Nature Reviews Immunology

Papers
(The median citation count of Nature Reviews Immunology is 2. 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
IgA selects for fit, peace-loving fungi938
The mole rat’s secret to cancer resistance759
Author Correction: Strategies for HIV-1 vaccines that induce broadly neutralizing antibodies641
The danger theory of immunity revisited625
Natural killer cells that target autoimmune cells linked with protection against multiple sclerosis586
Heart failure affects innate immune memory508
Comparing neurological complications after COVID-19 vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 infection501
Regulation goes awry in the liver470
Lymphocytes in lockdown459
Early life antibiotics have lasting effects on the lung epithelium449
Vaccines only partially protect against Long COVID442
Viral infection and antiviral immunity in the oral cavity431
Decoding the human prenatal immune system with single-cell multi-omics370
Human immune organoids: a tool to study vaccine responses357
The immunology of asthma and chronic rhinosinusitis357
Challenges in developing personalized neoantigen cancer vaccines323
Muscle spindle macrophages regulate motor coordination316
The precursors of CD8+ tissue resident memory T cells: from lymphoid organs to infected tissues315
Regulation of cGAS–STING signalling and its diversity of cellular outcomes309
Broadly neutralizing antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 and other human coronaviruses296
Stressed tumours release immunosuppressive vesicles289
Omicron alone provides limited cross-protection288
Gut commensals promote antiviral immunity via extracellular vesicles270
Targeting malaria transmission265
Encouraging vaccine uptake: lessons from behavioural science261
Lessons from vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia257
Human T follicular regulatory cells with helper and regulatory lineage origins252
The distinctive immune features of long COVID237
Neutrophils are dispensable for Shigella control: macrophages take centre stage233
B cells in central nervous system disease: diversity, locations and pathophysiology231
Novel insights into the immune response to bacterial T cell superantigens228
The NLR gene family: from discovery to present day223
A guide to adaptive immune memory221
Antiviral neutralizing antibodies: from in vitro to in vivo activity213
How bile acids and the microbiota interact to shape host immunity211
Mechanistic insights from inflammasome structures210
Salt sensitivity includes effects on immune cell signalling and metabolism208
Blood neutrophil subset predicts the success of immune checkpoint inhibitors in cancer208
The cancer-immune dialogue in the context of stress207
Mapping the developmental trajectory and recruitment of memory-phenotype Ly49+CD8+ T cells206
Adaptive meets innate: CD8+ T cells kill MHC-I-negative tumour cells205
APOL1 variants contribute to racial disparity in sepsis201
Splenic stromal niches in homeostasis and immunity196
Spatial adaptation of eosinophils and their emerging roles in homeostasis, infection and disease185
T cell–eosinophil collaboration179
You are what you ate: myeloid cells trained by fatty acids178
Bile duct tuft cells regulate immune defences176
Online immunology education for a global world167
Author Correction: SARS-CoV-2 and HIV-1 – A Tale of Two Vaccines161
Cross reactive T cells hold up against Omicron161
Author Correction: Perivascular macrophages in health and disease157
The kiss a cell can’t forget: tracking cell–cell interactions with uLIPSTIC150
The OrganiX microfluidic system to recreate the complex tumour microenvironment149
The germinal centre B cell response to SARS-CoV-2147
Defective viral genomes can protect against SARS-CoV-2 variants and other respiratory viruses142
Mechanistic insights into Long COVID in hamsters139
Feeding IgA+ plasma cells139
Bacteria in tumours promote cancer progression137
JAKs drive innate-like TH9 cell activation in allergy137
Negative regulation of fungal immunity by STING134
Spatial resolution of host–microbiome interactions133
An ILC3-intrinsic, CTLA4-dependent intestinal checkpoint131
Low risk of CAR T cells going rogue127
Neutrophils make matrix to fortify barrier immunity125
The immunopathogenesis of narcolepsy type 1120
Author Correction: Cancer cell metabolism and antitumour immunity118
Monocytes rule energy metabolism with an iron fist114
Lessons in self-defence: inhibition of virus entry by intrinsic immunity113
Olfactory immunology: the missing piece in airway and CNS defence113
Monkeypox: disease epidemiology, host immunity and clinical interventions113
The biology of TREM receptors111
A guide to antigen processing and presentation108
Strategies for HIV-1 vaccines that induce broadly neutralizing antibodies108
The interplay of immunology and cachexia in infection and cancer108
Author Correction: Immune dysregulation and immunopathology induced by SARS-CoV-2 and related coronaviruses — are we our own worst enemy?107
Foetal sex affects maternal and placental immune responses to SARS-CoV-2106
T cells target viral protein to remove senescent fibroblasts106
