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Papers
(The median citation count of eLife is 8. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)
ArticleCitations
Escape from neutralizing antibodies by SARS-CoV-2 spike protein variants1123
Integrating taxonomic, functional, and strain-level profiling of diverse microbial communities with bioBakery 3770
SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) by the numbers748
A connectome and analysis of the adult Drosophila central brain544
Atomic structures of respiratory complex III2, complex IV, and supercomplex III2-IV from vascular plants536
Screening of healthcare workers for SARS-CoV-2 highlights the role of asymptomatic carriage in COVID-19 transmission373
Tracking excess mortality across countries during the COVID-19 pandemic with the World Mortality Dataset284
A mechanistic model and therapeutic interventions for COVID-19 involving a RAS-mediated bradykinin storm281
COVID-19 medical papers have fewer women first authors than expected269
Quantification of the pace of biological aging in humans through a blood test, the DunedinPoAm DNA methylation algorithm254
Effects of common mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 Spike RBD and its ligand, the human ACE2 receptor on binding affinity and kinetics254
How to measure and evaluate binding affinities247
ACE2: Evidence of role as entry receptor for SARS-CoV-2 and implications in comorbidities242
N501Y mutation of spike protein in SARS-CoV-2 strengthens its binding to receptor ACE2240
Evidence for transmission of COVID-19 prior to symptom onset239
The connectome of the adult Drosophila mushroom body provides insights into function214
Kallikrein-kinin blockade in patients with COVID-19 to prevent acute respiratory distress syndrome208
DunedinPACE, a DNA methylation biomarker of the pace of aging206
Does the human placenta express the canonical cell entry mediators for SARS-CoV-2?200
Antimicrobial resistance and COVID-19: Intersections and implications188
SARS-CoV-2 spike protein induces inflammation via TLR2-dependent activation of the NF-κB pathway187
An electrophysiological marker of arousal level in humans186
Single cell transcriptomics identifies a unique adipose lineage cell population that regulates bone marrow environment183
DNA damage—how and why we age?180
Sampling alternative conformational states of transporters and receptors with AlphaFold2176
A 10-year follow-up study of sex inclusion in the biological sciences167
Colistin kills bacteria by targeting lipopolysaccharide in the cytoplasmic membrane166
The tumor microenvironment as a metabolic barrier to effector T cells and immunotherapy162
Cancer-associated fibroblasts and their influence on tumor immunity and immunotherapy161
Differential occupational risks to healthcare workers from SARS-CoV-2 observed during a prospective observational study160
Inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 viral entry upon blocking N- and O-glycan elaboration158
Lytic transglycosylases mitigate periplasmic crowding by degrading soluble cell wall turnover products157
Cohesin and condensin extrude DNA loops in a cell cycle-dependent manner153
Piezo1/2 mediate mechanotransduction essential for bone formation through concerted activation of NFAT-YAP1-ß-catenin151
A connectome of the Drosophila central complex reveals network motifs suitable for flexible navigation and context-dependent action selection150
FRET-based dynamic structural biology: Challenges, perspectives and an appeal for open-science practices150
A whole-brain connectivity map of mouse insular cortex149
Accurate and versatile 3D segmentation of plant tissues at cellular resolution149
SARS-CoV-2 requires cholesterol for viral entry and pathological syncytia formation147
Structure of the bacterial ribosome at 2 Å resolution146
Microbiota-derived short chain fatty acids modulate microglia and promote Aβ plaque deposition145
Modular output circuits of the fastigial nucleus for diverse motor and nonmotor functions of the cerebellar vermis141
Neuronal timescales are functionally dynamic and shaped by cortical microarchitecture140
The Spike D614G mutation increases SARS-CoV-2 infection of multiple human cell types140
Sex differences in biological aging with a focus on human studies139
Association of Toll-like receptor 7 variants with life-threatening COVID-19 disease in males: findings from a nested case-control study138
The single-cell eQTLGen consortium138
Simultaneous trimodal single-cell measurement of transcripts, epitopes, and chromatin accessibility using TEA-seq135
A cross-kingdom conserved ER-phagy receptor maintains endoplasmic reticulum homeostasis during stress135
