Nature Immunology

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(The median citation count of Nature 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)
ArticleCitations
Glucocorticoids initiate regulatory T cell and stem-cell crosstalk to grow new hair955
Long-term study of the human memory B cell pool reveals high stability and recurrent plasmablasts683
Inflammatory macrophages625
Thomas Alexander Waldmann (1930–2021)607
Bound to be perfect: Lck and T cell co-receptors477
Cancer immunology leads the way438
Robust mucosal SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells effectively combat COVID-19 and establish polyfunctional resident memory in patient lungs412
Author Correction: Dual blockade of IL-10 and PD-1 leads to control of SIV viral rebound following analytical treatment interruption374
Mellower with age324
ETS1 is a key transcription factor that drives RANKL-expressing, tissue-destructive fibroblasts315
Exhausted intratumoral Vδ2− γδ T cells in human kidney cancer retain effector function295
Excess lipids on endosomes dictate NLRP3 localization and inflammasome activation288
Distinct metabolic requirements regulate B cell activation and germinal center responses278
Global and cell type-specific immunological hallmarks of severe dengue progression identified via a systems immunology approach278
Innate lymphoid cells and cancer268
pH sensing controls tissue inflammation by modulating cellular metabolism and endo-lysosomal function of immune cells261
Check(point) yourself before you wreck yourself in tumors248
Dangerous liaisons228
Sensing DCs224
Epigenetic checkpoints regulate the fate and function of CAR-T cells196
Macrophage IRX3 promotes diet-induced obesity and metabolic inflammation194
Vaccine-induced memory180
MHC-II heterozygosity limits type 1 diabetes susceptibility through negative selection167
Mast cell migration and organization in tissues depend on integrin–ECM interactions159
Promise and complexity of lupus mouse models153
TCF-1 mediates chromatin intermingling during T cell development153
Anecdotes from the pandemic148
High energy, high function147
Disease trajectories141
Delivering retinol137
When ceramides meet immune senescence, a GIMAP5 connection136
A virtual memory CD8+ T cell-originated subset causes alopecia areata through innate-like cytotoxicity136
The COVID-19 immunology masterclass enters its fourth year129
Bispecific antiviral neutralizing antibodies are twice as nice128
Sex differences are skin deep128
Mitochondrial dysfunction in the erythroid compartment127
Effector and stem-like memory cell fates are imprinted in distinct lymph node niches directed by CXCR3 ligands127
Genomic map of inflammatory blood proteins123
Mitochondria controls TH17 cells122
Imprinting tissue immunity122
New functions for basophils identified in kidney fibrosis121
Human and mouse peritoneal macrophages and dendritic cells compared120
Pan-vaccine analysis reveals innate immune endotypes predictive of antibody responses to vaccination118
The delivery device of SARS-CoV-2 mucosal vaccine matters116
Inflammatory blood clots115
Genomic map of the cellular composition of the tumor microenvironment114
Recreating immune and epithelial interactions in organoids113
Modulating RNF41113
Working towards diversity in the immunology research community109
CD8+ TRM cells in perpetual motion108
CTLA-4 nanobody stops colitis104
Antigen-presenting CAFs102
Creating ATP via creatine kinase B for NLRP3 activation101
Resident memory T cells develop regional dialects100
Viral protein activates the NLRP1 inflammasome100
Maladaptive consequences of inflammatory events shape individual immune identity99
Stepwise chromatin and transcriptional acquisition of an intraepithelial lymphocyte program99
Vaccination reduces central nervous system IL-1β and memory deficits after COVID-19 in mice98
Stem-like T cells are associated with the pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis in humans97
Editorial Expression of Concern: The threshold pattern of calcineurin-dependent gene expression is altered by loss of the endogenous inhibitor calcipressin97
Plasmacytoid dendritic cells turn red!97
T cell exhaustion—a memory locked behind scars94
Keeping neonatal intestines happy94
Functional T cell tolerance by peripheral tissue-based checkpoint control93
Gene-by-environment regulation of Kupffer cell transcriptomes and epigenomes92
Natural mouse microbes transiently block innate responses to allergens92
Immunological signature91
Regulators of placental antibody transfer through a modeling lens91
A longitudinal single-cell atlas of anti-tumour necrosis factor treatment in inflammatory bowel disease91
DNA-sensing pathways in health, autoinflammatory and autoimmune diseases90
IL-1α in aging tumors90
Pathogenic T cells in post-viral lung disease in mice89
Weak enhancer allows autoactivation of Irf8 to control cDC1 versus cDC2 lineage commitment87
Itaconate isomers add complexity85
Two CTLA-4 ligands, separate pHates85
