Science Immunology

Papers
(The median citation count of Science Immunology is 14. 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 HLA advantage: Why COVID-19 benched you but not your co-worker337
Is one lymphocyte’s brake another lymphocyte’s gas?316
Waking the sleeping giant: Single-stranded DNA binds Schlafen 11 to initiate innate immune responses285
The OAS–RNase L pathway: Insights from experiments of nature277
Hypoxia-induced EGR1 remodels neutrophils to suppress antitumor immunity241
Characterization of the mammalian prodefinitive angio-hematopoietic lineage202
RORγt-lineage APCs: The Aire apparent202
DNA-damaging chemotherapy reshapes cardiac-resident macrophage composition and function195
CLNS1A regulates genome stability and cell cycle progression to control CD4 T cell function and autoimmunity192
Single-cell NAD(H) levels predict clonal lymphocyte expansion dynamics159
Aire drives steroid hormone biosynthesis by medullary thymic epithelial cells155
HLA-E–restricted SARS-CoV-2–specific T cells from convalescent COVID-19 patients suppress virus replication despite HLA class Ia down-regulation149
Operation Nasal Vaccine—Lightning speed to counter COVID-19149
Genome-wide screening identifies Trim33 as an essential regulator of dendritic cell differentiation148
T cell help induces Myc transcriptional bursts in germinal center B cells during positive selection147
Single-cell analysis of anti-BCMA CAR T cell therapy in patients with central nervous system autoimmunity136
DPP9 deficiency: An inflammasomopathy that can be rescued by lowering NLRP1/IL-1 signaling134
Clonally expanded CD38 hi cytotoxic CD8 T cells define the T cell infiltrate in checkpoint inhibitor–associated arthritis130
Silent recognition of flagellins from human gut commensal bacteria by Toll-like receptor 5130
Immunogenomic cancer evolution: A framework to understand cancer immunosuppression125
Structural variation tunes apoptotic responses to drive immune escape in melanoma118
Antigen-presenting cell activation requires intrinsic and extrinsic STING signaling after the phagocytosis of DNA-damaged cells116
Neither naïve nor anergic, “autoimmune” not allergic115
Antibody-mediated immunity against lung cancer goes retro114
The rise of spatial TCR profiling: Emerging technologies and open challenges113
Allergen-induced airway matrix remodeling in mice can be prevented or reversed by targeting chitinase-like proteins112
ILC2s—Bipartisan politicians in cancer109
CD103 fate mapping reveals that intestinal CD103tissue-resident memory T cells are the primary responders to secondary infection107
Group A Streptococcus induces CD1a-autoreactive T cells and promotes psoriatic inflammation104
SARS-CoV-2–specific T cells in unexposed adults display broad trafficking potential and cross-react with commensal antigens103
Maternal gut microbiome–induced IgG regulates neonatal gut microbiome and immunity101
Single-cell topographical profiling of the immune synapse reveals a biomechanical signature of cytotoxicity97
Chimeric autoantibody receptor T cells clonally eliminate B cells producing autoantibodies against IFN-γ97
Class switch toward noninflammatory, spike-specific IgG4 antibodies after repeated SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination96
Simultaneous priming of HIV broadly neutralizing antibody precursors to multiple epitopes by germline-targeting mRNA-LNP immunogens in mouse models95
Gluten induces rapid reprogramming of natural memory αβ and γδ intraepithelial T cells to induce cytotoxicity in celiac disease94
Obesity reshapes regulatory T cells in the visceral adipose tissue by disrupting cellular cholesterol homeostasis93
Luck gone cold: A trifecta of B cell mutations associates with cryoglobulinemia91
Erratum for the Research Article “TGF-β specifies T FH versus T H 17 cell fates in murine CD4 90
BCL6 is required for the thymic development of TCRαβ + CD8αα + intraepithelial lymphocyte lineage87
GGNBP2 regulates MDA5 sensing triggered by self double-stranded RNA following loss of ADAR1 editing86
Immune determinants of chronic sequelae after respiratory viral infection85
CD5 deletion enhances the antitumor activity of adoptive T cell therapies84
Tissue origin and virus specificity shape human CD8 + T cell cytotoxicity83
Dynamic STING repression orchestrates immune cell development and function83
Dissection of the immune landscape in psoriatic arthritis defines immunoproteasome up-regulation in treatment resistance82
Sustained CD28 costimulation is required for self-renewal and differentiation of TCF-1 + PD-1 + CD8 T cells81
Staphylococcus aureus skin colonization promotes SLE-like autoimmune inflammation via neutrophil activation and the IL-23/IL-17 axis81
