Cell Death and Differentiation

Papers
(The TQCC of Cell Death and Differentiation 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
FAM96A functions as a novel pace controller for iron uptake to maintain iron homeostasis and erythropoiesis381
Gut-derived hyodeoxycholate reprograms the spleen–eye immunometabolic axis to suppress autoimmune uveitis358
HKDC1 functions as a glucose sensor and promotes metabolic adaptation and cancer growth via interaction with PHB2332
PIN1 and CDK1 cooperatively govern pVHL stability and suppressive functions283
Retraction Note to: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase plays a crucial role in protection from redox-stress-induced apoptosis267
GPS2 regulates embryonic angiogenesis by enhancing endothelial cell survival through stabilizing HOIP253
Correction: Epigenetic restriction of Hippo signaling by MORC2 underlies stemness of hepatocellular carcinoma cells231
A novel hypoxia-induced lncRNA, SZT2-AS1, boosts HCC progression by mediating HIF heterodimerization and histone trimethylation under a hypoxic microenvironment204
PML at mitochondria-associated membranes governs a trimeric complex with NLRP3 and P2X7R that modulates the tumor immune microenvironment171
The scramblases VMP1 and TMEM41B are required for primitive endoderm specification by targeting WNT signaling167
TRIM11 potentiates antitumor immunity via inhibition of the IFN-γ/PD-L1 axis143
NKAP acts with HDAC3 to prevent R-loop associated genome instability140
Transcription factor Zhx2 is a checkpoint that programs macrophage polarization and antitumor response139
Age-related p53 SUMOylation accelerates senescence and tau pathology in Alzheimer’s disease130
Non-pyroptotic caspase-11 activity regulates osteoclastogenesis and pathological bone loss122
HECT ubiquitin ligases as regulators of inflammatory signalling116
HERP constrains white adipose expansion and inflammation by STEAP4 stabilization116
Long Covid: where we stand and challenges ahead95
The E3 ubiquitin ligase Itch plays an essential role in kidney fibrosis by inhibiting Dvl2/GSK3β/β-catenin signaling pathway94
USP51 facilitates colorectal cancer stemness and chemoresistance by forming a positive feed-forward loop with HIF1A91
USP2 promotes tumor immune evasion via deubiquitination and stabilization of PD-L190
Ferroptosis is a targetable detrimental factor in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease89
MLKL post-translational modifications: road signs to infection, inflammation and unknown destinations80
Disrupting CCDC137-mediated LZTS2 and β-TrCP interaction in the nucleus inhibits hepatocellular carcinoma development via β-catenin and AKT80
Uridine 5’-monophosphate (UMP) synthesis connects nucleotide metabolism to programmed cell death in C. elegans77
NEMO- and RelA-dependent NF-κB signaling promotes small cell lung cancer76
Cullin-associated and neddylation-dissociated protein 1 (CAND1) promotes cardiomyocyte proliferation and heart regeneration by enhancing the ubiquitinated degradation of Mps one binder kinase activato76
Galectin-7 reprograms skin carcinogenesis by fostering innate immune evasive programs72
Exploring the genetic and molecular basis of differences in multiple myeloma of individuals of African and European descent71
A chromosome-coupled ubiquitin-proteasome pathway is required for meiotic surveillance71
USP13 depletion sensitizes colorectal cancer cells to necroptosis by destabilizing cIAP2 proteins70
The bone–liver interaction modulates immune and hematopoietic function through Pinch-Cxcl12-Mbl2 pathway69
Targeting MMA-induced USP36 methylmalonylation to suppress macrophage polarization and tumor progression in clear-cell renal cell carcinoma68
Crotonylation of STXBP1 exacerbates seizure susceptibility by impairing GABAergic synaptic transmission67
KRAS mutation increases histone H3 lysine 9 lactylation (H3K9la) to promote colorectal cancer progression by facilitating cholesterol transporter GRAMD1A expression65
USP38 functions as an oncoprotein by downregulating the p53 pathway through deubiquitination and stabilization of MDM264
The birth of death, 30 years ago64
Daniel Aberdam, the legacy of a mentor60
