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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)
ArticleCitations
Differential requirements for Smarca5 expression during hematopoietic stem cell commitment346
Activated-memory T cells influence naïve T cell fate: a noncytotoxic function of human CD8 T cells298
A global palaeo-science community: an interview with Pal(a)eoPERCS216
Conformational changes in the catalytic region are responsible for heat-induced activation of hyperthermophilic homoserine dehydrogenase215
The complex regulation of competence in Staphylococcus aureus under microaerobic conditions203
A spike-targeting bispecific T cell engager strategy provides dual layer protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection in vivo202
Identification of a guanine-specific pocket in the protein N of SARS-CoV-2185
Reflecting on the Communications Biology Editor Training Program183
Densely vascularized thick 3D tissue shows enhanced protein secretion constructed with intermittent positive pressure169
Endogenous mitochondrial NAD(P)H fluorescence can predict lifespan144
Evolution of lysine-specific demethylase 1 and REST corepressor gene families and their molecular interaction137
Author Correction: Longitudinal development of the human white matter structural connectome and its association with brain transcriptomic and cellular architecture132
Quantitative single-molecule analysis of assembly and Ca2+-dependent disassembly of synaptotagmin oligomers on lipid bilayers131
IGFBP5 affects cardiomyocyte survival and functional recovery in mice following myocardial ischemia125
Distinct neural representations of different linguistic components following sign language learning116
New mouse models for exploring renal tumor extension into the inferior vena cava114
One-step Cre-loxP organism creation by TAx9105
Tooth enamel nitrogen isotope composition records trophic position: a tool for reconstructing food webs102
Function and phylogeny support the independent evolution of an ASIC-like Deg/ENaC channel in the Placozoa100
Origin of acetylcholine antagonism in ELIC, a bacterial pentameric ligand-gated ion channel97
A juvenile locomotor program promotes vocal learning in zebra finches95
The transcription factor PREP1(PKNOX1) regulates nuclear stiffness, the expression of LINC complex proteins and mechanotransduction95
Author Correction: Large size in aquatic tetrapods compensates for high drag caused by extreme body proportions94
Neural activity for complex sounds in the marmoset anterior cingulate cortex94
Author Correction: Extreme conditions affect neuronal oscillations of cerebral cortices in humans in the China Space Station and on Earth91
GAWMerge expands GWAS sample size and diversity by combining array-based genotyping and whole-genome sequencing91
LTK mutations responsible for resistance to lorlatinib in non-small cell lung cancer harboring CLIP1-LTK fusion85
Nanoscale imaging of CD47 informs how plasma membrane modifications shape apoptotic cell recognition84
Targeting GPR39 in structure-based drug discovery reduces Ang II-induced hypertension82
A 14,000-year-old genome sheds light on the evolution and extinction of a Pleistocene vulture80
Phosphodiesterase 4D promotes angiotensin II-induced hypertension in mice via smooth muscle cell contraction78
A retinoid analogue, TTNPB, promotes clonal expansion of human pluripotent stem cells by upregulating CLDN2 and HoxA177
A metagenomic analysis of the phase 2 Anopheles gambiae 1000 genomes dataset reveals a wide diversity of cobionts associated with field collected mosquitoes77
Author Correction: The cerebellum contributes to generalized seizures by altering activity in the ventral posteromedial nucleus76
Light cues drive community-wide transcriptional shifts in the hypersaline South Bay Salt Works74
Reward expectation enhances action-related activity of nigral dopaminergic and two striatal output pathways73
Engineered fungus containing a caterpillar gene kills insects rapidly by disrupting their ecto- and endo-microbiomes73
Microgravity environment grown crystal structure information based engineering of direct electron transfer type glucose dehydrogenase73
Neural fatigue by passive induction: repeated stimulus exposure results in cognitive fatigue and altered representations in task-relevant networks73
Probing chromatin condensation dynamics in live cells using interferometric scattering correlation spectroscopy73