Alternative platelet differentiation pathways initiated by nonhierarchically related hematopoietic stem cells84
Transposon-triggered innate immune response confers cancer resistance to the blind mole rat83
New fibroblast network connections support lymphocytic cellular service82
Two-birds-one-stone approach to combine protein and mRNA vaccines for COVID-1982
Orthogonal engineering of synthetic T cell states to enhance cancer immunotherapy81
Glucocorticoid signaling and regulatory T cells cooperate to maintain the hair-follicle stem-cell niche79
100 years of antibody solitude in TB78
PI3Kγ in B cells promotes antibody responses and generation of antibody-secreting cells78
Modulating bone marrow niches76
Tpt1 the balance toward immunosuppression upon cell death75
Fructose sweetens antitumor responses74
Stuart Schlossman (1935–2023)74
A common activator of tissue-remodeling fibroblasts across tissues74
Spatial proteomics of tumor microenvironments reveal why location matters74
A nasal vaccine elicits protective CD8+ T cell immunity against antigen shifted SARS-CoV-2 virus73
Complement profile73
Clonal succession after prolonged antiretroviral therapy rejuvenates CD8+ T cell responses against HIV-172
Immunity after SARS-CoV-2 infections72
Phenotype and specificity of lung T cell responses correlate with outcome in SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia71
Ironman training for NK cells71
Trained immunity across organs70
SALL1 enforces microglia-specific DNA binding and function of SMADs to establish microglia identity70
Distinctive evolution of alveolar T cell responses is associated with clinical outcomes in unvaccinated patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia69
A TNIP1-driven systemic autoimmune disorder with elevated IgG469
BRWD1 orchestrates small pre-B cell chromatin topology by converting static to dynamic cohesin68
Genetic determinants of mannose-binding lectin activity predispose to thromboembolic complications in critical COVID-1968
Living the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Turkey67
Hallmarks of T cell aging66
Extracellular vesicles in immunomodulation and tumor progression65
Inflammasomes and adaptive immune responses65
The astrocyte-produced growth factor HB-EGF limits autoimmune CNS pathology65
BACH2 enforces the transcriptional and epigenetic programs of stem-like CD8+ T cells65
Nurture over nature for old antitumor T cells64
CTLA-4 tail fusion enhances CAR-T antitumor immunity64
Wnt–β-catenin as an epigenetic switcher in colonic Treg cells63
Memory B cell subsets have divergent developmental origins that are coupled to distinct imprinted epigenetic states63
Apoptotic contraction drives target cell release by cytotoxic T cells62
Mucosal-associated invariant T cells restrict reactive oxidative damage and preserve meningeal barrier integrity and cognitive function62
Single-cell analysis of human MAIT cell transcriptional, functional and clonal diversity61
OCT2 pre-positioning facilitates cell fate transition and chromatin architecture changes in humoral immunity61
The multiple myeloma microenvironment is defined by an inflammatory stromal cell landscape61
Bispecific antibodies promote natural killer cell-mediated elimination of HIV-1 reservoir cells61
FOXP1 and KLF2 reciprocally regulate checkpoints of stem-like to effector transition in CAR T cells61
X-CHIME enables combinatorial, inducible, lineage-specific and sequential knockout of genes in the immune system60
Rebalancing TGFβ1/BMP signals in exhausted T cells unlocks responsiveness to immune checkpoint blockade therapy60
Hierarchical regulation of the resting and activated T cell epigenome by major transcription factor families60
T cells drive aging of the brain59
Inducing trained immunity in pro-metastatic macrophages to control tumor metastasis57
PD-L1–PD-1 interactions limit effector regulatory T cell populations at homeostasis and during infection57
PD-1 directed immunotherapy alters Tfh and humoral immune responses to seasonal influenza vaccine56
KSHV-encoded ORF45 activates human NLRP1 inflammasome55
Epithelial Nlrp10 inflammasome mediates protection against intestinal autoinflammation55
TREM2 macrophages drive NK cell paucity and dysfunction in lung cancer55
Mitochondrial damage activates the NLRP10 inflammasome54
PD-1 and CD73 on naive CD4+ T cells synergistically limit responses to self54
Shared and distinct biological circuits in effector, memory and exhausted CD8+ T cells revealed by temporal single-cell transcriptomics and epigenetics53
Pyroptotic corpses are flagged by filopodia to alert dendritic cells53
Defining blood-induced microglia functions in neurodegeneration through multiomic profiling53
Innate immune cells link dietary cues to normal and abnormal metabolic regulation53
Divergent clonal differentiation trajectories of T cell exhaustion53
Past interactions of T cells with antigens shape CAR T cell responses53
The T cell immune response against SARS-CoV-252
Antibody-independent protection against heterologous SARS-CoV-2 challenge conferred by prior infection or vaccination52
