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(The median citation count of Science China-Life Sciences 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
What the genome of the leafy seadragon teaches us about rapid evolution of camouflage and adaptations to life in the kelp forest353
New insights from a plant immune receptor may help design of disease resistant crops334
Nanowire-mediated miRNA delivery188
Inhibition of KDM6B prevents osteoarthritis by blocking growth plate-like H3K27me3 loss in bivalent genes161
Chemical adaptation: bridging synthetic chemistry with drug development159
Dietary carbohydrate intake and risk of type 2 diabetes: a 16-year prospective cohort study148
Toward a comprehensive map of Rab-mediated cargo transport to migrasomes139
Convergent and conserved roads lead to Rome: now archaea fill the gap of transcription termination135
Dissecting the cell microenvironment of ovarian endometrioma through single-cell RNA sequencing133
m6A reader YTHDF2 governs the onset of atrial fibrillation by modulating Cacna1c translation128
Pseudo-chromosome—length genome assembly for a deep-sea eel Ilyophis brunneus sheds light on the deep-sea adaptation106
Cytokines-activated nuclear IKKα-FAT10 pathway induces breast cancer tamoxifen-resistance100
Genetic mutations across multiple pathways drive filamentous growth and virulence in the emerging fungal pathogen Candida auris100
Vibration mechanics involved in buzz pollination lead to size-dependent associations between bumblebees and Pedicularis flowers96
Enlarged fins of Tibetan catfish provide new evidence of adaptation to high plateau83
Green manuring relocates microbiomes in driving the soil functionality of nitrogen cycling to obtain preferable grain yields in thirty years73
Unveiling potential sex-determining genes and sex-specific markers in autotetraploid Carassius auratus69
RNA ac4C modification in cancer biology: from regulatory mechanisms to clinical applications64
The genetic basis and process of inbreeding depression in an elite hybrid rice63
Quantitative characterization of filamentous fungal promoters on a single-cell resolution to discover cryptic natural products61
Loss of Tet hydroxymethylase activity causes mouse embryonic stem cell differentiation bias and developmental defects59
Microbe-induced gene silencing explores interspecies RNAi and opens up possibilities of crop protection57
Danhong Injection targets CaMKII through Dihydrotanshinone I to alleviate cardiomyocyte death and inflammation in viral myocarditis57
TRAD: a functional annotation resource for human tandem repeats53
Integration of perioperative features and intragraft TCF7L2 expression to predict lipid metabolic disorder in liver transplant recipients52
Advances in genotypic antimicrobialresistance testing: a comprehensive review52
A neighboring NLR negatively regulates the wheat broad-spectrum resistance protein encoded by Pm2152
FHL2 deficiency aggravates Candida albicans infection through decreased myelopoiesis51
Enlarged DNA unwinding by Nme2Cas9 permits a broadened base editing window beyond the protospacer51
NAP-seq: unveiling the hidden world of noncapped RNAs50
Unraveling the diversity of bile acid modifications by integrative mass spectrometry approaches49
CRISPR screening identifies protein methylation and ubiquitination modifications that modulate aflatoxin B1 cytotoxicity49
PanSci: decoding panoramas of ageing48
Attenuation of plant immune kinases by U-box type E3 ubiquitin ligases46
Interplant communication: an emerging battlefield in plant-aphid-virus interactions45
Phase separation of a master transcription factor targeted by a natural compound regulates fungal ergosterol homeostasis44
Nematode-induced trap formation regulated by the histone H3K4 methyltransferase AoSET1 in the nematode-trapping fungus Arthrobotrys oligospora43
Effect of SARS-CoV-2 infection in early pregnancy on placental development42
Precision regulation of plant aromatic amino acid homeostasis41
Nicotinamide prevents anti-PD1 immune checkpoint inhibitor-associated early stages of cardiotoxicity41
An artificial immune switch system: engineering durable, broad-spectrum disease resistance in plants40
Systems metabolic engineering of Phaffia rhodozyma for ultra-high astaxanthin production through multiple strategies40