Maternal allergy and neonatal RSV infection synergize via FcR-mediated allergen uptake to promote the development of asthma in early life80
Epidermal growth factor receptor controls sex differences in lung type 2 responses to inhaled allergen80
Antigen-specific depletion of CD4 + T cells by CAR T cells reveals distinct roles of higher- and lower-affinity TCRs during autoimmunity78
B cells gone broad: A deep dive into SARS-CoV-2 antibody breadth78
Microbial energy metabolism fuels an intestinal macrophage niche in solitary isolated lymphoid tissues through purinergic signaling78
CD39 + tissue-resident memory CD8 + T cells with a clonal overlap across compartments mediate antitumor immunity in breast cancer77
RNA exosome drives early B cell development via noncoding RNA processing mechanisms77
The palmitoylation of gasdermin D directs its membrane translocation and pore formation during pyroptosis76
Gutsy memory T cells stand their ground against pathogens75
Androgen conspires with the CD8 + T cell exhaustion program and contributes to sex bias in cancer75
Androgen effects cause sex-biased impairment of CD8 + T cell antitumor activity74
Unearthing the Rosetta Stone of public antibody responses73
IgE plasma cells are transcriptionally and functionally distinct from other isotypes73
Non-apoptotic FAS signaling controls mTOR activation and extrafollicular maturation in human B cells73
Dysregulation of γδ intraepithelial lymphocytes precedes Crohn’s disease–like ileitis73
Intratumoral T reg cell ablation elicits NK cell–mediated control of CD8 T cell–resistant tumors73
Exposure to BA.4/5 S protein drives neutralization of Omicron BA.1, BA.2, BA.2.12.1, and BA.4/5 in vaccine-experienced humans and mice72
Microbial uptake in oral mucosa–draining lymph nodes leads to rapid release of cytotoxic CD8 + T cells lacking a gut-homing phenotype72
SARS-CoV-2 spike conformation determines plasma neutralizing activity elicited by a wide panel of human vaccines71
Myeloid OTULIN deficiency couples RIPK3-dependent cell death to Nlrp3 inflammasome activation and IL-1β secretion71
Tissue-specific nonheritable influences drive endometrial immune system variation70
NKG2D-mediated detection of metabolically stressed hepatocytes by innate-like T cells is essential for initiation of NASH and fibrosis69
Group 2 innate lymphoid cells regulate nociceptive and gait functions of the peripheral nervous system69
Mucosal and systemic immune correlates of viral control after SARS-CoV-2 infection challenge in seronegative adults69
Early human lung immune cell development and its role in epithelial cell fate67
An aging bone marrow exacerbates lung fibrosis by fueling profibrotic macrophage persistence67
Functional differences between rodent and human PD-1 linked to evolutionary divergence67
Multimodal delineation of a layer of effector function among exhausted CD8 T cells in tumors67
Neutrophils and macrophages drive TNF-induced lethality via TRIF/CD14-mediated responses67
Serine enrichment in tumors promotes regulatory T cell accumulation through sphinganine-mediated regulation of c-Fos66
Respiratory mucosal immunity against SARS-CoV-2 after mRNA vaccination66
Long 3′UTRs predispose neurons to inflammation by promoting immunostimulatory double-stranded RNA formation66
Histone demethylation tones down leukemia through innate immunity66
Contactin-4 suppresses antitumor T cell responses by engaging amyloid precursor protein62
An e-Xist-ential two-edged sword for women62
Erratum for the Research Article “Circulating KLRG1 + long-lived effector memory T cells retain the flexibility to become tissue resident” by E. D. L62
EBVerified TCRs and multiple sclerosis61
The transcription factor Mef2d regulates B:T synapse–dependent GC-T FH differentiation and IL-21–mediated humoral immunity61
Molecular scalpels dissect new GluN1 hot spots in anti–NMDA receptor encephalitis61
Stem-like tissue-resident memory T cells control functional heterogeneity and reactivation of T cell memory in the intestine60
Fibroblastic reticular cells form reactive myeloid cell niches in human lymph nodes60
B cells drive CD4 T cell immunosenescence and age-associated health decline60
Immunosuppressive reprogramming of neutrophils by lung mesenchymal cells promotes breast cancer metastasis59
Epithelial-intrinsic defects in TGFβR signaling drive local allergic inflammation manifesting as eosinophilic esophagitis59
Peyer’s patch T H 17 cells are dispensable for gut IgA responses to oral immunization59
Gastrointestinal germinal center B cell depletion and reduction in IgA + plasma cells in HIV-1 infection59
Secondary infections rejuvenate the intestinal CD103+tissue-resident memory T cell pool58
