
Maternal and embryonic signals cause functional differentiation of luminal epithelial cells and receptivity establishment121
E3 ubiquitin ligase IPI1 controls rice immunity and flowering via both E3 ligase-dependent and -independent pathways120
Restoration of cone-circuit functionality in the regenerating adult zebrafish retina117
HOPX-associated molecular programs control cardiomyocyte cell states underpinning cardiac structure and function112
Diet suppresses glioblastoma initiation in mice by maintaining quiescence of mutation-bearing neural stem cells99
Epithelial cells adapt to curvature induction via transient active osmotic swelling98
A transcriptional and regulatory map of mouse somite maturation93
Bifunctional transcription factor GhMYB4 orchestrates transition from elongation to secondary cell wall synthesis trade-off in cotton fiber88
TREX1-dependent DNA damage links nuclear rupture to tumor cell invasion88
Therapeutic modulation of GSTO activity rescues FUS-associated neurotoxicity via deglutathionylation in ALS disease models86
SMARCA5 reprograms AKR1B1-mediated fructose metabolism to control leukemogenesis85
Slc25a3-dependent copper transport controls flickering-induced Opa1 processing for mitochondrial safeguard83
Astrocyte-induced mGluR1 activates human lung cancer brain metastasis via glutamate-dependent stabilization of EGFR80
Epithelial tissue confinement inhibits cell growth and leads to volume-reducing divisions80
ORF3a of SARS-CoV-2 promotes lysosomal exocytosis-mediated viral egress79
A human breast atlas integrating single-cell proteomics and transcriptomics76
Damage-responsive neuro-glial clusters coordinate the recruitment of dormant neural stem cells in Drosophila76
Rapid and robust optogenetic control of gene expression in Drosophila74
Lysosomal catabolic activity promotes the exit of murine totipotent 2-cell state by silencing early-embryonic retrotransposons73
The endophilin curvature-sensitive motif requires electrostatic guidance to recycle synaptic vesicles in vivo72
A condensates-to-VPS41-associated phagic vacuoles conversion pathway controls autophagy degradation in plants71
Nucleolar protein PEXF controls ribosomal RNA synthesis and pluripotency exit71
Stepping on the molecular brake: Slowing down proliferation to allow differentiation70
Setting up cAMP in plants69
How structural interactions and receptor phosphorylation shape strigolactone signaling in rice67
Dynamic control of H2A.Zub and H3K27me3 by ambient temperature during cell fate determination in Arabidopsis65
Nuclear lamina phase separation orchestrates stress-induced transcriptional responses in plants64
Single-cell transcriptomic analysis highlights specific cell types manipulated by Fusarium head blight fungus leading to wheat susceptibility63
SUMO style defense: How post-translational modification via SUMO conjugation promotes plant defense62
Axon guidance in central nervous system regeneration61
Temperature-responsive N-acetylcytidine mRNA modification controls thermosensory flowering in Arabidopsis61
Bidirectional activation of stem-like programs between metastatic cancer and alveolar type 2 cells within the niche60
Fibrous periosteum repairs bone fracture and maintains the healed bone throughout mouse adulthood60
Mannose controls mesoderm specification and symmetry breaking in mouse gastruloids60
SLAM-ITseq identifies that Nrf2 induces liver regeneration through the pentose phosphate pathway59
The miR-430 locus with extreme promoter density forms a transcription body during the minor wave of zygotic genome activation59
Seamless knockins in Drosophila via CRISPR-triggered single-strand annealing59
Can’t smell the virus: SARS-CoV-2, chromatin organization, and anosmia58
Nuclear receptor Nr5a2 promotes diverse connective tissue fates in the jaw58
Neuronal-epithelial cross-talk drives acinar specification via NRG1-ERBB3-mTORC2 signaling57
MAP9/MAPH-9 supports axonemal microtubule doublets and modulates motor movement56
BMP-gated cell-cycle progression drives anoikis during mesenchymal collective migration56
Traveling to the left: A story of PKD1L1-containing vesicles56
YAP1 and PRDM14 converge to promote cell survival and tumorigenesis56
Nitric oxide controls stomatal development and stress responses by inhibiting MPK6 phosphorylation via S-nitrosylation in Arabidopsis56
Pollen-stigma incompatibility within and between species: Tread lightly, sedate the dogs, and don’t wake the guards!56
Xyloglucan side chains enable polysaccharide secretion to the plant cell wall55
Vimentin intermediate filaments coordinate actin stress fibers and podosomes to determine the extracellular matrix degradation by macrophages54
Don’t fear the reaper: The role of regulated cell death in tumorigenesis and BH3-mimetics for cancer therapy54
