EMBO Journal

Papers
(The median citation count of EMBO Journal is 21. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Tunnelling nanotube formation is driven by Eps8/IRSp53‐dependent linear actin polymerization218
PGE 2 ‐EP3 axis promotes brown adipose tissue formation through stabil204
The phagosomal solute transporter SLC15A4 promotes inflammasome activity via mTORC1 signaling and 174
Convergent dopamine and ALK4 signaling to PCBP1 controls FosB 160
Unbiased assessment of genome integrity and purging of adverse outcomes at the target locus upon editing of CD4 + 155
SOX9 maintains human foetal lung tip progenitor state by enhancing WNT and RTK 140
The plant noncoding transcriptome: a versatile environmental sensor113
A multifunctional locus controls motor neuron differentiation through short and long noncoding RNAs113
Regulation of LRRK2 mRNA stability by ATIC and its substrate AICAR 109
Cryo‐EM structure of the chain‐elongating E3 ubiquitin ligase UBR5108
A mitochondrial EglN1‐AMPKα axis drives breast cancer progression by enhancing metabolic adaptation to hypoxic stress104
Brassinosteroid signals cooperate with katanin‐mediated microtubule severing to control stamen filament elongation101
TDAG51 promotes transcription factor FoxO1 activity during LPS ‐ind101
Diversity matters — extending sound intensity coding by inner hair cells via heterogeneous synapses101
Presynaptic targeting of botulinum neurotoxin type A requires a tripartite PSG‐Syt1SV2 plasma m98
IDH2 stabilizes HIF ‐1α‐induced metabolic reprogramming and promotes chemoresistance in urothelial cancer96
A sterol‐PI(4)P exchanger modulates the Tel1/ATM axis of the DNA damage response92
Bidirectional interplay between metabolism and epigenetics in hematopoietic stem cells and leukemia88
In vivo reduction of RAD51 ‐mediated homologous recombination triggers aging but impairs oncogenesis87
The SMC5 /6 complex recruits the PAF1 complex to facilitate DNA 86
The lysosomal Ragulator complex activates NLRP3 inflammasome in vivo via HDAC83
RZZ‐Spindly and CENP‐E form an integrated platform to recruit dynein to the kinetochore corona83
Eating your mitochondria—when too much of a good thing turns bad83
Characterization of the REC114‐MEI4‐IHO1 complex regulating meiotic DNA double‐strand break format82
Uptake‐independent killing of macrophages by extracellular Mycobacterium tuberculosis aggregates81
A network of small RNAs regulates sporulation initiation in Clostridioides difficile78
Gut colonization by Bacteroides requires translation by an EF‐G paralog lacking 76
Interferon‐inducible phospholipids govern IFITM3 ‐dependent endosomal antiviral immunity75
Structure of cytosine transport protein CodB provides insight into nucleobase‐cation symporter 1 mechanism73
The Hippo pathway drives the cellular response to hydrostatic pressure73
EGFR signaling controls directionality of epithelial multilayer formation upon loss of cell polarity72
An extended Tudor domain within Vreteno interconnects Gtsf1L and Ago3 for piRNA biogenesis in 72
MARCH5 ‐dependent NLRP3 ubiquitination is required for mitochondrial NLRP3‐NEK7 69
Ribosome biogenesis factors—from names to functions69
The birth of a giant: evolutionary insights into the origin of auxin responses in plants69
Evolutionary adaptation of the protein folding pathway for secretability66
Strigolactones promote plant freezing tolerance by releasing the WRKY41 ‐mediated inhibition of CB65
Cristae formation is a mechanical buckling event controlled by the inner mitochondrial membrane lipidome65
Single‐cell transcriptomics stratifies organoid models of metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease65
cIAPs control RIPK1 kinase activity‐dependent and ‐independent cell death and tissue inflammation65
Assembly and function of the amyloid‐like translational repressor Rim4 is coupled with nutrient conditions64