Larix species range dynamics in Siberia since the Last Glacial captured from sedimentary ancient DNA72
Half-millennium evidence suggests that extinction debts of global vertebrates started in the Second Industrial Revolution72
Ecogenomics reveals viral communities across the Challenger Deep oceanic trench72
Afucosylated broadly neutralizing antibodies enhance clearance of HIV-1 infected cells through cell-mediated killing69
Comprehensive genomic dependency landscape of a human colon cancer organoid68
A neurophysiological perspective on the integration between incidental learning and cognitive control68
Compromise or choose: shared movement decisions in wild vulturine guineafowl68
Exposure of gut bacterial isolates to the anthelminthic drugs, ivermectin and moxidectin, leads to antibiotic-like phenotypes of growth inhibition and adaptation68
Combining genomic and epidemiological data to compare the transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 variants Alpha and Iota67
The protease calpain2a limits innate immunity by targeting TRAF6 in teleost fish67
Fibroblast growth receptor 1 is regulated by G-quadruplex in metastatic breast cancer67
Evolutionary roots of the risk of hip fracture in humans66
Identifying the serious clinical outcomes of adverse reactions to drugs by a multi-task deep learning framework65
Single-dose infusion of engineered viral receptor binding domain confers rapid and durable protection against viral infection65
The role of environmentally mediated drug resistance in facilitating the spatial distribution of residual disease65
Single cell multiomics approach to analyze replication timing and gene expression in mouse preimplantation embryos65
Male caregiving experience alters hippocampal neuroplasticity and transcription independent of reproduction in a biparental species65
NAD+-dependent Sirt6 is a key regulator involved in telomere shortening of in vitro-cultured preimplantation embryos65
A pore-forming protein drives macropinocytosis to facilitate toad water maintaining64
Identification and characterization of CIM-1, a carbapenemase that adds to the family of resistance factors against last resort antibiotics62
Gliding motility of the diatom Craspedostauros australis coincides with the intracellular movement of raphid-specific myosins62
Confined environments induce polarized paraspeckle condensates62
CD36 maintains the gastric mucosa and associates with gastric disease61
Trait responses, nonconsumptive effects, and the physiological basis of Helicoverpa armigera to bat predation risk61
Snowprint: a predictive tool for genetic biosensor discovery60
Structural analysis of the overoxidized Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase in ROS-induced ALS filament formation60
Mouse and human antibodies bind HLA-E-leader peptide complexes and enhance NK cell cytotoxicity60
Widespread loss of mammalian lineage and dietary diversity in the early Oligocene of Afro-Arabia60
Post-ischemic ubiquitination at the postsynaptic density reversibly influences the activity of ischemia-relevant kinases59
Structure-based rational design of an enhanced fluorogen-activating protein for fluorogens based on GFP chromophore58
Methylation-modulated PFTK1 regulates gefitinib resistance via Wnt/β-catenin signaling in EGFR mutant non-small-cell lung cancer cells58
Development of a red fluorescent protein-based cGMP indicator applicable for live-cell imaging58
Decadal stability in coral cover could mask hidden changes on reefs in the East Asian Seas57
MSC-derived exosomal circMYO9B accelerates diabetic wound healing by promoting angiogenesis through the hnRNPU/CBL/KDM1A/VEGFA axis57
Arg/Lys-containing IDRs are cryptic binding domains for ATP and nucleic acids that interplay to modulate LLPS57
A miniature dialysis-culture device allows high-density human-induced pluripotent stem cells expansion from growth factor accumulation56
RNA demethylase FTO participates in malignant progression of gastric cancer by regulating SP1-AURKB-ATM pathway56
Author Correction: Cycloalkane-modified amphiphilic polymers provide direct extraction of membrane proteins for CryoEM analysis56
W546 stacking disruption traps the human porphyrin transporter ABCB6 in an outward-facing transient state56
Integrative functional analysis uncovers metabolic differences between Candida species56
DAF-2c signaling promotes taste avoidance after starvation in Caenorhabditis elegans by controlling distinct phospholipase C isozymes55
