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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)
ArticleCitations
Differential requirements for Smarca5 expression during hematopoietic stem cell commitment318
A global palaeo-science community: an interview with Pal(a)eoPERCS232
A spike-targeting bispecific T cell engager strategy provides dual layer protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection in vivo226
Conformational changes in the catalytic region are responsible for heat-induced activation of hyperthermophilic homoserine dehydrogenase226
Reflecting on the Communications Biology Editor Training Program215
Author Correction: Longitudinal development of the human white matter structural connectome and its association with brain transcriptomic and cellular architecture197
Quantitative single-molecule analysis of assembly and Ca2+-dependent disassembly of synaptotagmin oligomers on lipid bilayers186
Distinct neural representations of different linguistic components following sign language learning181
New mouse models for exploring renal tumor extension into the inferior vena cava139
One-step Cre-loxP organism creation by TAx9136
Origin of acetylcholine antagonism in ELIC, a bacterial pentameric ligand-gated ion channel135
A juvenile locomotor program promotes vocal learning in zebra finches131
Author Correction: Large size in aquatic tetrapods compensates for high drag caused by extreme body proportions118
GAWMerge expands GWAS sample size and diversity by combining array-based genotyping and whole-genome sequencing113
Targeting GPR39 in structure-based drug discovery reduces Ang II-induced hypertension112
A retinoid analogue, TTNPB, promotes clonal expansion of human pluripotent stem cells by upregulating CLDN2 and HoxA1110
Author Correction: The cerebellum contributes to generalized seizures by altering activity in the ventral posteromedial nucleus108
Light cues drive community-wide transcriptional shifts in the hypersaline South Bay Salt Works106
Human sperm cooperate to transit highly viscous regions on the competitive pathway to fertilization105
Probing chromatin condensation dynamics in live cells using interferometric scattering correlation spectroscopy105
Caspofungin binding to iron compromises its antifungal efficacy against Candida albicans102
Quantum chemistry rules retinoid biology100
Gliding motility of the diatom Craspedostauros australis coincides with the intracellular movement of raphid-specific myosins98
Viscoelasticity of diverse biological samples quantified by Acoustic Force Microrheology (AFMR)96
Structural insights into tRNA recognition of the human FTSJ1-THADA complex93
LTK mutations responsible for resistance to lorlatinib in non-small cell lung cancer harboring CLIP1-LTK fusion92
The transcription factor PREP1(PKNOX1) regulates nuclear stiffness, the expression of LINC complex proteins and mechanotransduction90
DAF-2c signaling promotes taste avoidance after starvation in Caenorhabditis elegans by controlling distinct phospholipase C isozymes87
Human intraparietal sulcal morphology relates to individual differences in language and memory performance85
Reciprocal expression of MADS-box genes and DNA methylation reconfiguration initiate bisexual cones in spruce84
Longitudinal microstructural changes in 18 amygdala nuclei resonate with cortical circuits and phenomics83
RhoA allosterically activates phospholipase Cε via its EF hands83
Eco-evolutionary model on spatial graphs reveals how habitat structure affects phenotypic differentiation82
3D histology of human heart-forming organoids by X-ray phase-contrast tomography81
The complex regulation of competence in Staphylococcus aureus under microaerobic conditions79
Cryo-EM structure of the human Derlin-1/p97 complex reveals a hexameric channel in ERAD78
Exploiting the angiotensin-converting enzyme pathway to augment endogenous opioid signaling78
Function and phylogeny support the independent evolution of an ASIC-like Deg/ENaC channel in the Placozoa78
In vitro reconstitution of an efficient nucleotide excision repair system using mesophilic enzymes from Deinococcus radiodurans78
Neural activity for complex sounds in the marmoset anterior cingulate cortex78
Development of a red fluorescent protein-based cGMP indicator applicable for live-cell imaging75
A human iPSC-derived hepatocyte screen identifies compounds that inhibit production of Apolipoprotein B75
