EMBO Reports

Papers
(The median citation count of EMBO Reports is 12. 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
The mission to ensure continued funding for excellent basic research211
Global and precise identification of functional miRNA targets in mESCs by integrative analysis153
Functional skewing of TRIM21‐SIRT5 interplay dictates IL‐1β production in DSS‐induced colitis152
LGBTIQ+N151
Piwil2 (Mili) sustains neurogenesis and prevents cellular senescence in the postnatal hippocampus141
Dipeptidyl peptidase 9 triggers BRCA2 degradation and promotes DNA damage repair137
E3 ubiquitin ligase NEDD4L negatively regulates inflammation by promoting ubiquitination of MEKK2132
Erratum To: The Golgi microtubules regulate single cell durotaxis125
Dynamin‐like proteins mediate extracellular vesicle secretion in Mycobacterium tuberculosis120
UBAP2L‐dependent coupling of PLK1 localization and stability during mitosis102
SETD1A function in leukemia is mediated through interaction with mitotic regulators BuGZ/BUB388
Enhancing Spns2/S1P in macrophages alleviates hyperinflammation and prevents immunosuppression in sepsis80
Through an ecological lens78
CCR4‐NOT differentially controls host versus virus poly(a)‐tail length and regulates HCMV infection76
Equally potent: Nlrp3 mutation in macrophages or neutrophils is sufficient to drive autoinflammation69
SCFFBXW7 regulates G2‐M progression through control of CCNL1 ubiquitination66
The post‐translational regulation of transcription factor EB (TFEB) in health and disease66
METTL3 protects METTL14 from STUB1‐mediated degradation to maintain m6A homeostasis65
IL‐21 has a critical role in establishing germinal centers by amplifying early B cell proliferation62
Zika virus alters centrosome organization to suppress the innate immune response59
Rapid evolutionary repair by secondary perturbation of a primary disrupted transcriptional network59
The DEAD box RNA helicase DDX42 is an intrinsic inhibitor of positive‐strand RNA viruses56
Somatosensory neurons express specific sets of lincRNAs, and lincRNA CLAP promotes itch sensation in mice54
Morphofunctional changes at the active zone during synaptic vesicle exocytosis54
Animals do count51
Resting natural killer cell homeostasis relies on tryptophan/NAD+ metabolism and HIF‐1α51
Microtubules are not required to generate a nascent axon in embryonic spinal neurons in vivo50
A tiny loop in the Argonaute PIWI domain tunes small RNA seed strength49
Sequestration of LINE‐1 in cytosolic aggregates by MOV10 restricts retrotransposition49
Noncanonical Wnt signaling promotes colon tumor growth, chemoresistance and tumor fibroblast activation48
Transient rapamycin treatment during developmental stage extends lifespan in Mus musculus and Drosophila melanogaster48
Blood flow diverts extracellular vesicles from endothelial degradative compartments to promote angiogenesis48
Striking the right balance between youth and experience46
Tissue‐like environments shape functional interactions of HIV‐1 with immature dendritic cells45
SPTing across condensates: SEC‐mediated translocation of SPT complex from pausing condensates to elongation condensates44
pH regulates hematopoietic stem cell potential via polyamines44
PRMT5 links lipid metabolism to contractile function of skeletal muscles44
Energetic landscape of polycystin channel gating44
Scalable RT‐LAMP‐based SARS‐CoV‐2 testing for infection surveillance with applications in pandemic preparedness44
The transcriptional regulator Sin3A balances IL‐17A and Foxp3 expression in primary CD4 T cells44
STAT5b is a key effector of NRG‐1/ERBB4‐mediated myocardial growth43
Autophagy orchestrates the crosstalk between cells and organs42
The regulation of human blastoid research42
Tick‐borne flavivirus NS5 antagonizes interferon signaling by inhibiting the catalytic activity of TYK241
DOT1L bridges transcription and heterochromatin formation at mammalian pericentromeres41
GAPDH facilitates homologous recombination repair by stabilizing RAD51 in an HDAC1‐dependent manner41
Vitamin D receptor enhances NLRC4 inflammasome activation by promoting NAIPs–NLRC4 association39