Human yolk sac-derived innate lymphoid-biased multipotent progenitors emerge prior to hematopoietic stem cell formation53
The microtubular preprophase band recruits Myosin XI to the cortical division site to guide phragmoplast expansion during plant cytokinesis53
Single-cell exploration of gonadal somatic cell lineage specification during human sex determination53
Spatiotemporal mapping of gene expression landscapes and developmental trajectories during zebrafish embryogenesis52
Maternal CENP-C restores centromere symmetry in mammalian zygotes to ensure proper chromosome segregation51
Genetic variation associated with condensate dysregulation in disease51
Mesodermal fibronectin controls cell shape, polarity, and mechanotransduction in the second heart field during cardiac outflow tract development51
KCNJ8/ABCC9-containing K-ATP channel modulates brain vascular smooth muscle development and neurovascular coupling51
Epidermal hydrodynamics controls water homeostasis of shoot meristems for plant adaptation to terrestrial environments50
Understanding the cell fate and behavior of progenitors at the origin of the mouse cardiac mitral valve49
Bending toward differentiation48
20 years of Developmental Cell: Looking forward47
An antisense RNA forms R-loop to facilitate the transcription of CBF genes and plant cold acclimation46
Pten, PI3K, and PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 dynamics control pulsatile actin branching in Drosophila retina morphogenesis46
VAMP2 controls murine epidermal differentiation and carcinogenesis by regulation of nucleophagy46
Assembly of tight junction belts by ZO1 surface condensation and local actin polymerization46
Integrated transcriptomics of human blood vessels defines a spatially controlled niche for early mesenchymal progenitor cells46
Investigating morphogen and patterning dynamics with optogenetic control of morphogen production46
TDRD1 phase separation drives intermitochondrial cement assembly to promote piRNA biogenesis and fertility46
Parallel CRISPR-Cas9 screens identify mechanisms of PLIN2 and lipid droplet regulation45
CLMP is a tumor suppressor that determines all-trans retinoic acid response in colorectal cancer45
Allelic transcriptomic profiling identifies the role of PRD-like homeobox genes in human embryonic-cleavage-stage arrest45
Chromatin remodeling of prostaglandin signaling in smooth muscle enables mouse embryo passage through the female reproductive tract45
Plant glutamate receptors mediate a bet-hedging strategy between regeneration and defense45
Adhesion tunes speed and persistence by coordinating protrusions and extracellular matrix remodeling44
Prerequisite endocardial-mesenchymal transition for murine cardiac trabecular angiogenesis43
Septins regulate border cell surface geometry, shape, and motility downstream of Rho in Drosophila43
Immune mechanisms shape the clonal landscape during early progression of prostate cancer43
Smooth muscle contributes to the development and function of a layered intestinal stem cell niche42
Mechanical regulation of substrate adhesion and de-adhesion drives a cell-contractile wave during Drosophila tissue morphogenesis42
Localized glucose import, glycolytic processing, and mitochondria generate a focused ATP burst to power basement-membrane invasion42
Monomethyl branched-chain fatty acid mediates amino acid sensing upstream of mTORC142
Optogenetic manipulation identifies the roles of ERK and AKT dynamics in controlling mouse embryonic stem cell exit from pluripotency42
Vasculature is getting Hip(po): Hippo signaling in vascular development and disease41
Developmental landscape of human forebrain at a single-cell level identifies early waves of oligodendrogenesis41
Proteomic profiling of centrosomes across multiple mammalian cell and tissue types by an affinity capture method40
Seriously cilia: A tiny organelle illuminates evolution, disease, and intercellular communication40
ΔNp63/p73 drive metastatic colonization by controlling a regenerative epithelial stem cell program in quasi-mesenchymal cancer stem cells40
RNA N6-methyladenosine modification promotes auxin biosynthesis required for male meiosis in rice40
Transgenesis in the acoel worm Hofstenia miamia39
Spatially resolved proteomics of the Arabidopsis stomatal lineage identifies polarity complexes for cell divisions and stomatal pores39
Extracellular matrix assembly stress initiates Drosophila central nervous system morphogenesis38
The BAS chromatin remodeler determines brassinosteroid-induced transcriptional activation and plant growth in Arabidopsis38
A single-cell census of mouse limb development identifies complex spatiotemporal dynamics of skeleton formation38