Sexual behavior is linked to changes in gut microbiome and systemic inflammation that lead to HIV-1 infection in men who have sex with men55
Modulation of ATM enhances DNA repair in G2/M phase of cell cycle and averts senescence in Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy55
Human intraparietal sulcal morphology relates to individual differences in language and memory performance55
Sex differences in metabolic pathways are regulated by Pfkfb3 and Pdk4 expression in rodent muscle54
A pictorial account of the human embryonic heart between 3.5 and 8 weeks of development54
The gut commensal fungus, Candida parapsilosis, promotes high fat-diet induced obesity in mice54
Intermittent antibiotic treatment of bacterial biofilms favors the rapid evolution of resistance54
Inhibition of falcilysin from Plasmodium falciparum by interference with its closed-to-open dynamic transition54
Targeting fatty acid synthase reduces aortic atherosclerosis and inflammation53
Dynamic finite-element simulations reveal early origin of complex human birth pattern53
Modulation of the monomer-dimer equilibrium and catalytic activity of SARS-CoV-2 main protease by a transition-state analog inhibitor53
A critical bioenergetic switch is regulated by IGF2 during murine cartilage development53
Light sheet fluorescence microscopy of cleared human eyes53
Maintaining mitochondrial DNA copy number mitigates ROS-induced oocyte decline and female reproductive aging52
Age-dependent effects of vaping on the prefrontal cortex, ventral tegmental area, and nucleus accumbens52
Viscoelasticity of diverse biological samples quantified by Acoustic Force Microrheology (AFMR)52
Combined acid hydrolysis and fermentation improves bioactivity of citrus flavonoids in vitro and in vivo52
A human iPSC-derived hepatocyte screen identifies compounds that inhibit production of Apolipoprotein B52
An optrode array for spatiotemporally-precise large-scale optogenetic stimulation of deep cortical layers in non-human primates51
Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 promotes inflammation in senescence and aging51
Glymphatic and lymphatic communication with systemic responses during physiological and pathological conditions in the central nervous system51
Small EV in plasma of triple negative breast cancer patients induce intrinsic apoptosis in activated T cells51
Towards a systematization of brain oscillatory activity in actions50
BIN1 regulates actin-membrane interactions during IRSp53-dependent filopodia formation50
Cross-species experiments reveal widespread cochlear neural damage in normal hearing50
Infra-slow scale-free dynamics modulate the connection of neural and behavioral variability during attention50
A calcitonin receptor-expressing subregion of the medial preoptic area is involved in alloparental tolerance in common marmosets49
Uncovering biology by single-cell proteomics49
Reciprocal expression of MADS-box genes and DNA methylation reconfiguration initiate bisexual cones in spruce49
A genetic mouse model of lean-NAFLD unveils sexual dimorphism in the liver-heart axis49
Optimisation of cell fate determination for cultivated muscle differentiation49
Short-chain fatty acids promote the effect of environmental signals on the gut microbiome and metabolome in mice49
RhoA allosterically activates phospholipase Cε via its EF hands49
Acinetobacter baumannii OmpA-like porins: functional characterization of bacterial physiology, antibiotic-resistance, and virulence49
A data-driven crop model for maize yield prediction49
Whole brain modelling for simulating pharmacological interventions on patients with disorders of consciousness49
Integrative multi-omics analysis reveals the translational landscape of the plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita48
Tracking momentary fluctuations in human attention with a cognitive brain-machine interface48
Humpback whale masked hearing thresholds in noise measured with modified behavioral observation audiometry48
Semantic associative abilities and executive control functions predict novelty and appropriateness of idea generation48
Single-cell phenotypic profiling and backtracing exposes and predicts clinically relevant subpopulations in isogenic Staphylococcus aureus communities48
Time-dependent cell-state selection identifies transiently expressed genes regulating ILC2 activation48
In vitro reconstitution of an efficient nucleotide excision repair system using mesophilic enzymes from Deinococcus radiodurans48