Affinity gaps among B cells in germinal centers drive the selection of MPER precursors52
The complexity of immune evasion mechanisms throughout the metastatic cascade52
LAG3 associates with TCR–CD3 complexes and suppresses signaling by driving co-receptor–Lck dissociation52
SLE B cells take an extrafollicular detour after mRNA vaccination52
Skin and gut imprinted helper T cell subsets exhibit distinct functional phenotypes in central nervous system autoimmunity51
Astrocyte-targeted gene delivery of interleukin 2 specifically increases brain-resident regulatory T cell numbers and protects against pathological neuroinflammation51
Epigenetic scars of CD8+ T cell exhaustion persist after cure of chronic infection in humans51
Nociceptor-immune interactomes reveal insult-specific immune signatures of pain50
NgR1 is an NK cell inhibitory receptor that destabilizes the immunological synapse50
Regulatory T cells function in established systemic inflammation and reverse fatal autoimmunity49
Loss of the intracellular enzyme QPCTL limits chemokine function and reshapes myeloid infiltration to augment tumor immunity49
From denial to hope: Brazil deals with a prolonged COVID-19 epidemic course49
Jmjd1c demethylates STAT3 to restrain plasma cell differentiation and rheumatoid arthritis49
Type 2 cytokines in the thymus activate Sirpα+ dendritic cells to promote clonal deletion48
Recruitment and activation of type 3 innate lymphoid cells promote antitumor immune responses48
tRNA methylation — a new level of control for T cell immunity48
The Immunological Proteome Resource47
Wnt–β-catenin activation epigenetically reprograms Treg cells in inflammatory bowel disease and dysplastic progression47
The role of recruitment versus training in influenza-induced lasting changes to alveolar macrophage function47
Autoantibodies against chemokines post-SARS-CoV-2 infection correlate with disease course47
Microbiota shape tumor immunity47
Direct presentation of inflammation-associated self-antigens by thymic innate-like T cells induces elimination of autoreactive CD8+ thymocytes46
Mechanisms of myeloid cell entry to the healthy and diseased central nervous system46
The ubiquitin ligase MDM2 sustains STAT5 stability to control T cell-mediated antitumor immunity46
An immunodominant NP105–113-B*07:02 cytotoxic T cell response controls viral replication and is associated with less severe COVID-19 disease46
Altered ISGylation drives aberrant macrophage-dependent immune responses during SARS-CoV-2 infection45
Clonal structure, stability and dynamics of human memory B cells and circulating plasmablasts45
Ammonia detoxification promotes CD8+ T cell memory development by urea and citrulline cycles45
The neuroimmunology of social-stress-induced sensitization44
Lactation-associated macrophages exist in murine mammary tissue and human milk44
Distinct changes in endosomal composition promote NLRP3 inflammasome activation44
The volume-regulated anion channel LRRC8C suppresses T cell function by regulating cyclic dinucleotide transport and STING–p53 signaling44
PI16+ reticular cells in human palatine tonsils govern T cell activity in distinct subepithelial niches44
SHP-2 and PD-1-SHP-2 signaling regulate myeloid cell differentiation and antitumor responses43
Heme catabolism by tumor-associated macrophages controls metastasis formation43
Decoding the tumor microenvironment with spatial technologies43
Deletion of PD-1 destabilizes the lineage identity and metabolic fitness of tumor-infiltrating regulatory T cells43
Mitochondrial aspartate regulates TNF biogenesis and autoimmune tissue inflammation43
Human TH17 cells engage gasdermin E pores to release IL-1α on NLRP3 inflammasome activation43
Multimodal single-cell datasets characterize antigen-specific CD8+ T cells across SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and infection42
Analysis of brain and blood single-cell transcriptomics in acute and subacute phases after experimental stroke42
Circadian control of tumor immunosuppression affects efficacy of immune checkpoint blockade42
APOE4 impairs the microglial response in Alzheimer’s disease by inducing TGFβ-mediated checkpoints42
BCG vaccination stimulates integrated organ immunity by feedback of the adaptive immune response to imprint prolonged innate antiviral resistance42
ZBTB46 coordinates angiogenesis and immunity to control tumor outcome41
Transcriptomic analysis of intestine following administration of a transglutaminase 2 inhibitor to prevent gluten-induced intestinal damage in celiac disease41
TCF1–LEF1 co-expression identifies a multipotent progenitor cell (TH2-MPP) across human allergic diseases41
Author Correction: Molecular mechanisms of lineage decisions in metabolite-specific T cells40
Author Correction: Robust SARS-CoV-2-specific T cell immunity is maintained at 6 months following primary infection40
Author Correction: The NK cell granule protein NKG7 regulates cytotoxic granule exocytosis and inflammation40
Author Correction: Macrophage function in adipose tissue homeostasis and metabolic inflammation40