Large-scale chromatin reorganization reactivates placenta-specific genes that drive cellular aging38
20 years of Developmental Cell: Looking back37
PRC2-mediated repression of PIF4 targets beyond the on/off switch of gene expression37
Integration of vascular progenitors into functional blood vessels represents a distinct mechanism of vascular growth37
Stress delays the bloom: ROS sustains condensates to protect the tomato meristem37
Welcoming new Developmental Cell advisors37
Collective oscillatory signaling in Dictyostelium discoideum acts as a developmental timer initiated by weak coupling of a noisy pulsatile signal37
Deceleration of the cell cycle underpins a switch from proliferative to terminal divisions in plant stomatal lineage36
ZINC FINGER PROTEIN2 suppresses funiculus lignification to ensure seed loading efficiency in Arabidopsis36
A translation control module coordinates germline stem cell differentiation with ribosome biogenesis during Drosophila oogenesis36
A ROS-dependent mechanism promotes CDK2 phosphorylation to drive progression through S phase35
Nucleoporin Seh1 controls murine neocortical development via transcriptional repression of p21 in neural stem cells35
Distinct p53 isoforms code for opposing transcriptional outcomes35
Identification of Greb1l as a genetic determinant of crisscross heart in mice showing torsion of the heart tube by shortage of progenitor cells35
Extracellular carriers control lipid-dependent secretion, delivery, and activity of WNT morphogens35
GLRs: Mediating a defense-regeneration tradeoff in plants35
Mitochondrial GTP metabolism controls reproductive aging in C. elegans35
Actomyosin contractility in olfactory placode neurons opens the skin epithelium to form the zebrafish nostril35
Sweat gland development requires an eccrine dermal niche and couples two epidermal programs34
A dual enhancer-attenuator element ensures transient Cdx2 expression during mouse posterior body formation34
Aging-induced changes in lymphatic muscle cell transcriptomes are associated with reduced pumping of peripheral collecting lymphatic vessels in mice34
Notochord segmentation in zebrafish controlled by iterative mechanical signaling34
Developmental angiocrine diversification of endothelial cells for organotypic regeneration34
Concerted changes in Epithelium and Stroma: a multi-scale, multi-omics analysis of progression from Barrett’s Esophagus to adenocarcinoma34
Fate mapping in mouse demonstrates early secretory differentiation directly from Lgr5+ intestinal stem cells34
Mapping the dynamics of epigenetic adaptation in S. pombe during heterochromatin misregulation33
TAF1 is required for fetal but not adult hematopoiesis in mice33
Cell death: Revisiting the roads to ruin33
Asymmetric partitioning of persistent paternal mitochondria during cell divisions safeguards embryo development and mitochondrial inheritance33
Gene module reconstruction identifies cellular differentiation processes and the regulatory logic of specialized secretion in zebrafish33
Evolutionarily conserved midbody remodeling precedes ring canal formation during gametogenesis33
Antagonistic systemin receptors integrate the activation and attenuation of systemic wound signaling in tomato33
Dual states of murine Bmi1-expressing intestinal stem cells drive epithelial development utilizing non-canonical Wnt signaling33
S-nitrosylation coordinates stomatal development and functions33
Morphogenesis and regeneration share a conserved core transition cell state program that controls lung epithelial cell fate33
In the mouse cortex, oligodendrocytes regain a plastic capacity, transforming into astrocytes after acute injury33
Activity-dependent local protection and lateral inhibition control synaptic competition in developing mitral cells in mice33
Force-dependent activation of actin elongation factor mDia1 protects the cytoskeleton from mechanical damage and promotes stress fiber repair32
YAP regulates an SGK1/mTORC1/SREBP-dependent lipogenic program to support proliferation and tissue growth32
Wnt signaling couples G2 phase control with differentiation during hematopoiesis in Drosophila32
A chromatin code for limb segment identity in axolotl limb regeneration32
Pancreas agenesis mutations disrupt a lead enhancer controlling a developmental enhancer cluster32
ISL2 is a putative tumor suppressor whose epigenetic silencing reprograms the metabolism of pancreatic cancer31
The Hitchhiker’s Guide across a Waddington’s landscape of melanoma30
An exception to the rule? Regeneration of the injured spinal cord in the spiny mouse30
ZNFX-1 keeps RNAi in the loop30
Hepatocytic lipocalin-2 controls HDL metabolism and atherosclerosis via Nedd4-1-SR-BI axis in mice30