The natverse, a versatile toolbox for combining and analysing neuroanatomical data134
Distinct mitochondrial defects trigger the integrated stress response depending on the metabolic state of the cell133
Mechanistic theory predicts the effects of temperature and humidity on inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 and other enveloped viruses132
TRex, a fast multi-animal tracking system with markerless identification, and 2D estimation of posture and visual fields128
Standardizing workflows in imaging transcriptomics with the abagen toolbox127
The OpenNeuro resource for sharing of neuroscience data127
A single-cell survey of Drosophila blood125
A simple and effective F0 knockout method for rapid screening of behaviour and other complex phenotypes125
Viral load and contact heterogeneity predict SARS-CoV-2 transmission and super-spreading events125
Beyond the RNA-dependent function of LncRNA genes123
Trends in snakebite deaths in India from 2000 to 2019 in a nationally representative mortality study122
Tumor stiffening reversion through collagen crosslinking inhibition improves T cell migration and anti-PD-1 treatment122
SpikeInterface, a unified framework for spike sorting122
Single-cell multiomic profiling of human lungs reveals cell-type-specific and age-dynamic control of SARS-CoV2 host genes120
An open label trial of anakinra to prevent respiratory failure in COVID-19120
The genomic consequences of hybridization120
HP1 proteins compact DNA into mechanically and positionally stable phase separated domains118
Mapping single-cell atlases throughout Metazoa unravels cell type evolution116
A versatile oblique plane microscope for large-scale and high-resolution imaging of subcellular dynamics115
Assembly of recombinant tau into filaments identical to those of Alzheimer’s disease and chronic traumatic encephalopathy115
Tailored design of protein nanoparticle scaffolds for multivalent presentation of viral glycoprotein antigens114
Brain aging comprises many modes of structural and functional change with distinct genetic and biophysical associations113
Reporting and misreporting of sex differences in the biological sciences113
SON and SRRM2 are essential for nuclear speckle formation113
Racial inequity in grant funding from the US National Institutes of Health113
A fully automated high-throughput workflow for 3D-based chemical screening in human midbrain organoids111
Discovery of a molecular glue promoting CDK12-DDB1 interaction to trigger cyclin K degradation110
Challenges for assessing replicability in preclinical cancer biology109
A community-maintained standard library of population genetic models109
Adjusting for age improves identification of gut microbiome alterations in multiple diseases109
Prediction signals in the cerebellum: Beyond supervised motor learning109
Microglial calcium signaling is attuned to neuronal activity in awake mice109
Investigating the replicability of preclinical cancer biology108
Metabolic biomarker profiling for identification of susceptibility to severe pneumonia and COVID-19 in the general population108
SARS-CoV-2 entry into human airway organoids is serine protease-mediated and facilitated by the multibasic cleavage site107
Agonist-mediated switching of ion selectivity in TPC2 differentially promotes lysosomal function107
An open-source, high-performance tool for automated sleep staging106
Relationship between simultaneously recorded spiking activity and fluorescence signal in GCaMP6 transgenic mice105
Ribosome collisions trigger cis-acting feedback inhibition of translation initiation105
Dynamic metastable long-living droplets formed by sticker-spacer proteins105
SARS-CoV-2 strategically mimics proteolytic activation of human ENaC104
Training deep neural density estimators to identify mechanistic models of neural dynamics103
Temporal cascade of frontal, motor and muscle processes underlying human action-stopping102
Potential harmful effects of discontinuing ACE-inhibitors and ARBs in COVID-19 patients101
Single-nucleus transcriptomic analysis of human dorsal root ganglion neurons100
Heterogeneity in transmissibility and shedding SARS-CoV-2 via droplets and aerosols100
Convalescent COVID-19 patients are susceptible to endothelial dysfunction due to persistent immune activation100
A single-cell transcriptomic atlas of the adult Drosophila ventral nerve cord99
Highly contiguous assemblies of 101 drosophilid genomes99
The mTORC1-mediated activation of ATF4 promotes protein and glutathione synthesis downstream of growth signals99
NeuroQuery, comprehensive meta-analysis of human brain mapping98
p16 deficiency attenuates intervertebral disc degeneration by adjusting oxidative stress and nucleus pulposus cell cycle98
