Developmental Cell

Papers
(The TQCC of Developmental Cell is 19. 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
cAMP controls a trafficking mechanism that maintains the neuron specificity and subcellular placement of electrical synapses279
Rim aperture of yeast autophagic membranes balances cargo inclusion with vesicle maturation258
Therapeutic modulation of GSTO activity rescues FUS-associated neurotoxicity via deglutathionylation in ALS disease models249
HOPX-associated molecular programs control cardiomyocyte cell states underpinning cardiac structure and function176
Bifunctional transcription factor GhMYB4 orchestrates transition from elongation to secondary cell wall synthesis trade-off in cotton fiber170
Organoids from pluripotent stem cells and human tissues: When two cultures meet each other160
TREX1-dependent DNA damage links nuclear rupture to tumor cell invasion151
Epithelial cells adapt to curvature induction via transient active osmotic swelling135
Partial closure of the γ-tubulin ring complex by CDK5RAP2 activates microtubule nucleation131
A transcriptional and regulatory map of mouse somite maturation121
Epithelial tissue confinement inhibits cell growth and leads to volume-reducing divisions121
Mechanics of spindle orientation in human mitotic cells is determined by pulling forces on astral microtubules and clustering of cortical dynein118
Restoration of cone-circuit functionality in the regenerating adult zebrafish retina111
Discrete cis-acting element regulates developmentally timed gene-lamina relocation and neural progenitor competence in vivo111
Slc25a3-dependent copper transport controls flickering-induced Opa1 processing for mitochondrial safeguard109
Decomposing a deterministic path to mesenchymal niche formation by two intersecting morphogen gradients109
Diet suppresses glioblastoma initiation in mice by maintaining quiescence of mutation-bearing neural stem cells107
SMARCA5 reprograms AKR1B1-mediated fructose metabolism to control leukemogenesis106
Radially patterned morphogenesis of murine hair follicle placodes ensures robust epithelial budding100
Spatial patterning controls neuron numbers in the Drosophila visual system98
Astrocyte-induced mGluR1 activates human lung cancer brain metastasis via glutamate-dependent stabilization of EGFR96
A feedback loop between lamellipodial extension and HGF-ERK signaling specifies leader cells during collective cell migration93
E3 ubiquitin ligase IPI1 controls rice immunity and flowering via both E3 ligase-dependent and -independent pathways91
Gene copy-number changes and chromosomal instability induced by aneuploidy confer resistance to chemotherapy88
Damage-responsive neuro-glial clusters coordinate the recruitment of dormant neural stem cells in Drosophila82
Control of poly(A)-tail length and translation in vertebrate oocytes and early embryos81
ORF3a of SARS-CoV-2 promotes lysosomal exocytosis-mediated viral egress81
Maternal and embryonic signals cause functional differentiation of luminal epithelial cells and receptivity establishment79
A human breast atlas integrating single-cell proteomics and transcriptomics73
Mechanisms of ferroptosis sensitization and resistance72
Rapid and robust optogenetic control of gene expression in Drosophila69
Distinct classes of lagging chromosome underpin age-related oocyte aneuploidy in mouse69
How structural interactions and receptor phosphorylation shape strigolactone signaling in rice69
Neuronal-epithelial cross-talk drives acinar specification via NRG1-ERBB3-mTORC2 signaling68
YAP1 and PRDM14 converge to promote cell survival and tumorigenesis67
Nitric oxide controls stomatal development and stress responses by inhibiting MPK6 phosphorylation via S-nitrosylation in Arabidopsis67
The miR-430 locus with extreme promoter density forms a transcription body during the minor wave of zygotic genome activation64
Bidirectional activation of stem-like programs between metastatic cancer and alveolar type 2 cells within the niche64
Human yolk sac-derived innate lymphoid-biased multipotent progenitors emerge prior to hematopoietic stem cell formation63
