OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Immunological Reviews 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The regulation of the ZBP1‐NLRP3 inflammasome and its implications in pyroptosis, apoptosis, and necroptosis (PANoptosis)	216
The role of host genetics in the immune response to SARS‐CoV‐2 and COVID‐19 susceptibility and severity	168
Correlates of protection against SARS‐CoV‐2 infection and COVID‐19 disease	148
Immunological memory to SARS‐CoV‐2 infection and COVID‐19 vaccines	143
Therapeutic modulation of inflammasome pathways	130
COVID‐19 and pulmonary fibrosis: A potential role for lung epithelial cells and fibroblasts	123
Role of cancer‐associated fibroblast subpopulations in immune infiltration, as a new means of treatment in cancer	115
AIM2 in health and disease: Inflammasome and beyond	109
The NLRP1 and CARD8 inflammasomes	104
The molecular mechanism of RIG‐I activation and signaling	99
T follicular helper cells in germinal center B cell selection and lymphomagenesis	91
Cancer‐associated fibroblasts: Key players in shaping the tumor immune microenvironment	89
NOD1 and NOD2 in inflammatory and infectious diseases	80
The inflammatory speech of fibroblasts	80
Regulatory B cells in cancer	79
Host‐directed therapy to combat mycobacterial infections*	71
Memory B cells and plasma cells: The differentiative continuum of humoral immunity	70
The role of innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease	69
Fibroblasts as confederates of the immune system	60
Lipids, inflammasomes, metabolism, and disease	60
Factors in B cell competition and immunodominance	59
The 3Ds in virus‐like particle based‐vaccines: “Design, Delivery and Dynamics”	59
Molecular mechanisms activating the NAIP‐NLRC4 inflammasome: Implications in infectious disease, autoinflammation, and cancer	58
Modulation of immune responses using adjuvants to facilitate therapeutic vaccination	56
Intracellular innate immune receptors: Life inside the cell	53

Novel mechanisms and clinical trial endpoints in intestinal fibrosis*	52
Innate and adaptive γδ T cells: How, when, and why	48
Regulatory B cells: TIM‐1, transplant tolerance, and rejection	46
T peripheral helper cells in autoimmune diseases*	44
Cross talk between intracellular pathogens and cell death	42
Imprinting, immunodominance, and other impediments to generating broad influenza immunity	42
Immune dynamics in the CNS and its barriers during homeostasis and disease*	42
Control of foreign Ag‐specific Ab responses by Treg and Tfr	42
From thymus to periphery: Molecular basis of effector γδ‐T cell differentiation	42
Osteopontin/secreted phosphoprotein‐1 harnesses glial‐, immune‐, and neuronal cell ligand‐receptor interactions to sense and regulate acute and chronic neuroinflammation	41
Not too fat to fight: The emerging role of macrophage fatty acid metabolism in immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis	41
How intrinsic and extrinsic regulators of plasma cell survival might intersect for durable humoral immunity	39
Interferon induction, evasion, and paradoxical roles during SARS‐CoV‐2 infection*	39
A century of BCG: Impact on tuberculosis control and beyond	37
Molecular mechanisms controlling age‐associated B cells in autoimmunity*	36
Classical CD4 T cells as the cornerstone of antimycobacterial immunity	35
In search of biomarkers for leprosy by unraveling the host immune response to Mycobacterium leprae	33
Tumor resistance mechanisms and their consequences on γδ T cell activation	33
Transcriptional regulation of adaptive and innate lymphoid lineage specification	33
Guardians of the oral and nasopharyngeal galaxy: IgA and protection against SARS‐CoV‐2 infection*	32
Fantastic IgA plasma cells and where to find them	31
Pyroptotic and non‐pyroptotic effector functions of caspase‐11	31
The microbiome and cytosolic innate immune receptors	31
Monocytes and macrophages in pregnancy: The good, the bad, and the ugly*	30
Age‐related factors that affect B cell responses to vaccination in mice and humans	30
The geography of memory B cell reactivation in vaccine‐induced immunity and in autoimmune disease relapses	29
COVID‐19 and plasma cells: Is there long‐lived protection?*	29
Fibroblasts and macrophages: Collaborators in tissue homeostasis	29
The distinct MHC‐unrestricted immunobiology of innate‐like and adaptive‐like human γδ T cell subsets—Nature's CAR‐T cells	29
Diversity in recognition and function of human γδ T cells	28
Gut γδ T cells as guardians, disruptors, and instigators of cancer	28
Fibroblast pathology in inflammatory joint disease	28
Know your enemy or find your friend?—Induction of IgA at mucosal surfaces	27
Established and emergent roles for Ikaros transcription factors in lymphoid cell development and function	27
BCG‐induced protection against Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: Evidence, mechanisms, and implications for next‐generation vaccines	27
Plasma cell survival: The intrinsic drivers, migratory signals, and extrinsic regulators	25