Local emergence in Amazonia of Plasmodium falciparum k13 C580Y mutants associated with in vitro artemisinin resistance98
The social life of Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus)97
Diverse viral proteases activate the NLRP1 inflammasome97
Genetic architecture of 11 organ traits derived from abdominal MRI using deep learning96
Diversity and asynchrony in soil microbial communities stabilizes ecosystem functioning96
An interactive meta-analysis of MRI biomarkers of myelin96
Lysosome activity is modulated by multiple longevity pathways and is important for lifespan extension in C. elegans95
Inhibition stabilization is a widespread property of cortical networks95
Quantifying the relationship between SARS-CoV-2 viral load and infectiousness95
Patterns of within-host genetic diversity in SARS-CoV-295
EDF1 coordinates cellular responses to ribosome collisions95
A powerful drug combination strategy targeting glutamine addiction for the treatment of human liver cancer94
SARS-CoV-2 S protein:ACE2 interaction reveals novel allosteric targets94
Modelling the impact of decidual senescence on embryo implantation in human endometrial assembloids93
A new genetic strategy for targeting microglia in development and disease93
Generation of vascularized brain organoids to study neurovascular interactions92
Self-blinding citizen science to explore psychedelic microdosing92
Intrinsic excitation-inhibition imbalance affects medial prefrontal cortex differently in autistic men versus women92
Temporal integration of auxin information for the regulation of patterning91
Lef1 expression in fibroblasts maintains developmental potential in adult skin to regenerate wounds91
Hyperalignment: Modeling shared information encoded in idiosyncratic cortical topographies91
Cytotoxic T-cells mediate exercise-induced reductions in tumor growth91
Effector membrane translocation biosensors reveal G protein and βarrestin coupling profiles of 100 therapeutically relevant GPCRs91
Topographic gradients of intrinsic dynamics across neocortex90
Real-time, low-latency closed-loop feedback using markerless posture tracking90
Longitudinal high-throughput TCR repertoire profiling reveals the dynamics of T-cell memory formation after mild COVID-19 infection89
Information flow, cell types and stereotypy in a full olfactory connectome89
The Mouse Action Recognition System (MARS) software pipeline for automated analysis of social behaviors in mice89
C9orf72 arginine-rich dipeptide repeat proteins disrupt karyopherin-mediated nuclear import88
Ageing compromises mouse thymus function and remodels epithelial cell differentiation88
Symbiont-mediated cytoplasmic incompatibility: What have we learned in 50 years?87
Ct threshold values, a proxy for viral load in community SARS-CoV-2 cases, demonstrate wide variation across populations and over time86
Spatiotemporal patterns of neocortical activity around hippocampal sharp-wave ripples86
Transmission of West Nile and five other temperate mosquito-borne viruses peaks at temperatures between 23°C and 26°C85
Oomycete small RNAs bind to the plant RNA-induced silencing complex for virulence85
Human DECR1 is an androgen-repressed survival factor that regulates PUFA oxidation to protect prostate tumor cells from ferroptosis85
The LOTUS initiative for open knowledge management in natural products research84
A lung-on-chip model of early Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection reveals an essential role for alveolar epithelial cells in controlling bacterial growth84
The hazards of smoking and the benefits of cessation: A critical summation of the epidemiological evidence in high-income countries84
Structural and functional characterization of G protein–coupled receptors with deep mutational scanning84
Efficient targeted integration directed by short homology in zebrafish and mammalian cells84
Sleep spindles mediate hippocampal-neocortical coupling during long-duration ripples84
Simple biochemical features underlie transcriptional activation domain diversity and dynamic, fuzzy binding to Mediator83
Small molecule cognitive enhancer reverses age-related memory decline in mice82
Modality-specific tracking of attention and sensory statistics in the human electrophysiological spectral exponent81
An ER translocon for multi-pass membrane protein biogenesis81
A quantitative inventory of yeast P body proteins reveals principles of composition and specificity81
A taxonomy of seizure dynamotypes81
Structural basis for SARM1 inhibition and activation under energetic stress81
Expandable and reversible copy number amplification drives rapid adaptation to antifungal drugs81