Modified Messengers: flatworm stem cells and regeneration are guarded by RNA methylation63
PTEN deficiency exposes a requirement for an ARF GTPase module for integrin‐dependent invasion in ovarian cancer63
Autophagy power expands: fuse those cells!62
Dynamic “Cap”‐abilities of P‐bodies and the XRN1‐EDC4 axis61
Structure of a bacterial ribonucleoprotein complex central to the control of cell envelope biogenesis59
Lineage commitment of dermal fibroblast progenitors is controlled by Kdm6b‐mediated chromatin demethylation58
A conserved complex of microneme proteins mediates rhoptry discharge in Toxoplasma58
ARF2‐PIF5 interaction controls transcriptional reprogramming in the ABS3 ‐mediated plant senescence pathway57
Elp3‐mediated codon‐dependent translation promotes mTORC2 activation and regulates macrophage polarization57
Die another day: phytosulfokine at the molecular trade‐off between growth and defense in plants56
Structure and mechanism of a eukaryotic ceramide synthase complex56
Stress‐dependent macromolecular crowding in the mitochondrial matrix56
The CTLA ‐4 immune checkpoint protein regulates PD‐L1 : PD 56
A rare human centenarian variant of SIRT6 enhances genome stability and interaction with Lamin A55
PIF7‐mediated epigenetic reprogramming promotes the transcriptional response to shade in  Arabidopsis54
Living a longer life: unique lessons from the naked mole‐rat blood system52
Subcellular localization of Type VI secretion system assembly in response to cell–cell contact52
Phosphorylation of phase‐separated p62 bodies by ULK1 activates a redox‐independent stress response52
IκB kinase‐α coordinates BRD4 and JAK/STAT signaling to subvert DNA damage‐based anticancer therapy51
Shuffled ATG8 interacting motifs form an ancestral bridge between UFMylation and autophagy51
Evidence for existence of an apoptosis‐inducing BH3 ‐only protein, sayonara , in <51
Cryo‐EM structure of the polyphosphate polymerase VTC reveals coupling of polymer synthesis to membrane transit50
Salicylic acid‐activated BIN2 phosphorylation of TGA3 promotes Arabidopsis<49
Immune surveillance of brain metastatic cancer cells is mediated by IFITM149
Circadian time‐ and sleep‐dependent modulation of cortical parvalbumin‐positive inhibitory neurons49
R‐spondin signaling in the stomach: isthmal Lgr4 rules48
Extracellular vesicles from Zika virus‐infected cells display viral E protein that binds ZIKV‐neutralizing antibodies to prevent infection enhancement48
Coronaviral ORF6 protein mediates inter‐organelle contacts and modulates host cell lipid flux for virus production48
LUBAC and NF‐κB trigger a nuclear response from mitochondria48
Histone retention preserves epigenetic marks during heat stress‐induced transcriptional memory in plants48
TECPR1 conjugates LC3 to damaged endomembranes upon detection of sphingomyelin exposure47
Single‐cell analysis of lymphatic endothelial cell fate specification and differentiation during zebrafish development46
Nix interacts with WIPI2 to induce mitophagy46
Plant YTHDF proteins are direct effectors of antiviral immunity against an N6 46
DNA sensing via the cGAS/STING pathway activates the immunoproteasome and adaptive T‐cell immunity45
CRIP1 suppresses BBOX1 ‐mediated carnitine metabolism to promote stemness in hepatocellular carcinoma45
Endosome maturation links PI3Kα signaling to lysosome repopulation during basal autophagy45
Extra centrosomes induce PIDD1 ‐mediated inflammation and immunosurveillance44
TFEB ‐dependent lysosome biogenesis is required for senescence44
Single‐cell dissection of cervical cancer reveals key subsets of the tumor immune microenvironment43
Gruffi: an algorithm for computational removal of stressed cells from brain organoid transcriptomic datasets43
Synergistic prostaglandin E synthesis by myeloid and endothelial cells promotes fetal hematopoietic stem cell expansion in vertebrates43