Interplay of ferroptotic and apoptotic cell death and its modulation by BH3-mimetics60
DDHD2, whose mutations cause spastic paraplegia type 54, enhances lipophagy via engaging ATG8 family proteins59
Correction: The deubiquitinase USP10 regulates KLF4 stability and suppresses lung tumorigenesis59
TRMT112 drives a tumor growth and metastasis-promoting program in triple-negative breast cancer59
Dying in self-defense: cell death signaling in animals and plants58
Phosphorylation of OTUB1 at Tyr 26 stabilizes the mTORC1 component, Raptor57
AF9 targets acetyl-modified STAT6 to diminish purine metabolism and accelerate cell apoptosis during metastasis56
Correction: NF-κB regulated expression of A20 controls IKK dependent repression of RIPK1 induced cell death in activated T cells55
Aberrant activation of p53/p66Shc-mInsc axis increases asymmetric divisions and attenuates proliferation of aged mammary stem cells54
DPP9 inhibition boosts antitumor immunity by disrupting BRISC-mediated PD-L1 expression in clear cell renal cell carcinoma54
TIN2 modulates FOXO1 mitochondrial shuttling to enhance oxidative stress-induced apoptosis in retinal pigment epithelium under hyperglycemia53
Post-transcriptional dynamics and RNA homeostasis in autophagy and cancer53
The TP53 gene contains a diversity box that makes it more than a tumor suppressor52
Blockage of PPARγ T166 phosphorylation enhances the inducibility of beige adipocytes and improves metabolic dysfunctions51
Targeting N-glycosylation of 4F2hc mediated by glycosyltransferase B3GNT3 sensitizes ferroptosis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma51
The USP43/RNF2 axis negatively regulates antiviral innate immunity by promoting TBK1 ubiquitination and degradation50
SIRT5-mediated ME2 desuccinylation promotes cancer growth by enhancing mitochondrial respiration50
Chromosomal 3p loss and 8q gain drive vasculogenic mimicry via HIF-2α and VE-cadherin activation in uveal melanoma49
RAB1A is a novel vulnerability in uveal melanoma revealed by dual inhibition of MNK1/2 and mTOR49
Targeting necroptosis prevents viral-induced lung damage49
Endothelial USP2a-METTL16 loop potentiates IL-6 signaling via m6A-mediated IL-6R stabilization in pulmonary vascular remodeling48
Sub-lethal signals in the mitochondrial apoptosis apparatus: pernicious by-product or physiological event?48
USP19 potentiates autophagic cell death via inhibiting mTOR pathway through deubiquitinating NEK9 in pancreatic cancer48
CD-NTase family member MB21D2 promotes cGAS-mediated antiviral and antitumor immunity48
NEDD4L-mediated Gasdermin D and E ubiquitination regulates cell death and tissue injury48
Epigenetic regulation of autophagy by histone-modifying enzymes under nutrient stress47
Crosstalk between GLTSCR1-deficient endothelial cells and tumour cells promotes colorectal cancer development by activating the Notch pathway46
MAML1 drives Notch and Hedgehog oncogenic pathways by inhibiting Itch activity in triple-negative breast cancer46
RIPK3’s shape-shifting scaffold: how kinase domain conformation fine-tunes necroptosis46
BRD9 recognizes lactate-induced H3K18 lactylation to drive oncogenic chromatin remodeling in hepatocellular carcinoma46
ALKBH5 aggravates scarring after glaucoma surgery via m6A–YTHDF2-mediated NLRP3 mRNA stabilization45
SOCS2-enhanced ubiquitination of SLC7A11 promotes ferroptosis and radiosensitization in hepatocellular carcinoma45
A neutrophil-intrinsic CKLF1–PKM2 axis drives glycolytic flux for de novo DAG synthesis and pro-inflammatory ROS production45
The cGAS-Ku80 complex regulates the balance between two end joining subpathways44
Decoding p53 tumor suppression: a crosstalk between genomic stability and epigenetic control?44
CD147 promotes NSCLC metastasis by inducing secretory autophagy-dependent exosome secretion via TRIM56-mediated ubiquitination and degradation of GCN244
The parkin-γ-tubulin axis regulates epidermal homeostasis and is associated with the susceptibility to psoriasis44
HDAC1 has intrinsic protease activity and regulates transcription through clipping histone H3 N-terminal tail43
RNF220 mediates K63-linked polyubiquitination of STAT3 and aggravates pathological cardiac hypertrophy43