The microtubular preprophase band recruits Myosin XI to the cortical division site to guide phragmoplast expansion during plant cytokinesis63
Pollen-stigma incompatibility within and between species: Tread lightly, sedate the dogs, and don’t wake the guards!61
Lysosomal catabolic activity promotes the exit of murine totipotent 2-cell state by silencing early-embryonic retrotransposons60
SUMO style defense: How post-translational modification via SUMO conjugation promotes plant defense60
MAP9/MAPH-9 supports axonemal microtubule doublets and modulates motor movement60
Traveling to the left: A story of PKD1L1-containing vesicles59
Nucleolar protein PEXF controls ribosomal RNA synthesis and pluripotency exit59
Axon guidance in central nervous system regeneration59
SLAM-ITseq identifies that Nrf2 induces liver regeneration through the pentose phosphate pathway59
Dynamic control of H2A.Zub and H3K27me3 by ambient temperature during cell fate determination in Arabidopsis58
Setting up cAMP in plants57
Stepping on the molecular brake: Slowing down proliferation to allow differentiation56
Can’t smell the virus: SARS-CoV-2, chromatin organization, and anosmia56
BMP-gated cell-cycle progression drives anoikis during mesenchymal collective migration55
Adaptive mechanoproperties mediated by the formin FMN1 characterize glioblastoma fitness for invasion54
Nuclear receptor Nr5a2 promotes diverse connective tissue fates in the jaw54
Seamless knockins in Drosophila via CRISPR-triggered single-strand annealing54
The endophilin curvature-sensitive motif requires electrostatic guidance to recycle synaptic vesicles in vivo54
Don’t fear the reaper: The role of regulated cell death in tumorigenesis and BH3-mimetics for cancer therapy54
Xyloglucan side chains enable polysaccharide secretion to the plant cell wall54
Genetic variation associated with condensate dysregulation in disease53
Interaction between Ras and Src clones causes interdependent tumor malignancy via Notch signaling in Drosophila53
KCNJ8/ABCC9-containing K-ATP channel modulates brain vascular smooth muscle development and neurovascular coupling52
Mannose controls mesoderm specification and symmetry breaking in mouse gastruloids52
Vimentin intermediate filaments coordinate actin stress fibers and podosomes to determine the extracellular matrix degradation by macrophages52
A condensates-to-VPS41-associated phagic vacuoles conversion pathway controls autophagy degradation in plants52
An Oatp transporter-mediated steroid sink promotes tumor-induced cachexia in Drosophila51
Tumor-derived MMPs regulate cachexia in a Drosophila cancer model51
Fibrous periosteum repairs bone fracture and maintains the healed bone throughout mouse adulthood51
Temperature-responsive N-acetylcytidine mRNA modification controls thermosensory flowering in Arabidopsis51
Mesodermal fibronectin controls cell shape, polarity, and mechanotransduction in the second heart field during cardiac outflow tract development50
20 years of Developmental Cell: Looking forward50
Transgenesis in the acoel worm Hofstenia miamia50
Spatiotemporal mapping of gene expression landscapes and developmental trajectories during zebrafish embryogenesis50
An antisense RNA forms R-loop to facilitate the transcription of CBF genes and plant cold acclimation50
Endosomal trafficking and DNA damage checkpoint kinases dictate survival to replication stress by regulating amino acid uptake and protein synthesis49
Immune mechanisms shape the clonal landscape during early progression of prostate cancer49
VAMP2 controls murine epidermal differentiation and carcinogenesis by regulation of nucleophagy49
Prerequisite endocardial-mesenchymal transition for murine cardiac trabecular angiogenesis49
Chromatin remodeling of prostaglandin signaling in smooth muscle enables mouse embryo passage through the female reproductive tract47
Separase cleaves the kinetochore protein Meikin at the meiosis I/II transition46
Allelic transcriptomic profiling identifies the role of PRD-like homeobox genes in human embryonic-cleavage-stage arrest46
Developmental landscape of human forebrain at a single-cell level identifies early waves of oligodendrogenesis46