Malaria parasites release vesicle subpopulations with signatures of different destinations39
Introducing quality measures in an academic research consortium39
FOXM1 network in association with TREM1 suppression regulates NET formation in diabetic foot ulcers38
A cAMP signalosome in primary cilia drives gene expression and kidney cyst formation38
BTNL2 promotes colitis‐associated tumorigenesis in mice by regulating IL‐22 production38
Bipolar‐associated miR‐499‐5p controls neuroplasticity by downregulating the Cav1.2 subunit CACNB238
Evolutionary remodelling of N‐terminal domain loops fine‐tunes SARS‐CoV‐2 spike37
The fin roundabout: Slit‐Robo and S1P signaling coordinate fin morphogenesis37
The GCN2/eIF2αK stress kinase regulates PP1 to ensure mitotic fidelity37
mPFC DUSP1 mediates adolescent cocaine exposure‐induced higher sensitivity to drug in adulthood36
Single cell clonal analysis identifies an AID‐dependent pathway of plasma cell differentiation36
Ovol1/2 loss‐induced epidermal defects elicit skin immune activation and alter global metabolism36
ER‐phagy: selective autophagy of the endoplasmic reticulum36
CDK9 and PP2A regulate RNA polymerase II transcription termination and coupled RNA maturation35
Getting the message right35
Constructive correction34
The Toll pathway mediates Drosophila resilience to Aspergillus mycotoxins through specific Bomanins34
Inductive prediction in biology34
Gold mining nature for natural products34
Tonic TNF conditioning of macrophages safeguards stimulus‐specific inflammatory responses34
TMBIM5 is the Ca2+/H+ antiporter of mammalian mitochondria34
Pericyte stem cells induce Ly6G+ cell accumulation and immunotherapy resistance in pancreatic cancer33
Confusion33
Reducing oxidative protein folding alleviates senescence by minimizing ER‐to‐nucleus H2O2 release33
KIAA1429/VIRMA promotes breast cancer progression by m6A‐dependent cytosolic HAS2 stabilization32
PLK1 promotes the mitotic surveillance pathway by controlling cytosolic 53BP1 availability32
The Autophagy Receptor TAX1BP1 (T6BP) improves antigen presentation by MHC‐II molecules32
Learning tricks from old dogs32
Evolution of pathogen virulence32
NuRD‐independent Mi‐2 activity represses ectopic gene expression during neuronal maturation31
Adaptation delay causes a burst of mutations in bacteria responding to oxidative stress31
The extracellular matrix fibulin 7 maintains epidermal stem cell heterogeneity during skin aging31
Phosphatidylserine clustering by the Ebola virus matrix protein is a critical step in viral budding30
Chronic inflammation decreases HSC fitness by activating the druggable Jak/Stat3 signaling pathway30
ZBTB2 links p53 deficiency to HIF‐1‐mediated hypoxia signaling to promote cancer aggressiveness30
Optogenetic control of YAP cellular localisation and function30
GM‐CSF suppresses antioxidant signaling and drives IL‐1β secretion through NRF2 downregulation30
Scholars in peril: when being a scientist can land you in jail (or worse)29
CG7630 is the Drosophila melanogaster homolog of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit COX7B29
LINC00839 promotes colorectal cancer progression by recruiting RUVBL1/Tip60 complexes to activate NRF129
Circadian oscillation in primary cilium length by clock genes regulates fibroblast cell migration29
A plea for the ultimate optimism29
Developmental cell death of cortical projection neurons is controlled by a Bcl11a/Bcl6‐dependent pathway29
An ULK1/2‐PXN mechanotransduction pathway suppresses breast cancer cell migration29
Hedgehog signaling can enhance glycolytic ATP production in the Drosophila wing disc29
RNA polymerase II CTD is dispensable for transcription and required for termination in human cells28
FBL promotes cancer cell resistance to DNA damage and BRCA1 transcription via YBX128
DNA demethylation fine‐tunes IL‐2 production during thymic regulatory T cell differentiation28
Two structurally defined Aβ polymorphs promote different pathological changes in susceptible mice28
TPLATE complex‐dependent endocytosis attenuates CLAVATA1 signaling for shoot apical meristem maintenance28