Plant and fungal species interactions differ between aboveground and belowground habitats in mountain forests of eastern China40
A shared role of the myocardin-family transcriptional coactivators in cardiomyocyte maturation40
Multi-omics study reveals a light-dependent regulatory network of flavonoid biosynthesis in lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.)39
Predicting Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus-Streptococcus thermophilus interactions based on a highly accurate semi-supervised learning method37
Host-microbial co-regulation mediates rumen volatile fatty acid production and utilization in dairy cows37
Cereal-legume intercropping stimulates straw decomposition and promotes soil organic carbon stability36
Critical roles of non-coding RNAs in lifecycle and biology of Marek’s disease herpesvirus36
Secretory NS1’ protein of orthoflavivirus promotes viral transmission to mosquitoes by suppressing the RNAi pathway36
Human TRMT1 catalyzes m2G or m22G formation on tRNAs in a substrate-dependent manner36
Integrative analysis based on CRISPR screen identifies apilimod as a potential therapeutic agent for cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury treatment36
TEDD 2.0: an advanced temporal gene expression database enabled by in-silico functional analyses for developmental mechanism investigation36
A neural m6A pathway regulates behavioral aggregation in migratory locusts34
Activating the cGAS-STING pathway in hypoxic microenvironment: blocking ADSL’s ER localization34
The genomic and immunogenomic landscape of mechanics pathway informs clinical prognosis and response to mechanotherapy34
Ginsenoside Rb1 inhibits oxidative stress-induced ovarian granulosa cell injury through Akt-FoxO1 interaction33
Low-affinity SPL binding sites contribute to subgenome expression divergence in allohexaploid wheat32
HIV encephalopathy is contributed by macrophages and microglia32
Mobile ARGONAUTE 1d binds 22-nt miRNAs to generate phasiRNAs important for low-temperature male fertility in rice32
Advances and applications in single-cell and spatial genomics32
Nitrogen addition promotes soil carbon accumulation globally32
Explore the nucleolus: unveiling the hidden layer with super-resolution microscopy31
Antibody-based targeted protein degradation for membrane and extracellular proteins: emerging strategies and breakthroughs31
Altered 3D genome reorganization mediates precocious myeloid differentiation of aged hematopoietic stem cells in inflammation31
Longitudinal plasma proteomic evidence linking SARS-CoV-2 infection to increased β-amyloid pathology31
Priming crops for heat stress with prime editing31
SPHK1 deficiency promotes intestinal homeostasis by ameliorating ER stress-induced gastrointestinal injury during murine graft-versus-host disease30
Natural polymorphisms of COOL1 contribute to cold tolerance adaptation in maize30
Animal burrows as critical thermal refuges in the age of climate change29
Enhancing sheepgrass through genomic exploration and targeted editing29
The vinculin-β-catenin axis promotes bone formation and repair: an essential prerequisite for the anti-osteoporotic efficacy of sclerostin-neutralizing antibody29
Analysis of non-coding small RNA similarity/sharing between plant and animal genomes29
Studying bona fide SARS-CoV-2 biology in a BSL-2 biosafety environment using a split-virus-genome system29
Redox state of NAD modulates the activation of Na-bicarbonate cotransporter NBCe1-B via IRBIT and L-IRBIT29
Chemical defense mediates population density-driven on anuran brain size evolution28
Peripheral blood RNA modifications as a novel diagnostic signature for polycystic ovary syndrome28
Decoding the fish genome opens a new era in important trait research and molecular breeding in China28
Upgraded durian genome reveals the role of chromosome reshuffling during ancestral karyotype evolution, lignin biosynthesis regulation, and stress tolerance28
Cell-specific gene expression plasticity in response to hypoxia promotes high-altitude adaptive evolution28
Three-dimensional visualization of tip-vesicles in growing pollen tubes by electron tomography28
Design of a novel chimeric peptide via dual blockade of CD47/SIRPα and PD-1/PD-L1 for cancer immunotherapy28