E‐cadherin mediates apical membrane initiation site localisation during de novo polarisation of epithelial cavities42
A critical period of prehearing spontaneous Ca 2+ spiking is required for hair‐bundle maintenance in inner hair cells42
Binary organization of epidermal basal domains highlights robustness to environmental exposure42
Topoisomerase II poisons inhibit vertebrate DNA replication through distinct mechanisms42
Antitumor T‐cell function requires CPEB4‐mediated adaptation to chronic endoplasmic reticulum stress42
Acetate is a beneficial nutrient for E. coli at low glycolytic flux41
Microglia‐synapse engulfment via PtdSer‐TREM2 ameliorates neuronal hyperactivity in Alzheimer's disease models41
The cell cycle and cell size influence the rates of global cellular translation and transcription in fission yeast41
Stress‐induced vesicular assemblies of dual leucine zipper kinase are signaling hubs involved in kinase activation and neurodegeneration41
Inhibition of ATP synthase reverse activity restores energy homeostasis in mitochondrial pathologies41
A lipid hydrolase and a ubiquitin ligase play hide‐and‐seek in the ER membrane40
Mitochondria and peroxisomes are NIXed for clearance40
Splicing factor YBX1 regulates bone marrow stromal cell fate during aging39
Structural and biochemical basis of interdependent FANCI‐FANCD2 ubiquitination39
NALCN ‐mediated sodium influx confers metastatic prostate cancer cell invasiveness39
Varicella‐Zoster virus ORF9 is an antagonist of the DNA sensor cGAS39
SHP ‐1 dephosphorylates histone H2B to facilitate its ubiquitination during transcription39
The eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF4E reprograms alternative splicing38
A salt stress‐activated GSO1‐SOS2‐SOS1 module protects the Arabidopsis root stem cell niche by enhanci38
ZAKβ is activated by cellular compression and mediates contraction‐induced MAP kinase signaling in skeletal muscle38
A sudden collapse: the disaggregation of amyloid fibres37
EZH2 inhibition stimulates repetitive element expression and viral mimicry in resting splenic B cells37
Hold the fold: how delayed folding aids protein secretion37
The cryo‐EM structure of the CENP‐A nucleosome in complex with ggKNL237
The ribosomal chaperone NACA recruits PHD2 to cotranslationally modify HI37
Quorum sensing componentry opens new lines of communication37
Local coordination of mRNA storage and degradation near mitochondria modulates C. elegans ageing37
Cyclin D1 controls development of cerebellar granule cell progenitors through phosphorylation and stabilization of ATOH137
When yeast cells change their mind: cell cycle “Start” is reversible under starvation36
Two Hippo signaling modules orchestrate liver size and tumorigenesis36
Disulfiram bolsters T‐cell anti‐tumor immunity through direct activation of LCK‐mediated TCR signaling36
STAT1 is required to establish but not maintain interferon‐γ‐induced transcriptional memory36
Hypoxia promotes osteogenesis by facilitating acetyl‐CoA ‐mediated mitochondrial–nuclear communication36
Maternal immune activation leads to defective brain blood vessels and intracerebral hemorrhages in male offspring36
Single‐molecule imaging reveals Tau trapping at nanometer‐sized dynamic hot spots near the plasma membrane that persists after microtubule perturbation and cholesterol depletion36
TFEB and TFE3 control glucose homeostasis by regulating insulin gene expression36
MST2 methylation by PRMT5 inhibits Hippo signaling and promotes pancreatic cancer progression36
Bld10p/Cep135 determines the number of triplets in the centriole independently of the cartwheel36
An arrayed genome‐wide perturbation screen identifies the ribonucleoprotein Hnrnpk as rate‐limiting for prion propagation36
The disulfide catalyst QSOX1 maintains the colon mucosal barrier by regulating Golgi glycosyltransferases36