Monomethyl branched-chain fatty acid mediates amino acid sensing upstream of mTORC145
Adhesion tunes speed and persistence by coordinating protrusions and extracellular matrix remodeling45
Bending toward differentiation45
Pten, PI3K, and PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 dynamics control pulsatile actin branching in Drosophila retina morphogenesis44
Integrated transcriptomics of human blood vessels defines a spatially controlled niche for early mesenchymal progenitor cells44
Localized glucose import, glycolytic processing, and mitochondria generate a focused ATP burst to power basement-membrane invasion43
Understanding the cell fate and behavior of progenitors at the origin of the mouse cardiac mitral valve43
TDRD1 phase separation drives intermitochondrial cement assembly to promote piRNA biogenesis and fertility43
A single-cell census of mouse limb development identifies complex spatiotemporal dynamics of skeleton formation42
Assembly of tight junction belts by ZO1 surface condensation and local actin polymerization42
Mechanical regulation of substrate adhesion and de-adhesion drives a cell-contractile wave during Drosophila tissue morphogenesis41
S-acylation controls SARS-CoV-2 membrane lipid organization and enhances infectivity41
Seriously cilia: A tiny organelle illuminates evolution, disease, and intercellular communication41
ΔNp63/p73 drive metastatic colonization by controlling a regenerative epithelial stem cell program in quasi-mesenchymal cancer stem cells41
Spatially resolved proteomics of the Arabidopsis stomatal lineage identifies polarity complexes for cell divisions and stomatal pores40
Smooth muscle contributes to the development and function of a layered intestinal stem cell niche40
Optogenetic manipulation identifies the roles of ERK and AKT dynamics in controlling mouse embryonic stem cell exit from pluripotency40
RNA N6-methyladenosine modification promotes auxin biosynthesis required for male meiosis in rice40
Proteomic profiling of centrosomes across multiple mammalian cell and tissue types by an affinity capture method40
Vasculature is getting Hip(po): Hippo signaling in vascular development and disease39
CLMP is a tumor suppressor that determines all-trans retinoic acid response in colorectal cancer39
Extracellular matrix assembly stress initiates Drosophila central nervous system morphogenesis39
The BAS chromatin remodeler determines brassinosteroid-induced transcriptional activation and plant growth in Arabidopsis39
Parallel CRISPR-Cas9 screens identify mechanisms of PLIN2 and lipid droplet regulation38
GLRs: Mediating a defense-regeneration tradeoff in plants38
Septins regulate border cell surface geometry, shape, and motility downstream of Rho in Drosophila38
Large-scale chromatin reorganization reactivates placenta-specific genes that drive cellular aging38
Plant glutamate receptors mediate a bet-hedging strategy between regeneration and defense38
Actomyosin contractility in olfactory placode neurons opens the skin epithelium to form the zebrafish nostril37
Welcoming new Developmental Cell advisors37
Identification of Greb1l as a genetic determinant of crisscross heart in mice showing torsion of the heart tube by shortage of progenitor cells37
20 years of Developmental Cell: Looking back37
Sweat gland development requires an eccrine dermal niche and couples two epidermal programs37
Distinct p53 isoforms code for opposing transcriptional outcomes37
ZINC FINGER PROTEIN2 suppresses funiculus lignification to ensure seed loading efficiency in Arabidopsis36
Nucleoporin Seh1 controls murine neocortical development via transcriptional repression of p21 in neural stem cells36
Developmental angiocrine diversification of endothelial cells for organotypic regeneration36
Collective oscillatory signaling in Dictyostelium discoideum acts as a developmental timer initiated by weak coupling of a noisy pulsatile signal36
Mitochondrial GTP metabolism controls reproductive aging in C. elegans36
A translation control module coordinates germline stem cell differentiation with ribosome biogenesis during Drosophila oogenesis35
Spatial transcriptional mapping of the human nephrogenic program35