Caspase-8-mediated CYLD cleavage boosts LPS-induced endotoxic shock43
Correction: Inhibition of ferroptosis counteracts the advanced maternal age-induced oocyte deterioration43
Deer antlers: the fastest growing tissue with least cancer occurrence42
Lymphoma cells lacking pro-apoptotic BAX are highly resistant to BH3-mimetics targeting pro-survival MCL-1 but retain sensitivity to conventional DNA-damaging drugs42
Harnessing TRAIL-induced cell death for cancer therapy: a long walk with thrilling discoveries42
PSMD14-mediated PFKFB2 deubiquitination activates H3K27 lactylation to drive cancer stemness in gastric adenocarcinoma41
Human skin specific long noncoding RNA HOXC13-AS regulates epidermal differentiation by interfering with Golgi-ER retrograde transport41
Correction to: S100 family proteins are linked to organoid morphology and EMT in pancreatic cancer40
Cell death in multiple sclerosis40
DEPTOR suppresses lymphomagenesis by promoting EGFR degradation via HUWE1 E3 ligase40
Publisher Correction: Cell death as an architect of adult skin stem cell niches40
A novel feedback loop between DYRK2 and USP28 regulates cancer homeostasis and DNA damage signaling40
C9orf72 functions in the nucleus to regulate DNA damage repair39
A positive feedback loop between SERPINH1 and MMP-9/TGF-β1 promotes lung adenocarcinoma progression39
Oncogenic p53 induces mitotic errors in lung cancer cells by recopying DNA replication forks conferring targetable proliferation advantage39
Cockayne syndrome mice reflect human kidney disease and are defective in de novo NAD biosynthesis39
CRL4B complex-mediated H2AK119 monoubiquitination restrains Th1 and Th2 cell differentiation38
Activating the NFE2L1-ubiquitin-proteasome system by DDI2 protects from ferroptosis37
Oligomeric CHMP7 mediates three-way ER junctions and ER-mitochondria interactions37
CRISPR screens identify novel regulators of cFLIP dependency and ligand-independent, TRAIL-R1-mediated cell death37
HRK downregulation and augmented BCL-xL binding to BAK confer apoptotic protection to therapy-induced senescent melanoma cells36
KCTD13-mediated ubiquitination and degradation of GluN1 regulates excitatory synaptic transmission and seizure susceptibility36
Transcriptional regulation of autophagy and its implications in human disease35
SLC25A51 promotes tumor growth through sustaining mitochondria acetylation homeostasis and proline biogenesis35
TREM2 macrophage promotes cardiac repair in myocardial infarction by reprogramming metabolism via SLC25A5335
Pathologically high intraocular pressure disturbs normal iron homeostasis and leads to retinal ganglion cell ferroptosis in glaucoma35
ARID1A loss enhances sensitivity to c-MET inhibition by dual targeting of GPX4 and iron homeostasis, inducing ferroptosis35
E3 ubiquitin ligase TRIM31 alleviates dopaminergic neurodegeneration by promoting proteasomal degradation of VDAC1 in Parkinson’s Disease model35
SPY1 inhibits neuronal ferroptosis in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by reducing lipid peroxidation through regulation of GCH1 and TFR134
The PML1-WDR5 axis regulates H3K4me3 marks and promotes stemness of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer34
Gelsolin alleviates rheumatoid arthritis by negatively regulating NLRP3 inflammasome activation34
Remembering Professor Alessandro Finazzi-Agrò33
Correction to: RIPK1 prevents TRADD-driven, but TNFR1 independent, apoptosis during development33
The Caspase-Activated DNase drives inflammation and contributes to defense against viral infection33
STING is the scaffold protein for stress granule pre-condensation at the ER33
Activation of Ca2+ phosphatase Calcineurin regulates Parkin translocation to mitochondria and mitophagy in flies33
Deltex E3 ubiquitin ligase 2 prevents sepsis-induced myocardial injury through degrading TfR1 via promoting K27-linked ubiquitination33
Hepatic factor MANF drives hepatocytes reprogramming by detaining cytosolic CK19 in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma32
Senolysis by ABT-263 is associated with inherent apoptotic dependence of cancer cells derived from the non-senescent state32