Phosphatidic acid–regulated SOS2 controls sodium and potassium homeostasis in Arabidopsis under salt stress35
Stable kinetochore‐microtubule attachment requires loop‐dependent Ndc80‐Ndc80 binding35
Fuel oxidation under the control of mitochondrial shape and dynamics35
Pathogenic fungi neutralize plant‐derived ROS via Srpk1 deacetylation35
Targeted assembly of ectopic kinetochores to induce chromosome‐specific segmental aneuploidies35
AIFM1 is a component of the mitochondrial disulfide relay that drives complex I assembly through efficient import of NDUFS535
Anti‐hsa‐miR ‐59 alleviates premature senescence associated with Hutchinson‐Gilford progeria syndrome in mice34
Ca 2+ signals in plant immunity34
Mitotic checkpoint gene expression is tuned by codon usage bias34
Recycling of the actin monomer pool limits the lifetime of network turnover34
LncRNA LITATS1 suppresses TGF‐β‐induced EMT and cancer cell plasticity by potentiating TβRI degradation34
A bacterial effector counteracts host autophagy by promoting degradation of an autophagy component34
An accessory prefrontal cortex–thalamus circuit sculpts maternal behavior in virgin female mice33
Sweet‐talk in the time of cholera: host mucin negotiates peace with Vibrio cholerae33
Spo13/ MEIKIN ensures a Two‐Division meiosis by preventing the activation of <33
Autophagy regulates neuronal excitability by controlling cAMP /protein kinase A signaling at the synapse33
Retromer oligomerization drives SNX‐BAR coat assembly and membrane constriction33
Effector‐dependent activation and oligomerization of plant NRC class helper NLRs by sensor 33
Got PIDD1? Natural killer cells clear polyploid cells to ensure a balanced genome33
You can “tail” them apart: paralog‐specific functions of CRL4B ubiquitin ligases during mitosis and brain development33
Cryo‐EM structure of antibacterial efflux transporter QacA from Staphylococcus aureus 32
Fecal microbiota transplantation enhances cell therapy in a rat model of hypoganglionosis by SCFA ‐induced MEK1 32
Host cell egress of Brucella abortus requires BNIP3L ‐mediated mitophagy32
Creativity as an antidote to research becoming too predictable32
Plasma membrane topography governs the 3D dynamic localization of IgM B cell antigen receptor clusters32
microRNAs slow translating ribosomes to prevent protein misfolding in eukaryotes32
T‐cell antigen recognition: catch‐as‐catch‐can or catch‐22?31
RNase H2 degrades toxic RNA : DNA hybrids behind stalled forks to p31
High‐throughput morphometric and transcriptomic profiling uncovers composition of naïve and sensory‐deprived cortical cholinergic VIP/CHAT neurons31
Malignant currents: sodium leak channel NALCN propels prostate cancer aggressiveness31
Thiol reductive stress activates the hypoxia response pathway30
Vaginal bacterium Prevotella timonensis turns protective Langerhans cells into HIV ‐1 reservoirs for v30
Nucleoporin foci are stress‐sensitive condensates dispensable for C. elegans nuclear pore assembly30
Auxin‐dependent regulation of cell division rates governs root thermomorphogenesis30
Tau target identification reveals NSF ‐dependent effects on AMPA receptor trafficking and memory f30
Epigenetic regulation limits competence of pluripotent stem cell‐derived oocytes30
The BCL ‐2 family member BID plays a role during embryonic development in addition to its 30
Regulation of mitochondrial proteostasis by the proton gradient30
Translational regulation by Hfq–Crc assemblies emerges from polymorphic ribonucleoprotein folding30
A phylogenetic profiling approach identifies novel ciliogenesis genes in Drosophila and C. elegans30
ARFs get the BioID treatment: what have we been missing?29
Caspase‐8‐driven apoptotic and pyroptotic crosstalk causes cell death and IL ‐1β release in X‐linked inhibitor of apoptosis ( 29
NME6: ribonucleotide salvage sustains mitochondrial transcription29