Quantitative proteomic profiling identifies global protein network dynamics in murine embryonic heart development30
A subset of neutrophils activates anti-tumor immunity and inhibits non-small-cell lung cancer progression30
Building a kidney tree: Functional collecting duct from human pluripotent stem cells30
SigmaR1 shapes rough endoplasmic reticulum membrane sheets30
PITTching in for lysosome repair30
4D reconstruction of murine developmental trajectories using spherical harmonics30
A Scribble/Cdep/Rac pathway controls follower-cell crawling and cluster cohesion during collective border-cell migration30
Persistent cell contacts enable E-cadherin/HMR-1- and PAR-3-based symmetry breaking within a developing C. elegans epithelium30
Long noncoding RNA ARTA controls ABA response through MYB7 nuclear trafficking in Arabidopsis30
Marsupial single-cell transcriptomics identifies temporal diversity in mammalian developmental programs29
Human yolk sac-derived innate lymphoid-biased multipotent progenitors emerge prior to hematopoietic stem cell formation29
TaANK-TPR1 enhances wheat resistance against stripe rust via controlling gene expression and protein activity of NLR protein TaRPP13L129
DDX20 is required for cell-cycle reentry of prospermatogonia and establishment of spermatogonial stem cell pool during testicular development in mice29
Glutamine-dependent signaling controls pluripotent stem cell fate28
A postsynaptic GPR158-PLCXD2 complex controls spine apparatus abundance and dendritic spine maturation28
EYA protein complex is required for Wntless retrograde trafficking from endosomes to Golgi28
Reshaping of the tumor microenvironment by cellular senescence: An opportunity for senotherapies28
TMK-PIN1 drives a short self-organizing circuit for auxin export and signaling in Arabidopsis28
Controlling pyroptosis through post-translational modifications of gasdermin D28
Microtubule-associated protein MAP7 promotes tubulin posttranslational modifications and cargo transport to enable osmotic adaptation28
Self-extinguishing relay waves enable homeostatic control of human neutrophil swarming28
An integrated approach identifies the molecular underpinnings of murine anterior visceral endoderm migration27
Lineage-tracing hematopoietic stem cell origins in vivo to efficiently make human HLF+ HOXA+ hematopoietic progenitors from pluripotent stem cells27
Replication stress triggered by nucleotide pool imbalance drives DNA damage and cGAS-STING pathway activation in NAFLD27
The mechanical state of pre-tumoral epithelia controls subsequent Drosophila tumor aggressiveness27
Mending microtubules enhances cell polarity27
ATG5 provides host protection acting as a switch in the atg8ylation cascade between autophagy and secretion27
Meningeal macrophages inhibit chemokine signaling in pre-tumor cells to suppress mouse medulloblastoma initiation27
Local synthesis of the phosphatidylinositol-3,4-bisphosphate lipid drives focal adhesion turnover26
From nuclear to extracellular PTEN: Multiple roles in tumor suppression and immune modulation26
Novel bacterial strategy to hijack plant immunity through metabolic manipulation26
Single-cell chromatin accessibility identifies enhancer networks driving gene expression during spinal cord development in mouse26
Identification of a non-canonical planar cell polarity pathway triggered by light in the developing mouse retina26
A bridge too far: Identification of bridge cell states as drivers of plasticity in neuroblastoma26
How meningeal macrophages control medulloblastoma induction26
Molecular and spatial landmarks of early mouse skin development26
Cytoskeletal crosstalk in macrophages: Vimentin drives ECM remodeling in tumor invasion and tissue plasticity26
Jpx RNA controls Xist induction through spatial reorganization of the mouse X-inactivation center26
Giving translation a hand25
Differential condensation of sister chromatids acts with Cdc6 to ensure asynchronous S-phase entry in Drosophila male germline stem cell lineage25
Endoplasmic reticulum exit sites are segregated for secretion based on cargo size25
Hippo pathway and Bonus control developmental cell fate decisions in the Drosophila eye25
Mast cells proliferate in the peri-hippocampal space during early development and modulate local and peripheral immune cells25
Type I gamma phosphatidylinositol phosphate 5-kinase i5 controls cell sensitivity to interferon25
Kinetochore life histories reveal an Aurora-B-dependent error correction mechanism in anaphase25
An SLC12A9-dependent ion transport mechanism maintains lysosomal osmolarity25
Plasticity in airway smooth muscle differentiation during mouse lung development25
DNGR-1-tracing marks an ependymal cell subset with damage-responsive neural stem cell potential25
