OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Cell Host & Microbe is 78. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Sowing the seeds of infection	516
Microbial genome mining expedition unearths trove of antiviral defenses	288
Selenium nanoboosting of plant-beneficial microbiome	253
Candidalysin: An unlikely aide for fungal gut commensalism	230
Breathe and bloom: Gut hypoxia limits C. albicans growth	226
Waste as an antibacterial weapon	206
Combatting superbugs using the evolutionary record of microbial warfare	203
Comprehensive analyses of a large human gut Bacteroidales culture collection reveal species- and strain-level diversity and evolution	198
Metatranscriptomics uncovers diurnal functional shifts in bacterial transgenes with profound metabolic effects	196
Functional map of SARS-CoV-2 3CL protease reveals tolerant and immutable sites	182
Engineered bacteria recycle tumor metabolic waste to boost immunotherapy	179
Proteobacteria impair anti-tumor immunity in the omentum by consuming arginine	179
Microbial byproducts determine reproductive fitness of free-living and parasitic nematodes	175
A secondary metabolite drives intraspecies antagonism in a gut symbiont that is inhibited by cell-wall acetylation	167
MFSD6 is an entry receptor for respiratory enterovirus D68	165
Epithelial hypoxia maintains colonization resistance against Candida albicans	164
Enhanced cultured diversity of the mouse gut microbiota enables custom-made synthetic communities	161
Diverse events have transferred genes for edible seaweed digestion from marine to human gut bacteria	158
Cohabitation facilitates microbiome shifts that promote isoflavone transformation to ameliorate liver injury	149
The bacterial effector GarD shields Chlamydia trachomatis inclusions from RNF213-mediated ubiquitylation and destruction	148
Secretory IgA: Linking microbes, maternal health, and infant health through human milk	147
Cad1 turns ATP into phage poison	143
Help from commensals: β-hex to regulate gut immunity	139
Two-for-one: Dual host-microbe functions of S. epidermidis Sph	137
Immunity to fungi and vaccine considerations	136

Select symbionts drive high IgA levels in the mouse intestine	133
There and back again: Discovering antiviral and antiphage defenses using deep homology	132
Beta-carbolines suppress vaginal inflammation	132
Conspecific versus heterospecific transmission shapes host specialization of the phyllosphere microbiome	130
Uniting against enteric invaders: IgA meets its microbial ally	129
Tactical terminase: How a Salmonella prophage navigates oxidative stress	129
Antibiotic treatment ignites a fire that lasts	126
How hosts accurately command bacteria for gut health	126
BCAA-producing Clostridium symbiosum promotes colorectal tumorigenesis through the modulation of host cholesterol metabolism	125
Gut microbial β-glucuronidases influence endobiotic homeostasis and are modulated by diverse therapeutics	124
A broadly distributed predicted helicase/nuclease confers phage resistance via abortive infection	120
Subtle, persistent shaping of the gut microbiome by host genes: A critical determinant of host biology	119
Virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2.75 variant	117
Impact of a 7-day homogeneous diet on interpersonal variation in human gut microbiomes and metabolomes	115
Cross-regulation of antibody responses against the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein and commensal microbiota via molecular mimicry	112
From top to bottom: Staphylococci in atopic dermatitis	111
Virulence factors perforate the pathogen-containing vacuole to signal efferocytosis	105
Overcoming drug resistance, the natural way	104
SARS-CoV-2 human T cell epitopes: Adaptive immune response against COVID-19	103
Dietary environmental factors shape the immune defense against Cryptosporidium infection	102
A mucin-regulated adhesin determines the spatial organization and inflammatory character of a bacterial symbiont in the vertebrate gut	101
Precision modulation of dysbiotic adult microbiomes with a human-milk-derived synbiotic reshapes gut microbial composition and metabolites	101
Cryptosporidium rhoptry effector protein ROP1 injected during invasion targets the host cytoskeletal modulator LMO7	100
Multiple introductions and recombination events underlie the emergence of a hyper-transmissible Cryptosporidium hominis subtype in the USA	99
Systematic reconstruction of an effector-gene network reveals determinants of Salmonella cellular and tissue tropism	98
Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sub-lineages BA.1, BA.1.1, and BA.2	97
Decline in nitrosative stress drives antibiotic persister regrowth during infection	94
Location matters in RSV protection	93
“AHR-ming” host defense against cryptosporidiosis	92
The gut microbiome: Bridging medications and clinical outcomes post stem cell transplantation	92
A lung pathobiont story: Thinking outside the Koch’s postulate box	92
Gut IgA: Never fear, the super inducers are here	91
Predator-prey interplay: When chemical conversation turns deadly	90
MX2 forms nucleoporin-comprising cytoplasmic biomolecular condensates that lure viral capsids	90
Antibiotics fire up inflammation to cool vaccine responsiveness	90
RSV and rhinovirus increase pneumococcal carriage acquisition and density, whereas nasal inflammation is associated with bacterial shedding	89
A single-cell liver atlas of Plasmodium vivax infection	88
Enhanced neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.2.86 and XBB sub-lineages by a tetravalent COVID-19 vaccine booster	88
Exclusive enteral nutrition initiates individual protective microbiome changes to induce remission in pediatric Crohn’s disease	87
Shigella ubiquitin ligase IpaH7.8 targets gasdermin D for degradation to prevent pyroptosis and enable infection	87
Microbiota alert: Proteobacteria consume arginine to dampen omental antitumor immunity	87
Global translational induction during NLR-mediated immunity in plants is dynamically regulated by CDC123, an ATP-sensitive protein	87
Intestinal microbiota programming of alveolar macrophages influences severity of respiratory viral infection	87
On-person adaptive evolution of Staphylococcus aureus during treatment for atopic dermatitis	86
Uncoupling of IL-6 signaling and LC3-associated phagocytosis drives immunoparalysis during sepsis	86
Microbiota-dependent proteolysis of gluten subverts diet-mediated protection against type 1 diabetes	86
A key genetic factor governing arabinan utilization in the gut microbiome alleviates constipation	84
One population, multiple lifestyles: Commensalism and pathogenesis in the human mycobiome	82
A counterintuitive antibody cocktail disrupts coxsackievirus	82
Goodbye PAM: Phage λ’s Red recombination system cripples PAMs and helps dodge CRISPR attacks	82

When NOD ligands become antidotes	81
Maternal antibiotic prophylaxis during cesarean section has a limited impact on the infant gut microbiome	79
On track to tackle dengue: History and future of NS4B ligands	78