Communications Biology

Papers
(The TQCC of Communications Biology is 12. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
Conformational changes in the catalytic region are responsible for heat-induced activation of hyperthermophilic homoserine dehydrogenase331
A global palaeo-science community: an interview with Pal(a)eoPERCS287
Light cues drive community-wide transcriptional shifts in the hypersaline South Bay Salt Works210
Differential requirements for Smarca5 expression during hematopoietic stem cell commitment206
Activated-memory T cells influence naïve T cell fate: a noncytotoxic function of human CD8 T cells195
Origin of acetylcholine antagonism in ELIC, a bacterial pentameric ligand-gated ion channel194
The transcription factor PREP1(PKNOX1) regulates nuclear stiffness, the expression of LINC complex proteins and mechanotransduction193
A juvenile locomotor program promotes vocal learning in zebra finches181
Author Correction: Large size in aquatic tetrapods compensates for high drag caused by extreme body proportions180
A metagenomic analysis of the phase 2 Anopheles gambiae 1000 genomes dataset reveals a wide diversity of cobionts associated with field collected mosquitoes165
A retinoid analogue, TTNPB, promotes clonal expansion of human pluripotent stem cells by upregulating CLDN2 and HoxA1158
Author Correction: The cerebellum contributes to generalized seizures by altering activity in the ventral posteromedial nucleus143
Phosphodiesterase 4D promotes angiotensin II-induced hypertension in mice via smooth muscle cell contraction140
Neural activity for complex sounds in the marmoset anterior cingulate cortex139
W546 stacking disruption traps the human porphyrin transporter ABCB6 in an outward-facing transient state133
A pore-forming protein drives macropinocytosis to facilitate toad water maintaining123
Author Correction: Extreme conditions affect neuronal oscillations of cerebral cortices in humans in the China Space Station and on Earth119
GAWMerge expands GWAS sample size and diversity by combining array-based genotyping and whole-genome sequencing118
LTK mutations responsible for resistance to lorlatinib in non-small cell lung cancer harboring CLIP1-LTK fusion115
Nanoscale imaging of CD47 informs how plasma membrane modifications shape apoptotic cell recognition111
Targeting GPR39 in structure-based drug discovery reduces Ang II-induced hypertension105
A 14,000-year-old genome sheds light on the evolution and extinction of a Pleistocene vulture98
Reciprocal expression of MADS-box genes and DNA methylation reconfiguration initiate bisexual cones in spruce97
Development of a red fluorescent protein-based cGMP indicator applicable for live-cell imaging92
Inhibition of falcilysin from Plasmodium falciparum by interference with its closed-to-open dynamic transition92
Microgravity environment grown crystal structure information based engineering of direct electron transfer type glucose dehydrogenase90
Diversification and extinction of Hemiptera in deep time90
A spike-targeting bispecific T cell engager strategy provides dual layer protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection in vivo89
The complex regulation of competence in Staphylococcus aureus under microaerobic conditions84
Reward expectation enhances action-related activity of nigral dopaminergic and two striatal output pathways83
Endogenous mitochondrial NAD(P)H fluorescence can predict lifespan81
Learning to stand with sensorimotor delays generalizes across directions and from hand to leg effectors81
Evolution of lysine-specific demethylase 1 and REST corepressor gene families and their molecular interaction80
Quantitative single-molecule analysis of assembly and Ca2+-dependent disassembly of synaptotagmin oligomers on lipid bilayers80
Author Correction: Longitudinal development of the human white matter structural connectome and its association with brain transcriptomic and cellular architecture80
Dynamic finite-element simulations reveal early origin of complex human birth pattern79
Methylation-modulated PFTK1 regulates gefitinib resistance via Wnt/β-catenin signaling in EGFR mutant non-small-cell lung cancer cells76
IGFBP5 affects cardiomyocyte survival and functional recovery in mice following myocardial ischemia74
Distinct neural representations of different linguistic components following sign language learning74
New mouse models for exploring renal tumor extension into the inferior vena cava73