Psychedelic concentrations of nitrous oxide reduce functional differentiation in frontoparietal and somatomotor cortical networks48
Longitudinal microstructural changes in 18 amygdala nuclei resonate with cortical circuits and phenomics48
Anti-human-TIGIT agonistic antibody ameliorates autoimmune diseases by inhibiting Tfh and Tph cells and enhancing Treg cells48
Feeding Spodoptera exigua larvae with gut-derived Escherichia sp. increases larval juvenile hormone levels inhibiting cannibalism48
Opposing neural processing modes alternate rhythmically during sustained auditory attention47
High-intensity physiological activation disrupts the neural signatures of conflict processing47
Biophysical mechanism underlying compensatory preservation of neural synchrony over the adult lifespan47
The hepatocyte traffic network in the human hepatitis A virus biological cycle from an evolutionary perspective46
Functional study of Bergeyella cardium KP-43 subfamily peptidases as putative T9SS cargo46
Measuring instability in chronic human intracortical neural recordings towards stable, long-term brain-computer interfaces46
Structural insights into tRNA recognition of the human FTSJ1-THADA complex46
An automated liquid jet for fluorescence dosimetry and microsecond radiolytic labeling of proteins45
Detecting genetic interactions with visible neural networks45
Human sperm cooperate to transit highly viscous regions on the competitive pathway to fertilization45
Author Correction: Preference-independent saliency map in the mouse superior colliculus45
The N-terminal PA domains of signal-peptide-peptidase-like 2 (SPPL2) proteases impact on TNFα cleavage45
Brainprints: identifying individuals from magnetoencephalograms45
Genetic differentiation at probe SNPs leads to spurious results in meQTL discovery44
Task-specific odorant receptor expression in worker antennae indicates that sensory filters regulate division of labor in ants44
Quantum chemistry rules retinoid biology44
TLR2 and TLR4 bridge physiological and pathological inflammation in the reproductive system44
Environment-specificity and universality of the microbial growth law44
Self-supervised machine learning for live cell imagery segmentation44
Changes in dynamic transitions between integrated and segregated states underlie visual hallucinations in Parkinson’s disease44
Genomic ancestry, diet and microbiomes of Upper Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers from San Teodoro cave43
Learning to stand with sensorimotor delays generalizes across directions and from hand to leg effectors43
Diversification and extinction of Hemiptera in deep time43
Docking-guided rational engineering of a macrolide glycosyltransferase glycodiversifies epothilone B43
Eco-evolutionary model on spatial graphs reveals how habitat structure affects phenotypic differentiation43
Hydrostatic pressure drives sprouting angiogenesis via adherens junction remodelling and YAP signalling43
Computational design of highly efficient thermostable MHET hydrolases and dual enzyme system for PET recycling43
Sand flies: Basic information on the vectors of leishmaniasis and their interactions with Leishmania parasites42
Glycan shield of the ebolavirus envelope glycoprotein GP42
Molting in early Cambrian armored lobopodians42
Regulation of developmental gatekeeping and cell fate transition by the calpain protease DEK1 in Physcomitrium patens42
CoTF-reg reveals cooperative transcription factors in oligodendrocyte gene regulation using single-cell multi-omics42
Unclogged pores: designer channels for protein translocation42
Plant-pollinator trait matching affects pollen transfer but not feeding efficiency of Australian honeyeaters (Aves, Meliphagidae)42
EVATOM: an optical, label-free, machine learning assisted embryo health assessment tool42
The long noncoding RNA LUCAT1 regulates endometrial receptivity via the miR-495-3p/S100P axis42
Adaptive mechanisms facilitate robust performance in noise and in reverberation in an auditory categorization model42
Protracted neurobehavioral and microRNA deficits by acute nicotine dependence in mice41
Cas13d-mediated multiplex RNA targeting confers a broad-spectrum resistance against RNA viruses in potato41
Author Correction: Biogeographic implication of temperature-induced plant cell wall lignification41
Dietary phytosterols induce infertility in female mice via epigenomic modulations41
