OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Cell Host & Microbe is 90. 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
Complex Immune Dysregulation in COVID-19 Patients with Severe Respiratory Failure	1622
Comprehensive mapping of mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain that affect recognition by polyclonal human plasma antibodies	934
Complete Mapping of Mutations to the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Receptor-Binding Domain that Escape Antibody Recognition	868
Infection and Rapid Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Ferrets	767
Heightened Innate Immune Responses in the Respiratory Tract of COVID-19 Patients	766
Type I and Type III Interferons – Induction, Signaling, Evasion, and Application to Combat COVID-19	695
Identification of SARS-CoV-2 spike mutations that attenuate monoclonal and serum antibody neutralization	636
An Infectious cDNA Clone of SARS-CoV-2	599
A Mouse Model of SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Pathogenesis	526
Increased resistance of SARS-CoV-2 variant P.1 to antibody neutralization	451
Potent SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies directed against spike N-terminal domain target a single supersite	428
SARS-CoV-2 spike L452R variant evades cellular immunity and increases infectivity	418
Neutralizing Antibody and Soluble ACE2 Inhibition of a Replication-Competent VSV-SARS-CoV-2 and a Clinical Isolate of SARS-CoV-2	353
The Gut Virome Database Reveals Age-Dependent Patterns of Virome Diversity in the Human Gut	344
Virus-Receptor Interactions of Glycosylated SARS-CoV-2 Spike and Human ACE2 Receptor	316
Cryo-EM Structures of SARS-CoV-2 Spike without and with ACE2 Reveal a pH-Dependent Switch to Mediate Endosomal Positioning of Receptor-Binding Domains	300
The variant gambit: COVID-19’s next move	296
SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 is susceptible to neutralizing antibodies elicited by ancestral spike vaccines	281
BCG Vaccination in Humans Elicits Trained Immunity via the Hematopoietic Progenitor Compartment	275
D614G Spike Mutation Increases SARS CoV-2 Susceptibility to Neutralization	274
Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 by Destruction of the Prefusion Spike	270
A Dynamic Immune Response Shapes COVID-19 Progression	256
SARS-CoV-2 human T cell epitopes: Adaptive immune response against COVID-19	242
Retrospective Multicenter Cohort Study Shows Early Interferon Therapy Is Associated with Favorable Clinical Responses in COVID-19 Patients	241
Gut microbiota-derived bile acids in intestinal immunity, inflammation, and tumorigenesis	235

Functional and Genomic Variation between Human-Derived Isolates of Lachnospiraceae Reveals Inter- and Intra-Species Diversity	222
Integrative Imaging Reveals SARS-CoV-2-Induced Reshaping of Subcellular Morphologies	218
Identification of Human Single-Domain Antibodies against SARS-CoV-2	218
Developmental trajectory of the healthy human gut microbiota during the first 5 years of life	214
Root-Secreted Coumarins and the Microbiota Interact to Improve Iron Nutrition in Arabidopsis	205
Favorable Anakinra Responses in Severe Covid-19 Patients with Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis	195
A Comprehensive Subcellular Atlas of the Toxoplasma Proteome via hyperLOPIT Provides Spatial Context for Protein Functions	195
Human B Cell Clonal Expansion and Convergent Antibody Responses to SARS-CoV-2	193
Infection- and vaccine-induced antibody binding and neutralization of the B.1.351 SARS-CoV-2 variant	188
The Gut Microbiota and Unhealthy Aging: Disentangling Cause from Consequence	185
Innate immune and inflammatory responses to SARS-CoV-2: Implications for COVID-19	184
Living in the endosymbiotic world of Wolbachia: A centennial review	170
The Innate Immune System: Fighting on the Front Lines or Fanning the Flames of COVID-19?	167
A Replication-Competent Vesicular Stomatitis Virus for Studies of SARS-CoV-2 Spike-Mediated Cell Entry and Its Inhibition	166
SARS-CoV-2 spike variants exhibit differential infectivity and neutralization resistance to convalescent or post-vaccination sera	163
Arrhythmic Gut Microbiome Signatures Predict Risk of Type 2 Diabetes	160
A single dose of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine BNT162b2 elicits Fc-mediated antibody effector functions and T cell responses	160
Enhanced neutralization resistance of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants BQ.1, BQ.1.1, BA.4.6, BF.7, and BA.2.75.2	156
SARS-CoV-2 prolonged infection during advanced HIV disease evolves extensive immune escape	155
