Open Biology

Papers
(The median citation count of Open Biology is 5. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Wound healing: cellular mechanisms and pathological outcomes557
Cytokine storm and COVID-19: a chronicle of pro-inflammatory cytokines225
Anti-cancer peptides: classification, mechanism of action, reconstruction and modification127
Euglenozoa: taxonomy, diversity and ecology, symbioses and viruses104
Hallmarks of cancer—the new testament100
Higher-order organization of biomolecular condensates99
The rise and rise of mitochondrial DNA mutations89
Metarhizium: jack of all trades, master of many86
Bacterial chromosome segregation by the ParABS system77
KEAP1, a cysteine-based sensor and a drug target for the prevention and treatment of chronic disease68
Satellite cells in ageing: use it or lose it68
The origin of animals: an ancestral reconstruction of the unicellular-to-multicellular transition68
Expression of SARS-CoV-2 receptor ACE2 and the protease TMPRSS2 suggests susceptibility of the human embryo in the first trimester67
The centromere comes into focus: from CENP-A nucleosomes to kinetochore connections with the spindle63
To form and function: on the role of basement membrane mechanics in tissue development, homeostasis and disease61
Molecular mechanisms of olfactory detection in insects: beyond receptors59
Viral macrodomains: a structural and evolutionary assessment of the pharmacological potential59
Mechanisms of immune suppression by myeloid-derived suppressor cells: the role of interleukin-10 as a key immunoregulatory cytokine59
SARS-CoV-2 envelope protein topology in eukaryotic membranes54
Senescent cells and macrophages: key players for regeneration?51
An miRNA fingerprint using neural-enriched extracellular vesicles from blood plasma: towards a biomarker for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/motor neuron disease51
Black box of phage–bacterium interactions: exploring alternative phage infection strategies50
Walking the tight wire between cell adhesion and WNT signalling: a balancing act for β-catenin50
Fibro-adipogenic progenitors in skeletal muscle homeostasis, regeneration and diseases45
Ubiquitin–proteasome system and the role of its inhibitors in cancer therapy45
ADAMTS proteases in cardiovascular physiology and disease45
Therapeutic potential of astaxanthin and superoxide dismutase in Alzheimer's disease40
A duplicated amh is the master sex-determining gene for Sebastes rockfish in the Northwest Pacific40
Adipose tissue in health and disease39
Quantification of lactoyl-CoA (lactyl-CoA) by liquid chromatography mass spectrometry in mammalian cells and tissues39
Substrate recruitment by zDHHC protein acyltransferases39
Regulation of ecdysone production in Drosophila by neuropeptides and peptide hormones38
Role of antioxidants and a nutrient rich diet in Alzheimer's disease38
Intrinsically disordered proteins: modes of binding with emphasis on disordered domains37
Pathways shaping the mitochondrial inner membrane35
The evolutionary origins of the vertebrate olfactory system35
The intrinsically disorderly story of Ki-6733
Syndecan receptors: pericellular regulators in development and inflammatory disease31
Brain and testis: more alike than previously thought?30
What do editors do? Understanding the physiological functions of A-to-I RNA editing by adenosine deaminase acting on RNAs30
Modulators of calcium signalling at fertilization29
Molecular mechanisms behind mRNA localization in axons29
Schwann cell remyelination of the central nervous system: why does it happen and what are the benefits?29
Emerging evidence implicating a role for neurexins in neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders28
Phosphoglycerate kinase: structural aspects and functions, with special emphasis on the enzyme from Kinetoplastea28
The role of disorder in RNA binding affinity and specificity28
Repurposing of synaptonemal complex proteins for kinetochores in Kinetoplastida27
Release from cell cycle arrest with Cdk4/6 inhibitors generates highly synchronized cell cycle progression in human cell culture27
Progress towards non-small-cell lung cancer models that represent clinical evolutionary trajectories27
Molecular and functional characterization of somatostatin-type signalling in a deuterostome invertebrate26
How do the Fat–Dachsous and core planar polarity pathways act together and independently to coordinate polarized cell behaviours?26
Genome instability and loss of protein homeostasis: converging paths to neurodegeneration?26