Autism therapy at crossroads28
Rab21 regulates caveolin‐1‐mediated endocytic trafficking to promote immature neurite pruning28
Chemical conversion of human conventional PSCs to TSCs following transient naive gene activation28
The mind of a scientist27
Descending dopaminergic pathway facilitates itch signal processing via activating spinal GRPR+ neurons27
The Drosophila mitotic spindle orientation machinery requires activation, not just localization27
Oxygen‐regulated post‐translation modifications as master signalling pathway in cells26
Structural insights into coordinating 5S RNP rotation with ITS2 pre‐RNA processing during ribosome formation26
The perceived decline of “disruptive” science and technology26
The chromatin factor ROW cooperates with BEAF‐32 in regulating long‐range inducible genes26
Combining organotypic tissue culture with light‐sheet microscopy (OTCxLSFM) to study glioma invasion26
Terminal differentiation of villus tip enterocytes is governed by distinct Tgfβ superfamily members26
Spns2/S1P: it takes two to tango with inflammation and metabolic rewiring during sepsis26
Structural study of UFL1‐UFC1 interaction uncovers the role of UFL1 N‐terminal helix in ufmylation26
Ethical aspects of GMO regulation in the EU26
We can do better26
MOV10 recruits DCP2 to decap human LINE‐1 RNA by forming large cytoplasmic granules with phase separation properties26
Lipid and protein content profiling of isolated native autophagic vesicles26
Differential roles of the fish chitinous membrane in gut barrier immunity and digestive compartments26
Keep biology weird26
Estrogen receptor alpha signaling in dendritic cells modulates autoimmune disease phenotype in mice25
A trashed treasure24
The cancer microbiome24
Piccolino is required for ribbon architecture at cochlear inner hair cell synapses and for hearing24
The obesity‐linked human lncRNA AATBC stimulates mitochondrial function in adipocytes24
ALS‐linked KIF5A ΔExon27 mutant causes neuronal toxicity through gain‐of‐function24
EHD1 promotes CP110 ubiquitination by centriolar satellite delivery of HERC2 to the mother centriole24
Lipin‐2 regulates the antiviral and anti‐inflammatory responses to interferon23
The CRHR1/CREB/REST signaling cascade regulates mammalian embryonic neural stem cell properties23
Intracellular growth of Brucella is mediated by Dps‐dependent activation of ferritinophagy23
Once in a lifetime23
Cancer‐cell‐secreted extracellular vesicles target p53 to impair mitochondrial function in muscle23
The taste of vitamin C in Drosophila23
Akkermansia muciniphila induces slow extramedullary hematopoiesis via cooperative IL‐1R/TLR signals22
SARS‐CoV‐2‐related bat virus behavior in human‐relevant models sheds light on the origin of COVID‐1922
Metabolomics meets systems immunology22
Human Tim8a, Tim8b and Tim13 are auxiliary assembly factors of mature Complex IV22
Bioenergetics of early life22
Co‐evolution within the plant holobiont drives host performance22
Adult neural stem cells and neurogenesis are resilient to intermittent fasting22
hnRNP R negatively regulates transcription by modulating the association of P‐TEFb with 7SK and BRD422
Myddosome clustering in IL‐1 receptor signaling regulates the formation of an NF‐kB activating signalosome21
Candida albicans induces neutrophil extracellular traps and leucotoxic hypercitrullination via candidalysin21
Frizzled receptors facilitate Tiki inhibition of Wnt signaling at the cell surface21
Trained immunity induced by high‐salt diet impedes stroke recovery21
Engagement of TRAIL triggers degranulation and IFNγ production in human natural killer cells21
Bassoon controls synaptic vesicle release via regulation of presynaptic phosphorylation and cAMP21
Metabolic routing maintains the unique fatty acid composition of phosphoinositides21
Impaired activation of transposable elements in SARS‐CoV‐2 infection21
Threatened forests20
Metabolic plasticity sustains the robustness of Caenorhabditis elegans embryogenesis20
RAB11A and RAB11B control mitotic spindle function in intestinal epithelial progenitor cells20