Integration of vascular progenitors into functional blood vessels represents a distinct mechanism of vascular growth35
Extracellular carriers control lipid-dependent secretion, delivery, and activity of WNT morphogens35
Deceleration of the cell cycle underpins a switch from proliferative to terminal divisions in plant stomatal lineage34
A ROS-dependent mechanism promotes CDK2 phosphorylation to drive progression through S phase34
Metabolic plasticity drives development during mammalian embryogenesis34
Building a kidney tree: Functional collecting duct from human pluripotent stem cells33
4D reconstruction of murine developmental trajectories using spherical harmonics33
Antagonistic systemin receptors integrate the activation and attenuation of systemic wound signaling in tomato33
A Scribble/Cdep/Rac pathway controls follower-cell crawling and cluster cohesion during collective border-cell migration33
Cooperation between melanoma cell states promotes metastasis through heterotypic cluster formation33
Evolutionarily conserved midbody remodeling precedes ring canal formation during gametogenesis33
Enhancer decommissioning imposes an epigenetic barrier to sensory hair cell regeneration33
Long noncoding RNA ARTA controls ABA response through MYB7 nuclear trafficking in Arabidopsis33
Hepatocytic lipocalin-2 controls HDL metabolism and atherosclerosis via Nedd4-1-SR-BI axis in mice33
Gene module reconstruction identifies cellular differentiation processes and the regulatory logic of specialized secretion in zebrafish33
In the mouse cortex, oligodendrocytes regain a plastic capacity, transforming into astrocytes after acute injury32
A dual enhancer-attenuator element ensures transient Cdx2 expression during mouse posterior body formation32
Pancreas agenesis mutations disrupt a lead enhancer controlling a developmental enhancer cluster32
A subset of neutrophils activates anti-tumor immunity and inhibits non-small-cell lung cancer progression31
Fate mapping in mouse demonstrates early secretory differentiation directly from Lgr5+ intestinal stem cells31
Dual states of murine Bmi1-expressing intestinal stem cells drive epithelial development utilizing non-canonical Wnt signaling31
Cell death: Revisiting the roads to ruin31
The Hitchhiker’s Guide across a Waddington’s landscape of melanoma31
ISL2 is a putative tumor suppressor whose epigenetic silencing reprograms the metabolism of pancreatic cancer31
Force-dependent activation of actin elongation factor mDia1 protects the cytoskeleton from mechanical damage and promotes stress fiber repair31
Notochord segmentation in zebrafish controlled by iterative mechanical signaling30
Concerted changes in Epithelium and Stroma: a multi-scale, multi-omics analysis of progression from Barrett’s Esophagus to adenocarcinoma30
Quantitative proteomic profiling identifies global protein network dynamics in murine embryonic heart development30
TAF1 is required for fetal but not adult hematopoiesis in mice30
A chromatin code for limb segment identity in axolotl limb regeneration30
Mapping the dynamics of epigenetic adaptation in S. pombe during heterochromatin misregulation30
Detection of surface forces by the cell-wall mechanosensor Wsc1 in yeast30
Asymmetric partitioning of persistent paternal mitochondria during cell divisions safeguards embryo development and mitochondrial inheritance30
Aging-induced changes in lymphatic muscle cell transcriptomes are associated with reduced pumping of peripheral collecting lymphatic vessels in mice30
ZNFX-1 keeps RNAi in the loop30
PITTching in for lysosome repair30
An exception to the rule? Regeneration of the injured spinal cord in the spiny mouse29
An unexpected puzzle piece links polarity and chromosome segregation29
Activity-dependent local protection and lateral inhibition control synaptic competition in developing mitral cells in mice29
YAP regulates an SGK1/mTORC1/SREBP-dependent lipogenic program to support proliferation and tissue growth29
Persistent cell contacts enable E-cadherin/HMR-1- and PAR-3-based symmetry breaking within a developing C. elegans epithelium29
Morphogenesis and regeneration share a conserved core transition cell state program that controls lung epithelial cell fate29