Author Correction: Harnessing the acceptor substrate promiscuity of Clostridium botulinum Maf glycosyltransferase to glyco-engineer mini-flagellin protein chimeras41
Brain sex-dependent alterations after prolonged high fat diet exposure in mice40
Epigenomic and transcriptomic analyses reveal differences between low-grade inflammation and severe exhaustion in LPS-challenged murine monocytes40
Both abundant and rare fungi colonizing Fagus sylvatica ectomycorrhizal root-tips shape associated bacterial communities40
Cryo-EM structure of cadmium-bound human ABCB640
Interspecies interaction reduces selection for antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli40
Author Correction: The ROS–FOXO pathway mediates broad-spectrum detoxification of acaricides in Tetranychus cinnabarinus40
IQ-Switch is a QF-based innocuous, silencing-free, and inducible gene switch system in zebrafish40
Discovery and chemical optimisation of a potent, Bi-cyclic antimicrobial inhibitor of Escherichia coli PBP340
Transcription factor ELF-1 protects against colitis by maintaining intestinal epithelium homeostasis40
Retinoic acid receptor alpha inhibits ferroptosis by promoting thioredoxin and protein phosphatase 1F in lung adenocarcinoma40
Parasitic infection increases risk-taking in a social, intermediate host carnivore40
A streamlined tandem tip-based workflow for sensitive nanoscale phosphoproteomics40
scHiCyclePred: a deep learning framework for predicting cell cycle phases from single-cell Hi-C data using multi-scale interaction information40
Environmental stress reduces shark residency to coral reefs40
SpatialPrompt: spatially aware scalable and accurate tool for spot deconvolution and domain identification in spatial transcriptomics40
Nox4 expression in osteo-progenitors controls bone development in mice during early life40
Regulation of fungal raw-starch-degrading enzyme production depends on transcription factor phosphorylation and recruitment of the Mediator complex39
A selectivity filter mutation provides insights into gating regulation of a K+ channel39
Charting differentially methylated regions in cancer with Rocker-meth39
Complexity and weak integration promote the diversity of reef fish oral jaws39
Hypoxia-induced circPLOD2a/b promotes the aggressiveness of glioblastoma by suppressing XIRP1 through binding to HuR39
Small GTP-binding protein GDP dissociation stimulator influences cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury via PERK-dependent ER stress39
Comparative analysis of multiple DNA double-strand break repair pathways in CRISPR-mediated endogenous tagging39
Hippocampal interneuronal dysfunction and hyperexcitability in a porcine model of concussion39
P62/SQSTM1 binds with claudin-2 to target for selective autophagy in stressed intestinal epithelium38
Functional divergence between the two cerebral hemispheres contributes to human fluid intelligence38
Stk24 deficiency causes disrupted hippocampal neurogenesis and anxiety-like behavior in mice38
SEC24D depletion induces osteogenic differentiation deficiency by inactivating the ATF6/TGF-β/Runx2 regulatory loop38
Metagenomic data from cerebrospinal fluid permits tracing the origin and spread of Neisseria meningitidis CC4821 in China38
The Polygenic Risk Score Knowledge Base offers a centralized online repository for calculating and contextualizing polygenic risk scores38
Deep genomic characterization highlights complexities and prognostic markers of pediatric acute myeloid leukemia38
Methylation of recombinant mononucleosomes by DNMT3A demonstrates efficient linker DNA methylation and a role of H3K36me338
Direct experimental observation of blue-light-induced conformational change and intermolecular interactions of cryptochrome38
AKAP150-anchored PKA regulates synaptic transmission and plasticity, neuronal excitability and CRF neuromodulation in the mouse lateral habenula38
Effect and mechanism of father’s companionship on defensive attack behavior of adult male offspring mice38
PPE50 variants as novel phylogeographic signatures of host-pathogen co-evolution in tuberculosis38
Vibrational spectroscopy analysis of ligand efficacy in human M2 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (M2R)37
Priestia megaterium cells are primed for surviving lethal doses of antibiotics and chemical stress37
A VSV-based assay quantifies coronavirus Mpro/3CLpro/Nsp5 main protease activity and chemical inhibition37
Neddylation regulates the development and function of glutamatergic neurons37