One-step Cre-loxP organism creation by TAx972
Integrative multi-omics analysis reveals the translational landscape of the plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita71
Reflecting on the Communications Biology Editor Training Program71
Densely vascularized thick 3D tissue shows enhanced protein secretion constructed with intermittent positive pressure71
Structural insights into tRNA recognition of the human FTSJ1-THADA complex68
Single-cell phenotypic profiling and backtracing exposes and predicts clinically relevant subpopulations in isogenic Staphylococcus aureus communities68
Semantic associative abilities and executive control functions predict novelty and appropriateness of idea generation67
Opposing neural processing modes alternate rhythmically during sustained auditory attention67
High-intensity physiological activation disrupts the neural signatures of conflict processing67
Brainprints: identifying individuals from magnetoencephalograms67
Measuring instability in chronic human intracortical neural recordings towards stable, long-term brain-computer interfaces66
Detecting genetic interactions with visible neural networks65
Eco-evolutionary model on spatial graphs reveals how habitat structure affects phenotypic differentiation65
FBW7 couples structural integrity with functional output of primary cilia65
Regulation of developmental gatekeeping and cell fate transition by the calpain protease DEK1 in Physcomitrium patens64
The hepatocyte traffic network in the human hepatitis A virus biological cycle from an evolutionary perspective64
Functional study of Bergeyella cardium KP-43 subfamily peptidases as putative T9SS cargo64
Structure-based rational design of an enhanced fluorogen-activating protein for fluorogens based on GFP chromophore63
Human sperm cooperate to transit highly viscous regions on the competitive pathway to fertilization63
Author Correction: Preference-independent saliency map in the mouse superior colliculus63
Self-supervised machine learning for live cell imagery segmentation62
Frontoparietal network resilience is associated with protection against cognitive decline in Parkinson’s disease62
Quantum chemistry rules retinoid biology61
An automated liquid jet for fluorescence dosimetry and microsecond radiolytic labeling of proteins61
TLR2 and TLR4 bridge physiological and pathological inflammation in the reproductive system60
A genetic mouse model of lean-NAFLD unveils sexual dimorphism in the liver-heart axis59
Genetic differentiation at probe SNPs leads to spurious results in meQTL discovery59
Snowprint: a predictive tool for genetic biosensor discovery58
Gliding motility of the diatom Craspedostauros australis coincides with the intracellular movement of raphid-specific myosins58
Environment-specificity and universality of the microbial growth law58
The gut commensal fungus, Candida parapsilosis, promotes high fat-diet induced obesity in mice57
The N-terminal PA domains of signal-peptide-peptidase-like 2 (SPPL2) proteases impact on TNFα cleavage57
Viscoelasticity of diverse biological samples quantified by Acoustic Force Microrheology (AFMR)57
Modulation of ATM enhances DNA repair in G2/M phase of cell cycle and averts senescence in Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy56
Larix species range dynamics in Siberia since the Last Glacial captured from sedimentary ancient DNA56
Changes in dynamic transitions between integrated and segregated states underlie visual hallucinations in Parkinson’s disease56
Trait responses, nonconsumptive effects, and the physiological basis of Helicoverpa armigera to bat predation risk56
A calcitonin receptor-expressing subregion of the medial preoptic area is involved in alloparental tolerance in common marmosets55
A neurophysiological perspective on the integration between incidental learning and cognitive control55
DAF-2c signaling promotes taste avoidance after starvation in Caenorhabditis elegans by controlling distinct phospholipase C isozymes55
Widespread loss of mammalian lineage and dietary diversity in the early Oligocene of Afro-Arabia55
Comprehensive genomic dependency landscape of a human colon cancer organoid54
Fibroblast growth receptor 1 is regulated by G-quadruplex in metastatic breast cancer54
Exposure of gut bacterial isolates to the anthelminthic drugs, ivermectin and moxidectin, leads to antibiotic-like phenotypes of growth inhibition and adaptation54
Glycan shield of the ebolavirus envelope glycoprotein GP54