Atg7 autophagy-independent role on governing neural stem cell fate could be potentially applied for regenerative medicine32
RIPK3 cleavage is dispensable for necroptosis inhibition but restricts NLRP3 inflammasome activation32
Telomerase deficiency and dysfunctional telomeres in the lung tumor microenvironment impair tumor progression in NSCLC mouse models and patient-derived xenografts31
RhoA signaling increases mitophagy and protects cardiomyocytes against ischemia by stabilizing PINK1 protein and recruiting Parkin to mitochondria31
Sirtuin 4 activates autophagy and inhibits tumorigenesis by upregulating the p53 signaling pathway31
E3 ligase RNF99 negatively regulates TLR-mediated inflammatory immune response via K48-linked ubiquitination of TAB231
WASH regulates B cell signaling, metabolism and function through STAT130
Cancer-intrinsic Cxcl5 orchestrates a global metabolic reprogramming for resistance to oxidative cell death in 3D30
RIPK3 sequentially recruits MLKL and RIPK1 to induce PANoptosis and chemokine production29
SNORD88C guided 2′-O-methylation of 28S rRNA regulates SCD1 translation to inhibit autophagy and promote growth and metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer29
Extrinsic apoptosis and necroptosis in telencephalic development: a single-cell mass cytometry study28
Correction to: M6A RNA methylation-mediated RMRP stability renders proliferation and progression of non-small cell lung cancer through regulating TGFBR1/SMAD2/SMAD3 pathway28
GCLC desuccinylation regulated by oxidative stress protects human cancer cells from ferroptosis28
CARM1-mediated hypoxanthine-enriched exosomes rewire inosine metabolism and impair CD8+ T cell antitumor function28
Correction: Global deletion of optineurin results in altered type I IFN signaling and abnormal bone remodeling in a model of Paget’s disease28
A STING for necroptosis28
Mechanisms controlling plant proteases and their substrates28
Targeting the C/EBPβ-PRAME-EZH2 complex modulates the Netrin-4/AKT axis to inhibit renal cancer tumorigenesis and metastasis27
Correction: Loss of ferroportin induces memory impairment by promoting ferroptosis in Alzheimer’s disease27
The role(s) of NF-Y in development and differentiation27
The TRAF2-p62 axis promotes proliferation and survival of liver cancer by activating mTORC1 pathway27
Deficiency of cancer/testis antigen gene CT55 causes male infertility in humans and mice27
NLRP3 autophagic degradation disruption in melanocytes contributes to vitiligo development27
A BAK subdomain that binds mitochondrial lipids selectively and releases cytochrome C27
The tRNA Gm18 methyltransferase TARBP1 promotes hepatocellular carcinoma progression via metabolic reprogramming of glutamine26
LUBAC enables tumor-promoting LTβ receptor signaling by activating canonical NF-κB26
Histone deacetylase 6 deacetylates and ubiquitinates ATG3 to regulate autophagy26
GPX4-AUTAC induces ferroptosis in breast cancer by promoting the selective autophagic degradation of GPX4 mediated by TRAF6-p6226
MARCH8/NSUN6/ROS-mediated DNA damage positive feedback loop regulates cisplatin resistance in osteosarcoma26
TRIM24-mediated K27-linked ubiquitination of ULK1 alleviates energy stress-induced autophagy and promote prostate cancer growth in the context of SPOP mutation26
Oxoglutarate dehydrogenase-like inhibits the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma by inducing DNA damage through non-canonical function26
Mutant p53 reactivation restricts the protumorigenic consequences of wild type p53 loss of heterozygosity in Li-Fraumeni syndrome patient-derived fibroblasts26
Deubiquitinase USP7 stabilizes KDM5B and promotes tumor progression and cisplatin resistance in nasopharyngeal carcinoma through the ZBTB16/TOP2A axis26
Reprogramming the tumor microenvironment: methylmalonic acid at the intersection of ccRCC metabolism and macrophage polarization25
Differential immune- and apoptosis-related gene signatures in pancreatic alpha and beta cells contribute to their fate in type 1 diabetes25
Correction to: Brf1 loss and not overexpression disrupts tissues homeostasis in the intestine, liver and pancreas25
