Cell Death and Differentiation

Papers
(The TQCC of Cell Death and Differentiation is 23. 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
Transcription factor Zhx2 is a checkpoint that programs macrophage polarization and antitumor response674
NKAP acts with HDAC3 to prevent R-loop associated genome instability462
PIN1 and CDK1 cooperatively govern pVHL stability and suppressive functions409
Disruption of GMNC-MCIDAS multiciliogenesis program is critical in choroid plexus carcinoma development367
HKDC1 functions as a glucose sensor and promotes metabolic adaptation and cancer growth via interaction with PHB2338
An atlas of inter- and intra-tumor heterogeneity of apoptosis competency in colorectal cancer tissue at single-cell resolution248
The scramblases VMP1 and TMEM41B are required for primitive endoderm specification by targeting WNT signaling246
Retraction Note to: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase plays a crucial role in protection from redox-stress-induced apoptosis237
Age-related p53 SUMOylation accelerates senescence and tau pathology in Alzheimer’s disease223
A novel hypoxia-induced lncRNA, SZT2-AS1, boosts HCC progression by mediating HIF heterodimerization and histone trimethylation under a hypoxic microenvironment203
Long Covid: where we stand and challenges ahead201
Glycoprotein PTGDS promotes tumorigenesis of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma by MYH9-mediated regulation of Wnt–β-catenin–STAT3 signaling189
The Smad4-MYO18A-PP1A complex regulates β-catenin phosphorylation and pemigatinib resistance by inhibiting PAK1 in cholangiocarcinoma186
Cullin 4b-RING ubiquitin ligase targets IRGM1 to regulate Wnt signaling and intestinal homeostasis169
NAT10 regulates mitotic cell fate by acetylating Eg5 to control bipolar spindle assembly and chromosome segregation167
PML at mitochondria-associated membranes governs a trimeric complex with NLRP3 and P2X7R that modulates the tumor immune microenvironment155
Long noncoding RNA AVAN promotes antiviral innate immunity by interacting with TRIM25 and enhancing the transcription of FOXO3a143
USP2 promotes tumor immune evasion via deubiquitination and stabilization of PD-L1138
USP51 facilitates colorectal cancer stemness and chemoresistance by forming a positive feed-forward loop with HIF1A138
A novel CDC25A/DYRK2 regulatory switch modulates cell cycle and survival135
Ferroptosis is a targetable detrimental factor in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease134
Exploring the genetic and molecular basis of differences in multiple myeloma of individuals of African and European descent125
The birth of death, 30 years ago124
Disrupting CCDC137-mediated LZTS2 and β-TrCP interaction in the nucleus inhibits hepatocellular carcinoma development via β-catenin and AKT119
Galectin-7 reprograms skin carcinogenesis by fostering innate immune evasive programs117
A chromosome-coupled ubiquitin-proteasome pathway is required for meiotic surveillance117
NEMO- and RelA-dependent NF-κB signaling promotes small cell lung cancer115
CD63 acts as a functional marker in maintaining hematopoietic stem cell quiescence through supporting TGFβ signaling in mice113
Ubiquitin-binding domain in ABIN1 is critical for regulating cell death and inflammation during development111
USP38 functions as an oncoprotein by downregulating the p53 pathway through deubiquitination and stabilization of MDM2111
MLKL post-translational modifications: road signs to infection, inflammation and unknown destinations105
Interplay of ferroptotic and apoptotic cell death and its modulation by BH3-mimetics104
The bone–liver interaction modulates immune and hematopoietic function through Pinch-Cxcl12-Mbl2 pathway102
YTHDC1-mediated augmentation of miR-30d in repressing pancreatic tumorigenesis via attenuation of RUNX1-induced transcriptional activation of Warburg effect98
miR-125a-5p attenuates macrophage-mediated vascular dysfunction by targeting Ninjurin195
Blockage of PPARγ T166 phosphorylation enhances the inducibility of beige adipocytes and improves metabolic dysfunctions94
