Journal of Cell Science

Papers
(The TQCC of Journal of Cell Science is 8. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Interview with Journal of Cell Science Editor Rob Parton80
First person – Carolina Camelo78
First person – Akruti Shah68
Apolipoprotein A1 deficiency in mice primes bone marrow stem cells for T cell lymphopoiesis64
Chlamydomonas FAP70 is a component of the previously uncharacterized ciliary central apparatus projection C2a60
Reprogramming macrophages with R848-loaded artificial protocells to modulate skin and skeletal wound healing59
SUN4 is a spermatid type II inner nuclear membrane protein that forms heteromeric assemblies with SUN3 and interacts with lamin B357
ARF6 plays a general role in targeting palmitoylated proteins from the Golgi to the plasma membrane55
Keratin 8 mutations in transgenic mice predispose to lung injury54
Comparative analysis of vertebrates reveals that mouse primordial oocytes do not contain a Balbiani body52
The AHR target gene scinderin activates the WNT pathway by facilitating the nuclear translocation of β-catenin52
Mitochondrial antiviral-signalling protein is a client of the BAG6 protein quality control complex52
The dual Ras-association domains of Drosophila Canoe have differential roles in linking cell junctions to the cytoskeleton during morphogenesis50
Live-imaging studies reveal how microclots and the associated inflammatory response enhance cancer cell extravasation46
Spatiotemporal regulation of organelle transport by spindle position checkpoint kinase Kin446
UMAD1 contributes to ESCRT-III dynamic subunit turnover during cytokinetic abscission46
Glucocorticoids enhance chemotherapy-driven stress granule assembly and impair granule dynamics, leading to cell death45
Microtubules under mechanical pressure can breach dense actin networks45
Correction: Actin remodeling requires ERM function to facilitate AQP2 apical targeting44
First person – Shigetaka Nishiguchi42
Interview with FocalPlane Scientific Advisory Board member Jennifer Waters40
First person – Olivera Mitevska39
First person – François Tyckaert39
Interview with the Guest Editor – James Olzmann39
The system III – the workplace37
First person – Syed Qaaifah Gillani37
Confinement plus myosin-II suppression maximizes heritable loss of chromosomes, as revealed by live-cell ChReporters36
Polo-like kinase 1 regulates immune synapse assembly and cytotoxic T cell function by driving microtubule dynamics36
First person – Aude Pascal35
Altered cohesin dynamics and H3K9 modifications contribute to mitotic defects in thecbf11Δlipid metabolism mutant35
First person – Neža Vadnjal34
First person – Alice Dupont Juhl34
The worst33
First person – Gianna Fote33
First person – M. H. D. Fouad Zakaria32
First person – Abhishek Shinde32
Estimation of microtubule-generated forces using a DNA origami nanospring31
Phosphorylation in the intrinsically disordered region of F-BAR protein Imp2 regulates its contractile ring recruitment31
First person – Francisca Vitorino31
Near-infrared imaging in fission yeast using a genetically encoded phycocyanobilin biosynthesis system31
TC10 on endosomes regulates the local balance between microtubule stability and dynamics through the PAK2-JNK pathway and promotes axon outgrowth31
First person – Celia Segui-Perez31
The roles of dynein and myosin VI motor proteins in endocytosis30
Expression of Concern: RyR1 and RyR3 isoforms provide distinct intracellular Ca2+ signals in HEK 293 cells30
Cellular effects of NAT-mediated histone N-terminal acetylation29
Augmin complex activity finetunes dendrite morphology through non-centrosomal microtubule nucleation in vivo29
Cell cycle-dependent palmitoylation of protocadherin 7 by ZDHHC5 promotes successful cytokinesis29
PCTAIRE1 promotes mitotic progression and resistance against antimitotic and apoptotic signals29
ER–mitochondria encounter structure connections determine drug sensitivity and virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans29
The structural basis of intraflagellar transport at a glance29
MITOL-mediated DRP1 ubiquitylation and degradation promotes mitochondrial hyperfusion in a CMT2A-linked MFN2 mutant28
α- and β-tubulin C-terminal tails with distinct modifications are crucial for ciliary motility and assembly28
Culture substrate stiffness impacts human myoblast contractility-dependent proliferation and nuclear envelope wrinkling28
Approaches to reduce succinate accumulation by restoration of succinate dehydrogenase activity in cultured adrenal cells28
First person – Kristina Ehring27
Metformin inactivates the cGAS-STING pathway through autophagy and suppresses senescence in nucleus pulposus cells27
Nuclear speckles – a driving force in gene expression27
The insect perspective on Z-disc structure and biology27
First person – Kenrick Waite27