A single-cell transcriptomic census of mammalian olfactory epithelium aging25
Ubiquitin ligase MARCH5 controls the formation of mitochondria-derived pre-peroxisomes25
A limb bud morphogen bites the dust24
Targeted search for scaling genes reveals matrix metalloproteinase 3 as a scaler of the dorsal-ventral pattern in Xenopus laevis embryos24
A SOX9-B7x axis safeguards dedifferentiated tumor cells from immune surveillance to drive breast cancer progression24
Mammalian autophagosomes form from finger-like phagophores24
Regulation of reverse electron transfer at mitochondrial complex I by unconventional Notch action in cancer stem cells24
The elusive pulmonary neuroendocrine cell: How rare diseases may help solving common diseases24
The Drosophila adult midgut progenitor cells arise from asymmetric divisions of neuroblast-like cells24
Cell cycle regulation of ER membrane biogenesis protects against chromosome missegregation24
Acute brain vascular regeneration occurs via lymphatic transdifferentiation24
Heart regeneration: 20 years of progress and renewed optimism24
Caveolae sense oxidative stress through membrane lipid peroxidation and cytosolic release of CAVIN1 to regulate NRF223
Genome-wide analysis of pseudogenes reveals HBBP1’s human-specific essentiality in erythropoiesis and implication in β-thalassemia23
Comparative single-cell multiome identifies evolutionary changes in neural progenitor cells during primate brain development23
ATG9 assists lipid replenishment for lysosome membrane repair23
Remodeling of cadherin contacts in embryonic mesenchymal tissues during differential cell migration23
A morphogenetic wave in the chick embryo lateral mesoderm generates mesenchymal-epithelial transition through a 3D-rosette intermediate23
Decreased GATA3 levels cause changed mouse cutaneous innate lymphoid cell fate, facilitating hair follicle recycling23
Synthetic Notch receptors and their applications to study cell-cell contacts in vivo23
Coordinated control of calcium signaling by CPK3 and CaM2 via CNGCs in response to cold stress in Arabidopsis23
Waves of regulated protein expression and phosphorylation rewire the proteome to drive gametogenesis in budding yeast23
Unlocking trophectoderm mysteries: In vivo and in vitro perspectives on human and mouse trophoblast fate induction23
Identifying cross-lineage dependencies of cell-type-specific regulators in mouse gastruloids23
The default and directed pathways of hepatoblast differentiation involve distinct epigenomic mechanisms22
Functional genetic screen identifies ITPR3/calcium/RELB axis as a driver of colorectal cancer metastatic liver colonization22
Philip N. Benfey (1953–2023)22
De novo endocytic clathrin coats develop curvature at early stages of their formation22
“Fateful” encounter: Lineage tracing meets phylogeny to unravel mysteries of cancer progression22
Single-cell and spatial mapping Identify cell types and signaling Networks in the human ureter21
Control of murine brown adipocyte development by GATA621
Eomes restricts Brachyury functions at the onset of mouse gastrulation21
Differential growth is an emergent property of mechanochemical feedback mechanisms in curved plant organs21
Early human embryonic development: Blastocyst formation to gastrulation21
Directed cell invasion and asymmetric adhesion drive tissue elongation and turning in C. elegans gonad morphogenesis21
Functional heterogeneity of Wnt-responsive and Hedgehog-responsive neural stem cells in the murine adult hippocampus21
An essential signaling cascade for avian auditory hair cell regeneration21
Restoration of CPEB4 prevents muscle stem cell senescence during aging21
Gliotransmission and adenosine signaling promote axon regeneration21
Extracellular mechanical forces drive endocardial cell volume decrease during zebrafish cardiac valve morphogenesis21
New adventures in spatial transcriptomics21
In vitro generation of mouse morula-like cells21
Tissue-resident macrophages specifically express Lactotransferrin and Vegfc during ear pinna regeneration in spiny mice21
The spatial zonation of the murine placental vasculature is specified by epigenetic mechanisms21
Outer mitochondrial membrane E3 Ub ligase MARCH5 controls de novo peroxisome biogenesis21
Proteomics-based multi-omics identifies the roadmap of transcription-translation-protein dynamics in planarian regeneration20
Autophagy-dependent splicing control directs translation toward inflammation during senescence20
EGFR-dependent actomyosin patterning coordinates morphogenetic movements between tissues in Drosophila melanogaster20
Photoregulatory protein kinases fine-tune plant photomorphogenesis by directing a bifunctional phospho-code on HY5 in Arabidopsis20
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