USP19 potentiates autophagic cell death via inhibiting mTOR pathway through deubiquitinating NEK9 in pancreatic cancer94
Sub-lethal signals in the mitochondrial apoptosis apparatus: pernicious by-product or physiological event?89
AF9 targets acetyl-modified STAT6 to diminish purine metabolism and accelerate cell apoptosis during metastasis88
A viral interferon regulatory factor degrades RNA-binding protein hnRNP Q1 to enhance aerobic glycolysis via recruiting E3 ubiquitin ligase KLHL3 and decaying GDPD1 mRNA87
CD-NTase family member MB21D2 promotes cGAS-mediated antiviral and antitumor immunity87
TIN2 modulates FOXO1 mitochondrial shuttling to enhance oxidative stress-induced apoptosis in retinal pigment epithelium under hyperglycemia80
Targeting necroptosis prevents viral-induced lung damage77
Chromosomal 3p loss and 8q gain drive vasculogenic mimicry via HIF-2α and VE-cadherin activation in uveal melanoma77
Correction: NF-κB regulated expression of A20 controls IKK dependent repression of RIPK1 induced cell death in activated T cells76
Mapping the hotspots for DNA repair synthesis in human brain organoids75
Loss of TRP53 reduces but does not overcome dependency of lymphoma cells on MCL-174
Aberrant activation of p53/p66Shc-mInsc axis increases asymmetric divisions and attenuates proliferation of aged mammary stem cells71
Correction: The deubiquitinase USP10 regulates KLF4 stability and suppresses lung tumorigenesis69
Dying in self-defense: cell death signaling in animals and plants69
Epigenetic regulation of autophagy by histone-modifying enzymes under nutrient stress69
Post-transcriptional dynamics and RNA homeostasis in autophagy and cancer66
The USP43/RNF2 axis negatively regulates antiviral innate immunity by promoting TBK1 ubiquitination and degradation65
DDHD2, whose mutations cause spastic paraplegia type 54, enhances lipophagy via engaging ATG8 family proteins64
lncRNA THAP7-AS1, transcriptionally activated by SP1 and post-transcriptionally stabilized by METTL3-mediated m6A modification, exerts oncogenic properties by improving CUL4B entry into the nucleus63
Molecular mechanisms of cell death in neurological diseases61
Repurposing the estrogen receptor modulator raloxifene to treat SARS-CoV-2 infection61
Loss of RBMS1 promotes anti-tumor immunity through enabling PD-L1 checkpoint blockade in triple-negative breast cancer60
Targeting N-glycosylation of 4F2hc mediated by glycosyltransferase B3GNT3 sensitizes ferroptosis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma58
The multifaceted role of ferroptosis in liver disease57
Phosphorylation of OTUB1 at Tyr 26 stabilizes the mTORC1 component, Raptor57
SIRT5-mediated ME2 desuccinylation promotes cancer growth by enhancing mitochondrial respiration57
A truncating variant of RAD51B associated with primary ovarian insufficiency provides insights into its meiotic and somatic functions56
Correction to: Prostate-specific oncogene OTUD6A promotes prostatic tumorigenesis via deubiquitinating and stabilizing c-Myc56
Drice restrains Diap2-mediated inflammatory signalling and intestinal inflammation55
Decoding p53 tumor suppression: a crosstalk between genomic stability and epigenetic control?54
Crosstalk between GLTSCR1-deficient endothelial cells and tumour cells promotes colorectal cancer development by activating the Notch pathway53
SARS-CoV-2 N501Y variants of concern and their potential transmission by mouse52
SPOP mutations promote p62/SQSTM1-dependent autophagy and Nrf2 activation in prostate cancer51
GSK3β mediates the spatiotemporal dynamics of NLRP3 inflammasome activation50
SOCS2-enhanced ubiquitination of SLC7A11 promotes ferroptosis and radiosensitization in hepatocellular carcinoma50
Mechanosensitive turnover of phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate synthetases regulates nucleotide metabolism49
Single cell-derived spheroids capture the self-renewing subpopulations of metastatic ovarian cancer49
The cGAS-Ku80 complex regulates the balance between two end joining subpathways49
Sorting nexin 3 induces heart failure via promoting retromer-dependent nuclear trafficking of STAT349