A neurophysiological perspective on the integration between incidental learning and cognitive control75
Single-dose infusion of engineered viral receptor binding domain confers rapid and durable protection against viral infection74
NAD+-dependent Sirt6 is a key regulator involved in telomere shortening of in vitro-cultured preimplantation embryos74
Male caregiving experience alters hippocampal neuroplasticity and transcription independent of reproduction in a biparental species74
The role of environmentally mediated drug resistance in facilitating the spatial distribution of residual disease73
A critical bioenergetic switch is regulated by IGF2 during murine cartilage development73
Age-dependent effects of vaping on the prefrontal cortex, ventral tegmental area, and nucleus accumbens72
Fibroblast growth receptor 1 is regulated by G-quadruplex in metastatic breast cancer71
Densely vascularized thick 3D tissue shows enhanced protein secretion constructed with intermittent positive pressure71
The protease calpain2a limits innate immunity by targeting TRAF6 in teleost fish71
Docking-guided rational engineering of a macrolide glycosyltransferase glycodiversifies epothilone B69
Structural analysis of the overoxidized Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase in ROS-induced ALS filament formation68
Integrative multi-omics analysis reveals the translational landscape of the plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita68
Integrating allostasis and emerging technologies to study complex diseases67
Genetic differentiation at probe SNPs leads to spurious results in meQTL discovery66
Functional study of Bergeyella cardium KP-43 subfamily peptidases as putative T9SS cargo65
The hepatocyte traffic network in the human hepatitis A virus biological cycle from an evolutionary perspective65
The N-terminal PA domains of signal-peptide-peptidase-like 2 (SPPL2) proteases impact on TNFα cleavage65
Author Correction: Preference-independent saliency map in the mouse superior colliculus64
Genomic ancestry, diet and microbiomes of Upper Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers from San Teodoro cave63
Arg/Lys-containing IDRs are cryptic binding domains for ATP and nucleic acids that interplay to modulate LLPS63
Author Correction: HMGB2-induced calreticulin translocation required for immunogenic cell death and ferroptosis of cancer cells are controlled by the nuclear exporter XPO163
An automated liquid jet for fluorescence dosimetry and microsecond radiolytic labeling of proteins63
W546 stacking disruption traps the human porphyrin transporter ABCB6 in an outward-facing transient state63
NDRG2 upregulation induces astrocytic apoptosis via AKT inhibition and FoxO3a-Puma activation in depression62
Opposing neural processing modes alternate rhythmically during sustained auditory attention61
Small EV in plasma of triple negative breast cancer patients induce intrinsic apoptosis in activated T cells61
High-intensity physiological activation disrupts the neural signatures of conflict processing61
Structure-based rational design of an enhanced fluorogen-activating protein for fluorogens based on GFP chromophore61
Larix species range dynamics in Siberia since the Last Glacial captured from sedimentary ancient DNA61
Mouse and human antibodies bind HLA-E-leader peptide complexes and enhance NK cell cytotoxicity60
Task-specific odorant receptor expression in worker antennae indicates that sensory filters regulate division of labor in ants60
Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 promotes inflammation in senescence and aging60
Psychedelic concentrations of nitrous oxide reduce functional differentiation in frontoparietal and somatomotor cortical networks60
Identification of a guanine-specific pocket in the protein N of SARS-CoV-259
Self-supervised machine learning for live cell imagery segmentation59
Measuring instability in chronic human intracortical neural recordings towards stable, long-term brain-computer interfaces59
Evolution of lysine-specific demethylase 1 and REST corepressor gene families and their molecular interaction59
Feeding Spodoptera exigua larvae with gut-derived Escherichia sp. increases larval juvenile hormone levels inhibiting cannibalism58
Phosphodiesterase 4D promotes angiotensin II-induced hypertension in mice via smooth muscle cell contraction58
Exposure of gut bacterial isolates to the anthelminthic drugs, ivermectin and moxidectin, leads to antibiotic-like phenotypes of growth inhibition and adaptation58