Biophysical mechanism underlying compensatory preservation of neural synchrony over the adult lifespan54
Cross-species experiments reveal widespread cochlear neural damage in normal hearing54
Combining genomic and epidemiological data to compare the transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 variants Alpha and Iota53
The protease calpain2a limits innate immunity by targeting TRAF6 in teleost fish53
In vitro reconstitution of an efficient nucleotide excision repair system using mesophilic enzymes from Deinococcus radiodurans53
Light sheet fluorescence microscopy of cleared human eyes53
CD36 maintains the gastric mucosa and associates with gastric disease53
Human intraparietal sulcal morphology relates to individual differences in language and memory performance53
Targeting fatty acid synthase reduces aortic atherosclerosis and inflammation52
Docking-guided rational engineering of a macrolide glycosyltransferase glycodiversifies epothilone B52
Engineered fungus containing a caterpillar gene kills insects rapidly by disrupting their ecto- and endo-microbiomes52
Sexual behavior is linked to changes in gut microbiome and systemic inflammation that lead to HIV-1 infection in men who have sex with men52
A critical bioenergetic switch is regulated by IGF2 during murine cartilage development52
Probing chromatin condensation dynamics in live cells using interferometric scattering correlation spectroscopy51
Feeding Spodoptera exigua larvae with gut-derived Escherichia sp. increases larval juvenile hormone levels inhibiting cannibalism51
Mouse and human antibodies bind HLA-E-leader peptide complexes and enhance NK cell cytotoxicity51
Neural fatigue by passive induction: repeated stimulus exposure results in cognitive fatigue and altered representations in task-relevant networks50
Genomic ancestry, diet and microbiomes of Upper Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers from San Teodoro cave50
Acinetobacter baumannii OmpA-like porins: functional characterization of bacterial physiology, antibiotic-resistance, and virulence50
A human iPSC-derived hepatocyte screen identifies compounds that inhibit production of Apolipoprotein B50
Structural analysis of the overoxidized Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase in ROS-induced ALS filament formation50
Tooth enamel nitrogen isotope composition records trophic position: a tool for reconstructing food webs49
Identification of a guanine-specific pocket in the protein N of SARS-CoV-249
Function and phylogeny support the independent evolution of an ASIC-like Deg/ENaC channel in the Placozoa49
Intermittent antibiotic treatment of bacterial biofilms favors the rapid evolution of resistance49
Male caregiving experience alters hippocampal neuroplasticity and transcription independent of reproduction in a biparental species48
Evolutionary roots of the risk of hip fracture in humans48
A data-driven crop model for maize yield prediction48
Infra-slow scale-free dynamics modulate the connection of neural and behavioral variability during attention48
Optimisation of cell fate determination for cultivated muscle differentiation48
The role of environmentally mediated drug resistance in facilitating the spatial distribution of residual disease48
A miniature dialysis-culture device allows high-density human-induced pluripotent stem cells expansion from growth factor accumulation48
Integrative functional analysis uncovers metabolic differences between Candida species47
Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 promotes inflammation in senescence and aging47
Arg/Lys-containing IDRs are cryptic binding domains for ATP and nucleic acids that interplay to modulate LLPS47
NAD+-dependent Sirt6 is a key regulator involved in telomere shortening of in vitro-cultured preimplantation embryos47
Connectivity alterations in autism reflect functional idiosyncrasy47
Whole brain modelling for simulating pharmacological interventions on patients with disorders of consciousness47
Author Correction: Cycloalkane-modified amphiphilic polymers provide direct extraction of membrane proteins for CryoEM analysis47
Glymphatic and lymphatic communication with systemic responses during physiological and pathological conditions in the central nervous system47
Decadal stability in coral cover could mask hidden changes on reefs in the East Asian Seas47
Uncovering biology by single-cell proteomics47
Sex differences in metabolic pathways are regulated by Pfkfb3 and Pdk4 expression in rodent muscle46
