OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Cell Host & Microbe is 79. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Waste as an antibacterial weapon	487
Sowing the seeds of infection	427
Candidalysin: An unlikely aide for fungal gut commensalism	422
Hide and seek: Cryptococcus evasion of microglial sensing enables meningitis	376
Selenium nanoboosting of plant-beneficial microbiome	302
Combatting superbugs using the evolutionary record of microbial warfare	277
Breathe and bloom: Gut hypoxia limits C. albicans growth	262
When predators meet the matrix: Natural resistance via amyloid fibers	246
Crosstalk between three CRISPR-Cas types enables primed type VI-A adaptation in Listeria seeligeri	225
An infant nasal microbial gene atlas uncovers intervention-driven microbiome shifts and salt-resistant pathogen expansion	214
Cohabitation facilitates microbiome shifts that promote isoflavone transformation to ameliorate liver injury	203
MFSD6 is an entry receptor for respiratory enterovirus D68	202
A CLOCK-targeting lncRNA induces trained immunity against tuberculosis	200
Microbial genome mining expedition unearths trove of antiviral defenses	197
Mining the code of life for new antibiotics	186
Pseudomonas infections persisting after CFTR modulators are widespread throughout the lungs and drive lung inflammation	183
Metatranscriptomics uncovers diurnal functional shifts in bacterial transgenes with profound metabolic effects	182
Functional map of SARS-CoV-2 3CL protease reveals tolerant and immutable sites	182
The bacterial effector GarD shields Chlamydia trachomatis inclusions from RNF213-mediated ubiquitylation and destruction	172
Engineered probiotics recruit CAR macrophages and establish immune memory to eradicate heterogeneous glioblastoma in mice	171
Proteobacteria impair anti-tumor immunity in the omentum by consuming arginine	166
Epithelial hypoxia maintains colonization resistance against Candida albicans	164
Enhanced cultured diversity of the mouse gut microbiota enables custom-made synthetic communities	159
There and back again: Discovering antiviral and antiphage defenses using deep homology	159
Comprehensive analyses of a large human gut Bacteroidales culture collection reveal species- and strain-level diversity and evolution	159

Help from commensals: β-hex to regulate gut immunity	158
How hosts accurately command bacteria for gut health	156
Uniting against enteric invaders: IgA meets its microbial ally	154
Tactical terminase: How a Salmonella prophage navigates oxidative stress	152
Cad1 turns ATP into phage poison	151
From top to bottom: Staphylococci in atopic dermatitis	146
Conspecific versus heterospecific transmission shapes host specialization of the phyllosphere microbiome	141
Subtle, persistent shaping of the gut microbiome by host genes: A critical determinant of host biology	139
Virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2.75 variant	131
A broadly distributed predicted helicase/nuclease confers phage resistance via abortive infection	130
Gut microbial β-glucuronidases influence endobiotic homeostasis and are modulated by diverse therapeutics	128
Cross-regulation of antibody responses against the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein and commensal microbiota via molecular mimicry	127
Beta-carbolines suppress vaginal inflammation	127
Immunity to fungi and vaccine considerations	127
Select symbionts drive high IgA levels in the mouse intestine	126
A bacterial signal coordinates plant-microbe fitness trade-off to enhance sulfur deficiency tolerance in plants	126
Toward precision microbiome therapeutics: From black box to blueprint	125
Evolution of root nodule symbiosis via paleopolyploidy and modular pathway rewiring	119
BCAA-producing Clostridium symbiosum promotes colorectal tumorigenesis through the modulation of host cholesterol metabolism	118
Multiple introductions and recombination events underlie the emergence of a hyper-transmissible Cryptosporidium hominis subtype in the USA	115
Lost and found: Reconstituting PRR immune function through co-receptor transfer	113
“AHR-ming” host defense against cryptosporidiosis	112
Antibiotics fire up inflammation to cool vaccine responsiveness	111
Predator-prey interplay: When chemical conversation turns deadly	111
The gut microbiome: Bridging medications and clinical outcomes post stem cell transplantation	110
Microbiota-dependent proteolysis of gluten subverts diet-mediated protection against type 1 diabetes	109
A lung pathobiont story: Thinking outside the Koch’s postulate box	108
Microbiota alert: Proteobacteria consume arginine to dampen omental antitumor immunity	104
On-person adaptive evolution of Staphylococcus aureus during treatment for atopic dermatitis	104
SARS-CoV-2 human T cell epitopes: Adaptive immune response against COVID-19	100
Gut IgA: Never fear, the super inducers are here	100
Dietary environmental factors shape the immune defense against Cryptosporidium infection	99
Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sub-lineages BA.1, BA.1.1, and BA.2	97
Enhanced neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.2.86 and XBB sub-lineages by a tetravalent COVID-19 vaccine booster	97
Exclusive enteral nutrition initiates individual protective microbiome changes to induce remission in pediatric Crohn’s disease	95
An acidic welcome: How microbial metabolites keep fungi in line	94
Molecular basis of 60 years of antigenic evolution of human influenza A(H3N2) virus neuraminidase	93
Global translational induction during NLR-mediated immunity in plants is dynamically regulated by CDC123, an ATP-sensitive protein	93
Intestinal microbiota programming of alveolar macrophages influences severity of respiratory viral infection	91
One population, multiple lifestyles: Commensalism and pathogenesis in the human mycobiome	90
MX2 forms nucleoporin-comprising cytoplasmic biomolecular condensates that lure viral capsids	90
RNA quality control enables antibiotic tolerance	88
RSV and rhinovirus increase pneumococcal carriage acquisition and density, whereas nasal inflammation is associated with bacterial shedding	88
A mucin-regulated adhesin determines the spatial organization and inflammatory character of a bacterial symbiont in the vertebrate gut	88
Decline in nitrosative stress drives antibiotic persister regrowth during infection	87
A key genetic factor governing arabinan utilization in the gut microbiome alleviates constipation	86
Precision modulation of dysbiotic adult microbiomes with a human-milk-derived synbiotic reshapes gut microbial composition and metabolites	86
When NOD ligands become antidotes	85
A counterintuitive antibody cocktail disrupts coxsackievirus	85
GOSpel for tiny allies	83

Multi-arming ourselves against drug-resistant bacteria	83
Systems virology as a cornerstone for pandemic responsiveness: A G2P-Japan perspective	82
Maternal antibiotic prophylaxis during cesarean section has a limited impact on the infant gut microbiome	81
Restoring a gut Bifidobacterium community in early infancy	79