Dynamic finite-element simulations reveal early origin of complex human birth pattern57
Regulation of developmental gatekeeping and cell fate transition by the calpain protease DEK1 in Physcomitrium patens57
A pore-forming protein drives macropinocytosis to facilitate toad water maintaining57
Integrative functional analysis uncovers metabolic differences between Candida species57
Targeting fatty acid synthase reduces aortic atherosclerosis and inflammation57
Detecting genetic interactions with visible neural networks56
Single cell multiomics approach to analyze replication timing and gene expression in mouse preimplantation embryos56
A metagenomic analysis of the phase 2 Anopheles gambiae 1000 genomes dataset reveals a wide diversity of cobionts associated with field collected mosquitoes56
An optrode array for spatiotemporally-precise large-scale optogenetic stimulation of deep cortical layers in non-human primates56
Combining genomic and epidemiological data to compare the transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 variants Alpha and Iota55
Inhibition of falcilysin from Plasmodium falciparum by interference with its closed-to-open dynamic transition55
Comprehensive genomic dependency landscape of a human colon cancer organoid55
Biophysical mechanism underlying compensatory preservation of neural synchrony over the adult lifespan54
Tracking momentary fluctuations in human attention with a cognitive brain-machine interface54
RNA demethylase FTO participates in malignant progression of gastric cancer by regulating SP1-AURKB-ATM pathway54
Neural fatigue by passive induction: repeated stimulus exposure results in cognitive fatigue and altered representations in task-relevant networks54
Diversification and extinction of Hemiptera in deep time53
Infra-slow scale-free dynamics modulate the connection of neural and behavioral variability during attention53
Microgravity environment grown crystal structure information based engineering of direct electron transfer type glucose dehydrogenase52
Methylation-modulated PFTK1 regulates gefitinib resistance via Wnt/β-catenin signaling in EGFR mutant non-small-cell lung cancer cells52
IGFBP5 affects cardiomyocyte survival and functional recovery in mice following myocardial ischemia52
Humpback whale masked hearing thresholds in noise measured with modified behavioral observation audiometry52
Identifying the serious clinical outcomes of adverse reactions to drugs by a multi-task deep learning framework52
Author Correction: Extreme conditions affect neuronal oscillations of cerebral cortices in humans in the China Space Station and on Earth52
Afucosylated broadly neutralizing antibodies enhance clearance of HIV-1 infected cells through cell-mediated killing52
Activated-memory T cells influence naïve T cell fate: a noncytotoxic function of human CD8 T cells52
Optimisation of cell fate determination for cultivated muscle differentiation52
Whole brain modelling for simulating pharmacological interventions on patients with disorders of consciousness51
A pictorial account of the human embryonic heart between 3.5 and 8 weeks of development51
A genetic mouse model of lean-NAFLD unveils sexual dimorphism in the liver-heart axis51
Endogenous mitochondrial NAD(P)H fluorescence can predict lifespan51
Trait responses, nonconsumptive effects, and the physiological basis of Helicoverpa armigera to bat predation risk51
Confined environments induce polarized paraspeckle condensates51
Author Correction: On the replicability of diffusion weighted MRI-based brain-behavior models51
Glycan shield of the ebolavirus envelope glycoprotein GP50
A calcitonin receptor-expressing subregion of the medial preoptic area is involved in alloparental tolerance in common marmosets50
Dynamic face-related eye movement representations in the human ventral pathway50
Decadal stability in coral cover could mask hidden changes on reefs in the East Asian Seas50
MSC-derived exosomal circMYO9B accelerates diabetic wound healing by promoting angiogenesis through the hnRNPU/CBL/KDM1A/VEGFA axis50
Hydrostatic pressure drives sprouting angiogenesis via adherens junction remodelling and YAP signalling50
Maintaining mitochondrial DNA copy number mitigates ROS-induced oocyte decline and female reproductive aging50
Ecogenomics reveals viral communities across the Challenger Deep oceanic trench50
Combined acid hydrolysis and fermentation improves bioactivity of citrus flavonoids in vitro and in vivo50