Deer antlers: the fastest growing tissue with least cancer occurrence48
Human skin specific long noncoding RNA HOXC13-AS regulates epidermal differentiation by interfering with Golgi-ER retrograde transport48
ERK1/2 inhibits Cullin 3/SPOP-mediated PrLZ ubiquitination and degradation to modulate prostate cancer progression48
Targeting lectin-like oxidized low-density lipoprotein receptor-1 triggers autophagic program in esophageal cancer47
Apoptotic priming is defined by the dynamic exchange of Bcl-2 proteins between mitochondria and cytosol46
Extreme conservation of the poly-glutamine tract in huntingtin is related to neurodevelopmental functions: the “better” may become the “enemy of the good” in the course of evolution45
A novel HIF-2α targeted inhibitor suppresses hypoxia-induced breast cancer stemness via SOD2-mtROS-PDI/GPR78-UPRER axis45
Lymphoma cells lacking pro-apoptotic BAX are highly resistant to BH3-mimetics targeting pro-survival MCL-1 but retain sensitivity to conventional DNA-damaging drugs43
Regulation of Semaphorin3A in the process of cutaneous wound healing42
Harnessing TRAIL-induced cell death for cancer therapy: a long walk with thrilling discoveries42
TRIM21 regulates pyroptotic cell death by promoting Gasdermin D oligomerization42
Autophagy-competent mitochondrial translation elongation factor TUFM inhibits caspase-8-mediated apoptosis41
Global identification of phospho-dependent SCF substrates reveals a FBXO22 phosphodegron and an ERK-FBXO22-BAG3 axis in tumorigenesis41
BAX and BAK dynamics control mitochondrial DNA release during apoptosis41
Dual roles for LUBAC signaling in thymic epithelial cell development and survival40
Cell cycle regulation: p53-p21-RB signaling40
Publisher Correction: Cell death as an architect of adult skin stem cell niches39
Correction to: S100 family proteins are linked to organoid morphology and EMT in pancreatic cancer39
Functional recovery of the germ line following splicing collapse39
C9orf72 functions in the nucleus to regulate DNA damage repair39
CRISPR screens identify novel regulators of cFLIP dependency and ligand-independent, TRAIL-R1-mediated cell death39
MTH1 as a target to alleviate T cell driven diseases by selective suppression of activated T cells38
Oligomeric CHMP7 mediates three-way ER junctions and ER-mitochondria interactions38
DEPTOR suppresses lymphomagenesis by promoting EGFR degradation via HUWE1 E3 ligase38
Transcriptional regulation of autophagy and its implications in human disease38
HRK downregulation and augmented BCL-xL binding to BAK confer apoptotic protection to therapy-induced senescent melanoma cells38
E3 ubiquitin ligase TRIM31 alleviates dopaminergic neurodegeneration by promoting proteasomal degradation of VDAC1 in Parkinson’s Disease model37
Gelsolin alleviates rheumatoid arthritis by negatively regulating NLRP3 inflammasome activation37
Non-coding small nucleolar RNA SNORD17 promotes the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma through a positive feedback loop upon p53 inactivation37
E2F and STAT3 provide transcriptional synergy for histone variant H2AZ activation to sustain glioblastoma chromatin accessibility and tumorigenicity37
CRL4B complex-mediated H2AK119 monoubiquitination restrains Th1 and Th2 cell differentiation37
Therapeutic potential of Nlrp1 inflammasome, Caspase-1, or Caspase-6 against Alzheimer disease cognitive impairment37
The evolutionary history of the polyQ tract in huntingtin sheds light on its functional pro-neural activities36
p53 at the crossroad of DNA replication and ribosome biogenesis stress pathways36
KCTD13-mediated ubiquitination and degradation of GluN1 regulates excitatory synaptic transmission and seizure susceptibility36
The PML1-WDR5 axis regulates H3K4me3 marks and promotes stemness of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer36
Pathologically high intraocular pressure disturbs normal iron homeostasis and leads to retinal ganglion cell ferroptosis in glaucoma36
TREM2 macrophage promotes cardiac repair in myocardial infarction by reprogramming metabolism via SLC25A5336
