Nature Cell Biology

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(The TQCC of Nature Cell Biology is 22. 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 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)
ArticleCitations
Actin cytoskeleton vulnerability to disulfide stress mediates disulfidptosis438
Telomere dysfunction in ageing and age-related diseases291
PKCβII phosphorylates ACSL4 to amplify lipid peroxidation to induce ferroptosis262
Quantitative proteomics identifies the core proteome of exosomes with syntenin-1 as the highest abundant protein and a putative universal biomarker261
Single-cell analysis reveals transcriptomic remodellings in distinct cell types that contribute to human prostate cancer progression248
CRISPR technologies for precise epigenome editing245
Circular RNA-encoded oncogenic E-cadherin variant promotes glioblastoma tumorigenicity through activation of EGFR–STAT3 signalling214
Supermeres are functional extracellular nanoparticles replete with disease biomarkers and therapeutic targets208
Targeting liquid–liquid phase separation of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein promotes innate antiviral immunity by elevating MAVS activity184
METTL16 exerts an m6A-independent function to facilitate translation and tumorigenesis169
ERBB2 drives YAP activation and EMT-like processes during cardiac regeneration144
PANDORA-seq expands the repertoire of regulatory small RNAs by overcoming RNA modifications138
MIROs and DRP1 drive mitochondrial-derived vesicle biogenesis and promote quality control136
Human alveolar type 2 epithelium transdifferentiates into metaplastic KRT5+ basal cells135
Mechanical compartmentalization of the intestinal organoid enables crypt folding and collective cell migration130
Evaluating totipotency using criteria of increasing stringency127
Liquid-like protein interactions catalyse assembly of endocytic vesicles123
A single-cell transcriptomic landscape of the lungs of patients with COVID-19122
Single-cell RNA sequencing of blood antigen-presenting cells in severe COVID-19 reveals multi-process defects in antiviral immunity119
Cancer-cell-derived GABA promotes β-catenin-mediated tumour growth and immunosuppression114
Metabolic communication in the tumour–immune microenvironment113
R-loops as Janus-faced modulators of DNA repair113
The piRNA CHAPIR regulates cardiac hypertrophy by controlling METTL3-dependent N6-methyladenosine methylation of Parp10 mRNA112
A non-canonical cGAS–STING–PERK pathway facilitates the translational program critical for senescence and organ fibrosis111
The STING phase-separator suppresses innate immune signalling111
Autophagosome biogenesis comes out of the black box110
Cell fate coordinates mechano-osmotic forces in intestinal crypt formation109
Generic nature of the condensed states of proteins108
Asparagine enhances LCK signalling to potentiate CD8+ T-cell activation and anti-tumour responses106
FoxO maintains a genuine muscle stem-cell quiescent state until geriatric age106
EZH2 noncanonically binds cMyc and p300 through a cryptic transactivation domain to mediate gene activation and promote oncogenesis104
Phase separation of SERRATE drives dicing body assembly and promotes miRNA processing in Arabidopsis102
ALC1 links chromatin accessibility to PARP inhibitor response in homologous recombination-deficient cells102
LIMIT is an immunogenic lncRNA in cancer immunity and immunotherapy99
Depletion of aneuploid cells in human embryos and gastruloids98
Nuclear F-actin counteracts nuclear deformation and promotes fork repair during replication stress96
m6A-independent genome-wide METTL3 and METTL14 redistribution drives the senescence-associated secretory phenotype93
The chromatin remodeler DDM1 prevents transposon mobility through deposition of histone variant H2A.W93
Mitochondrial fission links ECM mechanotransduction to metabolic redox homeostasis and metastatic chemotherapy resistance91
Membrane surfaces regulate assembly of ribonucleoprotein condensates91
Itaconate inhibits TET DNA dioxygenases to dampen inflammatory responses90
The ubiquitin-dependent ATPase p97 removes cytotoxic trapped PARP1 from chromatin89
Exploring the expanding universe of small RNAs89
An androgen receptor switch underlies lineage infidelity in treatment-resistant prostate cancer89
Mechanical force application to the nucleus regulates nucleocytoplasmic transport86
Reversible phase separation of HSF1 is required for an acute transcriptional response during heat shock81
METTL3 preferentially enhances non-m6A translation of epigenetic factors and promotes tumourigenesis81
Quantifying single-cell ERK dynamics in colorectal cancer organoids reveals EGFR as an amplifier of oncogenic MAPK pathway signalling81
