Cell Research publishes high quality original articles, authoritative reviews, research highlights and letters to the editor. The journal has an international authorship and a broad scope in basic research of cell biology and molecular cell biology, including cell growth, differentiation & apoptosis, signal transduction, stem cell biology & development, chromatin, epigenetics & transcription, miRNA function & mechanism, cancer biology, immunity & molecular pathogenesis, molecular & cellular neuroscience, plant cell biology, genomics & proteomics.