The tumor-intrinsic role of the m 6 A reader YTHDF2 in regulating immune evasion58
Human γδ T cells in diverse tissues exhibit site-specific maturation dynamics across the life span57
Ly6C hi monocytes balance regulatory and cytotoxic CD4 T cell responses to control virus-induced immunopathology57
Combined Flt3L and CD40 agonism restores dendritic cell–driven T cell immunity in pancreatic cancer57
Epidermal ZBP1 stabilizes mitochondrial Z-DNA to drive UV-induced IFN signaling in autoimmune photosensitivity57
Finding TB vaccine antigens: follow the TCRs57
Emergence and fate of stem cell–likeTcf7+CD8+T cells during a primary immune response to viral infection56
The epitope tax: Antibody feedback and the economics of germinal center competition56
C1q enables influenza hemagglutinin stem binding antibodies to block viral attachment and broadens the antibody escape repertoire56
LCK–co-receptor association ensures T cell lineage fidelity and maximizes epitope-specific TCR diversity55
Nucleobase adducts bind MR1 and stimulate MR1-restricted T cells54
GM-CSF derived from alveolar type 2 cells promotes CD301b + cDC2 generation and allergic airway inflammation54
Resident tissue macrophages: Key coordinators of tissue homeostasis beyond immunity54
The circadian immune system53
Local activation of mutant RIG-I by short noncoding Y-RNA in the kidney triggers lethal nephritis53
Mitochondrial and lysosomal signaling orchestrates heterogeneous metabolic states of regulatory T cells53
FOXP3 exon 2 controls T reg stability and autoimmunity53
Plasmablasts from the past: Nostalgic B cells can’t let go52
A SPARC-ling link to inflammaging52
Immune signature clues are key to unlocking the mystery of clinical responses52
B cells and dengue: A cat-and-mouse game51
EBV grants B cells a license for immortality in the CNS51
TCR-engineered iNKT cells induce robust antitumor response by dual targeting cancer and suppressive myeloid cells51
Oxidized thioredoxin-1 restrains the NLRP1 inflammasome50
Mast cells help organize the Peyer’s patch niche for induction of IgA responses50
SARS-CoV-2 JN.1 variant evasion of IGHV3-53/3-66 B cell germlines49
LXR signaling controls homeostatic dendritic cell maturation49
Pathogenic IgE-fated memory B cell responses retain functional plasticity48
Oncogenic KRAS drives immunosuppression of colorectal cancer by impairing DDX60-mediated dsRNA accumulation and viral mimicry48
AS03 adjuvant enhances the magnitude, persistence, and clonal breadth of memory B cell responses to a plant-based COVID-19 vaccine in humans48
SARS-CoV-2 epitope–specific CD4 + memory T cell responses across COVID-19 disease severity and antibody durability47
STING-activating nanoparticles normalize the vascular-immune interface to potentiate cancer immunotherapy47
CD21 primes extrafollicular differentiation of autoreactive B cells in a TLR7-driven lupus model47
TCRward personalized transplant therapies47
Divergent granulopoiesis at extramedullary sites safeguards antibacterial host defense47
CD4 + T cell immunity against cutaneous melanoma encompasses multifaceted MHC II–dependent responses47
RORγt + dendritic cells are a distinct lymphoid-derived lineage47
Dysregulated stem cell niches and altered lymphocyte recirculation cause B and T cell lymphopenia in WHIM syndrome47
The gene regulatory basis of bystander activation in CD8 + T cells47
The inflammatory microenvironment of the lung at the time of infection governs innate control of SARS-CoV-2 replication46
How dengue defies dogma: An extrafollicular tale46
The 10 commandments of immunoregulation in lymphoma46
Only pregnant moms can do it….46
Cohesin-mediated chromatin organization controls the differentiation and function of dendritic cells45
BCL6 promotes a stem-like CD8 + T cell program in cancer via antagonizing BLIMP145
Immunoglobulin A antibody composition is sculpted to bind the self gut microbiome45
ZBP1-dependent inflammatory cell death, PANoptosis, and cytokine storm disrupt IFN therapeutic efficacy during coronavirus infection44
Cell type–specific efferocytosis determines functional plasticity of alveolar macrophages44
Tuft cells restrain intestinal type 2 immunity through the transcription factor Spi-B44
MAIT cell heterogeneity across paired human tissues reveals specialization of distinct regulatory and enhanced effector profiles44
An antibody that neutralizes SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 by binding to a conserved spike epitope outside the receptor binding motif44
An ILC2-chitinase circuit restores lung homeostasis after epithelial injury44
Alternative splicing of GSDMB modulates killer lymphocyte–triggered pyroptosis44
See no allergen, hear no allergen, speak no allergen!43