A complete enzymatic capacity for biosynthesis of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 22 : 6n–3) exists in the marine Harpacticoida copepod Tigriopus californicus26
Darwin's bark spider shares a spidroin repertoire with Caerostris extrusa but achieves extraordinary silk toughness through gene expression26
The interesting relationship between APOBEC3 deoxycytidine deaminases and cancer: a long road ahead25
Endothelial cells, neutrophils and platelets: getting to the bottom of an inflammatory triangle25
Trypanosoma cruzi amastigotes that persist in the colon during chronic stage murine infections have a reduced replication rate25
A centriole's subdistal appendages: contributions to cell division, ciliogenesis and differentiation25
Protein S -palmitoylation in immunity24
Signalling through cerebral cavernous malformation protein networks24
Insight into m 6 A methylation from occurrence to functions24
The structure and function of deubiquitinases: lessons from budding yeast24
Endocrine cybernetics: neuropeptides as molecular switches in behavioural decisions24
Reversible bacteriophage resistance by shedding the bacterial cell wall24
Notch signalling in healthy and diseased vasculature24
Molecular insights into the powerful mucus-based adhesion of limpets ( Patella vulgata L.)23
SIRT7: a sentinel of genome stability23
Unravelling the mystery of female meiotic drive: where we are23
Viral pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 infection and male reproductive health23
Gut instincts: vitamin D/vitamin D receptor and microbiome in neurodevelopment disorders23
Temperature modulates immune gene expression in mosquitoes during arbovirus infection22
Ultrastructure expansion microscopy in Trypanosoma brucei22
Alterations of the endocannabinoid system and its therapeutic potential in autism spectrum disorder22
Prader-Willi syndrome: reflections on seminal studies and future therapies22
Vascular underpinning of COVID-1921
Modelling T-cell immunity against hepatitis C virus with liver organoids in a microfluidic coculture system21
TAK1: a potent tumour necrosis factor inhibitor for the treatment of inflammatory diseases21
Mapping of a N-terminal α-helix domain required for human PINK1 stabilization, Serine228 autophosphorylation and activation in cells21
Telomeric replication stress: the beginning and the end for alternative lengthening of telomeres cancers21
Non-apoptotic roles of apoptotic proteases: new tricks for an old dog21
The FBXL family of F-box proteins: variations on a theme20
Exploring the therapeutic potential of forkhead box O for outfoxing COVID-1920
RNA polymerase II pausing in development: orchestrating transcription20
HIV Rev-isited20
The impact of autophagy during the development and survival of glioblastoma20
Fibroblast growth factor receptor signalling dysregulation and targeting in breast cancer20
The contribution of non-coding regulatory elements to cardiovascular disease19
Controlling the topology of mammalian mitochondrial DNA19
What determines eukaryotic translation elongation: recent molecular and quantitative analyses of protein synthesis19
Short chain fatty acids: key regulators of the local and systemic immune response in inflammatory diseases and infections19
Novel perspectives of target-binding by the evolutionarily conserved PP4 phosphatase19
Ferroptosis in myocardial infarction: not a marker but a maker18
Long non-coding RNA-polycomb intimate rendezvous18
Mechanotransduction as a major driver of cell behaviour: mechanisms, and relevance to cell organization and future research18
The mitochondrial intermembrane space: the most constricted mitochondrial sub-compartment with the largest variety of protein import pathways18
Capturing crop adaptation to abiotic stress using image-based technologies18
RETRACTED: Long non-coding RNA LINC00346 contributes to cisplatin resistance in nasopharyngeal carcinoma by repressing miR-342-5p18
The plastic cell: mechanical deformation of cells and tissues18
Centrosome-centric view of asymmetric stem cell division18
Alzheimer's disease-like perturbations in HIV-mediated neuronal dysfunctions: understanding mechanisms and developing therapeutic strategies18
Regulation of EGFR signalling by palmitoylation and its role in tumorigenesis18
Metabolomics of human fasting: new insights about old questions18
The role of Wnt signalling in development of coronary artery disease and its risk factors18
Parallel evolution of trehalose production machinery in anhydrobiotic animals via recurrent gene loss and horizontal transfer17
A high-throughput assay for directly monitoring nucleolar rRNA biogenesis17