Rejuvenation through checkpoint inhibitors?97
Guardians of immune privilege96
mRNA vaccine for treating pancreatic cancer96
Commensal fungi support granulocyte development96
Immune cells freeze in response to stress signalling96
Publisher Correction: Immunological studies in trans-individuals undergoing gender affirming hormone therapy95
Podoplanin mediates stromal–immune crosstalk in the lymph node92
We need to keep an eye on avian influenza89
Local immune recognition of trophoblast in early human pregnancy: controversies and questions88
The regulation and differentiation of regulatory T cells and their dysfunction in autoimmune diseases87
MR1 antigen presentation to MAIT cells and other MR1-restricted T cells87
Immune-mediated inflammatory disease therapeutics: past, present and future86
DNA damage and repair in age-related inflammation85
Early antiviral type I interferon impairs lung metastasis84
Glomerulonephritis: immunopathogenesis and immunotherapy84
Turning on anti-tumour T cells via MTAP82
Bacterial serotonin induces Treg cells in neonates82
Pollution impairs lung defences with age81
Immune epigenome77
Hypoxia and IL-24 drive a sterile wound healing pathway76
CODEX multiplexed tissue imaging71
Neutralizing autoantibodies against type 1 interferons identified in West Nile virus encephalitis71
γδ T cells sense disturbance69
Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 linked to HLA-B*15:0168
Boosting cytotoxic T cells for immunotherapy68
Microbiota licenses protective CD8+ T cell responses against neonatal influenza67
Actin branching maintains tissue-resident mast cells65
A billion-year-old mechanism of innate immunity uncovered64
Integrated organ immunity: a path to a universal vaccine62
Insights into immune cell–fibroblast communication in heart disease61
The renaissance of oral tolerance: merging tradition and new insights61
Lung-resident memory B cells class-switch to IgE61
Defining myeloid-derived suppressor cells60
Using cross-species vaccination approaches to counter emerging infectious diseases59
Beyond neutralization: Fc-dependent antibody effector functions in SARS-CoV-2 infection58
Understanding human mast cells: lesson from therapies for allergic and non-allergic diseases58
IL-17 and IL-17-producing cells in protection versus pathology57
First glimpses into the mechanisms of Long COVID56
Effect of prenatal stress on the developing brain55
B cell-derived acetylcholine curbs haematopoiesis55
Immunology of food aversion54
The autoinflammatory disease APLAID is driven by G-CSF51
The epigenetic ghost of infections past50
Defining the TH17 cell lineage50
Author Correction: The immunology of long COVID49
Mitochondria in monocyte-derived cells promote tissue damage in multiple sclerosis48
A pan-cancer signature for dysfunctional T cells48
Boosting glymphatic drainage via adrenergic receptor inhibition protects the injured brain47
When ‘mild’ COVID-19 is not so mild47
Inflammatory rewiring46
Bacteria tag tumours for CAR T cell attack45
NMDAR-directed CAAR T cells show promise for autoimmune encephalitis45
PerturbView: scalable image-based perturbation screens in cells and tissues44
Trogocytosis challenges the cellular specificity of lineage markers and monoclonal antibodies44
Disturbance of cytoskeleton primes RIG-I-like receptors37
Modified uridines are the key to a successful message37
Understanding COVID-19-associated coagulopathy36
Modelling vaccination strategies for COVID-1935
Role of thymic stromal lymphopoietin in allergy and beyond35
The role of transcription factors in shaping regulatory T cell identity34
TCF1 in T cell immunity: a broadened frontier33
SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy33
The role of galectins in immunity and infection32
The role of T cells in age-related diseases32
How the immune system shapes atherosclerosis: roles of innate and adaptive immunity31
Transposon-derived decoy fine-tunes IFN responses30
Linking Epstein-Barr virus infection to multiple sclerosis30
CARD8 kills CD4+ T cells in response to HIV entry29
Targeting ER stress sensor restores immunogenicity of chemotherapy29
Inclusion of ACKR5 in the systematic nomenclature of atypical chemokine receptors29
Macrophages bordering the brain parenchyma regulate the flow of cerebrospinal fluid29
Disentangling the relative importance of T cell responses in COVID-19: leading actors or supporting cast?29
Author Correction: The role of platelets in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases29
The diversity of CD8+ T cell dysfunction in cancer and viral infection29
Human ILC2s can act as cytolytic killers27
Unconventional T cells shape tissue-specific lymph node responses27
CRISPR screens for functional interrogation of immunity27
Obesity-associated autoreactivity26
Focusing on the correct gene signatures for SLE26
Comparing paediatric COVID-19 with MIS-C26
Regulation of innate-like activities of neonatal CD8+ T cells25
Osteoblast-derived ATP maintains bone marrow plasma cells25
Macrophage quality control of HSCs25
Meningeal MAIT cells preserve brain homeostasis24
Publisher Correction: Inflammasome components as new therapeutic targets in inflammatory disease23