Injury to tissue caused by device penetration of the skin triggers formation of extracellular traps49
Reward expectation enhances action-related activity of nigral dopaminergic and two striatal output pathways49
Single-cell phenotypic profiling and backtracing exposes and predicts clinically relevant subpopulations in isogenic Staphylococcus aureus communities49
Compromise or choose: shared movement decisions in wild vulturine guineafowl49
Brainprints: identifying individuals from magnetoencephalograms48
Towards a systematization of brain oscillatory activity in actions48
Distinct responses to non-autonomous UPRER mediated by glutamatergic and octopaminergic neurons48
Identification and characterization of CIM-1, a carbapenemase that adds to the family of resistance factors against last resort antibiotics48
Learning to stand with sensorimotor delays generalizes across directions and from hand to leg effectors48
Modulation of ATM enhances DNA repair in G2/M phase of cell cycle and averts senescence in Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy48
Post-ischemic ubiquitination at the postsynaptic density reversibly influences the activity of ischemia-relevant kinases48
Evolutionary roots of the risk of hip fracture in humans47
Changes in dynamic transitions between integrated and segregated states underlie visual hallucinations in Parkinson’s disease46
A 14,000-year-old genome sheds light on the evolution and extinction of a Pleistocene vulture46
Glymphatic and lymphatic communication with systemic responses during physiological and pathological conditions in the central nervous system46
Sexual behavior is linked to changes in gut microbiome and systemic inflammation that lead to HIV-1 infection in men who have sex with men46
Short-chain fatty acids promote the effect of environmental signals on the gut microbiome and metabolome in mice46
Nanoscale imaging of CD47 informs how plasma membrane modifications shape apoptotic cell recognition46
Acinetobacter baumannii OmpA-like porins: functional characterization of bacterial physiology, antibiotic-resistance, and virulence45
Tooth enamel nitrogen isotope composition records trophic position: a tool for reconstructing food webs45
Intermittent antibiotic treatment of bacterial biofilms favors the rapid evolution of resistance45
Light sheet fluorescence microscopy of cleared human eyes45
Environment-specificity and universality of the microbial growth law45
Engineered fungus containing a caterpillar gene kills insects rapidly by disrupting their ecto- and endo-microbiomes45
EVATOM: an optical, label-free, machine learning assisted embryo health assessment tool45
Semantic associative abilities and executive control functions predict novelty and appropriateness of idea generation44
Anti-human-TIGIT agonistic antibody ameliorates autoimmune diseases by inhibiting Tfh and Tph cells and enhancing Treg cells44
Exosomal miR-212-5p promotes tendon repair via targeting FOXO1 to activate PP1A/YAP1 signaling44
Uncovering biology by single-cell proteomics44
Modulation of the monomer-dimer equilibrium and catalytic activity of SARS-CoV-2 main protease by a transition-state analog inhibitor44
TLR2 and TLR4 bridge physiological and pathological inflammation in the reproductive system44
A data-driven crop model for maize yield prediction44
Snowprint: a predictive tool for genetic biosensor discovery44
Cross-species experiments reveal widespread cochlear neural damage in normal hearing44
Sand flies: Basic information on the vectors of leishmaniasis and their interactions with Leishmania parasites44
BIN1 regulates actin-membrane interactions during IRSp53-dependent filopodia formation44
Computational design of highly efficient thermostable MHET hydrolases and dual enzyme system for PET recycling43
Half-millennium evidence suggests that extinction debts of global vertebrates started in the Second Industrial Revolution43
Unclogged pores: designer channels for protein translocation43
Time-dependent cell-state selection identifies transiently expressed genes regulating ILC2 activation43
Adaptive mechanisms facilitate robust performance in noise and in reverberation in an auditory categorization model43
Author Correction: Cycloalkane-modified amphiphilic polymers provide direct extraction of membrane proteins for CryoEM analysis43
Plant-pollinator trait matching affects pollen transfer but not feeding efficiency of Australian honeyeaters (Aves, Meliphagidae)43