The aerobic mitochondrial ATP synthesis from a comprehensive point of view17
Cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate mammalian digit tip regeneration17
SUMOylation modification-mediated cell death17
The role of DDK and Treslin–MTBP in coordinating replication licensing and pre-initiation complex formation17
Injury-induced Cavl-expressing cells at lesion rostral side play major roles in spinal cord regeneration16
Lipopolysaccharide detection by the innate immune system may be an uncommon defence strategy used in nature16
Proteolytic activity of the proteasome is required for female insect reproduction16
An early Sox2-dependent gene expression programme required for hippocampal dentate gyrus development15
Palbociclib-mediated cell cycle arrest can occur in the absence of the CDK inhibitors p21 and p2715
Radiation combines with immune checkpoint blockade to enhance T cell priming in a murine model of poorly immunogenic pancreatic cancer15
Functions of exogenous FGF signals in regulation of fibroblast to myofibroblast differentiation and extracellular matrix protein expression15
Haloferax volcanii —a model archaeon for studying DNA replication and repair15
Topoisomerase IIα prevents ultrafine anaphase bridges by two mechanisms15
Extracellular matrix guidance of autophagy: a mechanism regulating cancer growth15
Development of the mammalian cortical hem and its derivatives: the choroid plexus, Cajal–Retzius cells and hippocampus15
ANGPTL8 in metabolic homeostasis: more friend than foe?15
Primary brain cell infection by Toxoplasma gondii reveals the extent and dynamics of parasite differentiation and its impact on neuron biology14
Mechanisms driving spatial distribution of residents in colony biofilms: an interdisciplinary perspective14
Human intestinal models to study interactions between intestine and microbes14
The pVHL neglected functions, a tale of hypoxia-dependent and -independent regulations in cancer14
Lysosomal positioning diseases: beyond substrate storage14
RETRACTED: DDP-resistant ovarian cancer cells-derived exosomal microRNA-30a-5p reduces the resistance of ovarian cancer cells to DDP14
SUMOylation in the control of cholesterol homeostasis14
Diversity from similarity: cellular strategies for assigning particular identities to actin filaments and networks14
Zinc-α2-glycoprotein as an inhibitor of amine oxidase copper-containing 314
PGE 2 upregulates gene expression of dual oxidase in a lepidopteran insect midgut via cAMP signalling pathway14
Aspirin and cancer: biological mechanisms and clinical outcomes14
Patterning principles of morphogen gradients13
Expansion microscopy facilitates quantitative super-resolution studies of cytoskeletal structures in kinetoplastid parasites13
Neutrophil interactions with the sexually transmitted parasite Trichomonas vaginalis: implications for immunity and pathogenesis13
Exploiting aneuploidy-imposed stresses and coping mechanisms to battle cancer13
Mechanism and regulation of P element transposition13
Establishment and function of chromatin modification at enhancers13
Maintenance and loss of endocytic organelle integrity: mechanisms and implications for antigen cross-presentation13
Driving forces in the origins of life13
Studying metabolism with multi-organ chips: new tools for disease modelling, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics13
Iron-sulfur flavoenzymes: the added value of making the most ancient redox cofactors and the versatile flavins work together13
Convalescent plasma therapy: a promising coronavirus disease 2019 treatment strategy12
Airinemes: thin cellular protrusions mediate long-distance signalling guided by macrophages12
Secondary cell wall patterning—connecting the dots, pits and helices12
Comparative analysis of stalked and acorn barnacle adhesive proteomes12
Genomic instability and cancer: lessons from Drosophila12
Role of amylopectin synthesis in Toxoplasma gondii and its implication in vaccine development against toxoplasmosis12
Palmitoylation of Hedgehog proteins by Hedgehog acyltransferase: roles in signalling and disease12
TRIM family proteins: roles in proteostasis and neurodegenerative diseases12
Ghrelin octanoylation by ghrelin O -acyltransferase: protein acylation impacting metabolic and neuroendocrine signalling12
Age separation dramatically reduces COVID-19 mortality rate in a computational model of a large population12
An open-source pipeline for analysing changes in microglial morphology12
Structure of the Ndc80 complex and its interactions at the yeast kinetochore–microtubule interface12