Preferential recruitment and stabilization of Myosin II at compartment boundaries in Drosophila27
Nucleophagy contributes to genome stability through degradation of type II topoisomerases A and B and nucleolar components27
First person – Marta Grifell-Junyent26
Corona XLVI – Oh my, Omicron!26
First person – Chia-Li Liao26
First person – Ana Popović26
First person – Pablo Sánchez and Franziska Kriegenburg26
First person – Franziska Lehne26
First person – Shekhar Saha26
First person – Agathe Chaigne25
First person – Rebeka Tomasin25
Affimers and nanobodies as molecular probes and their applications in imaging24
Evolving circuitries in plant signaling cascades24
EPLIN-β is a novel substrate of ornithine decarboxylase antizyme 1 and mediates cellular migration24
Cristae shaping and dynamics in mitochondrial function24
Schwann cells are axo-protective after injury irrespective of myelination status in mouse Schwann cell–neuron cocultures24
New insights into FAK structure and function in focal adhesions23
Rac1 and Rac3 GTPases and TPC2 are required for axonal outgrowth and migration of cortical interneurons23
ALFY localizes to early endosomes and cellular protrusions to facilitate directional cell migration23
Myosin-X recruits lamellipodin to filopodia tips23
30 years of nanobodies – an ongoing success story of small binders in biological research23
First person – Aimee Uyehara23
Rerouting trafficking circuits through posttranslational SNARE modifications23
Interview with Associate Editor Pedro Carvalho23
Lipid-driven CFTR clustering is impaired in cystic fibrosis and restored by corrector drugs23
The role of mitochondrial dynamics in mtDNA maintenance23
Interview with Florence Niedergang – President of the French Society for Cell Biology23
Mitochondrial respiration promotes Cdc37-dependent stability of the Cdk1 homolog Cdc2822
Cooperation of membrane-translocated syntaxin4 and basement membrane for dynamic mammary epithelial morphogenesis22
Incorporation of 53BP1 into phase-separated bodies in cancer cells during aberrant mitosis22
Transendothelial migration induces differential migration dynamics of leukocytes in tissue matrix22
Functions of neuronal Synaptobrevin in the post-Golgi transport of Rhodopsin in Drosophila photoreceptors22
Genome-wide imaging screen uncovers molecular determinants of arsenite-induced protein aggregation and toxicity22
The microtubule-associated protein She1 coordinates directional spindle positioning by spatially restricting dynein activity22
Dynamics of intracellular cGMP during chemotaxis in Dictyostelium cells22
The histone variant macroH2A1.1 regulates RNA polymerase II-paused genes within defined chromatin interaction landscapes22
A WDR47 homolog facilitates ciliogenesis by modulating intraflagellar transport22
Meeting report – Desmosome dysfunction and disease: Alpine desmosome disease meeting21
STAT3 signaling induced by IL-6 family cytokines modulates angiogenesis21
First person – Kazuhiro Kajiwara21
Local DNA synthesis is critical for DNA repair during oocyte maturation21
TFEB – at the crossroads of host–pathogen interactions21
First person – Mira Kuzmić21
Trophoblast organoids with physiological polarity model placental structure and function21
First person – Chandra Ramakrishnan21
First person – Joseph A. Brazzo III21
A novel homeostatic mechanism tunes PI(4,5)P2-dependent signaling at the plasma membrane20
Pyruvate plus uridine augment mitochondrial respiration and prevent cardiac hypertrophy in zebrafish and H9c2 cells20
First person – Daniel Lagunas-Gomez20
Emerging roles of p300/CBP in autophagy and autophagy-related human disorders20
Complexity and self-organization in the evolution of cell polarization20
Distinct nuclear and cytoplasmic assemblies and interactomes of the mammalian CTLH E3 ligase complex20
Phosphorylation of the Aly3 C-terminus impedes aberrant endocytosis of Schizosaccharomyces pombe hexose transporter Ght520
Toxoplasma gondiiscavenges mammalian host organelles through the usurpation of host ESCRT-III and Vps4A19
First person – Tadayuki Komori19
Angiomotin isoform 2 promotes binding of PALS1 to KIF13B at primary cilia and regulates ciliary length and signaling19
Vacuolar H+-ATPase dysfunction rescues intralumenal vesicle cargo sorting in yeast lacking PI(3,5)P2 or Doa419
Label2label: training a neural network to selectively restore cellular structures in fluorescence microscopy19
Links between autophagy and tissue mechanics19
Disordered hinge regions of the AP-3 adaptor complex promote vesicle budding from the late Golgi in yeast19
The structure and function of centriolar rootlets19
PIKFYVE inhibition induces endosome- and lysosome-derived vacuole enlargement via ammonium accumulation19
Epithelial cell extrusion at a glance19
Membrane tethers at a glance19
ISG20L1 acts as a co-activator of DAPK1 in the activation of the p53-dependent cell death pathway19