TGF-β-induced DACT1 biomolecular condensates repress Wnt signalling to promote bone metastasis81
Cell type ontologies of the Human Cell Atlas80
Cysteine oxidation of copper transporter CTR1 drives VEGFR2 signalling and angiogenesis78
A stromal Integrated Stress Response activates perivascular cancer-associated fibroblasts to drive angiogenesis and tumour progression75
Anatomical structures, cell types and biomarkers of the Human Reference Atlas75
Control of endothelial quiescence by FOXO-regulated metabolites74
Stiff matrix induces exosome secretion to promote tumour growth73
Ultrasensitive Ribo-seq reveals translational landscapes during mammalian oocyte-to-embryo transition and pre-implantation development72
Gli1+ mesenchymal stromal cells form a pathological niche to promote airway progenitor metaplasia in the fibrotic lung72
Single-cell epigenomic landscape of peripheral immune cells reveals establishment of trained immunity in individuals convalescing from COVID-1971
POLθ-mediated end joining is restricted by RAD52 and BRCA2 until the onset of mitosis70
Heat-shock chaperone HSPB1 regulates cytoplasmic TDP-43 phase separation and liquid-to-gel transition69
Proteotoxic stress is a driver of the loser status and cell competition69
Human melanocyte development and melanoma dedifferentiation at single-cell resolution69
Spatial organization of transcribed eukaryotic genes68
Genome-wide CRISPR screen identifies PRC2 and KMT2D-COMPASS as regulators of distinct EMT trajectories that contribute differentially to metastasis68
Opposing Wnt signals regulate cervical squamocolumnar homeostasis and emergence of metaplasia67
Nucleotide imbalance decouples cell growth from cell proliferation67
Label-free multiplexed microtomography of endogenous subcellular dynamics using generalizable deep learning67
Deadly actin collapse by disulfidptosis66
An intercellular transfer of telomeres rescues T cells from senescence and promotes long-term immunological memory65
STING signalling is terminated through ESCRT-dependent microautophagy of vesicles originating from recycling endosomes65
A PRC2-independent function for EZH2 in regulating rRNA 2′-O methylation and IRES-dependent translation64
The memory of neuronal mitochondrial stress is inherited transgenerationally via elevated mitochondrial DNA levels63
ALKBH7-mediated demethylation regulates mitochondrial polycistronic RNA processing63
Pseudouridine-modified tRNA fragments repress aberrant protein synthesis and predict leukaemic progression in myelodysplastic syndrome61
Heat stress activates YAP/TAZ to induce the heat shock transcriptome61
Single-cell analysis of endometriosis reveals a coordinated transcriptional programme driving immunotolerance and angiogenesis across eutopic and ectopic tissues60
Eosinophil extracellular traps drive asthma progression through neuro-immune signals60
Stromal niche inflammation mediated by IL-1 signalling is a targetable driver of haematopoietic ageing59
Functional mechanisms and abnormalities of the nuclear lamina59
Cell cycle-specific phase separation regulated by protein charge blockiness59
Elongation factor ELOF1 drives transcription-coupled repair and prevents genome instability58
Niche stiffening compromises hair follicle stem cell potential during ageing by reducing bivalent promoter accessibility58
Eliminating base-editor-induced genome-wide and transcriptome-wide off-target mutations58
Monocytes deposit migrasomes to promote embryonic angiogenesis57
Creatine kinase B suppresses ferroptosis by phosphorylating GPX4 through a moonlighting function56
Multiplexed genome regulation in vivo with hyper-efficient Cas12a55
Female human primordial germ cells display X-chromosome dosage compensation despite the absence of X-inactivation55
Metabolic determination of cell fate through selective inheritance of mitochondria55
A single-cell transcriptome atlas profiles early organogenesis in human embryos54
Release of Notch activity coordinated by IL-1β signalling confers differentiation plasticity of airway progenitors via Fosl2 during alveolar regeneration54
ELOF1 is a transcription-coupled DNA repair factor that directs RNA polymerase II ubiquitylation54
BRD2 inhibition blocks SARS-CoV-2 infection by reducing transcription of the host cell receptor ACE254
Epithelial cell plasticity drives endoderm formation during gastrulation53
Twinfilin uncaps filament barbed ends to promote turnover of lamellipodial actin networks53
The lncRNA H19 alleviates muscular dystrophy by stabilizing dystrophin53
Recycling of autophagosomal components from autolysosomes by the recycler complex52
Illuminating RNA biology through imaging52
A single-cell atlas of non-haematopoietic cells in human lymph nodes and lymphoma reveals a landscape of stromal remodelling52