Plasmodium falciparum K13 mutations in Africa and Asia impact artemisinin resistance and parasite fitness81
Chromosome organization by one-sided and two-sided loop extrusion80
Transcriptional profiling of mouse peripheral nerves to the single-cell level to build a sciatic nerve ATlas (SNAT)80
Standardized and reproducible measurement of decision-making in mice80
FMRP promotes RNA localization to neuronal projections through interactions between its RGG domain and G-quadruplex RNA sequences80
A Bayesian approach to single-particle electron cryo-tomography in RELION-4.080
Analysis of the immune response to sciatic nerve injury identifies efferocytosis as a key mechanism of nerve debridement79
How many neurons are sufficient for perception of cortical activity?79
Slow oscillation-spindle coupling predicts enhanced memory formation from childhood to adolescence79
Functionally heterogeneous human satellite cells identified by single cell RNA sequencing79
A high rate of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in a large-scale survey on Arabs79
Early postmortem mapping of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in patients with COVID-19 and the correlation with tissue damage78
Single nuclei RNA-seq of mouse placental labyrinth development78
CD163 and pAPN double-knockout pigs are resistant to PRRSV and TGEV and exhibit decreased susceptibility to PDCoV while maintaining normal production performance78
COVID-19 CG enables SARS-CoV-2 mutation and lineage tracking by locations and dates of interest78
Virtual conferences raise standards for accessibility and interactions78
How subtle changes in 3D structure can create large changes in transcription77
The diversity and function of sourdough starter microbiomes77
Charting the native architecture of Chlamydomonas thylakoid membranes with single-molecule precision77
Efficient chromatin accessibility mapping in situ by nucleosome-tethered tagmentation76
Dissecting the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironments in Glioblastoma-on-a-Chip for optimized PD-1 immunotherapy76
Wikidata as a knowledge graph for the life sciences76
GWAS of three molecular traits highlights core genes and pathways alongside a highly polygenic background76
DeepEthogram, a machine learning pipeline for supervised behavior classification from raw pixels76
Fully automated, sequential focused ion beam milling for cryo-electron tomography76
The primary structural photoresponse of phytochrome proteins captured by a femtosecond X-ray laser76
KRAB-zinc finger protein gene expansion in response to active retrotransposons in the murine lineage76
The architecture of EMC reveals a path for membrane protein insertion76
A roadmap for gene functional characterisation in crops with large genomes: Lessons from polyploid wheat76
Fibrillar Aβ triggers microglial proteome alterations and dysfunction in Alzheimer mouse models76
Systematic detection of horizontal gene transfer across genera among multidrug-resistant bacteria in a single hospital75
Global genome diversity of the Leishmania donovani complex75
Plasma proteomic biomarker signature of age predicts health and life span75
A cell atlas of the chick retina based on single-cell transcriptomics75
Augmented curation of clinical notes from a massive EHR system reveals symptoms of impending COVID-19 diagnosis75
Proteome dynamics during homeostatic scaling in cultured neurons75
In vivo reconstitution finds multivalent RNA–RNA interactions as drivers of mesh-like condensates74
Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 and their potential for therapeutic passive immunization74
The orchestrated cellular and molecular responses of the kidney to endotoxin define a precise sepsis timeline74
TMEM95 is a sperm membrane protein essential for mammalian fertilization74
Cortical astrocytes independently regulate sleep depth and duration via separate GPCR pathways74
The frequency gradient of human resting-state brain oscillations follows cortical hierarchies74
Evidence for adaptive evolution in the receptor-binding domain of seasonal coronaviruses OC43 and 229e74
The sifting of visual information in the superior colliculus74
Myogenin is an essential regulator of adult myofibre growth and muscle stem cell homeostasis73
Genetic mapping of etiologic brain cell types for obesity73
Different CFTR modulator combinations downregulate inflammation differently in cystic fibrosis73
Reinforcement biases subsequent perceptual decisions when confidence is low, a widespread behavioral phenomenon72
Multi-omic rejuvenation of human cells by maturation phase transient reprogramming72
Representation of visual landmarks in retrosplenial cortex72
