OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Cellular & Molecular Immunology is 22. 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.)

Article	Citations
From blood to tissue: take a deeper look at B cells in lupus	924
Increased immune escape of the new SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern Omicron	390
Self-activation of Vγ9Vδ2 T cells by exogenous phosphoantigens involves TCR and butyrophilins	381
MHC class II in renal tubules plays an essential role in renal fibrosis	309
Remote hyperinflammation drives neurological disease via T-cell-mediated innate-like cytotoxicity	263
No crossreactivity of anti-SARS-CoV-2 spike protein antibodies with Syncytin-1	188
Systems-based approaches to study immunometabolism	167
CAR-T cell therapy: new hope for systemic lupus erythematosus patients	161
New aspects of HSC mobilization for better therapeutic outcomes	157
Immune regulation in the tumor microenvironment and its relevance in cancer therapy	152
SRSF1 plays a critical role in invariant natural killer T cell development and function	143
Compartmentalized immune responses and the local microbiota determine mucosal and systemic immunity against SARS-CoV-2	109
Group 2 innate lymphoid cells can engulf and destroy bacteria	108
SARS-CoV-2 interaction with Siglec-1 mediates trans-infection by dendritic cells	107
Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor: an immunotarget for sepsis and COVID-19	104
Reprogramming cholesterol metabolism in macrophages and its role in host defense against cholesterol-dependent cytolysins	102
NLRP3 inflammasome activation and cell death	98
FNDC4 and FNDC5 reduce SARS-CoV-2 entry points and spike glycoprotein S1-induced pyroptosis, apoptosis, and necroptosis in human adipocytes	97
Restoration of established systemic inflammation and autoimmunity by Foxp3+ regulatory T cells	95
CD28 costimulation promotes an antitumor CD8+ T cell response in myeloid antigen-presenting cell niches	95
Resident and migratory adipose immune cells control systemic metabolism and thermogenesis	94
Continuous activation of polymorphonuclear myeloid-derived suppressor cells during pregnancy is critical for fetal development	83
Altered expression of glymphatic system-related proteins in prion diseases: Implications for the role of the glymphatic system in prion diseases	77
Screening HLA-A-restricted T cell epitopes of SARS-CoV-2 and the induction of CD8+ T cell responses in HLA-A transgenic mice	77
ENO1 promotes antitumor immunity by destabilizing PD-L1 in NSCLC	77

Significantly reduced abilities to cross-neutralize SARS-CoV-2 variants by sera from convalescent COVID-19 patients infected by Delta or early strains	76
The spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 variant A.30 is heavily mutated and evades vaccine-induced antibodies with high efficiency	74
Diet, lipids, and antitumor immunity	72
The use of supercytokines, immunocytokines, engager cytokines, and other synthetic cytokines in immunotherapy	72
Correction: Single-cell profiling reveals the trajectories of natural killer cell differentiation in bone marrow and a stress signature induced by acute myeloid leukemia	69
Publisher Correction: Epitopes for a 2019-nCoV vaccine	68
Ripping the Ripoptosome: a novel path for blocking allergic inflammation?	66
Characterization of TGFβ-specific CD4+T cells through the modulation of TGFβ expression in malignant myeloid cells	58
Reversing the mitochondrial stress-induced exhaustion of CD8+ T cells for improving cancer immunotherapy	56
Protein synthesis, degradation, and energy metabolism in T cell immunity	54
Mitochondrial-triggered immune responses mechanistically connect drug-induced steatohepatitis and cardiomyopathy associated with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis	49
Chimeric antigen receptor- and natural killer cell receptor-engineered innate killer cells in cancer immunotherapy	48
Optimal model establishment of whole-process management data for CAR-T therapy in China—how should this be done?	48
The circular RNA circINPP4B acts as a sponge of miR-30a to regulate Th17 cell differentiation during progression of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis	47
Correction: Autophagy receptor CCDC50 modulates STING-mediated interferon response in viral infection and autoimmune disease	47
Distinct roles but cooperative effect of TLR3/9 agonists and PD-1 blockade in converting the immunotolerant microenvironment of irreversible electroporation-ablated tumors	45
The blood–brain barrier in systemic infection and inflammation	44
Dynamics of the SARS-CoV-2 antibody response up to 10 months after infection	43
Kupffer cell restoration after partial hepatectomy is mainly driven by local cell proliferation in IL-6-dependent autocrine and paracrine manners	41
Microenvironmental influences on T cell immunity in cancer and inflammation	40
Metabolism of tissue macrophages in homeostasis and pathology	39
Activation of AMPKα1 is essential for regulatory T cell function and autoimmune liver disease prevention	38
A new perspective is needed for positive selection of germinal center B cells with higher-affinity B cell receptors	38
Metabolic programming in dendritic cells tailors immune responses and homeostasis	37
Phase I study of CAR-T cells with PD-1 and TCR disruption in mesothelin-positive solid tumors	37
Biology and pathology of the uterine microenvironment and its natural killer cells	37
Construction of a sustainable 3-hydroxybutyrate-producing probiotic Escherichia coli for treatment of colitis	33
Yeast display of MHC-II enables rapid identification of peptide ligands from protein antigens (RIPPA)	32
No evidence for increased cell entry or antibody evasion by Delta sublineage AY.4.2	32
SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells in infection and vaccination	31
Priming of NLRP3 inflammasome activation by Msn kinase MINK1 in macrophages	30
Retraction Note: Trans-silencing effect of the 3′RR immunoglobulin heavy chain enhancer on Igκ transcription at the pro-B cell stage	29
c-Met enforces proinflammatory and migratory features of human activated CD4+ T cells	28
Retraction Note: 3′RR and 5′Eμ immunoglobulin heavy chain enhancers are independent engines of locus remodeling	26
NK cell dysfunction in patients with COVID-19	25
SARS-CoV-2 ORF10 suppresses the antiviral innate immune response by degrading MAVS through mitophagy	23
HBeAg induces liver sinusoidal endothelial cell activation to promote intrahepatic CD8 T cell immunity and HBV clearance	23
Tissue-specific Tregs in cancer metastasis: opportunities for precision immunotherapy	22
Activation or exhaustion of CD8+ T cells in patients with COVID-19	22
PKM2 controls the degranulation of secondary and tertiary granules in neutrophils by phosphorylating SNAP-23	22
T cell immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 and variants of concern (Alpha and Delta) in infected and vaccinated individuals	22
Hepatitis B virus evades immune recognition via RNA adenosine deaminase ADAR1-mediated viral RNA editing in hepatocytes	22