Constricted migration is associated with stable 3D genome structure differences in cancer cells20
A short history of beer brewing20
The fate of surplus laboratory animals20
Lysosomal K+ channel TMEM175 promotes apoptosis and aggravates symptoms of Parkinson's disease20
FTO negatively regulates the cytotoxic activity of natural killer cells20
Losing bigly20
Immune–epithelial cell cross‐talk enhances antiviral responsiveness to SARS‐CoV‐2 in children20
The structure of fly Teneurin‐m reveals an asymmetric self‐assembly that allows expansion into zippers20
Retrotransposon insertions associated with risk of neurologic and psychiatric diseases20
Scratching the ocean surface20
Extracellular vesicles from malaria‐infected red blood cells: not all are secreted equal19
The P4‐ATPase Drs2 interacts with and stabilizes the multisubunit tethering complex TRAPPIII in yeast19
UBQLN2 and HSP70 participate in Parkin‐mediated mitophagy by facilitating outer mitochondrial membrane rupture19
A20 controls RANK‐dependent osteoclast formation and bone physiology19
Cryo‐EM structure of the octameric pore of Clostridium perfringens β‐toxin19
Nsp16 shields SARS–CoV‐2 from efficient MDA5 sensing and IFIT1‐mediated restriction19
Loss of renal tubular G9a benefits acute kidney injury by lowering focal lipid accumulation via CES118
ABCB‐mediated shootward auxin transport feeds into the root clock18
Loss of primary cilia promotes inflammation and carcinogenesis18
A congenital hydrocephalus‐causing mutation in Trim71 induces stem cell defects via inhibiting Lsd1 mRNA translation18
A quantitative fluorescence‐based approach to study mitochondrial protein import18
The piano and the pianist17
Histone remodeling reflects conserved mechanisms of bovine and human preimplantation development17
LTK and ALK promote neuronal polarity and cortical migration by inhibiting IGF1R activity17
A dual‐function SNF2 protein drives chromatid resolution and nascent transcript removal in mitosis17
Legionella‐ and host‐driven lipid flux at LCV‐ER membrane contact sites promotes vacuole remodeling17
Dynamic chromosomal interactions and control of heterochromatin positioning by Ki‐6717
Pseudomonas aeruginosa LecB suppresses immune responses by inhibiting transendothelial migration17
The nucleolar protein GNL3 prevents resection of stalled replication forks17
Let's bring games into university classrooms17
Cohesin contributes to transcriptional repression of stage‐specific genes in the human malaria parasite17
CTCF shapes chromatin structure and gene expression in health and disease17
UNC13D inhibits STING signaling by attenuating its oligomerization on the endoplasmic reticulum17
Reconsidering editorial consideration17
CIP2A deficiency promotes depression‐like behaviors in mice through inhibition of dendritic arborization17
Dynamics of SLC25A51 reveal preference for oxidized NAD+ and substrate led transport16
C9orf72 protein quality control by UBR5‐mediated heterotypic ubiquitin chains16
Reverse electron transfer is activated during aging and contributes to aging and age‐related disease16
Functional platelet‐derived mitochondria induce the release of human neutrophil microvesicles16
Paraspeckles interact with SWI/SNF subunit ARID1B to regulate transcription and splicing16
PcEiger links the Imd/Relish pathway to ROS production in the intestine of the red swamp crayfish16
Molecular mechanisms of TWIST1‐regulated transcription in EMT and cancer metastasis16
Intervention16
Structural insights into the assembly and activation of the IL‐27 signaling complex16
Stalking the link between reproduction and aging16
From pollutant to powerhouse16
SIRT3‐dependent delactylation of cyclin E2 prevents hepatocellular carcinoma growth16
ER‐mitochondria contacts and cholesterol metabolism are disrupted by disease‐associated tau protein15
LRH‐1/NR5A2 interacts with the glucocorticoid receptor to regulate glucocorticoid resistance15
Local and systemic effects of microbiome‐derived metabolites15
A novel stem cell type at the basal side of the subventricular zone maintains adult neurogenesis15
53BP1‐mediated recruitment of RASSF1A to ribosomal DNA breaks promotes local ATM signaling15