Small EV in plasma of triple negative breast cancer patients induce intrinsic apoptosis in activated T cells46
Single cell multiomics approach to analyze replication timing and gene expression in mouse preimplantation embryos46
Identifying the serious clinical outcomes of adverse reactions to drugs by a multi-task deep learning framework46
Longitudinal microstructural changes in 18 amygdala nuclei resonate with cortical circuits and phenomics46
Time-dependent cell-state selection identifies transiently expressed genes regulating ILC2 activation45
Task-specific odorant receptor expression in worker antennae indicates that sensory filters regulate division of labor in ants45
Afucosylated broadly neutralizing antibodies enhance clearance of HIV-1 infected cells through cell-mediated killing45
Lysine-selective molecular tweezers are cell penetrant and concentrate in lysosomes45
RNA demethylase FTO participates in malignant progression of gastric cancer by regulating SP1-AURKB-ATM pathway45
Hydrostatic pressure drives sprouting angiogenesis via adherens junction remodelling and YAP signalling45
Short-chain fatty acids promote the effect of environmental signals on the gut microbiome and metabolome in mice45
Tracking momentary fluctuations in human attention with a cognitive brain-machine interface45
MSC-derived exosomal circMYO9B accelerates diabetic wound healing by promoting angiogenesis through the hnRNPU/CBL/KDM1A/VEGFA axis44
Compromise or choose: shared movement decisions in wild vulturine guineafowl44
Half-millennium evidence suggests that extinction debts of global vertebrates started in the Second Industrial Revolution44
Age-dependent effects of vaping on the prefrontal cortex, ventral tegmental area, and nucleus accumbens43
Modulation of the monomer-dimer equilibrium and catalytic activity of SARS-CoV-2 main protease by a transition-state analog inhibitor43
Combined acid hydrolysis and fermentation improves bioactivity of citrus flavonoids in vitro and in vivo43
Confined environments induce polarized paraspeckle condensates43
Ecogenomics reveals viral communities across the Challenger Deep oceanic trench43
Maintaining mitochondrial DNA copy number mitigates ROS-induced oocyte decline and female reproductive aging43
EVATOM: an optical, label-free, machine learning assisted embryo health assessment tool43
Anti-human-TIGIT agonistic antibody ameliorates autoimmune diseases by inhibiting Tfh and Tph cells and enhancing Treg cells43
Single-dose infusion of engineered viral receptor binding domain confers rapid and durable protection against viral infection43
An optrode array for spatiotemporally-precise large-scale optogenetic stimulation of deep cortical layers in non-human primates42
Towards a systematization of brain oscillatory activity in actions42
Sand flies: Basic information on the vectors of leishmaniasis and their interactions with Leishmania parasites42
Psychedelic concentrations of nitrous oxide reduce functional differentiation in frontoparietal and somatomotor cortical networks42
The long noncoding RNA LUCAT1 regulates endometrial receptivity via the miR-495-3p/S100P axis42
A pictorial account of the human embryonic heart between 3.5 and 8 weeks of development42
Computational design of highly efficient thermostable MHET hydrolases and dual enzyme system for PET recycling42
Post-ischemic ubiquitination at the postsynaptic density reversibly influences the activity of ischemia-relevant kinases42
BIN1 regulates actin-membrane interactions during IRSp53-dependent filopodia formation42
Nuclear preservation in the cartilage of the Jehol dinosaur Caudipteryx42
Humpback whale masked hearing thresholds in noise measured with modified behavioral observation audiometry42
Identification and characterization of CIM-1, a carbapenemase that adds to the family of resistance factors against last resort antibiotics42
Plant-pollinator trait matching affects pollen transfer but not feeding efficiency of Australian honeyeaters (Aves, Meliphagidae)42
CoTF-reg reveals cooperative transcription factors in oligodendrocyte gene regulation using single-cell multi-omics41
Semi-field and surveillance data define the natural diapause timeline for Culex pipiens across the United States41
The design of unit cells by combining the self-reproduction systems and metabolic cushioning loads41
Reviewing as a career milestone: a discussion on the importance of including trainees in the peer review process41