Molting in early Cambrian armored lobopodians43
Author Correction: The ROS–FOXO pathway mediates broad-spectrum detoxification of acaricides in Tetranychus cinnabarinus42
Author Correction: Harnessing the acceptor substrate promiscuity of Clostridium botulinum Maf glycosyltransferase to glyco-engineer mini-flagellin protein chimeras42
Effect and mechanism of father’s companionship on defensive attack behavior of adult male offspring mice42
Neddylation regulates the development and function of glutamatergic neurons42
Author Correction: Biogeographic implication of temperature-induced plant cell wall lignification42
Environmental stress reduces shark residency to coral reefs42
AKAP150-anchored PKA regulates synaptic transmission and plasticity, neuronal excitability and CRF neuromodulation in the mouse lateral habenula42
Analysis of biased allelic enhancer activity of schizophrenia-linked common variants42
Life-history stage influences immune investment and oxidative stress in response to environmental heterogeneity in Antarctic fur seals42
A selectivity filter mutation provides insights into gating regulation of a K+ channel42
Transcription factor ELF-1 protects against colitis by maintaining intestinal epithelium homeostasis42
Small GTP-binding protein GDP dissociation stimulator influences cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury via PERK-dependent ER stress42
PPE50 variants as novel phylogeographic signatures of host-pathogen co-evolution in tuberculosis42
SEC24D depletion induces osteogenic differentiation deficiency by inactivating the ATF6/TGF-β/Runx2 regulatory loop42
Protracted neurobehavioral and microRNA deficits by acute nicotine dependence in mice42
High-pressure crystallography shows noble gas intervention into protein-lipid interaction and suggests a model for anaesthetic action41
Pparα knockout in mice increases the Th17 development by facilitating the IKKα/RORγt and IKKα/Foxp3 complexes41
Coactosin-like F-actin binding protein (Cotl1) plays a key role in adipocyte differentiation and obesity41
Trans-ethnic GWAS meta-analysis of idiopathic spermatogenic failure highlights the immune-mediated nature of Sertoli cell-only syndrome41
A small bacteriophage protein determines the hierarchy over co-residential jumbo phage in Bacillus thuringiensis serovar israelensis41
Author Correction: Geometric deep learning improves generalizability of MHC-bound peptide predictions41
Peer Review Week 2022: an interview with Franziska Denk and Katryn Stacey about their views on research integrity as scientists and reviewers41
Autoregulation ensures vertical transmission of the linear prophage GIL0141
Estimating the total variance explained by whole-brain imaging for zero-inflated outcomes41
The design of unit cells by combining the self-reproduction systems and metabolic cushioning loads41
Structure of the complex of C1q-like 3 protein with adhesion-GPCR BAI340
Detailed analysis of distorted retinal and its interaction with surrounding residues in the K intermediate of bacteriorhodopsin40
Mouse Slfn8 and Slfn9 genes complement human cells lacking SLFN11 during the replication stress response40
Cortical gradient of a human functional similarity network captured by the geometry of cytoarchitectonic organization40
Limited contributions of bacteria and fungi to coral nutrition revealed by amino acid δ13C analysis40
Limited evidence that body size shrinking and shape-shifting alleviate thermoregulatory pressures in a warmer world40
The gut efflux pump MRP-1 exports oxidized glutathione as a danger signal that stimulates behavioral immunity and aversive learning40
Exome sequencing of families from Ghana reveals known and candidate hearing impairment genes40
Hypoxia-induced circPLOD2a/b promotes the aggressiveness of glioblastoma by suppressing XIRP1 through binding to HuR39
Multi-omics reveal neuroprotection of Acer truncatum Bunge Seed extract on hypoxic-ischemia encephalopathy rats under high-altitude39
HES1 potentiates high salt stress response as an enhancer of NFAT5-DNA binding39
Expanding Yarrowia lipolytica’s metabolic potential for detoxification of cyanogenic glycosides in edible plants39
IQ-Switch is a QF-based innocuous, silencing-free, and inducible gene switch system in zebrafish39
A ventral stream-prefrontal cortex processing cascade enables working memory gating dynamics39
TRAF7 determines circadian period through ubiquitination and degradation of DBP39