Strategies and mechanisms for the enhancement of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell functions28
WTAP mediated m6A methylation modulates retinal photoreceptor function via facilitating of REEP6, PDE6B and RDH12 translation27
Protein foundation models: a comprehensive survey27
Piceatannol enhances Beclin-1 activity to suppress tumor progression and its combination therapy strategy with everolimus in gastric cancer27
RIVER delivers multimodal gene-directed regulatory interactions across diverse biological contexts with broad application potentials27
From modeling to therapy: the efficient and precise tools for mitochondrial base editing27
Versatile plant genome engineering using anti-CRISPR-Cas12a systems27
Activating translation by phase separation: a novel mechanism for driving spermiogenesis26
RNA modifications: bridging the gap between molecular mechanisms and clinical applications26
Gut microbiome and postbiotics: bridging the dietary nutrition and feed efficiency in food-producing animals25
Lentiviral vectors for gene therapy of α-thalassemia25
Potential oligonucleotide drugs in Bencao sRNA Atlas (II)25
Building the Chordata Olfactory Receptor Database using more than 400,000 receptors annotated by Genome2OR25
PIWI-specific insertion module: a newly identified regulatory element essential for longer piRNAs loading and male fertility25
In-depth urinary and exosome proteome profiling analysis identifies novel biomarkers for diabetic kidney disease25
Insulin-like growth factor binding proteins 7 prevents dental pulp-derived mesenchymal stem cell senescence via metabolic downregulation of p2124
The OsRqc1-OsVms1 module regulates the temperature threshold in thermo-sensitive genic male-sterile rice lines23
Light-at-night exposure drives myopia via melanopsin signalling23
Erratum to: A thorough analysis of diabetes research in China from 1995 to 2015: current scenario and future scope23
A synthetic microbial community used as a bioinoculant can overcome rice production constraints in acid soils23
Targeting LTA4H facilitates the reshaping of the immune microenvironment mediated by CCL5 and sensitizes ovarian cancer to Cisplatin23
Gene-knockout by iSTOP enables rapid reproductive disease modeling and phenotyping in germ cells of the founder generation23
An iron-dependent form of non-canonical ferroptosis induced by labile iron23
Erratum to: Local administration of liposomal-based Plekhf1 gene therapy attenuates pulmonary fibrosis by modulating macrophage polarization23
A new model system for cotton indoor genetic and genomic research22
Nitrogen addition and mowing alter drought resistance and recovery of grassland communities22
Crop antiviral defense: Past and future perspective22
Green revolution gene drives adaptation of Arabidopsis to the extremely high altitude22
A hidden translatome in tumors—the coding lncRNAs22
Optimized inner ear organoids for efficient hair cell generation and ototoxicity response modeling22
LncRNA CFAR promotes cardiac fibrosis via the miR-449a-5p/LOXL3/mTOR axis22
Tree of life and conservation of gymnosperms in China22
PDGFR kinase inhibitor protects against septic death via regulation of BTLA22
Whole-grain black rice diet rewires the single-cell transcriptomic landscape of age-related ovarian decline in mice22
Distinct and shared endothermic strategies in the heat producing tissues of tuna and other teleosts21
Genetic advancements and future directions in ruminant livestock breeding: from reference genomes to multiomics innovations21
Overcoming genotypic dependency and bypassing immature embryos in wheat transformation by using morphogenic regulators21
Hot breath, quick exit: aphids flee mammalian heat via TRPA121
Development and performance evaluation of a culture-independent nanopore amplicon-based sequencing method for accurate typing and antimicrobial resistance profiling in Neisseria gonorrhoeae21
Occurrence and distribution of geminiviruses in China21
Intra-articular injection of stromal vascular fraction for knee degenerative joint disease: a concise review of preclinical and clinical evidence21
Distinct roles of H3K27me3 and H3K36me3 in vernalization response, maintenance, and resetting in winter wheat21
Transient chemical-mediated epigenetic modulation confers unrestricted lineage potential on human primed pluripotent stem cells21