Condensin pinches a short negatively supercoiled DNA loop during each round of ATP usage29
Acetylation coordinates the crosstalk between carbon metabolism and ammonium assimilation in Salmonella enterica29
Role of PCIF1 ‐mediated 5′‐cap N6 ‐methyladeonsine mRNA 29
Termination of STING responses is mediated via ESCRT ‐dependent degradation29
The adaptive strategies of cells in the face of CIN28
Phospholipid scramblase Xkr8 is required for developmental axon pruning via phosphatidylserine exposure28
Making liver cancer cells go ARGh !28
Infection and inflammation stimulate expansion of a CD74 + Paneth cell subset to regulate disease progression28
Tau: a phase in the crowd28
Nucleic acid–protein condensates in innate immune signaling28
m6A is required for resolving progenitor identity during planarian stem cell differentiation28
The ASC‐1 complex promotes translation initiation by scanning ribosomes28
Promoter‐pervasive transcription causes RNA polymerase II pausing to boost 28
Adaptive pathfinding by nucleokinesis during amoeboid migration28
Macrophage‐derived insulin antagonist ImpL2 induces lipoprotein mobilization upon bacterial infection28
The mitochondrial ATP synthase as an ATP consumer—a surprising therapeutic target28
TRIM27 cooperates with STK38L to inhibit ULK1‐mediated autophagy and promote tumorigenesis27
A systematic proximity ligation approach to studying protein‐substrate specificity identifies the substrate spectrum of the Ssh1 translocon27
ER exit sites take the strain27
A Zn‐dependent structural transition of SOD1 modulates its ability to undergo phase separation27
Dieter Wolf (1941–2023): a life dedicated to understanding protein quality control and the ubiquitin‐proteasome system27
AATF /Che‐1 localizes to paraspeckles and suppresses R‐loops accumulation and interferon activation in Multiple Myeloma27
A tale of two Hippo pathway modules27
Regulation of membrane fluidity by RNF145 ‐triggered degradation of the lipid hydrolase ADIPOR227
Two Hippo signaling modules orchestrate liver size and tumorigenesis27
The CUL4B ‐based E3 ubiquitin ligase regulates mitosis and brain development by recruiting phospho26
The MASTL / PP2A cell cycle kinase‐phosphatase module restrains PI3K‐Akt<26
Suppression of Ca 2+ signaling enhances melanoma progression26
Barley GRIK1‐SnRK1 kinases subvert a viral virulence protein to upregulate antiviral RNAi and inhi26
A rare human centenarian variant of SIRT6 enhances genome stability and interaction with Lamin A26
Functionally distinct promoter classes initiate transcription via different mechanisms reflected in focused versus dispersed initiation patterns26
Herpes simplex virus ICP27 protein provides viral mRNAs with access to the cellular 26
Extracellular vesicles and co‐isolated endogenous retroviruses from murine cancer cells differentially affect dendritic cells26
Cell line authentication: a necessity for reproducible biomedical research26
Actin network architecture can ensure robust centering or sensitive decentering of the centrosome26
Centrosome linker diversity and its function in centrosome clustering and mitotic spindle formation25
Impaired disassembly of the axon initial segment restricts mitochondrial entry into damaged axons25
Mechanical forces impair antigen discrimination by reducing differences in T‐cell receptor/peptide–MHC off‐rates25
Structure and functional mapping of the KRAB‐KAP1 repressor complex25
Epigenetic escape of immunosurveillance by malignant cell precursors25
GPNMB + Gal‐3 + hepatic parenchymal cells promote immunosuppression and hepatocellular carcinogene25
Nicotinamide N‐methyltransferase sustains a core epigenetic program that promotes metastatic colonization in breast cancer25
A non‐canonical scaffold‐type E3 ligase complex mediates protein UFMylation25
Condensate functionalization with microtubule motors directs their nucleation in space and allows manipulating RNA localization25