ILC1s control leukemia stem cell fate and limit development of AML40
Publisher Correction: Fiber-poor Western diets fuel inflammation40
Publisher Correction: Effect of posttranslational modifications and subclass on IgG activity: from immunity to immunotherapy39
Author Correction: Genetics of circulating inflammatory proteins identifies drivers of immune-mediated disease risk and therapeutic targets39
Author Correction: Dynamic regulation of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α activity is essential for normal B cell development39
Author Correction: Epigenetic scarring of exhausted T cells hinders memory differentiation upon eliminating chronic antigenic stimulation39
Charting granulopoietic disturbances in sepsis39
Nanotech unveils cytokine traces in post-COVID cardiovascular complications38
Publisher Correction: Human early-onset dementia caused by DAP12 deficiency reveals a unique signature of dysregulated microglia38
Profound phenotypic and epigenetic heterogeneity of the HIV-1-infected CD4+ T cell reservoir38
Next-generation combination approaches for immune checkpoint therapy38
Author Correction: Mucosal vaccine-induced cross-reactive CD8+ T cells protect against SARS-CoV-2 XBB.1.5 respiratory tract infection38
Epithelial cells remove precancerous cells by cell competition via MHC class I–LILRB3 interaction38
3D imaging of the synovium defines an immune defense system at the blood–joint barrier38
NIAID workshop on T cell technologies37
Macrophage function in adipose tissue homeostasis and metabolic inflammation37
In vivo CRISPR screens reveal the landscape of immune evasion pathways across cancer37
Author Correction: T cell egress via lymphatic vessels is tuned by antigen encounter and limits tumor control37
Hypoxia shapes the immune landscape in lung injury and promotes the persistence of inflammation36
Transmission of trained immunity and heterologous resistance to infections across generations36
The X-linked epigenetic regulator UTX controls NK cell-intrinsic sex differences36
Author Correction: Selenium–GPX4 axis protects follicular helper T cells from ferroptosis36
Inflating the role of stromal cells in CD8+ T cell memory36
Reply to: ‘Lack of evidence for intergenerational inheritance of immune resistance to infections’36
Publisher Correction: Human memory B cells show plasticity and adopt multiple fates upon recall response to SARS-CoV-236
Anti-fungal role for type I IFN as dectin-1 triggers non-pathogenic TH17 cell development36
New Zealand’s science-led response to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic35
Human immune diversity: from evolution to modernity35
Tipping the balance in CD4+ T cells35
Signature cytokine-associated transcriptome analysis of effector γδ T cells identifies subset-specific regulators of peripheral activation34
Dual blockade of IL-10 and PD-1 leads to control of SIV viral rebound following analytical treatment interruption34
Deactylation by SIRT1 enables liquid–liquid phase separation of IRF3/IRF7 in innate antiviral immunity34
Temporal profiling of human lymphoid tissues reveals coordinated defense against viral challenge33
Differential roles of human CD4+ and CD8+ regulatory T cells in controlling self-reactive immune responses33
ImmunOctoberfest reloaded33
Single-cell profiling of the immune landscape across the human lifespan33
The epitranscriptional factor PCIF1 orchestrates CD8+ T cell ferroptosis and activation to control antitumor immunity33
Distinct functions of CD4+ and CD8+ regulatory T cells in autoimmunity33
Progressively differentiated TFH13 cells are stabilized by JunB to mediate allergen germinal center responses33
Fighting the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic requires a global approach to understanding the heterogeneity of vaccine responses32
Lack of evidence for intergenerational inheritance of immune resistance to infections31
Macrophages set the bar for acute pain sensitivity30
Intratumoral follicular regulatory T cells curtail anti-PD-1 treatment efficacy30
An epithelial cell-derived metabolite tunes immunoglobulin A secretion by gut-resident plasma cells30
The endogenous repertoire harbors self-reactive CD4+ T cell clones that adopt a follicular helper T cell-like phenotype at steady state30
γδ stress detectors29
A distinct subtype of stromal cell orchestrates the inflammatory response to tissue injury29
IL-27 gives a good gut feeling about immune regulation29
Reversing T cell immunity reveals the basis for T cell lineage fate determination28
Understanding serial killers28
Mapping brain–immune interactions in ischemic stroke28
Controlling TRM differentiation28
Immune imprinting28
Linking the allergy epidemic to climate change28
IFN response depletes serotonin28
Neuroimmunology, women scientists and dogma28
IL-3 worsens MS28
Generation of a novel synthetic CD8+ T cell state that leads to tumor control in mice27
Joost J. Oppenheim (1934–2022)27
Resilient brains run out of (c)GAS27
Thymus mimetic cells27
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