Identification and validation of key biomarkers and potential therapeutic targets for primary open-angle glaucoma21
Low-dose exposure to microplastics retards meiotic maturation via HDAC3 insufficiency20
Ribo-seq provides additional evidence for cytoplasm-translated mitochondrial DNA-encoded ORFs20
CD146, a therapeutic target involved in cell plasticity20
Pre-disease State perspective in life & health interdisciplinary research20
Neural identification of self-emitted vocalizations in the auditory midbrain of behaving bats19
Deamidation enables pathogenic SMAD6 variants to activate the BMP signaling pathway19
ESIRA, a novel framework integrating efficacy and safety for evaluating first-line treatments in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma19
PRC2 primes bivalent genes for transcription induction independent of histone methyltransferase activity19
Genomic analysis of modern maize inbred lines reveals diversity and selective breeding effects19
Galacto-oligosaccharides enrich galactosidase-encoded rather than all Lachnospiraceae bacteria to redress abnormal gut microbiota and lipid metabolism in pregnancy19
CARs: a new approach for the treatment of autoimmune diseases19
The discovery of tiny RNAs that have crucial roles19
Integrating spatial transcriptomics and single-nucleus RNA-seq revealed the specific inhibitory effects of TGF-β on intramuscular fat deposition18
Profile of Dr. Shaorong Gao18
Compound muscle action potential (CMAP) scan examination of paretic and contralateral muscles reveals motor unit alterations after stroke18
Comprehensive metabolic profiling uncovers early variation and biomarkers of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma18
Antithetical impacts of deleterious LRP1B mutations in non-squamous and squamous NSCLCs on predicting benefits from immune checkpoint inhibitor alone or with chemotherapy over chemotherapy alone: retr18
Zooming on T cells in cancer18
Low-dose lactate promotes neuroinflammation and induces the side effect of colitis18
Diversity and connectedness of brine shrimp viruses in global hypersaline ecosystems18
Nucleolar stress promotes and cooperates with ferroptosis to suppress cancer growth18
Advances in regulation and function of stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 in cancer, from bench to bed18
Multi-omic analysis of the liver-breast axis reveals key hepatic mediators of breast cancer progression18
Efficient generation of all ESC-derived mice carrying a homozygous lethal mutation through eight-cell embryo injection18
Rice GWAS-to-Gene uncovers the polygenic basis of traits18
Rice OsMKK6-OsMPK4 cascade regulates endosperm cellularization via Polycomb Repressive Complex 218
Atmospheric humidity regulates same-sex mating in Candida albicans through the trehalose and osmotic signaling pathways18
Wheat stripe rust resistance gene Yr9, derived from rye, is a CC-NBS-LRR gene in a highly conserved NLR cluster17
LPS-related muscle loss is associated with the alteration of Bacteroidetes abundance, systemic inflammation, and mitochondrial morphology in a weaned piglet model17
Cryo-EM structures reveal the dynamic transformation of human alpha-2-macroglobulin working as a protease inhibitor17
The spatial transcriptomic landscape of human gingiva in health and periodontitis17
A twist in the tale: global insights into archaeal box C/D RNA-guided 2′-O-methylation17
Enhancing whole yeast genome rearrangements through multiple LoxPsym sequences17
Cell-supporting cytoskeletons and phagocytic acquisition of compatible solutes emerge as common strategies for high-salt adaptation in different ciliates17
m6A modification of plant virus enables host recognition by NMD factors in plants17
Autophagy mediates a direct synergistic interaction during co-transmission of two distinct arboviruses by insect vectors17
The effect of SARS-CoV-2 infection on human embryo early development: a multicenter prospective cohort study17
Developing a robust genome editing tool based on an endogenous type I-B CRISPR-Cas system in Saccharopolyspora spinosa17
Profile of Dr. Jiaojun Zhu17
AtLYK4 is the major chitin receptor in Arabidopsis with N-glycosylation and ligand-interacting residues orchestrating chitin perception17
GLA deficiency causes cardiac hypertrophy via enhanced autophagy17
Vesicle-mediated intercellular communication17