Wnt signaling couples G2 phase control with differentiation during hematopoiesis in Drosophila29
How meningeal macrophages control medulloblastoma induction29
EYA protein complex is required for Wntless retrograde trafficking from endosomes to Golgi28
Local synthesis of the phosphatidylinositol-3,4-bisphosphate lipid drives focal adhesion turnover28
Meningeal macrophages inhibit chemokine signaling in pre-tumor cells to suppress mouse medulloblastoma initiation28
Human yolk sac-derived innate lymphoid-biased multipotent progenitors emerge prior to hematopoietic stem cell formation28
Mending microtubules enhances cell polarity28
An integrated approach identifies the molecular underpinnings of murine anterior visceral endoderm migration28
Self-extinguishing relay waves enable homeostatic control of human neutrophil swarming28
Microtubule-associated protein MAP7 promotes tubulin posttranslational modifications and cargo transport to enable osmotic adaptation28
Single-cell chromatin accessibility identifies enhancer networks driving gene expression during spinal cord development in mouse28
Replication stress triggered by nucleotide pool imbalance drives DNA damage and cGAS-STING pathway activation in NAFLD27
SigmaR1 shapes rough endoplasmic reticulum membrane sheets27
DDX20 is required for cell-cycle reentry of prospermatogonia and establishment of spermatogonial stem cell pool during testicular development in mice27
Controlling pyroptosis through post-translational modifications of gasdermin D27
Marsupial single-cell transcriptomics identifies temporal diversity in mammalian developmental programs27
A postsynaptic GPR158-PLCXD2 complex controls spine apparatus abundance and dendritic spine maturation27
Lineage-tracing hematopoietic stem cell origins in vivo to efficiently make human HLF+ HOXA+ hematopoietic progenitors from pluripotent stem cells27
TaANK-TPR1 enhances wheat resistance against stripe rust via controlling gene expression and protein activity of NLR protein TaRPP13L127
Glutamine-dependent signaling controls pluripotent stem cell fate27
From nuclear to extracellular PTEN: Multiple roles in tumor suppression and immune modulation26
Molecular and spatial landmarks of early mouse skin development26
The elusive pulmonary neuroendocrine cell: How rare diseases may help solving common diseases26
Targeted search for scaling genes reveals matrix metalloproteinase 3 as a scaler of the dorsal-ventral pattern in Xenopus laevis embryos26
The mechanical state of pre-tumoral epithelia controls subsequent Drosophila tumor aggressiveness26
Reshaping of the tumor microenvironment by cellular senescence: An opportunity for senotherapies26
A limb bud morphogen bites the dust26
ATG5 provides host protection acting as a switch in the atg8ylation cascade between autophagy and secretion26
Giving translation a hand26
Differential condensation of sister chromatids acts with Cdc6 to ensure asynchronous S-phase entry in Drosophila male germline stem cell lineage25
Type I gamma phosphatidylinositol phosphate 5-kinase i5 controls cell sensitivity to interferon25
Cell cycle regulation of ER membrane biogenesis protects against chromosome missegregation25
Acute brain vascular regeneration occurs via lymphatic transdifferentiation25
FANCI functions as a repair/apoptosis switch in response to DNA crosslinks25
Identification of a non-canonical planar cell polarity pathway triggered by light in the developing mouse retina25
Mast cells proliferate in the peri-hippocampal space during early development and modulate local and peripheral immune cells25
Hippo pathway and Bonus control developmental cell fate decisions in the Drosophila eye25
Autophagic elimination of ribosomes during spermiogenesis provides energy for flagellar motility24
H3K4 di-methylation governs smooth muscle lineage identity and promotes vascular homeostasis by restraining plasticity24
Kinetochore life histories reveal an Aurora-B-dependent error correction mechanism in anaphase24
DNGR-1-tracing marks an ependymal cell subset with damage-responsive neural stem cell potential24
