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23 December 2025
Cells | Highly Cited Papers Published in 2024 in the “Cellular Immunology” Section
The immune system plays a key role in protecting the host from microbes and chemicals, preserving bodily homeostasis. Moreover, it is involved in sensing danger signals originating from host components during disease onset and progression, in addition to the repair of tissues. The immune system can thus significantly influence overall physiological and pathophysiological responses. Cells of the innate and adaptive immunity can interact with cellular and matrix components of several tissues, with this interaction being strictly regulated. The “Cellular Immunology” Section of Cells (ISSN: 2073-4409) aims to publish findings that provide novel insights and/or conceptual advances to the knowledge of the phenotypic, biochemical, and molecular features and functional mechanisms of immune cells.
1. “Anti-Inflammatory Neutrophils Reprogram Macrophages toward a Pro-Healing Phenotype with Increased Efferocytosis Capacity”
by Andreea Cristina Mihaila, Letitia Ciortan, Monica Madalina Tucureanu, Maya Simionescu and Elena Butoi
Cells 2024, 13(3), 208; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13030208
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/3/208
2. “Combined Insults of a MASH Diet and Alcohol Binges Activate Intercellular Communication and Neutrophil Recruitment via the NLRP3-IL-1β Axis in the Liver”
by Mrigya Babuta, Prashanth Thevkar Nagesh, Aditi Ashish Datta, Victoria Remotti, Yuan Zhuang, Jeeval Mehta, Francesca Lami, Yanbo Wang and Gyongyi Szabo
Cells 2024, 13(11), 960; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13110960
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/11/960
3. “Effects of Diabetes Mellitus on Corneal Immune Cell Activation and the Development of Keratopathy”
by Pier Luigi Surico, Akitomo Narimatsu, Katayoon Forouzanfar, Rohan Bir Singh, Sara Shoushtari, Reza Dana and Tomas Blanco
Cells 2024, 13(6), 532; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13060532
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/6/532
4. “A Novel Protozoa Parasite-Derived Protein Adjuvant Is Effective in Immunization with Cancer Cells to Activate the Cancer-Specific Protective Immunity and Inhibit the Cancer Growth in a Murine Model of Colorectal Cancer”
by Rajesh Mani, Chloe G. Martin, Kanal E. Balu, Qingding Wang, Piotr Rychahou, Tadahide Izumi, B. Mark Evers and Yasuhiro Suzuki
Cells 2024, 13(2), 111; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13020111
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/2/111
5. “Enhanced Migration of Fuchs Corneal Endothelial Cells by Rho Kinase Inhibition: A Novel Ex Vivo Descemet’s Stripping Only Model”
by Mohit Parekh, Annie Miall, Ashley Chou, Lara Buhl, Neha Deshpande, Marianne O. Price, Francis W. Price and Ula V. Jurkunas
Cells 2024, 13(14), 1218; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13141218
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/14/1218
6. “Berberine Inhibits the Inflammatory Response Induced by Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Atopic Eczema Patients via the TNF-α/Inflammation/RAGE Pathways”
by Anish R. Maskey, Daniel Kopulos, Matthew Kwan, Niradiz Reyes, Christian Figueroa, Xian Mo, Nang Yang, Raj Tiwari, Jan Geliebter and Xiu-Min Li
Cells 2024, 13(19), 1639; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13191639
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/19/1639
7. “The BK Channel Limits the Pro-Inflammatory Activity of Macrophages”
by Yihe Chen, Nikita Markov, Lea Gigon, Aref Hosseini, Shida Yousefi, Darko Stojkov and Hans-Uwe Simon
Cells 2024, 13(4), 322; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13040322
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/4/322
8. “Building a Better Defense: Expanding and Improving Natural Killer Cells for Adoptive Cell Therapy”
by Andreia Maia, Mubin Tarannum, Joana R. Lérias, Sara Piccinelli, Luis Miguel Borrego, Markus Maeurer, Rizwan Romee and Mireia Castillo-Martin
Cells 2024, 13(5), 451; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13050451
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/5/451
9. “Inflammatory Trajectory of Type 2 Diabetes: Novel Opportunities for Early and Late Treatment”
by Valeria Pellegrini, Rosalba La Grotta, Francesca Carreras, Angelica Giuliani, Jacopo Sabbatinelli, Fabiola Olivieri, Cesare Celeste Berra, Antonio Ceriello and Francesco Prattichizzo
Cells 2024, 13(19), 1662; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13191662
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/19/1662
by Johanna Veh, Carolin Ludwig, Hubert Schrezenmeier and Bernd Jahrsdörfer
Cells 2024, 13(4), 357; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13040357
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/4/357