A paternal protein facilitates sperm RNA delivery to regulate zygotic development17
Innate and adaptive immune abnormalities underlying autoimmune diseases: the genetic connections17
Decoupled responses of soil microbial diversity and ecosystem functions to successive degeneration processes in alpine pioneer community17
Identification of EPOR and JAK2 double heterozygous variants in twin cases with familial erythrocytosis17
When smoke meets gut: deciphering the interactions between tobacco smoking and gut microbiota in disease development17
Structure of a histone hexamer bound by the chaperone domains of SPT16 and MCM216
Unraveling the origins of PGY-sRNA-6, BZL-sRNA-20, and XKC-sRNA-h316
Strategic codon selection for enhanced genetic code expansion16
SUB1 promotes colorectal cancer metastasis by activating NF-κB signaling via UBR5-mediated ubiquitination of UBXN116
Multifactorial and multiplexed epigenomic profiling of five DNA modifications in plants with mDIP-seq16
Loop CD20/CD19 CAR-T cells eradicate B-cell malignancies efficiently16
MtLICK1/2: gatekeepers of symbiosis and immunity in Medicago truncatula16
Mitophagy activation for jawbone radiation injury therapy via angiogenesis/osteogenesis-active nanozymes16
Enhancement of in vitro transcribed (IVT) mRNA translation efficiency through engineered poly(A) tails16
Plant synthetic epigenomic engineering for crop improvement16
Cracking the chitin code: how a single pair of LysM receptors deciphers symbiosis and immunity in Marchantia16
TIP60 acetylation of Bub1 regulates centromeric H2AT120 phosphorylation for faithful chromosome segregation16
Potential oligonucleotide drugs in Bencao sRNA Atlas16
Evolution of drug classification, target distribution, and introduction of novel antidepressants in China16
GhDREB1B-GhFAD3-2 module mediates drought tolerance by regulating linolenic acid biosynthesis in cotton15
Single-nucleus RNA sequencing reveals the underlying roadmap of early gonadal differentiation in teleost15
From oral structure to molecular evidence: new insights into the evolutionary phylogeny of the ciliate order Sessilida (Protista, Ciliophora), with the establishment of two new families and new contri15
Sequencing and characterizing human mitochondrial genomes in the biobank-based genomic research paradigm15
ASCENT: an active transfer learning paradigm for efficient drug-target interaction prediction15
Morphological and physiological responses to aridity in narrowly- and widely-distributed plant species in drylands15
Individual and joint exposures to PM2.5 constituents and mortality risk among the oldest-old in China15
Applications and grants of the National Natural Science Foundation of China’s General Program and Young Scientists Fund in immunology research: a 10-year review (2013–2022)15
Global multifaceted biodiversity patterns, centers, and conservation needs in angiosperms15
Crosstalk between brassinosteroid signaling and variable nutrient environments15
Broad synergistic effects of an AMP with multiple antibiotics against drug-resistant bacteria via multifaceted mechanisms15
Harnessing the Streptomyces-originating type I-E CRISPR/Cas system for efficient genome editing in Streptomyces15
Autoinhibition and cofactors of a helper NLR15
Local field potentials, spiking activity, and receptive fields in human visual cortex15
Effector modularity promotes functional diversification and evolutionary processes15
Erratum to: FSIP1 enhances the therapeutic sensitivity to CDK4/6 inhibitors in triple-negative breast cancer patients by activating the Nanog pathway14
Increased virulence and decreased antimicrobial resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae in Beijing since 2020: a retrospective molecular epidemiology study14
Deubiquitinases in liver diseases: from mechanisms to targeted therapy14
Whole grain black rice: a paradigm shift from mainly calories to a nutritious food that benefits human health14
Computer-aided engineering of CRISPR-Cas proteins for enhanced human genome editing14
Negative edge effects on forest carbon stocks in China: an estimate based on inventory data14
Structural characterization of SARS-CoV-2 dimeric ORF9b reveals potential fold-switching trigger mechanism14
Distant cousins come to ABP1’s rescue14