Necroptosis at a glance19
Qui(e)t19
Smaug1 membrane-less organelles respond to AMPK and mTOR and affect mitochondrial function18
SART3 associates with a post-splicing complex18
Conserved cholesterol-related activities of Dispatched 1 drive Sonic hedgehog shedding from the cell membrane18
First person – Rinka Hata18
First person – Amber Knapp-Wilson18
First person – Alex van Vliet18
Dynamic mechanisms for membrane skeleton transitions18
Say hello, wave goodbye18
First person – Jiwon Lee18
Lipophagy at a glance18
First person – Harini Iyer18
SAF-A promotes origin licensing and replication fork progression to ensure robust DNA replication18
AMPK promotes Arf6 activation in a kinase-independent manner upon glucose starvation18
An evolutionary perspective on the relationship between kinetochore size and CENP-E dependence for chromosome alignment18
Neutral sphingomyelinase 2 controls exosome secretion by counteracting V-ATPase-mediated endosome acidification18
First person – Zachary Wilson17
First person – Edismauro Freitas Filho17
Low kindlin-3 levels in osteoclasts of kindlin-3 hypomorphic mice result in osteopetrosis due to leaky sealing zones17
The methanol sensor Wsc1 and MAPK Mpk1 suppress degradation of methanol-induced peroxisomes in methylotrophic yeast17
Loss of kinesin-8 improves the robustness of the self-assembled spindle in Schizosaccharomyces pombe17
Src- and Abl-family kinases activate spleen tyrosine kinase to maximize phagocytosis and Leishmania infection17
Correction: An SR protein is essential for activating DNA repair in malaria parasites17
Structured RhoGEF recruitment drives myosin II organization on large exocytic vesicles17
Three-dimensional geometry controls division symmetry in stem cell colonies17
First person – Vartika Sharma17
Correction: An evolutionarily distinct chaperone promotes 20S proteasome α-ring assembly in plants17
First person – Keira L. Rice17
Quantitative proteomics reveals insights into the assembly of IFT trains and ciliary assembly17
Ankyrin-B is required for the establishment and maintenance of lens cytoarchitecture, mechanics and clarity17
First person – Jean Castillo17
Evidence of 14-3-3 proteins contributing to kinetochore integrity and chromosome congression during mitosis16
Localized TPC1-mediated Ca2+ release from endolysosomes contributes to myoseptal junction development in zebrafish16
The SARS-CoV-2 protein NSP2 enhances microRNA-mediated translational repression16
Substrate adhesion determines migration during mesenchymal cell condensation in chondrogenesis16
First person – Inga Mohr16
Radial spoke protein 9 is necessary for axoneme assembly in Plasmodium but not in trypanosomatid parasites16
Deep learning ­– promises for 3D nuclear imaging: a guide for biologists16
Peroxisomal support of mitochondrial respiratory efficiency promotes ER stress survival16
Single-chromosome dynamics reveals locus-dependent dynamics and chromosome territory orientation16
cellPLATO – an unsupervised method for identifying cell behaviour in heterogeneous cell trajectory data16
Interview with Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz16
Filopodial protrusion driven by density-dependent Ena–TOCA-1 interactions16
Multiple regions within junctin drive its interaction with calsequestrin-1 and its localization to triads in skeletal muscle16
Actin assembly requirements of the formin Fus1 to build the fusion focus16
The Dilute domain in Canoe is not essential for linking cell junctions to the cytoskeleton but supports morphogenesis robustness16
First person – Emily McParland and Noah Gurley16
Rab11FIP1 maintains Rab35 at the intercellular bridge to promote actin removal and abscission16
First person – Keiichiro Sakai15
First person – Laura Quirion15
Ezrin knockdown reduces procaterol-stimulated ciliary beating without morphological changes in mouse airway cilia15
Electrically tunable lenses – eliminating mechanical axial movements during high-speed 3D live imaging15
First person – Sarah Barger15
First person – Yuan Gao15
First person – Clara Mutschler15
Nuclear F-actin and Lamin A antagonistically modulate nuclear shape15
Fetuin-A secretion from β-cells leads to accumulation of macrophages in islets, aggravates inflammation and impairs insulin secretion15
The worst II – eight days a week15
First person – Masashi Nambu15
Expression of Concern: Caspase-dependent initiation of apoptosis and necrosis by the Fas receptor in lymphoid cells: onset of necrosis is associated with delayed ceramide increase15
AMG232 inhibits angiogenesis in glioma through the p53–RBM4–VEGFR2 pathway15
First person – Guan Chen15
First person – Mitchell Leih14
The system II – getting to bed14
filoVision – using deep learning and tip markers to automate filopodia analysis14
N-acetylation of secreted proteins in Apicomplexa is widespread and is independent of the ER acetyl-CoA transporter AT114