TCR meta-clonotypes for biomarker discovery with tcrdist3 enabled identification of public, HLA-restricted clusters of SARS-CoV-2 TCRs71
Functional reconstitution of a bacterial CO2 concentrating mechanism in Escherichia coli71
Visualizing anatomically registered data with brainrender71
Dynamics of gaze control during prey capture in freely moving mice71
A Bayesian and efficient observer model explains concurrent attractive and repulsive history biases in visual perception71
AirID, a novel proximity biotinylation enzyme, for analysis of protein–protein interactions71
Human airway cells prevent SARS-CoV-2 multibasic cleavage site cell culture adaptation71
Dynamically evolving novel overlapping gene as a factor in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic71
True S-cones are concentrated in the ventral mouse retina and wired for color detection in the upper visual field71
Bmal1 integrates mitochondrial metabolism and macrophage activation70
A transcriptomic taxonomy of Drosophila circadian neurons around the clock70
The unlimited potential of the great pond snail, Lymnaea stagnalis70
Loss of Ena/VASP interferes with lamellipodium architecture, motility and integrin-dependent adhesion70
CRISPR-Cas12a exploits R-loop asymmetry to form double-strand breaks70
GAF is essential for zygotic genome activation and chromatin accessibility in the early Drosophila embryo70
Ral GTPases promote breast cancer metastasis by controlling biogenesis and organ targeting of exosomes69
Moyamoya disease factor RNF213 is a giant E3 ligase with a dynein-like core and a distinct ubiquitin-transfer mechanism69
Essential function of the alveolin network in the subpellicular microtubules and conoid assembly in Toxoplasma gondii69
Droplet-based high-throughput cultivation for accurate screening of antibiotic resistant gut microbes69
Structural basis of mitochondrial translation69
Quantifying the relationship between genetic diversity and population size suggests natural selection cannot explain Lewontin’s Paradox69
SpikeForest, reproducible web-facing ground-truth validation of automated neural spike sorters69
Spatiotemporal dynamics of PIEZO1 localization controls keratinocyte migration during wound healing68
Neural effects of propofol-induced unconsciousness and its reversal using thalamic stimulation68
Sensory restoration by epidural stimulation of the lateral spinal cord in upper-limb amputees68
Obesity causes selective and long-lasting desensitization of AgRP neurons to dietary fat68
A visual pathway for skylight polarization processing in Drosophila68
Structural basis for PRC2 decoding of active histone methylation marks H3K36me2/368
Visualizing cellular and tissue ultrastructure using Ten-fold Robust Expansion Microscopy (TREx)68
A single-cell transcriptomic and anatomic atlas of mouse dorsal raphe Pet1 neurons68
Performance of a deep learning based neural network in the selection of human blastocysts for implantation67
Individual variations in ‘brain age’ relate to early-life factors more than to longitudinal brain change67
Structural basis for pharmacological modulation of the TRPC6 channel67
Empathic pain evoked by sensory and emotional-communicative cues share common and process-specific neural representations67
Hippocampal remapping as hidden state inference67
An improved zebrafish transcriptome annotation for sensitive and comprehensive detection of cell type-specific genes67
Cerebellar modulation of synaptic input to freezing-related neurons in the periaqueductal gray66
Transport of DNA within cohesin involves clamping on top of engaged heads by Scc2 and entrapment within the ring by Scc366
mTOR signaling regulates the morphology and migration of outer radial glia in developing human cortex66
Single mosquito metatranscriptomics identifies vectors, emerging pathogens and reservoirs in one assay66
Super-resolution microscopy reveals coupling between mammalian centriole subdistal appendages and distal appendages66
Broad geographic sampling reveals the shared basis and environmental correlates of seasonal adaptation in Drosophila66
Activated αIIbβ3 on platelets mediates flow-dependent NETosis via SLC44A266
Hfq CLASH uncovers sRNA-target interaction networks linked to nutrient availability adaptation66
Remyelination alters the pattern of myelin in the cerebral cortex66
HIV-1 uncoating by release of viral cDNA from capsid-like structures in the nucleus of infected cells65
Structure of human Frizzled5 by fiducial-assisted cryo-EM supports a heterodimeric mechanism of canonical Wnt signaling65
The brain in motion: How ensemble fluidity drives memory-updating and flexibility65
Early analysis of the Australian COVID-19 epidemic65
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