OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Cell Host & Microbe is 80. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Waste as an antibacterial weapon	391
Microbial genome mining expedition unearths trove of antiviral defenses	387
Sowing the seeds of infection	372
Cohabitation facilitates microbiome shifts that promote isoflavone transformation to ameliorate liver injury	330
Engineered probiotics recruit CAR macrophages and establish immune memory to eradicate heterogeneous glioblastoma in mice	329
The bacterial effector GarD shields Chlamydia trachomatis inclusions from RNF213-mediated ubiquitylation and destruction	269
Crosstalk between three CRISPR-Cas types enables primed type VI-A adaptation in Listeria seeligeri	242
Proteobacteria impair anti-tumor immunity in the omentum by consuming arginine	240
MFSD6 is an entry receptor for respiratory enterovirus D68	234
Functional map of SARS-CoV-2 3CL protease reveals tolerant and immutable sites	218
A secondary metabolite drives intraspecies antagonism in a gut symbiont that is inhibited by cell-wall acetylation	197
Comprehensive analyses of a large human gut Bacteroidales culture collection reveal species- and strain-level diversity and evolution	194
An infant nasal microbial gene atlas uncovers intervention-driven microbiome shifts and salt-resistant pathogen expansion	182
Enhanced cultured diversity of the mouse gut microbiota enables custom-made synthetic communities	178
Breathe and bloom: Gut hypoxia limits C. albicans growth	171
Epithelial hypoxia maintains colonization resistance against Candida albicans	171
Pseudomonas infections persisting after CFTR modulators are widespread throughout the lungs and drive lung inflammation	169
Secretory IgA: Linking microbes, maternal health, and infant health through human milk	169
Metatranscriptomics uncovers diurnal functional shifts in bacterial transgenes with profound metabolic effects	166
When predators meet the matrix: Natural resistance via amyloid fibers	164
Selenium nanoboosting of plant-beneficial microbiome	162
Hide and seek: Cryptococcus evasion of microglial sensing enables meningitis	159
Combatting superbugs using the evolutionary record of microbial warfare	157
Microbial byproducts determine reproductive fitness of free-living and parasitic nematodes	156
Candidalysin: An unlikely aide for fungal gut commensalism	156

A CLOCK-targeting lncRNA induces trained immunity against tuberculosis	155
There and back again: Discovering antiviral and antiphage defenses using deep homology	144
Beta-carbolines suppress vaginal inflammation	143
BCAA-producing Clostridium symbiosum promotes colorectal tumorigenesis through the modulation of host cholesterol metabolism	137
How hosts accurately command bacteria for gut health	135
Immunity to fungi and vaccine considerations	135
Cross-regulation of antibody responses against the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein and commensal microbiota via molecular mimicry	134
From top to bottom: Staphylococci in atopic dermatitis	133
Uniting against enteric invaders: IgA meets its microbial ally	130
Tactical terminase: How a Salmonella prophage navigates oxidative stress	129
Antibiotic treatment ignites a fire that lasts	128
Cad1 turns ATP into phage poison	125
A bacterial signal coordinates plant-microbe fitness trade-off to enhance sulfur deficiency tolerance in plants	122
Select symbionts drive high IgA levels in the mouse intestine	121
Gut microbial β-glucuronidases influence endobiotic homeostasis and are modulated by diverse therapeutics	120
Help from commensals: β-hex to regulate gut immunity	118
Evolution of root nodule symbiosis via paleopolyploidy and modular pathway rewiring	118
Conspecific versus heterospecific transmission shapes host specialization of the phyllosphere microbiome	117
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
Subtle, persistent shaping of the gut microbiome by host genes: A critical determinant of host biology	115
A broadly distributed predicted helicase/nuclease confers phage resistance via abortive infection	115
Lost and found: Reconstituting PRR immune function through co-receptor transfer	114
“AHR-ming” host defense against cryptosporidiosis	113
Gut IgA: Never fear, the super inducers are here	109
Predator-prey interplay: When chemical conversation turns deadly	108
Microbiota-dependent proteolysis of gluten subverts diet-mediated protection against type 1 diabetes	107
Enhanced neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.2.86 and XBB sub-lineages by a tetravalent COVID-19 vaccine booster	106
Antibiotics fire up inflammation to cool vaccine responsiveness	105
Dietary environmental factors shape the immune defense against Cryptosporidium infection	104
A single-cell liver atlas of Plasmodium vivax infection	103
Multiple introductions and recombination events underlie the emergence of a hyper-transmissible Cryptosporidium hominis subtype in the USA	102
A lung pathobiont story: Thinking outside the Koch’s postulate box	101
Decline in nitrosative stress drives antibiotic persister regrowth during infection	100
SARS-CoV-2 human T cell epitopes: Adaptive immune response against COVID-19	99
A key genetic factor governing arabinan utilization in the gut microbiome alleviates constipation	98
A mucin-regulated adhesin determines the spatial organization and inflammatory character of a bacterial symbiont in the vertebrate gut	98
One population, multiple lifestyles: Commensalism and pathogenesis in the human mycobiome	96
Intestinal microbiota programming of alveolar macrophages influences severity of respiratory viral infection	95
Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sub-lineages BA.1, BA.1.1, and BA.2	95
Global translational induction during NLR-mediated immunity in plants is dynamically regulated by CDC123, an ATP-sensitive protein	92
Exclusive enteral nutrition initiates individual protective microbiome changes to induce remission in pediatric Crohn’s disease	92
The gut microbiome: Bridging medications and clinical outcomes post stem cell transplantation	91
MX2 forms nucleoporin-comprising cytoplasmic biomolecular condensates that lure viral capsids	90
Molecular basis of 60 years of antigenic evolution of human influenza A(H3N2) virus neuraminidase	89
Precision modulation of dysbiotic adult microbiomes with a human-milk-derived synbiotic reshapes gut microbial composition and metabolites	87
On-person adaptive evolution of Staphylococcus aureus during treatment for atopic dermatitis	86
Microbiota alert: Proteobacteria consume arginine to dampen omental antitumor immunity	85
RSV and rhinovirus increase pneumococcal carriage acquisition and density, whereas nasal inflammation is associated with bacterial shedding	84
A counterintuitive antibody cocktail disrupts coxsackievirus	83

When NOD ligands become antidotes	83
GOSpel for tiny allies	82
Restoring a gut Bifidobacterium community in early infancy	81
Widespread RNA-based cas regulation monitors crRNA abundance and anti-CRISPR proteins	81
The gut microbiome associates with phenotypic manifestations of post-acute COVID-19 syndrome	81
Memory profiles distinguish cross-reactive and virus-specific T cell immunity to mpox	80