IKAROS: from chromatin organization to transcriptional elongation control25
Correction: lncRNA THAP7-AS1, transcriptionally activated by SP1 and post-transcriptionally stabilized by METTL3-mediated m6A modification, exerts oncogenic properties by improving CUL4B entry into th25
Transient targeting of BIM-dependent adaptive MCL1 preservation enhances tumor response to molecular therapeutics in non-small cell lung cancer24
Visualization of BOK pores independent of BAX and BAK reveals a similar mechanism with differing regulation24
Functional genomic screens uncover FERMT2 as a critical regulator of YAP/TAZ-driven tumorigenicity24
Glioma-induced DNMT3A reduction in microglia promotes an anti-tumoral phenotype24
iASPP suppression mediates terminal UPR and improves BRAF-inhibitor sensitivity of colon cancers24
Histone arginine demethylase JMJD7 promotes bone formation through regulating α-Ketoglutarate metabolism24
Correction: DNA damage response by single-strand breaks in terminally differentiated muscle cells and the control of muscle integrity23
SIRT3 deacetylates STEAP4 to modulate cuproptosis sensitivity via mitochondrial metabolic reprogramming in HBV-related HCC23
Exploring fructose metabolism as a potential therapeutic approach for pancreatic cancer23
N6-Methyladenosine-modified circSAV1 triggers ferroptosis in COPD through recruiting YTHDF1 to facilitate the translation of IREB223
Small extracellular vesicles delivering lncRNA WAC-AS1 aggravate renal allograft ischemia‒reperfusion injury by inducing ferroptosis propagation23
Targeting KAT8 alleviates self-RNA-driven skin inflammation by modulating histone H4 lysine 16 acetylation in psoriasis23
Redox regulation of TRIM28 facilitates neuronal ferroptosis by promoting SUMOylation and inhibiting OPTN-selective autophagic degradation of ACSL423
USP28 controls SREBP2 and the mevalonate pathway to drive tumour growth in squamous cancer23
Methionine-driven YTHDF1 expression facilitates bladder cancer progression by attenuating RIG-I-modulated immune responses and enhancing the eIF5B-PD-L1 axis23
Dual targeting of chemoresistance and ferroptosis in gastric cancer: DDR1/VEGFR2 inhibitor K-13 synergizes with docetaxel from preclinical models to phase Ib/II clinical trial23
Hypoxia-activated XBP1s recruits HDAC2-EZH2 to engage epigenetic suppression of ΔNp63α expression and promote breast cancer metastasis independent of HIF1α23
Collagen I-DDR1 signaling promotes hepatocellular carcinoma cell stemness via Hippo signaling repression23
PDLIM3 supports hedgehog signaling in medulloblastoma by facilitating cilia formation23
Localized release of muscle-generated BDNF regulates the initial formation of postsynaptic apparatus at neuromuscular synapses22
CSTF2-impeded innate αβ T cell infiltration and activation exacerbate immune evasion of pancreatic cancer22
Collaborative orchestration of BH3-only proteins governs Bak/Bax-dependent hepatocyte apoptosis under antiapoptotic protein-deficiency in mice22
Exposure of the inner mitochondrial membrane triggers apoptotic mitophagy22
Lineage tracing of mutant granulosa cells reveals in vivo protective mechanisms that prevent granulosa cell tumorigenesis21
Remembering foods and foes: emerging principles of transcriptional memory21
circTGFBR2(3-6) acts as an assembly platform for RNA-binding protein IGF2BP3 and TGFBR1 mRNA to enhance breast cancer cell plasticity21
ARID2 mitigates hepatic steatosis via promoting the ubiquitination of JAK221
DNMT1-mediated lncRNA IFFD controls the follicular development via targeting GLI1 by sponging miR-37021
The transcription factor LHX2 mediates and enhances oncogenic BMP signaling in medulloblastoma21
127aa encoded by circSpdyA promotes FA synthesis and NK cell repression in breast cancers21
Correction to: The receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) sustains autophagy and limits apoptosis, promoting pancreatic tumor cell survival21
ZNF451 collaborates with RNF8 to regulate RNF168 localization and amplify ubiquitination signaling to promote DNA damage repair and regulate radiosensitivity21
Current and novel approaches in yeast cell death research21
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