Nuclear innate sensors for nucleic acids in immunity and inflammation	25
Differentiation and activation of fibroblastic reticular cells	24
A bird’s eye view of fibroblast heterogeneity: A pan‐disease, pan‐cancer perspective	23
Protective neutralizing epitopes in SARS‐CoV‐2	23
γδ T cells and inflammatory skin diseases	23
Regulatory B cells in respiratory health and diseases	23
Imaging dendritic cell functions*	23
Human neutrophils ≠ murine neutrophils: Does it matter?	22
B regulatory cells in allergy	22
Two functionally distinct subsets of IL‐17 producing γδ T cells	22
The Factor H protein family: The switchers of the complement alternative pathway	22
Next generation of immune checkpoint molecules in maternal‐fetal immunity*	22
The role of neutrophils in trained immunity	22
T cell help to B cells: Cognate and atypical interactions in peripheral and intestinal lymphoid tissues	21

Epigenetics and CD8⁺ T cell memory*	21
Emerging roles for endogenous retroviruses in immune epigenetic regulation*	21
The pyrin inflammasome and the Yersinia effector interaction	21
The three as: Alternative splicing, alternative polyadenylation and their impact on apoptosis in immune function	21
Activation pathways that drive CD4⁺ T cells to break tolerance in autoimmune diseases*	21
Novel Frontiers in Regulatory B cells	20
Macrophage‐fibroblast circuits in the spleen	20
Regulation of neuroinflammation by B cells and plasma cells	20
Mechanisms of immune regulation by the placenta: Role of type I interferon and interferon‐stimulated genes signaling during pregnancy*	20
Engineered exosomes for studies in tumor immunology	20
Fetal inflammatory response at the fetomaternal interface: A requirement for labor at term and preterm*	20
A glance over the fence: Using phylogeny and species comparison for a better understanding of antigen recognition by human γδ T‐cells	20
Extracellular vesicles in atherothrombosis: From biomarkers and precision medicine to therapeutic targets	19
The role of donor‐unrestricted T‐cells, innate lymphoid cells, and NK cells in anti‐mycobacterial immunity	19
ZAP70, too little, too much can lead to autoimmunity*	19
Signals 1, 2 and B cell fate or: Where, when and for how long?	19
B‐cell intrinsic and extrinsic signals that regulate central tolerance of mouse and human B cells*	19
The gene regulatory network controlling plasma cell function	19
Circulating tissue factor‐positive extracellular vesicles and their association with thrombosis in different diseases	18
Reduction of host cell mitochondrial activity as Mycobacterium leprae’s strategy to evade host innate immunity	18
Deciphering human γδ T cell response in cancer: Lessons from tumor‐infiltrating γδ T cells	18
Neutrophil‐T cell crosstalk and the control of the host inflammatory response	18
Epigenetic regulation of natural killer cell memory*	17
Immunity against Mycobacterium ulcerans: The subversive role of mycolactone	17
Epigenetic regulation of T cell adaptive immunity	17
Immune recognition of phosphoantigen‐butyrophilin molecular complexes by γδ T cells	17
γδ T cell migration: Separating trafficking from surveillance behaviors at barrier surfaces	17
Neutrophils in aging and aging‐related pathologies	17
Pyroptosis in neutrophils: Multimodal integration of inflammasome and regulated cell death signaling pathways	16
How RNA modifications regulate the antiviral response	16
C3‐dependent effector functions of complement	16
N1 versus N2 and PMN‐MDSC: A critical appraisal of current concepts on tumor‐associated neutrophils and new directions for human oncology	16
Transcriptomics for child and adolescent tuberculosis*	16
The fibroblast: An emerging key player in thymic T cell selection	16
Platelet extracellular vesicles and the secretory interactome join forces in health and disease	15
Cancer immunotherapy harnessing γδ T cells and programmed death‐1	15
Susceptibility and resistance in leprosy: Studies in the mouse model	15
Extracellular vesicles and immune response during pregnancy: A balancing act*	15
Role of inhibitory signaling in peripheral B cell tolerance*	15
Perivascular stromal cells: Directors of tissue immune niches	15
Conversations that count: Cellular interactions that drive T cell fate	15
Neutrophil interactions with T cells, platelets, endothelial cells, and of course tumor cells	15
Influenza vaccination strategies targeting the hemagglutinin stem region	14
Transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of memory NK cell responses	14
RNA regulatory mechanisms that control antiviral innate immunity	14
Intracellular complement: Evidence, definitions, controversies, and solutions	14
Reconciling protective and pathogenic roles of the NLRP3 inflammasome in leishmaniasis	14
On the road to eliminating long‐lived plasma cells—“are we there yet?”	14
G protein coupled pattern recognition receptors expressed in neutrophils: Recognition, activation/modulation, signaling and receptor regulated functions	14
Stromal cells in tertiary lymphoid structures: Architects of autoimmunity	14