Sphingosine‐1‐phosphate controls endothelial sphingolipid homeostasis via ORMDL15
Orchestrating vesicular and nonvesicular membrane dynamics by intrinsically disordered proteins15
Dissecting the cotranscriptome landscape of plants and their microbiota15
Late‐termination of pregnancy for medical reasons: when abortion isn’t really by choice15
Interferon‐induced transmembrane protein 3 (IFITM3) limits lethality of SARS‐CoV‐2 in mice15
Presynaptic cGMP sets synaptic strength in the striatum and is important for motor learning15
O‐GlcNAcylation promotes topoisomerase IIα catalytic activity in breast cancer chemoresistance15
A CcdB toxin‐derived peptide acts as a broad‐spectrum antibacterial therapeutic in infected mice15
The cost of living15
Something new under the sun: caspases promote cell survival under moderate heat stress15
Open Access for Open Science15
The plant FYVE domain‐containing protein FREE1 associates with microprocessor components to repress miRNA biogenesis15
(Free) Creative Commons content on the internet is not so free after all15
Cognition: from the cosmos down to molecules – and back14
LINC00493‐encoded microprotein SMIM26 exerts anti‐metastatic activity in renal cell carcinoma14
TRAPPC1 is essential for the maintenance and differentiation of common myeloid progenitors in mice14
MIRO‐1 interacts with VDAC‐1 to regulate mitochondrial membrane potential in Caenorhabditis elegans14
Old and newly synthesized histones are asymmetrically distributed in Drosophila intestinal stem cell divisions14
Interferon‐mediated repression of miR‐324‐5p potentiates necroptosis to facilitate antiviral defense14
M1AP interacts with the mammalian ZZS complex and promotes male meiotic recombination14
How to avoid mistakes in science publications14
The fountain of youth of mitochondrial research14
Modernising biomedical research: advancing with nonanimal models14
MARCH5 promotes STING pathway activation by suppressing polymer formation of oxidized STING14
Autophagic state prospectively identifies facultative stem cells in the intestinal epithelium14
Rassf7a promotes spinal cord regeneration and controls spindle orientation in neural progenitor cells14
Genome‐wide association and environmental suppression of the mortal germline phenotype of wild C. elegans14
T cell‐dependent bispecific antibodies alter organ‐specific endothelial cell–T cell interaction14
Mitigating the ecological collapse of coral reef ecosystems14
Desert plants to stop desertification14
The polyA tail facilitates splicing of last introns with weak 3′ splice sites via PABPN114
Low hanging fruit for combatting SARS‐CoV‐2?14
Inhibition of ATM kinase rescues planarian regeneration after lethal radiation14
The mechanosensitive TRPV2 calcium channel promotes human melanoma invasiveness and metastatic potential14
Antiviral activity of the human endogenous retrovirus‐R envelope protein against SARS‐CoV‐213
Jag2b‐Notch3/1b‐mediated neuron‐to‐glia crosstalk controls retinal gliogenesis13
Asexuality in Drosophila juvenile males is organizational and independent of juvenile hormone13
Spindle assembly checkpoint insensitivity allows meiosis‐II despite chromosomal defects in aged eggs13
Calculation of ATP production rates using the Seahorse XF Analyzer13
Tetraspanner‐based nanodomains modulate BAR domain‐induced membrane curvature13
Regulation of cohesin‐mediated chromosome folding by PDS5 in mammals13
The Preprint Club13
RAB6 and dynein drive post‐Golgi apical transport to prevent neuronal progenitor delamination13
In viral games, refs go to the replay13
Science after Brexit: bright spots on the Horizon?13
Glycolytic Pfkp acts as a Lin41 protein kinase to promote endodermal differentiation of embryonic stem cells12
A force balance model for a cell size‐dependent meiotic nuclear oscillation in fission yeast12
A gene subset requires CTCF bookmarking during the fast post‐mitotic reactivation of mouse ES cells12
MYB sustains hypoxic survival of pancreatic cancer cells by facilitating metabolic reprogramming12
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