SPY1 inhibits neuronal ferroptosis in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by reducing lipid peroxidation through regulation of GCH1 and TFR135
E3 ligase RNF99 negatively regulates TLR-mediated inflammatory immune response via K48-linked ubiquitination of TAB235
Activating the NFE2L1-ubiquitin-proteasome system by DDI2 protects from ferroptosis35
SLC25A51 promotes tumor growth through sustaining mitochondria acetylation homeostasis and proline biogenesis35
Telomerase deficiency and dysfunctional telomeres in the lung tumor microenvironment impair tumor progression in NSCLC mouse models and patient-derived xenografts34
RIPK3 cleavage is dispensable for necroptosis inhibition but restricts NLRP3 inflammasome activation34
The Caspase-Activated DNase drives inflammation and contributes to defense against viral infection33
Activation of Ca2+ phosphatase Calcineurin regulates Parkin translocation to mitochondria and mitophagy in flies33
Cancer-intrinsic Cxcl5 orchestrates a global metabolic reprogramming for resistance to oxidative cell death in 3D33
Senolysis by ABT-263 is associated with inherent apoptotic dependence of cancer cells derived from the non-senescent state33
Repression of p53 function by SIRT5-mediated desuccinylation at Lysine 120 in response to DNA damage32
Correction to: RIPK1 prevents TRADD-driven, but TNFR1 independent, apoptosis during development32
GCLC desuccinylation regulated by oxidative stress protects human cancer cells from ferroptosis32
Externalized phosphatidylinositides on apoptotic cells are eat-me signals recognized by CD1432
Hepatic factor MANF drives hepatocytes reprogramming by detaining cytosolic CK19 in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma32
Mechanisms controlling plant proteases and their substrates31
RhoA signaling increases mitophagy and protects cardiomyocytes against ischemia by stabilizing PINK1 protein and recruiting Parkin to mitochondria31
Disease-associated KBTBD4 mutations in medulloblastoma elicit neomorphic ubiquitylation activity to promote CoREST degradation31
SNORD88C guided 2′-O-methylation of 28S rRNA regulates SCD1 translation to inhibit autophagy and promote growth and metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer31
Chlamydia trachomatis inhibits apoptosis in infected cells by targeting the pro-apoptotic proteins Bax and Bak31
The long non-coding RNA PFI protects against pulmonary fibrosis by interacting with splicing regulator SRSF131
Sirtuin 4 activates autophagy and inhibits tumorigenesis by upregulating the p53 signaling pathway31
Atg7 autophagy-independent role on governing neural stem cell fate could be potentially applied for regenerative medicine31
O-GlcNAcylation and stablization of SIRT7 promote pancreatic cancer progression by blocking the SIRT7-REGγ interaction31
LncRNA NEAT1 controls the lineage fates of BMSCs during skeletal aging by impairing mitochondrial function and pluripotency maintenance31
Mutant p53 reactivation restricts the protumorigenic consequences of wild type p53 loss of heterozygosity in Li-Fraumeni syndrome patient-derived fibroblasts30
LUBAC enables tumor-promoting LTβ receptor signaling by activating canonical NF-κB30
WTAP-mediated m6A modification of lncRNA DIAPH1-AS1 enhances its stability to facilitate nasopharyngeal carcinoma growth and metastasis30
The role(s) of NF-Y in development and differentiation30
Correction to: HnRNP F/H associate with hTERC and telomerase holoenzyme to modulate telomerase function and promote cell proliferation30
Deubiquitinase USP7 stabilizes KDM5B and promotes tumor progression and cisplatin resistance in nasopharyngeal carcinoma through the ZBTB16/TOP2A axis29
Oxoglutarate dehydrogenase-like inhibits the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma by inducing DNA damage through non-canonical function29
Correction: Global deletion of optineurin results in altered type I IFN signaling and abnormal bone remodeling in a model of Paget’s disease29
Correction to: M6A RNA methylation-mediated RMRP stability renders proliferation and progression of non-small cell lung cancer through regulating TGFBR1/SMAD2/SMAD3 pathway29
MS4A15 drives ferroptosis resistance through calcium-restricted lipid remodeling28