Peer Review Week 2022: an interview with Franziska Denk and Katryn Stacey about their views on research integrity as scientists and reviewers41
Unclogged pores: designer channels for protein translocation41
Trans-ethnic GWAS meta-analysis of idiopathic spermatogenic failure highlights the immune-mediated nature of Sertoli cell-only syndrome41
Multimodal identification of the mouse brain using simultaneous Ca2+ imaging and fMRI40
Vibrational spectroscopy analysis of ligand efficacy in human M2 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (M2R)40
Limited evidence that body size shrinking and shape-shifting alleviate thermoregulatory pressures in a warmer world40
NLRP3 promotes inflammatory signaling and IL-1β cleavage in acute lung injury caused by cell wall extract of Lactobacillus casei40
Evaluating a therapeutic window for precision medicine by integrating genomic profiles and p53 network dynamics40
Coactosin-like F-actin binding protein (Cotl1) plays a key role in adipocyte differentiation and obesity40
Structure and dynamics of the interaction of Delta and Omicron BA.1 SARS-CoV-2 variants with REGN10987 Fab reveal mechanism of antibody action40
Structure of the complex of C1q-like 3 protein with adhesion-GPCR BAI340
Neuronal population activity dynamics reveal a low-dimensional signature of operant learning in Aplysia40
Mitochondrial DNA is a target of HBV integration40
Explicit description of viral capsid subunit shapes by unfolding dihedrons39
tRF16 affects NFKBIA stability and promotes osteoarthritis progression by regulating ALKBH5 expression in m6A-dependent manner39
The SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant exhibits comparable fitness to the D614G strain in a Syrian hamster model39
ADAMTS4 is a crucial proteolytic enzyme for versican cleavage in the amnion at parturition39
Structure, function and substrate preferences of archaeal S-adenosyl-l-homocysteine hydrolases39
A moonlighting role for LysM peptidoglycan binding domains underpins Enterococcus faecalis daughter cell separation39
Analysis of biased allelic enhancer activity of schizophrenia-linked common variants39
Rat hippocampal CA1 region represents learning-related action and reward events with shorter latency than the lateral entorhinal cortex39
A ventral stream-prefrontal cortex processing cascade enables working memory gating dynamics39
A synthetic protein as efficient multitarget regulator against complement over-activation39
Repeat-induced point mutations driving Parastagonospora nodorum genomic diversity are balanced by selection against non-synonymous mutations39
PPE50 variants as novel phylogeographic signatures of host-pathogen co-evolution in tuberculosis39
The formation of KV2.1 macro-clusters is required for sex-specific differences in L-type CaV1.2 clustering and function in arterial myocytes38
MFG-E8 promotes osteogenic transdifferentiation of smooth muscle cells and vascular calcification by regulating TGF-β1 signaling38
A streamlined tandem tip-based workflow for sensitive nanoscale phosphoproteomics38
Task-based activation and resting-state connectivity predict individual differences in semantic capacity for complex semantic knowledge38
Polarity protein Par6 facilitates the processive phosphorylation of Lgl via a dynamic interaction with aPKC38
Acetyl-CoA-carboxylase 1 (ACC1) plays a critical role in glucagon secretion38
Cardiac progenitor cell-derived extracellular vesicles promote angiogenesis through both associated- and co-isolated proteins38
A coordinated attack by a bacterial secretion system and a small molecule drives prey specificity38
Increasing pulse pressure ex vivo, mimicking acute physical exercise, induces smooth muscle cell-mediated de-stiffening of murine aortic segments38
Higher handgrip strength is linked to higher salience ventral attention functional network segregation in older adults38
Author Correction: Geometric deep learning improves generalizability of MHC-bound peptide predictions38
T-cell receptor structures and predictive models reveal comparable alpha and beta chain structural diversity despite differing genetic complexity38
Integrative analysis of single-cell RNA-seq and gut microbiome metabarcoding data elucidates macrophage dysfunction in mice with DSS-induced ulcerative colitis38
Neural encoding with unsupervised spiking convolutional neural network38
Structure-based modeling and engineering of Corynebacterium glutamicum LysE transporter for efficient extrusion of L-arginine38