A moonlighting role for LysM peptidoglycan binding domains underpins Enterococcus faecalis daughter cell separation37
Macrophage-derived IGF-1 protects the neonatal intestine against necrotizing enterocolitis by promoting microvascular development37
OliTag-seq enhances in cellulo detection of CRISPR-Cas9 off-targets37
Development of a ternary cyclodextrin–arginine–ciprofloxacin antimicrobial complex with enhanced stability37
Lateral septum DREADD activation alters male prairie vole prosocial and antisocial behaviors, not partner preferences37
The subcortical and neurochemical organization of the ventral and dorsal attention networks37
So close yet so far apart: distinct flanking sequence recognition by DNMT3A and DNMT3B37
Resolution of impaired multisensory processing in autism and the cost of switching sensory modality37
Laminar shear stress inhibits inflammation by activating autophagy in human aortic endothelial cells through HMGB1 nuclear translocation37
Shifts in isoform usage underlie transcriptional differences in regulatory T cells in type 1 diabetes37
Extracting and analyzing micronuclei from mouse two-cell embryos fertilized with freeze-dried spermatozoa37
Task-based activation and resting-state connectivity predict individual differences in semantic capacity for complex semantic knowledge37
Evaluating a therapeutic window for precision medicine by integrating genomic profiles and p53 network dynamics37
Analysis of biased allelic enhancer activity of schizophrenia-linked common variants37
Changes in brain connectivity and neurovascular dynamics during dexmedetomidine-induced loss of consciousness37
Inhibitory efficacy and structural insights of Bofutrelvir against SARS-CoV-2 Mpro mutants and MERS-CoV Mpro37
Precision-cut liver slices as an ex vivo model to assess impaired hepatic glucose production37
A synthetic protein as efficient multitarget regulator against complement over-activation37
In vitro functional analysis of gRNA sites regulating assembly of hepatitis B virus37
Life-history stage influences immune investment and oxidative stress in response to environmental heterogeneity in Antarctic fur seals36
Sugar transporters PpSWEET9a and PpSWEET14 synergistically mediate peach sucrose allocation from source leaves to fruit36
Multifaceted effects of variable biotic interactions on population stability in complex interaction webs36
Comparative analysis of multifaceted neural effects associated with varying endogenous cognitive load36
Muscle anatomy is reflected in the spatial organization of the spinal motoneuron pools36
Redefining crop breeding strategy for effective use of nitrogen in cropping systems36
Associative conditioning in gene regulatory network models increases integrative causal emergence36
Mouse Slfn8 and Slfn9 genes complement human cells lacking SLFN11 during the replication stress response36
Ultrasonic antifouling devices negatively impact Cuvier’s beaked whales near Guadalupe Island, México35
The formation of KV2.1 macro-clusters is required for sex-specific differences in L-type CaV1.2 clustering and function in arterial myocytes35
Pparα knockout in mice increases the Th17 development by facilitating the IKKα/RORγt and IKKα/Foxp3 complexes35
Polarity protein Par6 facilitates the processive phosphorylation of Lgl via a dynamic interaction with aPKC35
Pygmaclypeatus daziensis, a unique lower Cambrian arthropod with two different compound eye systems35
High-pressure crystallography shows noble gas intervention into protein-lipid interaction and suggests a model for anaesthetic action35
Estimating the total variance explained by whole-brain imaging for zero-inflated outcomes35
A small bacteriophage protein determines the hierarchy over co-residential jumbo phage in Bacillus thuringiensis serovar israelensis35
Cardiac progenitor cell-derived extracellular vesicles promote angiogenesis through both associated- and co-isolated proteins35
Author Correction: Geometric deep learning improves generalizability of MHC-bound peptide predictions35
Increasing pulse pressure ex vivo, mimicking acute physical exercise, induces smooth muscle cell-mediated de-stiffening of murine aortic segments35
Biochemical and crystallographic studies of l,d-transpeptidase 2 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis with its natural monomer substrate35
MFG-E8 promotes osteogenic transdifferentiation of smooth muscle cells and vascular calcification by regulating TGF-β1 signaling35
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