The small ARF-like 2 GTPase TITAN5 is linked with the dynamic regulation of IRON-REGULATED TRANSPORTER 114
Vertebrate lonesome kinase modulates the hepatocyte secretome to prevent perivascular liver fibrosis and inflammation14
First person – Julia Romano14
First person – Marc Severin14
First person – Zhong-Qiu Yu14
Artificial tethering of constitutive centromere-associated network proteins induces CENP-A deposition without Knl2 in DT40 cells14
Precise regulation of presenilin expression is required for sea urchin early development14
MAPK activation drives male and female mouse teratocarcinomas from late primordial germ cells14
First person – Anthony Dornan14
First person – Mohima Mukherjee14
First person – Nima Taefehshokr14
SGIP1 binding to the α-helical H9 domain of cannabinoid receptor 1 promotes axonal surface expression14
Nuclear translocation of the tagged endogenous MAPK MPK-1 denotes a subset of activation events in C. elegans development14
Nuclear segmentation facilitates neutrophil migration14
Secreted C-type lectin regulation of neuromuscular junction synaptic vesicle dynamics modulates coordinated movement14
First person – Ezgi Odabasi13
Corona XXXIX – WTF?13
The laminin-binding integrins regulate nuclear factor κB-dependent epithelial cell polarity and inflammation13
Human sperm rotate with a conserved direction during free swimming in four dimensions13
A single-molecule localization microscopy method for tissues reveals nonrandom nuclear pore distribution in Drosophila13
Dishevelled coordinates phosphoinositide kinases PI4KIIIα and PIP5KIγ for efficient PtdInsP2 synthesis13
Visualizing endogenous Rho activity with an improved localization-based, genetically encoded biosensor13
First person – Dipanjana Ghosh13
Endosomal vesicle fusion machinery is involved with the contractile vacuole in Dictyostelium discoideum13
Go with the flow – bulk transport by molecular motors13
A WNT4- and DKK3-driven canonical to noncanonical Wnt signaling switch controls multiciliogenesis13
The Cdc42 GTPase-activating protein Rga6 promotes the cortical localization of septin13
Believing is seeing – the deceptive influence of bias in quantitative microscopy13
First person – Caroline König13
Myosin II tension sensors visualize force generation within the actin cytoskeleton in living cells13
First person – Bartika Ghoshal13
KRAP regulates mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake by licensing IP3 receptor activity and stabilizing ER–mitochondrial junctions13
ADAD2 regulates heterochromatin in meiotic and post-meiotic male germ cells via translation of MDC113
Shock drives a STAT3 and JunB-mediated coordinated transcriptional and DNA methylation response in the endothelium13
THSC/TREX-2 deficiency causes replication stress and genome instability in Caenorhabditis elegans13
The role of Mfn2 in the structure and function of endoplasmic reticulum-mitochondrial tethering in vivo13
Coming into focus12
Spatial regulation of mitochondrial membrane potential by ????5ꞵ1 integrin engagement in collective cell migration12
First person – Maria Sharkova12
ALKBH5 regulates somatic cell reprogramming in a phase-specific manner12
HDLs extract lipophilic drugs from cells12
Phospholipase C-related but catalytically inactive protein acts as a positive regulator of insulin signalling in adipocytes12
The E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes UBE2D1 and UBE2D2 regulate VEGFR2 dynamics and endothelial function12
Localization of the tubby domain, a PI(4,5)P2 biosensor, to E-Syt3-rich endoplasmic reticulum–plasma membrane junctions12
StARD9 is a novel lysosomal kinesin required for membrane tubulation, cholesterol transport and Purkinje cell survival12
Stem cell expression of CXCR4 regulates tissue composition in the vomeronasal organ12
The APC/C targets the Cep152–Cep63 complex at the centrosome to regulate mitotic spindle assembly12
The roles of inter-tissue adhesion in development and morphological evolution12
Interactions of cytosolic tails in the Jen1 carboxylate transporter are critical for trafficking and transport activity12
PLK1 controls centriole distal appendage formation and centrobin removal via independent pathways12
First person – Agostina Di Pizio12
Salinomycin disturbs Golgi function and specifically affects cells in epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition12
Cell scientist to watch – Tom MacVicar12
First person – James Glover12
Vps9d1 regulates tubular endosome formation through specific activation of Rab22A12
Atypical MAP kinases – new insights and directions from amoeba12
The UbiB family member Cqd1 forms a novel membrane contact site in mitochondria12
First person – Agnieszka Pierzynska-Mach12
First person – Marielle Saclier12
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