Cholesterol Metabolism by Uncultured Human Gut Bacteria Influences Host Cholesterol Level	152
Real-Time Conformational Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 Spikes on Virus Particles	150
Replication-Competent Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Vaccine Vector Protects against SARS-CoV-2-Mediated Pathogenesis in Mice	148
Breastmilk Feeding Practices Are Associated with the Co-Occurrence of Bacteria in Mothers’ Milk and the Infant Gut: the CHILD Cohort Study	147
Role of dietary fiber in the recovery of the human gut microbiome and its metabolome	146
An expanded arsenal of immune systems that protect bacteria from phages	145
Induction of alarmin S100A8/A9 mediates activation of aberrant neutrophils in the pathogenesis of COVID-19	140
Nucleocapsid mutations R203K/G204R increase the infectivity, fitness, and virulence of SARS-CoV-2	139
Enteroendocrine cells sense bacterial tryptophan catabolites to activate enteric and vagal neuronal pathways	137
Mutations in SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern link to increased spike cleavage and virus transmission	135
Phages and their satellites encode hotspots of antiviral systems	132
Co-evolution and Co-speciation of Host-Gut Bacteria Systems	128
The Microbiome as a Modifier of Neurodegenerative Disease Risk	124
The Spatial Heterogeneity of the Gut Limits Predation and Fosters Coexistence of Bacteria and Bacteriophages	124
Kinetics and correlates of the neutralizing antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 infection in humans	123
Antibody evasion of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1, BA.1.1, BA.2, and BA.3 sub-lineages	121
Engineering the Live-Attenuated Polio Vaccine to Prevent Reversion to Virulence	120
Commensal microbiota regulates skin barrier function and repair via signaling through the aryl hydrocarbon receptor	119
Altered Immunity of Laboratory Mice in the Natural Environment Is Associated with Fungal Colonization	117
A bacterial bile acid metabolite modulates Treg activity through the nuclear hormone receptor NR4A1	116
Microbiota and Fatty Liver Disease—the Known, the Unknown, and the Future	115
Functional interrogation of a SARS-CoV-2 host protein interactome identifies unique and shared coronavirus host factors	111
The Skin Microbiota: Balancing Risk and Reward	110
Fungal Trans-kingdom Dynamics Linked to Responsiveness to Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) Therapy in Ulcerative Colitis	110
The cancer microbiome atlas: a pan-cancer comparative analysis to distinguish tissue-resident microbiota from contaminants	110
Oral Microbiome Geography: Micron-Scale Habitat and Niche	110
Characterization of the enhanced infectivity and antibody evasion of Omicron BA.2.75	108
Rational Vaccine Design in the Time of COVID-19	105
Intranasal vaccination with a lentiviral vector protects against SARS-CoV-2 in preclinical animal models	105
The Impact of the Microbiome on Immunity to Vaccination in Humans	104
Prior infection with SARS-CoV-2 boosts and broadens Ad26.COV2.S immunogenicity in a variant-dependent manner	103

Virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2.75 variant	102
Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sub-lineages BA.1, BA.1.1, and BA.2	102
Antibody and B cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination	98
Genomic monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 uncovers an Nsp1 deletion variant that modulates type I interferon response	98
The immune landscape in tuberculosis reveals populations linked to disease and latency	98
Jasmonate Signaling Enhances RNA Silencing and Antiviral Defense in Rice	97
Acetylation of Cytidine Residues Boosts HIV-1 Gene Expression by Increasing Viral RNA Stability	96
Human-Gut-DNA Virome Variations across Geography, Ethnicity, and Urbanization	94
Shigella ubiquitin ligase IpaH7.8 targets gasdermin D for degradation to prevent pyroptosis and enable infection	94
Global COVID-19 vaccine inequity: The scope, the impact, and the challenges	94
Approaches and Challenges in SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Development	93
Antibody Feedback Limits the Expansion of B Cell Responses to Malaria Vaccination but Drives Diversification of the Humoral Response	91
Human gut bacterial metabolism drives Th17 activation and colitis	90
High-Fat Diet and Antibiotics Cooperatively Impair Mitochondrial Bioenergetics to Trigger Dysbiosis that Exacerbates Pre-inflammatory Bowel Disease	90
Commensal Staphylococcus epidermidis contributes to skin barrier homeostasis by generating protective ceramides	90