The role of procoagulant phospholipids on the surface of circulating blood cells in thrombosis and haemostasis12
The closest lineage of Archaeplastida is revealed by phylogenomics analyses that include Microheliella maris12
Epidemiological profiles and associated risk factors of SARS-CoV-2 positive patients based on a high-throughput testing facility in India11
miR-155-3p: processing by-product or rising star in immunity and cancer?11
Modelling population dynamics in a unicellular social organism community using a minimal model and evolutionary game theory11
Shared evolutionary footprints suggest mitochondrial oxidative damage underlies multiple complex I losses in fungi11
Metamorphic proteins: the Janus proteins of structural biology11
Pareto optimality, economy–effectiveness trade-offs and ion channel degeneracy: improving population modelling for single neurons11
Reconstitution of the recombinant human γ-tubulin ring complex11
Molecular mechanisms of developmental pathways in neurological disorders: a pharmacological and therapeutic review11
Ribosomal proteins: mutant phenotypes by the numbers and associated gene expression changes11
How neutrophil metabolism affects bacterial killing11
A homology independent sequence replacement strategy in human cells using a CRISPR nuclease10
Opinion: PARP inhibitors in cancer—what do we still need to know?10
A short perinuclear amphipathic α-helix in Apq12 promotes nuclear pore complex biogenesis10
Tweedle proteins form extracellular two-dimensional structures defining body and cell shape in Drosophila melanogaster10
Structural basis for the coiled-coil architecture of human CtIP10
Effects of malleable kinetochore morphology on measurements of intrakinetochore tension10
The utility of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy in assisted reproduction10
Selective localization of Mfn2 near PINK1 enables its preferential ubiquitination by Parkin on mitochondria10
Modern and prebiotic amino acids support distinct structural profiles in proteins10
Image integrity and standards10
MicroRNAs: master regulators in host–parasitic protist interactions10
Functional characterization of the human Cdk10/Cyclin Q complex10
Jack of all trades, master of each: the diversity of fibroblast growth factor signalling in eye development10
Determination of the membrane topology of PORCN, an O-acyl transferase that modifies Wnt signalling proteins10
Structure and in silico simulations of a cold-active esterase reveals its prime cold-adaptation mechanism10
The supernumerary B chromosome of maize: drive and genomic conflict10
Emerging roles of centrosome cohesion10
Appendage regeneration is context dependent at the cellular level9
Thylakoid membrane reorganizations revealed by small-angle neutron scattering of Monstera deliciosa leaves associated with non-photochemical quenching9
The inherent flexibility of type I non-ribosomal peptide synthetase multienzymes drives their catalytic activities9
A glitch in the snitch: the role of linker histone H1 in shaping the epigenome in normal and diseased cells9
Viruses, cancer and non-self recognition9
ATP-dependent polymerization dynamics of bacterial actin proteins involved in Spiroplasma swimming9
Reprogramming of human cells to pluripotency induces CENP-A chromatin depletion9
Phenotypes from cell-free DNA9
Characterization of microglia behaviour in healthy and pathological conditions with image analysis tools9
Recent insights into mechanisms preventing ectopic centromere formation9
Understanding the mammalian TRAP complex function(s)9
Integrative analysis of genomic and transcriptomic alterations of AGR2 and AGR3 in cancer9
From infection to cancer: how DNA tumour viruses alter host cell central carbon and lipid metabolism9
MRPS36 provides a structural link in the eukaryotic 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase complex9
BRCA1-BARD1 regulates transcription through modulating topoisomerase IIβ9
Regulatory effects of protein S-acylation on insulin secretion and insulin action9
Slc39a5-mediated zinc homeostasis plays an essential role in venous angiogenesis in zebrafish9
Cell cycle-dependent binding between Cyclin B1 and Cdk1 revealed by time-resolved fluorescence correlation spectroscopy9
Neuronal signalling of zinc: from detection and modulation to function9
Core regulatory circuitries in defining cancer cell identity across the malignant spectrum9
Ovothiol ensures the correct developmental programme of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus embryo9