Functional characterization of novel NPRL3 mutations identified in three families with focal epilepsy14
Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus encodes additional small proteins with specific subcellular localizations and virulence function14
MYC promotes global transcription in part by controlling P-TEFb complex formation via DNA-binding independent inhibition of CDK9 SUMOylation14
Biosynthesis of melanin from lignin hydrolysates by metabolically engineered Cupriavidus necator14
Transformation of cognition from mechanical to biological aqueous outflow pump may be a breakthrough in solving the problem of intraocular pressure regulation in glaucoma14
Dietary iron regulates intestinal goblet cell function and alleviates Salmonella typhimurium invasion in mice13
Recent advances in RNA structurome13
Publisher Correction to: The light and hypoxia induced gene ZmPORB1 determines tocopherol content in the maize kernel13
Amino acids TORC (talk) to anabolism through uncharged tRNA13
The repression of oncoprotein SET by the tumor suppressor p53 reveals a p53-SET-PP2A feedback loop for cancer therapy13
The liver-bone axis: an emerging player in disease pathogenesis and therapeutic intervention13
Functional cancer-cell-nociceptive neuronal circuits drive gastric tumor progression13
Transcriptome-wide identification of glycoRNAs by Clier-seq pipeline13
Prioritization of risk genes in colorectal cancer by integrative analysis of multi-omics data and gene networks13
Approaching the perfection of natural enzymes: evolution of biomimetic catalytic systems13
Reversing anther thermotolerance by manipulating the cis-elements in the promoter of a high-temperature upregulated gene Casein Kinase I in upland cotton13
Dual phosphorylation of DISC1 at Ser58 and Ser713 regulates polarization of cortical neurons via GSK3β13
Progress and gaps in antimicrobial resistance research within One Health sectors in China: a systematic analysis13
Dynamic landscape and regulation of m5C methylation in human tissues13
A strategy for the development of receptor-containing antibodies targeting malaria variant surface antigens13
SETD3-mediated histidine methylation of MCM7 regulates DNA replication by facilitating chromatin loading of MCM13
Chromatin accessibility landscape during mammalian preimplantation development13
Treating incurable non-communicable diseases by targeting iron metabolism and ferroptosis13
Redox-stress response resistance (RRR) mediated by hyperoxidation of peroxiredoxin 2 in senescent cells13
DDX21 is a new player in co-transcriptional RNA modification and functions13
Automatic quantification, grading and five-year prediction of myopic fundus tessellation: a multi-center, longitudinal deep learning study13
Birth-and-death evolution of ribonuclease 9 genes in Cetartiodactyla13
Microbial bile acid modifications: current understandings, key problems, and future perspectives13
Single-nucleus transcriptome profiling of wild boar and domestic pig intestines reveals the spatiotemporal dynamics of immunity and nutrient absorption12
Exploring primate immune responses to SLA-I/II knockdown pig xenografts in humanized mice and rhesus monkeys12
Stroma-specific IL-15 coordinates epithelial IL-15Rα to promote intestinal epithelial repair12
GMNN mutations cause female infertility characterized by preimplantation embryo arrest through regulating DNA re-replication12
Molecular mechanisms of DNA lesion and repair during antibody somatic hypermutation12
CassavaMDB: an integrated multi-omics database for functional genomics and molecular breeding in cassava12
Engineered CLE peptides promote de novo shoot regeneration in Arabidopsis12
Unraveling phylogenetic conflicts and adaptive evolution in Chiroptera using large-scale mitogenomes and nuclear genes12
Single-base resolution mapping of 2′-O-methylation sites by an exoribonuclease-enriched chemical method12
Combined effects of climate and land-use changes on the alpha and beta functional diversities of terrestrial mammals in China12
Generation of transient totipotent blastomere-like stem cells by short-term high-dose Pladienolide B treatment12
Targeting senescent cells in aged adipose tissue induced by ovarian cancer with the NF-κB inhibitor quercetin and resveratrol impedes the growth and metastasis of ovarian cancer12
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