Ribosomopathy-associated mutations cause proteotoxic stress that is alleviated by TOR inhibition52
Non-canonical Wnt/PCP signalling regulates intestinal stem cell lineage priming towards enteroendocrine and Paneth cell fates52
The histone reader PHF7 cooperates with the SWI/SNF complex at cardiac super enhancers to promote direct reprogramming51
Autophagy enables microglia to engage amyloid plaques and prevents microglial senescence51
Mosaic composition of RIP1–RIP3 signalling hub and its role in regulating cell death51
A guide to naming eukaryotic circular RNAs51
Single-cell atlas of human liver development reveals pathways directing hepatic cell fates51
Cohesin regulates homology search during recombinational DNA repair50
ATG9A protects the plasma membrane from programmed and incidental permeabilization50
Chemotherapy-induced transposable elements activate MDA5 to enhance haematopoietic regeneration50
Global profiling of RNA-binding protein target sites by LACE-seq49
Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase signalling is spatially organized at endosomal compartments by microtubule-associated protein 449
Cancer-cell-secreted extracellular vesicles suppress insulin secretion through miR-122 to impair systemic glucose homeostasis and contribute to tumour growth49
Identification of rare, transient post-mitotic cell states that are induced by injury and required for whole-body regeneration in Schmidtea mediterranea49
A reversible shearing DNA probe for visualizing mechanically strong receptors in living cells49
Advances and prospects for the Human BioMolecular Atlas Program (HuBMAP)48
Untangling the web of intratumour heterogeneity48
SARS-CoV-2 infection induces DNA damage, through CHK1 degradation and impaired 53BP1 recruitment, and cellular senescence48
Opportunities and challenges in studying the extracellular vesicle corona47
RETRACTED ARTICLE: CCM3 is a gatekeeper in focal adhesions regulating mechanotransduction and YAP/TAZ signalling47
Tumour-derived Dilp8/INSL3 induces cancer anorexia by regulating feeding neuropeptides via Lgr3/8 in the brain44
LONP-1 and ATFS-1 sustain deleterious heteroplasmy by promoting mtDNA replication in dysfunctional mitochondria44
Lysosomal retargeting of Myoferlin mitigates membrane stress to enable pancreatic cancer growth44
Dissecting OCT4 defines the role of nucleosome binding in pluripotency44
E-type prostanoid receptor 4 drives resolution of intestinal inflammation by blocking epithelial necroptosis43
Mammalian genome innovation through transposon domestication43
Phase separation of EB1 guides microtubule plus-end dynamics43
Sox2 levels regulate the chromatin occupancy of WNT mediators in epiblast progenitors responsible for vertebrate body formation43
Identification of two pathways mediating protein targeting from ER to lipid droplets43
LRRC31 inhibits DNA repair and sensitizes breast cancer brain metastasis to radiation therapy42
A p53–phosphoinositide signalosome regulates nuclear AKT activation42
Lipid droplets and peroxisomes are co-regulated to drive lifespan extension in response to mono-unsaturated fatty acids42
N6-methyladenosine regulates maternal RNA maintenance in oocytes and timely RNA decay during mouse maternal-to-zygotic transition42
YAP/TAZ drives cell proliferation and tumour growth via a polyamine–eIF5A hypusination–LSD1 axis42
H3K9me selectively blocks transcription factor activity and ensures differentiated tissue integrity42
Murine foetal liver supports limited detectable expansion of life-long haematopoietic progenitors41
Diverse heterochromatin-associated proteins repress distinct classes of genes and repetitive elements41
Rear traction forces drive adherent tissue migration in vivo41
Dynamin-dependent vesicle twist at the final stage of clathrin-mediated endocytosis41
Temporal and spatial topography of cell proliferation in cancer40
A biomechanical switch regulates the transition towards homeostasis in oesophageal epithelium40
Integrated multi-omics reveal polycomb repressive complex 2 restricts human trophoblast induction39
The piRNA pathway is essential for generating functional oocytes in golden hamsters39
Reciprocal regulation of chaperone-mediated autophagy and the circadian clock39
A tumour-resident Lgr5+ stem-cell-like pool drives the establishment and progression of advanced gastric cancers39
Poly(ADP-ribosylation) of P-TEFb by PARP1 disrupts phase separation to inhibit global transcription after DNA damage38
Stem cell-derived synthetic embryos self-assemble by exploiting cadherin codes and cortical tension38
Reversible amyloids of pyruvate kinase couple cell metabolism and stress granule disassembly38
TRIM15 and CYLD regulate ERK activation via lysine-63-linked polyubiquitination38