A single-cell transcriptomic census of mammalian olfactory epithelium aging24
Cytoskeletal crosstalk in macrophages: Vimentin drives ECM remodeling in tumor invasion and tissue plasticity24
Jpx RNA controls Xist induction through spatial reorganization of the mouse X-inactivation center24
Regulation of reverse electron transfer at mitochondrial complex I by unconventional Notch action in cancer stem cells24
An SLC12A9-dependent ion transport mechanism maintains lysosomal osmolarity24
Endoplasmic reticulum exit sites are segregated for secretion based on cargo size24
A SOX9-B7x axis safeguards dedifferentiated tumor cells from immune surveillance to drive breast cancer progression24
In vitro generation of mouse morula-like cells23
Differential growth is an emergent property of mechanochemical feedback mechanisms in curved plant organs23
The Drosophila adult midgut progenitor cells arise from asymmetric divisions of neuroblast-like cells23
Mammalian autophagosomes form from finger-like phagophores23
“Fateful” encounter: Lineage tracing meets phylogeny to unravel mysteries of cancer progression23
New adventures in spatial transcriptomics23
Plasticity in airway smooth muscle differentiation during mouse lung development23
Heart regeneration: 20 years of progress and renewed optimism23
Philip N. Benfey (1953–2023)23
Ubiquitin ligase MARCH5 controls the formation of mitochondria-derived pre-peroxisomes23
Chromosomal instability accelerates the evolution of resistance to anti-cancer therapies23
Caveolae sense oxidative stress through membrane lipid peroxidation and cytosolic release of CAVIN1 to regulate NRF223
NGN3 oscillatory expression controls the timing of human pancreatic endocrine differentiation22
A morphogenetic wave in the chick embryo lateral mesoderm generates mesenchymal-epithelial transition through a 3D-rosette intermediate22
Synthetic Notch receptors and their applications to study cell-cell contacts in vivo22
Functional genetic screen identifies ITPR3/calcium/RELB axis as a driver of colorectal cancer metastatic liver colonization22
The default and directed pathways of hepatoblast differentiation involve distinct epigenomic mechanisms22
Comparative single-cell multiome identifies evolutionary changes in neural progenitor cells during primate brain development21
Functional heterogeneity of Wnt-responsive and Hedgehog-responsive neural stem cells in the murine adult hippocampus21
Genome-wide analysis of pseudogenes reveals HBBP1’s human-specific essentiality in erythropoiesis and implication in β-thalassemia21
De novo endocytic clathrin coats develop curvature at early stages of their formation21
Unlocking trophectoderm mysteries: In vivo and in vitro perspectives on human and mouse trophoblast fate induction21
Extracellular mechanical forces drive endocardial cell volume decrease during zebrafish cardiac valve morphogenesis21
Gliotransmission and adenosine signaling promote axon regeneration21
Outer mitochondrial membrane E3 Ub ligase MARCH5 controls de novo peroxisome biogenesis21
Coordinated control of calcium signaling by CPK3 and CaM2 via CNGCs in response to cold stress in Arabidopsis21
Remodeling of cadherin contacts in embryonic mesenchymal tissues during differential cell migration21
Restoration of CPEB4 prevents muscle stem cell senescence during aging20
Blood and bones: Mechanical cues and Hippo signaling drive vascular invasion during limb formation20
Early human embryonic development: Blastocyst formation to gastrulation20
Transport properties of canonical PIN-FORMED proteins from Arabidopsis and the role of the loop domain in auxin transport20
The spatial zonation of the murine placental vasculature is specified by epigenetic mechanisms20
Voicing the story behind the cover20
Single-cell and spatial mapping Identify cell types and signaling Networks in the human ureter20
Decreased GATA3 levels cause changed mouse cutaneous innate lymphoid cell fate, facilitating hair follicle recycling20
Eomes restricts Brachyury functions at the onset of mouse gastrulation20
Identifying cross-lineage dependencies of cell-type-specific regulators in mouse gastruloids20
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