Damage‐induced regeneration of the intestinal stem cell pool through enteroblast mitosis in the Drosophila midgut24
Neil J. Bulleid (1960–2023), a virtuoso of protein folding and redox biology24
Long noncoding RNA‐mediated epigenetic regulation of auxin‐related genes controls shade avoidance syndrome in Arabidopsis24
YAP / BRD4 ‐controlled ROR1 promotes tumor‐initiating cells and hyp24
USP8 promotes cancer progression and extracellular vesicle‐mediated CD8 + T cell exhaustion by deubiquitinating the 24
Chromatin remodeling is required for sRNA ‐guided DNA elimination in Parame24
A small RNA system ensures accurate homologous pairing and unpaired silencing of meiotic chromosomes24
Phosphorylation controls spatial and temporal activities of motor‐PRC1 complexes to complete mitosis24
Neuron‐specific translational control shift ensures proteostatic resilience during ER stress24
High air humidity dampens salicylic acid pathway and NPR1 function to promote plant disease24
The notorious R.N.A.24
Adaptation to high rates of chromosomal instability and aneuploidy through multiple pathways in budding yeast24
Attenuation of SARS‐CoV ‐2 replication and associated inflammation by concomitant targeting of viral and host cap 2'‐O‐ribose methyltransferases24
eIF3 mRNA selectivity profiling reveals eIF3k as a cancer‐relevant regulator of ribosome content24
Cell fragmentation in mouse preimplantation embryos induced by ectopic activation of the polar body extrusion pathway23
HERC3 promotes YAP / TAZ stability and tumorigenesis independently 23
Aberrant DNA N 6 ‐methyladenine incorporation via adenylate kinase 1 is suppressed by ADAL deaminase‐dependent 2′‐deoxynucleotide pool sanitation23
Rap1 prevents fusions between long telomeres in fission yeast23
An ERK1/2‐driven RNA‐binding switch in nucleolin drives ribosome biogenesis and pancreatic tumorigenesis downstream of RAS oncogene23
TSG101 associates with PARP1 and is essential for PARylation and 23
Gut microbiota regulates blood‐cerebrospinal fluid barrier function and Aβ pathology23
LncRNA NRON promotes tumorigenesis by enhancing MDM2 activity toward tumor suppressor substrates23
WRKY transcription factors and OBERON histone‐binding proteins form complexes to balance plant growth and stress toler23
Prohibitin 1 regulates mtDNA release and downstream inflammatory responses23
TOR acts as a metabolic gatekeeper for auxin‐dependent lateral root initiation in Arabidopsis thaliana22
Chemogenetic profiling reveals PP2A‐independent cytotoxicity of proposed PP2A activators iHAP1 and DT‐06122
Mammalian CDC14 phosphatases control exit from stemness in pluripotent cells22
A tryptophan metabolite made by a gut microbiome eukaryote induces pro‐inflammatory T cells22
YTHDF2 / m 6 A / 22
Phytosulfokine peptide optimizes plant growth and defense via glutamine synthetase GS2 phosphorylation in tomato22
C. elegans molting requires rhythmic accumulation of the Grainyhead/ LSF transcription factor GRH22
RNA ‐based medicine: from molecular mechanisms to therapy22
Postnatal expression of CD38 in astrocytes regulates synapse formation and adult social memory22
“Be sustainable”: EOSC‐Life recommendations for implementation of FAIR principles in life science 21
Loss of TDP‐43 oligomerization or RNA binding elicits distinct aggregation patterns21
Characterization of naked mole‐rat hematopoiesis reveals unique stem and progenitor cell patterns and neotenic traits21
Regeneration of the human segmentation clock in somitoids in vitro21
Cadherin‐mediated adhesion takes control21
Acquired stress resilience through bacteria‐to‐nematode interdomain horizontal gene transfer21
Oxidative stress‐induced phosphorylation of JIP4 regulates lysosomal positioning in coordination with TRPML1 21
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