NLRP11 is a pattern recognition receptor for bacterial lipopolysaccharide in the cytosol of human macrophages43
C/EBPα activates Irf8 expression in myeloid progenitors at the +56-kb enhancer to initiate cDC1 development43
LTβR deficiency causes lymph node aplasia and impaired B cell differentiation43
Erratum for the Research Article “Initiator cell death event induced by SARS-CoV-2 in the human airway epithelium” by K. Liang et al .43
Psychological stress increases skin infection through the action of TGFβ to suppress immune-acting fibroblasts42
CSF1R-dependent macrophages in the salivary gland are essential for epithelial regeneration after radiation-induced injury42
Usp22 is an intracellular regulator of systemic emergency hematopoiesis42
Nuclear polarization to the immune synapse facilitates an early transcriptional burst42
CD4 binding site immunogens elicit heterologous anti–HIV-1 neutralizing antibodies in transgenic and wild-type animals41
Precise CRISPR-Cas9 gene repair in autologous memory T cells to treat familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis41
Bcl11b sustains multipotency and restricts effector programs of intestinal-resident memory CD8 + T cells41
Brain sensing of metabolic state regulates circulating monocytes41
NuRD complex recruitment to Thpok mediates CD4 + T cell lineage differentiation41
Gastrointestinal tuft cells: Recent insights and next questions41
Pre-vax metabolic clues: Cracking the code to a better dengue vaccine40
Monocyte-derived IL-10 drives sex differences in pain duration40
Joint profiling of gene expression and chromatin accessibility in pancreatic lymph nodes and spleens in human type 1 diabetes40
Signatures of recent activation identify a circulating T cell compartment containing tumor-specific antigen receptors with high avidity40
MAIT cell plasticity enables functional adaptation that drives antibacterial immune protection40
Evolution of antigen-specific follicular helper T cell transcription from effector function to memory40
CD4 + T cells with convergent TCR recombination reprogram stroma and halt tumor progression in adoptive therapy39
Skull-pting meningeal immunity: Skull bone channels shape neonatal meningeal immune cell trafficking39
A new tolerogenic cell RORs onto the scene39
mRNA-LNP prime boost evolves precursors toward VRC01-like broadly neutralizing antibodies in preclinical humanized mouse models38
DDX55 safeguards naïve T cell homeostasis by suppressing activation-promoting transposable elements38
Zfp281 and Zfp148 control CD4 + T cell thymic development and T H 2 functions38
B cells targeting parasites capture spatially linked antigens to secure T cell help38
IMM-BCP-01, a patient-derived anti–SARS-CoV-2 antibody cocktail, is active across variants of concern including Omicron BA.1 and BA.237
An ACE2-blocking antibody confers broad neutralization and protection against Omicron and other SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern37
Goblet cells tune ILC2 activity through a gut-specific response checkpoint37
Polymorphic KIR3DL3 expression modulates tissue-resident and innate-like T cells36
Size-dependent activation of CAR-T cells36
Immune checkpoint blockade induces gut microbiota translocation that augments extraintestinal antitumor immunity36
Efficacy of mRNA-1273 and Novavax ancestral or BA.1 spike booster vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 BA.5 infection in nonhuman primates36
Tricky Ts play possum to propagate autoimmune disease35
A central role for STAT5 in the transcriptional programing of T helper cell metabolism35
Made to order tuft cells by an OCA-T1 isoform switch35
TGF-β specifies T FH versus T H 17 cell fates in murine CD4 + T cells through c-Maf35
Stem-like and effector peripheral helper T cells comprise distinct subsets in rheumatoid arthritis35
Fishing with autoantibodies nets a gut bacteria that drives arthritis34
Twin study identifies early immunological and metabolic dysregulation of CD8 + T cells in multiple sclerosis34
Human T follicular helper clones seed the germinal center–resident regulatory pool34
A light-regulated circadian timer optimizes neutrophil bactericidal activity to boost daytime immunity33
Antigen-specific memory NK cell responses against HIV and influenza use the NKG2/HLA-E axis33
An engineered viral protein activates STAT5 to prevent T cell suppression33
Foxo1 regulates intestinal tissue–resident memory CD8 T cell biology in an anatomic compartment– and context-specific manner33
Recruited atypical Ly6G + macrophages license alveolar regeneration after lung injury33
Asparagine availability controls germinal center B cell homeostasis33
“Training immunity” against nosocomial pathogens32