Testing the form-function paradigm: body shape correlates with kinematics but not energetics in selectively-bred birds39
TCP1 promotes the progression of malignant tumours by stabilizing c-Myc through the AKT/GSK-3β and ERK signalling pathways39
Author Correction: GATA4 binding to the Sox9 enhancer mXYSRa/Enh13 is critical for testis differentiation in mouse39
Spectrin-beta 2 facilitates the selective accumulation of GABAA receptors at somatodendritic synapses39
Two-sample mendelian randomization reveals a causal association between membranous nephropathy and lung cancer38
Circadian rapid eye movement sleep expression is associated with brain microstructural integrity in older adults38
Fanconi anemia associated protein 20 (FAAP20) plays an essential role in homology-directed repair of DNA double-strand breaks38
The latitudinal variation in amphibian speciation rates revisited38
Identification of conserved frontal neurophysiological markers of cognitive flexibility in humans and rats38
Extreme conditions affect neuronal oscillations of cerebral cortices in humans in the China Space Station and on Earth38
Programmable self-replicating JEV nanotherapeutics redefine RNA delivery in ALS38
Casein kinase I isoforms contribute to platelet activation and thrombogenesis via RIPK3–MLKL signaling38
Adversarial and variational autoencoders improve metagenomic binning38
Evaluation of cell type annotation reliability using a large language model-based identifier38
Gametocyte-specific and all-blood-stage transmission-blocking chemotypes discovered from high throughput screening on Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes38
A semi-automatic method for extracting mitochondrial cristae characteristics from 3D focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy data38
CoTF-reg reveals cooperative transcription factors in oligodendrocyte gene regulation using single-cell multi-omics38
Human subsistence and signatures of selection on chemosensory genes38
Elucidation of the structure and molecular mechanisms of the aspartate antiporter38
Crystal structure of human METTL6, the m3C methyltransferase38
Increasing pulse pressure ex vivo, mimicking acute physical exercise, induces smooth muscle cell-mediated de-stiffening of murine aortic segments37
Structure-guided functional studies of plasmid-encoded dihydrofolate reductases reveal a common mechanism of trimethoprim resistance in Gram-negative pathogens37
Both abundant and rare fungi colonizing Fagus sylvatica ectomycorrhizal root-tips shape associated bacterial communities37
Acetyl-CoA-carboxylase 1 (ACC1) plays a critical role in glucagon secretion37
The acetyltransferase CysE modulates virulence and drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by interfering with oxidative stress responses37
The long noncoding RNA LUCAT1 regulates endometrial receptivity via the miR-495-3p/S100P axis37
Prenatal maternal stress in rats alters the epigenetic and transcriptomic landscape of the maternal-fetal interface across four generations37
Interspecies interaction reduces selection for antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli37
Comparative analysis of multifaceted neural effects associated with varying endogenous cognitive load37
Deep genomic characterization highlights complexities and prognostic markers of pediatric acute myeloid leukemia37
Evaluating a therapeutic window for precision medicine by integrating genomic profiles and p53 network dynamics37
Extracting and analyzing micronuclei from mouse two-cell embryos fertilized with freeze-dried spermatozoa37
ADAMTS4 is a crucial proteolytic enzyme for versican cleavage in the amnion at parturition37
Parasitic infection increases risk-taking in a social, intermediate host carnivore37
A VSV-based assay quantifies coronavirus Mpro/3CLpro/Nsp5 main protease activity and chemical inhibition36
Resolution of impaired multisensory processing in autism and the cost of switching sensory modality36
Enhanced plasma half-life and efficacy of engineered human albumin-fused GLP-1 despite enzymatic cleavage of its C-terminal end36
The SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant exhibits comparable fitness to the D614G strain in a Syrian hamster model36
Circular RNA RSU1 promotes retinal vascular dysfunction by regulating miR-345-3p/TAZ36
Identification of Δ-1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate derived biomarkers for hyperprolinemia type II36
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