A temporal classifier predicts histopathology state and parses acute-chronic phasing in inflammatory bowel disease patients37
Long-term hematopoietic stem cells as a parasite niche during treatment failure in visceral leishmaniasis37
Structure-guided functional studies of plasmid-encoded dihydrofolate reductases reveal a common mechanism of trimethoprim resistance in Gram-negative pathogens37
Life-history stage influences immune investment and oxidative stress in response to environmental heterogeneity in Antarctic fur seals37
So close yet so far apart: distinct flanking sequence recognition by DNMT3A and DNMT3B37
Nox4 expression in osteo-progenitors controls bone development in mice during early life37
Identification of conserved frontal neurophysiological markers of cognitive flexibility in humans and rats37
Ultrasonic antifouling devices negatively impact Cuvier’s beaked whales near Guadalupe Island, México37
Muscle anatomy is reflected in the spatial organization of the spinal motoneuron pools37
Lateral septum DREADD activation alters male prairie vole prosocial and antisocial behaviors, not partner preferences37
Genetic evidence for differential functions of figla and nobox in zebrafish ovarian differentiation and folliculogenesis37
Parvalbumin neurons enhance temporal coding and reduce cortical noise in complex auditory scenes36
Regulation of synaptic connectivity in schizophrenia spectrum by mutual neuron-microglia interaction36
Spotted lanternfly predicted to establish in California by 2033 without preventative management36
Programmable self-replicating JEV nanotherapeutics redefine RNA delivery in ALS36
IQ-Switch is a QF-based innocuous, silencing-free, and inducible gene switch system in zebrafish36
A small bacteriophage protein determines the hierarchy over co-residential jumbo phage in Bacillus thuringiensis serovar israelensis36
Associative conditioning in gene regulatory network models increases integrative causal emergence36
Changes in brain connectivity and neurovascular dynamics during dexmedetomidine-induced loss of consciousness36
Priestia megaterium cells are primed for surviving lethal doses of antibiotics and chemical stress36
Estimating the total variance explained by whole-brain imaging for zero-inflated outcomes36
Development of a ternary cyclodextrin–arginine–ciprofloxacin antimicrobial complex with enhanced stability36
Macrophage-derived IGF-1 protects the neonatal intestine against necrotizing enterocolitis by promoting microvascular development36
Parasitic infection increases risk-taking in a social, intermediate host carnivore36
TCP1 promotes the progression of malignant tumours by stabilizing c-Myc through the AKT/GSK-3β and ERK signalling pathways36
Detecting the effect of genetic diversity on brain composition in an Alzheimer’s disease mouse model36
Extreme conditions affect neuronal oscillations of cerebral cortices in humans in the China Space Station and on Earth36
Cryo-EM structure of cadmium-bound human ABCB636
High-pressure crystallography shows noble gas intervention into protein-lipid interaction and suggests a model for anaesthetic action36
Nr-CWS regulates METTL3-mediated m6A modification of CDS2 mRNA in vascular endothelial cells and has prognostic significance35
Author Correction: Harnessing the acceptor substrate promiscuity of Clostridium botulinum Maf glycosyltransferase to glyco-engineer mini-flagellin protein chimeras35
Molting in early Cambrian armored lobopodians35
Pygmaclypeatus daziensis, a unique lower Cambrian arthropod with two different compound eye systems35
SALM4 negatively regulates NMDA receptor function and fear memory consolidation35
Autoregulation ensures vertical transmission of the linear prophage GIL0135
Pparα knockout in mice increases the Th17 development by facilitating the IKKα/RORγt and IKKα/Foxp3 complexes35
Precision-cut liver slices as an ex vivo model to assess impaired hepatic glucose production35
Shifts in isoform usage underlie transcriptional differences in regulatory T cells in type 1 diabetes35
Biochemical and crystallographic studies of l,d-transpeptidase 2 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis with its natural monomer substrate35
Adaptive mechanisms facilitate robust performance in noise and in reverberation in an auditory categorization model35
Dietary phytosterols induce infertility in female mice via epigenomic modulations35
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