CD19 CAR antigen engagement mechanisms and affinity tuning32
Aldehyde and seek: Toxic aldehydes drive exhaustion in tumor-infiltrating T cells32
IL-10mpting T H 17 cell fate in the gut32
Immuno-amnesia: Without B cells, T cells cannot remember32
B cell– and T cell–intrinsic regulation of germinal centers by thymic stromal lymphopoietin signaling31
Regulatory T cells in brown adipose tissue safeguard thermogenesis by restraining interferon-γ–producing lymphocytes31
Regulatory circuits of mitophagy restrict distinct modes of cell death during memory CD8 + T cell formation31
Fc glycoengineering of a PD-L1 antibody harnesses Fcγ receptors for increased antitumor efficacy31
PPARβ/δ-orchestrated metabolic reprogramming supports the formation and maintenance of memory CD8 + T cells31
Coordinated immune networks in leukemia bone marrow microenvironments distinguish response to cellular therapy31
Age-associated CD4 + T cells with B cell–promoting functions are regulated by ZEB2 in autoimmunity31
Transient disruption of T cell help impairs germinal center dynamics and memory responses31
Selfish antibodies target auto-antigens in cancer30
Cytokinopathy with aberrant cytotoxic lymphocytes and profibrotic myeloid response in SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine–associated myocarditis30
Genetic mapping reveals Pou2af2/ OCA-T1–dependent tuning of tuft cell differentiation and intestinal type 2 immunity30
Promoting (and targeting) alternative expression30
Human life within a narrow range: The lethal ups and downs of type I interferons30
Gut bacteria–derived serotonin promotes immune tolerance in early life30
A dynamic atlas of immunocyte migration from the gut30
“ILC2 it, but I can’t promise anything”30
CAR-ving away OX40L with engineered T regs29
Anti–immune complex antibodies are elicited during repeated immunization with HIV Env immunogens29
Bearing a grudge—How human natural killer cells remember past insults29
TB or not TB: That depends on the antibody Fc29
The cold truth about TCR structure29
SNIPR alert! Making T cells more precise killers29
T regs in visceral adipose tissue up-regulate circadian-clock expression to promote fitness and enforce a diurnal rhythm of lipolysis28
CCR8 + decidual regulatory T cells maintain maternal-fetal immune tolerance during early pregnancy28
Noncanonical MAVS signaling restrains dendritic cell–driven antitumor immunity by inhibiting IL-1228
TGFβ prevents IgE-mediated allergic disease by restraining T follicular helper 2 differentiation28
Response to tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte adoptive therapy is associated with preexisting CD8 + T-myeloid cell networks in melanoma28
B cells require DOCK8 to elicit and integrate T cell help when antigen is limiting28
IL-4 induces CD22 expression to restrain the effector program of virtual memory T cells27
Anticancer immune responses are hindered by cis interaction of inhibitory checkpoint SIRPα27
Immune recall improves antibody durability and breadth to SARS-CoV-2 variants27
Cis interactions between CD2 and its ligands on T cells are required for T cell activation27
Human neutralizing antibodies to cold linear epitopes and subdomain 1 of the SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein27
A lactate-SREBP2 signaling axis drives tolerogenic dendritic cell maturation and promotes cancer progression26
The ZFP36 family of RNA binding proteins regulates homeostatic and autoreactive T cell responses26
Metabolic challenges and interventions in CAR T cell therapy26
Dampening type 2 properties of group 2 innate lymphoid cells by a gammaherpesvirus infection reprograms alveolar macrophages25
Sugar-coated CAR T for sweeter cell therapies25
The human CD47 checkpoint is targeted by an immunosuppressive Aedes aegypti salivary factor to enhance arboviral skin infectivity25
MBPeace treaty: How myelin self-peptides broker CNS tolerance25
Apoptotic cells are not all created equal25
Erratum for the Research Article “Epigenetically controlled tumor antigens derived from splice junctions between exons and transposable elements” by M. Burbage et al.25
B cells on the brink25
Cold-blooded vertebrates evolved organized germinal center–like structures24
Epigenetically controlled tumor antigens derived from splice junctions between exons and transposable elements24
Innate receptors with high specificity for HLA class I–peptide complexes24
Inhibition of the mitochondrial pyruvate carrier simultaneously mitigates hyperinflammation and hyperglycemia in COVID-1924
Intestinal epithelial MHC class II induces encephalitogenic CD4 T cells and initiates central nervous system autoimmunity24
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