Signal length not strength guides T cell fate23
Gremlin neighbours for DCs22
Oral mucosa atlas22
Cardiometabolic syndrome — an emergent feature of Long COVID?21
Detecting future coronavirus pandemics21
STAT5A antagonizes TOX in CD8+ T cell exhaustion20
Resolving inflammation20
Engaging innate immunity in HIV-1 cure strategies19
Inflammasome activation at the crux of severe COVID-1919
Roles of natural killer cells in immunity to cancer, and applications to immunotherapy19
Squeeze to arm18
DDX17 identified as inflammasome sensor for retrotransposon RNA18
Rethinking pDCs: a questionable ally in immunity?18
The impact of pre-existing cross-reactive immunity on SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccine responses18
A skull bone marrow niche for antitumour neutrophils in glioblastoma18
Obesity amplifies TH17-type pathology in atopic diseases18
Opportunities and challenges for T cell-based influenza vaccines17
‘Bedside’ observations challenge aspects of the ‘epithelial barrier hypothesis’17
Membrane organization by tetraspanins and galectins shapes lymphocyte function17
Sleep deprivation whips up cytokine storm17
Redefining our vision: an updated guide to the ocular immune system16
Allergen immunotherapy: past, present and future16
Fired up in the bone marrow16
Lessons from Long COVID: working with patients to design better research15
Engineered γδ T cells show promise in bone tumours15
Neutrophils hit reverse in ageing15
Bacteria form unique biofilms to kill immune cells15
Immune control of brain physiology15
Resident tissue macrophages maintain intraocular pressure by regulating extracellular matrix homeostasis14
Aspirin helps T cells to stop cancer spread13
Fever affects T cell fate13
Author Correction: The effect of physical exercise on anticancer immunity13
Neutrophils release inflammation-resolving vesicles13
Bone marrow inflammation in haematological malignancies13
The impact of Plasmodium-driven immunoregulatory networks on immunity to malaria12
Brief blockade of type I IFN increases CD8+ T cell memory12
Cytokines target distinct brain areas to modulate behavioural responses11
Pain-sensing neurons calm the gut11
Omicron entry route11
Pan-sarbecovirus mAb protects from variants11
Clonal haematopoiesis and dysregulation of the immune system11
Defining the balance between optimal immunity and immunopathology in influenza virus infection11
The role of chromatin loop extrusion in antibody diversification11
Organoids identify a role for IL-7 in coeliac disease11
Cerebral dysfunctions caused by sepsis during ageing11
Trogocytosis of CARs depends on transmembrane domains10
Daughters forget, mothers remember10
T cell exhaustion: early or late in tumour progression?10
Tick-targeted mRNA vaccine to tackle disease transmission?10
Universal LIPSTIC: a new tool for decoding cellular interactions10
The immunology of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection: what are the key questions?10
Understanding COVID-19 in Africa9
A nuclear STING in the tail for canonical signalling9
Negative regulation of AHR essential for intestinal homeostasis9
Beyond exhaustion: the unique characteristics of CD8+ T cell dysfunction in chronic HBV infection9
Immunological factors linked to geographical variation in vaccine responses8
Magnesium: essential for T cells8
Immune ageing at single-cell resolution8
From TCR fundamental research to innovative chimeric antigen receptor design8
Interferon-γ: teammate or opponent in the tumour microenvironment?8
Assessing the generation of tissue resident memory T cells by vaccines8
Antitumour roles for antihistamines7
Orally delivered lactate-producing bacteria limit CNS autoimmunity7
Therapeutic induction of antigen-specific immune tolerance7
Dexamethasone restrains neutrophils in severe COVID-197
How to respond when biomedical science and global health is under existential threat6
Omicron, the great escape artist6
TGFβ control of immune responses in cancer: a holistic immuno-oncology perspective6
How neuroinflammation weakens muscles6
Macrophage commonalities across tissues and inflammation6
HDAC9 association with heart disease linked to NLRP3 inflammasome activation6
Insights from a 30-year journey: function, regulation and therapeutic modulation of PD16
Understanding vertebrate immunity through comparative immunology6
Clonal haematopoiesis-associated, age-related motor deficits caused by monocyte-derived microglia6
Time of day determines cancer immunotherapy response6
Understanding NK cell heterogeneity6
Myeloid cell-targeted therapies for solid tumours6
Low serotonin linked to long COVID6
Revealing T follicular helper cells with BCL66
Reindeer antlers model skin regeneration5
Metabolism as a driver of immunity5
IL-17A–HIF1α axis in epithelial wound repair5
Brief diet changes affect immunity5
Black In Immuno: harnessing social media and digital platforms to connect the dots5
SARS-CoV-2 and HIV-1 — a tale of two vaccines5
Rejuvenating an old immune system5
Fasting affects monocyte lifespan and migration5
An inter-organ neuro–immuno–endocrine circuit for glucose homeostasis5
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