Conserved role of the urotensin II receptor 4 signalling pathway to control body straightness in a tetrapod9
High degree of conservation of the enzymes synthesizing the laminin-binding glycoepitope of α-dystroglycan8
A genetic model for in vivo proximity labelling of the mammalian secretome8
Blood–brain barrier disruption in atrial fibrillation: a potential contributor to the increased risk of dementia and worsening of stroke outcomes?8
AMPK phosphorylates NAMPT to regulate NAD + homeostasis under ionizing radiation8
Implication of synaptotagmins 4 and 7 in activity-dependent somatodendritic dopamine release in the ventral midbrain8
Evolution of thymopoietic microenvironments8
Dissecting the mechanisms of environment sensitivity of smart probes for quantitative assessment of membrane properties8
Crossroads between membrane trafficking machinery and copper homeostasis in the nerve system8
Osmolarity-regulated swelling initiates egg activation in Drosophila8
The genetic basis and potential molecular mechanism of yellow-albino northern snakehead (Channa argus)8
Biochemical evidence for diverse strategies in the inner kinetochore8
The careful control of Polo kinase by APC/C-Ube2C ensures the intercellular transport of germline centrosomes during Drosophila oogenesis8
Double nicking by RNA-directed Cascade-nCas3 for high-efficiency large-scale genome engineering8
Identification of a PGXPP degron motif in dishevelled and structural basis for its binding to the E3 ligase KLHL128
Bacterial division ring stabilizing ZapA versus destabilizing SlmA modulate FtsZ switching between biomolecular condensates and polymers8
In the footsteps of sea stars: deciphering the catalogue of proteins involved in underwater temporary adhesion7
The application of rapid evaporative ionization mass spectrometry in the analysis of Drosophila species—a potential new tool in entomology7
C-terminal eYFP fusion impairs Escherichia coli MinE function7
Bronchoconstriction: a potential missing link in airway remodelling7
Cell wall deficiency as an escape mechanism from phage infection7
Polo-like kinase in trypanosomes: an odd member out of the Polo family7
Methods to study folding of alpha-helical membrane proteins in lipids7
The three-component helicase/primase complex of herpes simplex virus-17
Crystals of TELSAM–target protein fusions that exhibit minimal crystal contacts and lack direct inter-TELSAM contacts7
Fractal analysis of concurrently prepared latex rubber casts of the bronchial and vascular systems of the human lung7
A novel yeast-based high-throughput method for the identification of protein palmitoylation inhibitors7
The potential and challenges of patient-derived organoids in guiding the multimodality treatment of upper gastrointestinal malignancies7
Primary cilia and lipid raft dynamics7
Regulating the regulator: a survey of mechanisms from transcription to translation controlling expression of mammalian cell cycle kinase Aurora A7
On the origin of TSAR: morphology, diversity and phylogeny of Telonemia7
DDX21 is a p38-MAPK-sensitive nucleolar protein necessary for mouse preimplantation embryo development and cell-fate specification7
The aldehyde hypothesis: metabolic intermediates as antimicrobial effectors7
Term Matrix: a novel Gene Ontology annotation quality control system based on ontology term co-annotation patterns7
Myeloid-derived suppressor cells and the pathogenesis of human immunodeficiency virus infection7
Live imaging YAP signalling in mouse embryo development7
A self-assembled cylindrical platform for Plk4-induced centriole biogenesis7
Spatial activation of ezrin by epidermal growth factor receptor and focal adhesion kinase co-ordinates epithelial cell migration7
Exploring differential exon usage via short- and long-read RNA sequencing strategies7
Global pleiotropic effects in adaptively evolved Escherichia coli lacking CRP reveal molecular mechanisms that define the growth physiology7
Haem-responsive gene transporter enables mobilization of host haem in ticks6
POU-M2 promotes juvenile hormone biosynthesis by directly activating the transcription of juvenile hormone synthetic enzyme genes in Bombyx mori6
Mechanism of Hsp70 specialized interactions in protein translocation and the unfolded protein response6
Ectopic positioning of the cell division plane is associated with single amino acid substitutions in the FtsZ-recruiting SsgB in Streptomyces6
Mitochondrial biology and dysfunction in secondary mitochondrial disease6
Centromere function in asymmetric cell division in Drosophila female and male germline stem cells6
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