OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Cell Host & Microbe is 82. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Waste as an antibacterial weapon	623
Microbial genome mining expedition unearths trove of antiviral defenses	350
Sowing the seeds of infection	315
When predators meet the matrix: Natural resistance via amyloid fibers	299
Candidalysin: An unlikely aide for fungal gut commensalism	296
Functional map of SARS-CoV-2 3CL protease reveals tolerant and immutable sites	253
Selenium nanoboosting of plant-beneficial microbiome	236
Hide and seek: Cryptococcus evasion of microglial sensing enables meningitis	223
Combatting superbugs using the evolutionary record of microbial warfare	214
Enhanced cultured diversity of the mouse gut microbiota enables custom-made synthetic communities	214
Diverse events have transferred genes for edible seaweed digestion from marine to human gut bacteria	204
The bacterial effector GarD shields Chlamydia trachomatis inclusions from RNF213-mediated ubiquitylation and destruction	202
Microbial byproducts determine reproductive fitness of free-living and parasitic nematodes	196
Pseudomonas infections persisting after CFTR modulators are widespread throughout the lungs and drive lung inflammation	188
Breathe and bloom: Gut hypoxia limits C. albicans growth	174
A secondary metabolite drives intraspecies antagonism in a gut symbiont that is inhibited by cell-wall acetylation	171
Cohabitation facilitates microbiome shifts that promote isoflavone transformation to ameliorate liver injury	167
Epithelial hypoxia maintains colonization resistance against Candida albicans	155
Proteobacteria impair anti-tumor immunity in the omentum by consuming arginine	155
MFSD6 is an entry receptor for respiratory enterovirus D68	154
A CLOCK-targeting lncRNA induces trained immunity against tuberculosis	152
Secretory IgA: Linking microbes, maternal health, and infant health through human milk	151
Metatranscriptomics uncovers diurnal functional shifts in bacterial transgenes with profound metabolic effects	151
Comprehensive analyses of a large human gut Bacteroidales culture collection reveal species- and strain-level diversity and evolution	149
Crosstalk between three CRISPR-Cas types enables primed type VI-A adaptation in Listeria seeligeri	149

There and back again: Discovering antiviral and antiphage defenses using deep homology	148
A bacterial signal coordinates plant-microbe fitness trade-off to enhance sulfur deficiency tolerance in plants	145
How hosts accurately command bacteria for gut health	145
From top to bottom: Staphylococci in atopic dermatitis	143
Uniting against enteric invaders: IgA meets its microbial ally	138
Cad1 turns ATP into phage poison	130
Beta-carbolines suppress vaginal inflammation	130
Immunity to fungi and vaccine considerations	130
A broadly distributed predicted helicase/nuclease confers phage resistance via abortive infection	127
Tactical terminase: How a Salmonella prophage navigates oxidative stress	126
Conspecific versus heterospecific transmission shapes host specialization of the phyllosphere microbiome	119
Antibiotic treatment ignites a fire that lasts	116
Subtle, persistent shaping of the gut microbiome by host genes: A critical determinant of host biology	114
Virulence factors perforate the pathogen-containing vacuole to signal efferocytosis	112
Help from commensals: β-hex to regulate gut immunity	111
Two-for-one: Dual host-microbe functions of S. epidermidis Sph	111
Select symbionts drive high IgA levels in the mouse intestine	111
Virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2.75 variant	110
Cross-regulation of antibody responses against the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein and commensal microbiota via molecular mimicry	110
Impact of a 7-day homogeneous diet on interpersonal variation in human gut microbiomes and metabolomes	109
Gut microbial β-glucuronidases influence endobiotic homeostasis and are modulated by diverse therapeutics	109
BCAA-producing Clostridium symbiosum promotes colorectal tumorigenesis through the modulation of host cholesterol metabolism	107
Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sub-lineages BA.1, BA.1.1, and BA.2	106
Antibiotics fire up inflammation to cool vaccine responsiveness	103
A lung pathobiont story: Thinking outside the Koch’s postulate box	103
Lost and found: Reconstituting PRR immune function through co-receptor transfer	103
Overcoming drug resistance, the natural way	102
The gut microbiome: Bridging medications and clinical outcomes post stem cell transplantation	102
“AHR-ming” host defense against cryptosporidiosis	100
Gut IgA: Never fear, the super inducers are here	100
Predator-prey interplay: When chemical conversation turns deadly	99
Location matters in RSV protection	99
Microbiota-dependent proteolysis of gluten subverts diet-mediated protection against type 1 diabetes	99
On-person adaptive evolution of Staphylococcus aureus during treatment for atopic dermatitis	98
MX2 forms nucleoporin-comprising cytoplasmic biomolecular condensates that lure viral capsids	97
Multiple introductions and recombination events underlie the emergence of a hyper-transmissible Cryptosporidium hominis subtype in the USA	96
SARS-CoV-2 human T cell epitopes: Adaptive immune response against COVID-19	96
A single-cell liver atlas of Plasmodium vivax infection	95
A key genetic factor governing arabinan utilization in the gut microbiome alleviates constipation	95
One population, multiple lifestyles: Commensalism and pathogenesis in the human mycobiome	94
Dietary environmental factors shape the immune defense against Cryptosporidium infection	94
A mucin-regulated adhesin determines the spatial organization and inflammatory character of a bacterial symbiont in the vertebrate gut	93
Microbiota alert: Proteobacteria consume arginine to dampen omental antitumor immunity	93
Enhanced neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.2.86 and XBB sub-lineages by a tetravalent COVID-19 vaccine booster	93
Global translational induction during NLR-mediated immunity in plants is dynamically regulated by CDC123, an ATP-sensitive protein	91
Decline in nitrosative stress drives antibiotic persister regrowth during infection	90
Exclusive enteral nutrition initiates individual protective microbiome changes to induce remission in pediatric Crohn’s disease	87
RSV and rhinovirus increase pneumococcal carriage acquisition and density, whereas nasal inflammation is associated with bacterial shedding	87
Intestinal microbiota programming of alveolar macrophages influences severity of respiratory viral infection	87
Precision modulation of dysbiotic adult microbiomes with a human-milk-derived synbiotic reshapes gut microbial composition and metabolites	86

Systems virology as a cornerstone for pandemic responsiveness: A G2P-Japan perspective	86
GOSpel for tiny allies	86
Multi-arming ourselves against drug-resistant bacteria	85
A counterintuitive antibody cocktail disrupts coxsackievirus	83
Immune chromatin reader SP140 regulates microbiota and risk for inflammatory bowel disease	83
Bacteria exploit viral dormancy to establish CRISPR-Cas immunity	83
When NOD ligands become antidotes	83