Cargo-specific recruitment in clathrin- and dynamin-independent endocytosis38
Spatiotemporal dynamics of membrane surface charge regulates cell polarity and migration38
Substoichiometric action of long noncoding RNAs38
Formation of spermatogonia and fertile oocytes in golden hamsters requires piRNAs38
The spectrin cytoskeleton integrates endothelial mechanoresponses38
XRCC1 protects transcription from toxic PARP1 activity during DNA base excision repair37
ETV2 functions as a pioneer factor to regulate and reprogram the endothelial lineage37
CTCF chromatin residence time controls three-dimensional genome organization, gene expression and DNA methylation in pluripotent cells37
Forces generated by lamellipodial actin filament elongation regulate the WAVE complex during cell migration37
Apoptosis in the fetal testis eliminates developmentally defective germ cell clones36
dCas9-based gene editing for cleavage-free genomic knock-in of long sequences36
Cancer-cell-secreted miR-122 suppresses O-GlcNAcylation to promote skeletal muscle proteolysis36
Skin-resident immune cells actively coordinate their distribution with epidermal cells during homeostasis36
Alternative RNA splicing modulates ribosomal composition and determines the spatial phenotype of glioblastoma cells35
Gradual differentiation uncoupled from cell cycle exit generates heterogeneity in the epidermal stem cell layer35
METALIC reveals interorganelle lipid flux in live cells by enzymatic mass tagging35
Production of functional oocytes requires maternally expressed PIWI genes and piRNAs in golden hamsters35
Ceramide-rich microdomains facilitate nuclear envelope budding for non-conventional exosome formation35
Small heat shock proteins operate as molecular chaperones in the mitochondrial intermembrane space35
Leucyl-tRNA synthetase is a tumour suppressor in breast cancer and regulates codon-dependent translation dynamics35
Lysosome lipid signalling from the periphery to neurons regulates longevity35
The metabolic enzyme hexokinase 2 localizes to the nucleus in AML and normal haematopoietic stem and progenitor cells to maintain stemness34
CTCF–CTCF loops and intra-TAD interactions show differential dependence on cohesin ring integrity34
Hyaluronic acid–GPRC5C signalling promotes dormancy in haematopoietic stem cells34
Enhanced cortical neural stem cell identity through short SMAD and WNT inhibition in human cerebral organoids facilitates emergence of outer radial glial cells33
The MARCHF6 E3 ubiquitin ligase acts as an NADPH sensor for the regulation of ferroptosis33
De novo pyrimidine biosynthetic complexes support cancer cell proliferation and ferroptosis defence32
The Troyer syndrome protein spartin mediates selective autophagy of lipid droplets32
LKB1 inactivation modulates chromatin accessibility to drive metastatic progression32
The chaperone DNAJB6 surveils FG-nucleoporins and is required for interphase nuclear pore complex biogenesis32
Sequential enhancer state remodelling defines human germline competence and specification32
ASTE1 promotes shieldin-complex-mediated DNA repair by attenuating end resection31
Atypical nuclear envelope condensates linked to neurological disorders reveal nucleoporin-directed chaperone activities31
53BP1–shieldin-dependent DSB processing in BRCA1-deficient cells requires CST–Polα–primase fill-in synthesis31
SEL1L–HRD1 endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation controls STING-mediated innate immunity by limiting the size of the activable STING pool31
Stalled replication fork protection limits cGAS–STING and P-body-dependent innate immune signalling31
Polycomb repressive complex 2 shields naïve human pluripotent cells from trophectoderm differentiation31
IL-2 delivery by engineered mesenchymal stem cells re-invigorates CD8+ T cells to overcome immunotherapy resistance in cancer31
RBFOX2 recognizes N6-methyladenosine to suppress transcription and block myeloid leukaemia differentiation30
Proton-gated anion transport governs macropinosome shrinkage30
Super-resolved 3D tracking of cargo transport through nuclear pore complexes30
Caveolin-1 dolines form a distinct and rapid caveolae-independent mechanoadaptation system29
Migratory and anti-fibrotic programmes define the regenerative potential of human cardiac progenitors29
A Rag GTPase dimer code defines the regulation of mTORC1 by amino acids29
Lysate-based pipeline to characterize microtubule-associated proteins uncovers unique microtubule behaviours28
Dynamic transcriptional reprogramming leads to immunotherapeutic vulnerabilities in myeloma28
Optogenetic manipulation of cellular communication using engineered myosin motors28
Single-cell analyses reveal the clonal and molecular aetiology of Flt3L-induced emergency dendritic cell development28