The TRAF2-p62 axis promotes proliferation and survival of liver cancer by activating mTORC1 pathway28
Correction: Loss of ferroportin induces memory impairment by promoting ferroptosis in Alzheimer’s disease28
A BAK subdomain that binds mitochondrial lipids selectively and releases cytochrome C28
The tRNA Gm18 methyltransferase TARBP1 promotes hepatocellular carcinoma progression via metabolic reprogramming of glutamine28
Deficiency of cancer/testis antigen gene CT55 causes male infertility in humans and mice28
EBV infection-induced GPX4 promotes chemoresistance and tumor progression in nasopharyngeal carcinoma27
Transient targeting of BIM-dependent adaptive MCL1 preservation enhances tumor response to molecular therapeutics in non-small cell lung cancer27
Exploring the future of research in the Tp53 field27
Correction to: Brf1 loss and not overexpression disrupts tissues homeostasis in the intestine, liver and pancreas27
Redox regulation of TRIM28 facilitates neuronal ferroptosis by promoting SUMOylation and inhibiting OPTN-selective autophagic degradation of ACSL427
PLK1/vimentin signaling facilitates immune escape by recruiting Smad2/3 to PD-L1 promoter in metastatic lung adenocarcinoma27
Ubiquitin ligase E3 HUWE1/MULE targets transferrin receptor for degradation and suppresses ferroptosis in acute liver injury27
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 th27
Synergistic apoptotic effect of miR-183-5p and Polo-Like kinase 1 inhibitor NMS-P937 in breast cancer cells27
Correction: Drp1 modulates mitochondrial stress responses to mitotic arrest27
IKAROS: from chromatin organization to transcriptional elongation control26
PDLIM3 supports hedgehog signaling in medulloblastoma by facilitating cilia formation26
DJ-1 binds to Rubicon to Impair LC-3 Associated Phagocytosis26
iASPP suppression mediates terminal UPR and improves BRAF-inhibitor sensitivity of colon cancers26
Exploring fructose metabolism as a potential therapeutic approach for pancreatic cancer25
Visualization of BOK pores independent of BAX and BAK reveals a similar mechanism with differing regulation25
N6-Methyladenosine-modified circSAV1 triggers ferroptosis in COPD through recruiting YTHDF1 to facilitate the translation of IREB225
Small extracellular vesicles delivering lncRNA WAC-AS1 aggravate renal allograft ischemia‒reperfusion injury by inducing ferroptosis propagation25
USP28 controls SREBP2 and the mevalonate pathway to drive tumour growth in squamous cancer25
Hypoxia-activated XBP1s recruits HDAC2-EZH2 to engage epigenetic suppression of ΔNp63α expression and promote breast cancer metastasis independent of HIF1α25
Collagen I-DDR1 signaling promotes hepatocellular carcinoma cell stemness via Hippo signaling repression25
ARID2 mitigates hepatic steatosis via promoting the ubiquitination of JAK224
Crosstalk between O-GlcNAcylation and phosphorylation in metabolism: regulation and mechanism24
127aa encoded by circSpdyA promotes FA synthesis and NK cell repression in breast cancers24
METTL3 confers oxaliplatin resistance through the activation of G6PD-enhanced pentose phosphate pathway in hepatocellular carcinoma24
Intestinal microbiota influences clinical outcome and side effects of early breast cancer treatment24
Methionine-driven YTHDF1 expression facilitates bladder cancer progression by attenuating RIG-I-modulated immune responses and enhancing the eIF5B-PD-L1 axis24
Localized release of muscle-generated BDNF regulates the initial formation of postsynaptic apparatus at neuromuscular synapses24
CSTF2-impeded innate αβ T cell infiltration and activation exacerbate immune evasion of pancreatic cancer23
Current and novel approaches in yeast cell death research23
Exposure of the inner mitochondrial membrane triggers apoptotic mitophagy23
Remembering foods and foes: emerging principles of transcriptional memory23
The transcription factor LHX2 mediates and enhances oncogenic BMP signaling in medulloblastoma23
MARCH5 regulates mitotic apoptosis through MCL1-dependent and independent mechanisms23
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