MLL3 loss drives metastasis by promoting a hybrid epithelial–mesenchymal transition state28
Unchecked oxidative stress in skeletal muscle prevents outgrowth of disseminated tumour cells27
Perinatal angiogenesis from pre-existing coronary vessels via DLL4–NOTCH1 signalling27
The Hippo pathway kinases LATS1 and LATS2 attenuate cellular responses to heavy metals through phosphorylating MTF127
Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase 1 functions as a protein phosphatase to dephosphorylate histone H3 and suppresses PPARα-regulated gene transcription and tumour growth27
CDK1–cyclin-B1-induced kindlin degradation drives focal adhesion disassembly at mitotic entry27
A guideline on the molecular ecosystem regulating ferroptosis27
The intrinsically disordered region from PP2C phosphatases functions as a conserved CO2 sensor26
Author Correction: PD-L1-mediated gasdermin C expression switches apoptosis to pyroptosis in cancer cells and facilitates tumour necrosis26
Pan-cancer pervasive upregulation of 3′ UTR splicing drives tumourigenesis26
Loss of the fragile X syndrome protein FMRP results in misregulation of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay26
Gasdermin E mediates resistance of pancreatic adenocarcinoma to enzymatic digestion through a YBX1–mucin pathway26
Dynamic adult tracheal plasticity drives stem cell adaptation to changes in intestinal homeostasis in Drosophila26
Manipulating niche composition limits damage to haematopoietic stem cells during Plasmodium infection25
Insights and opportunities at the crossroads of cancer and neuroscience25
Remodelling of oxygen-transporting tracheoles drives intestinal regeneration and tumorigenesis in Drosophila25
Kinase-independent synthesis of 3-phosphorylated phosphoinositides by a phosphotransferase25
ER-resident oxidoreductases are glycosylated and trafficked to the cell surface to promote matrix degradation by tumour cells25
KCNQ1OT1 promotes genome-wide transposon repression by guiding RNA–DNA triplexes and HP1 binding25
Monocyte and dendritic cell defects in COVID-1925
OASL phase condensation induces amyloid-like fibrillation of RIPK3 to promote virus-induced necroptosis25
The RNA helicase Ddx21 controls Vegfc-driven developmental lymphangiogenesis by balancing endothelial cell ribosome biogenesis and p53 function24
A beta cell subset with enhanced insulin secretion and glucose metabolism is reduced in type 2 diabetes24
STING is a cell-intrinsic metabolic checkpoint restricting aerobic glycolysis by targeting HK224
Enhancer selection dictates gene expression responses in remote organs during tissue regeneration24
ADAR1 downregulation by autophagy drives senescence independently of RNA editing by enhancing p16INK4a levels24
O-GlcNAcylation determines the translational regulation and phase separation of YTHDF proteins23
Profiling and promise of supermeres23
Single-nucleus multi-omics of human stem cell-derived islets identifies deficiencies in lineage specification23
Nuclear and cytoplasmic spatial protein quality control is coordinated by nuclear–vacuolar junctions and perinuclear ESCRT23
Adiponectin receptors sustain haematopoietic stem cells throughout adulthood by protecting them from inflammation23
Histone variant H3.3 maintains adult haematopoietic stem cell homeostasis by enforcing chromatin adaptability23
Human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived salivary gland organoids model SARS-CoV-2 infection and replication23
VCAM1 confers innate immune tolerance on haematopoietic and leukaemic stem cells23
A lysosome membrane regeneration pathway depends on TBC1D15 and autophagic lysosomal reformation proteins23
FGFR-inhibitor-mediated dismissal of SWI/SNF complexes from YAP-dependent enhancers induces adaptive therapeutic resistance23
The HASTER lncRNA promoter is a cis-acting transcriptional stabilizer of HNF1A22
AIDA directly connects sympathetic innervation to adaptive thermogenesis by UCP122
LAP1 supports nuclear adaptability during constrained melanoma cell migration and invasion22
Studying SARS-CoV-2 infectivity and therapeutic responses with complex organoids22
An atlas of rabbit development as a model for single-cell comparative genomics22
Lipid droplets and cellular lipid flux22
TOR targets an RNA processing network to regulate facultative heterochromatin, developmental gene expression and cell proliferation22
Stomach-derived human insulin-secreting organoids restore glucose homeostasis22
The conserved helicase ZNFX-1 memorializes silenced RNAs in perinuclear condensates22
Aggresome assembly at the centrosome is driven by CP110–CEP97–CEP290 and centriolar satellites22
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