OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Cell Host & Microbe is 81. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Viral mimicry protects from infection when you’re expecting	486
Breathe and bloom: Gut hypoxia limits C. albicans growth	479
Functional map of SARS-CoV-2 3CL protease reveals tolerant and immutable sites	475
Secretory IgA: Linking microbes, maternal health, and infant health through human milk	410
The dominoes fall after long-term antibiotic exposure	316
Accelerating mammalian filovirus research with receptor binding blueprints	294
MFSD6 is an entry receptor for respiratory enterovirus D68	292
Fiber- and acetate-mediated modulation of MHC-II expression on intestinal epithelium protects from Clostridioides difficile infection	279
Sowing the seeds of infection	253
Virus hunters: Discovering the evolutionary origins of SARS-CoV-2	249
Direct comparison of antibody responses to four SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in Mongolia	236
Selenium nanoboosting of plant-beneficial microbiome	219
Multi-omics signatures reveal genomic and functional heterogeneity of Cutibacterium acnes in normal and diseased skin	211
Enhanced neutralization resistance of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants BQ.1, BQ.1.1, BA.4.6, BF.7, and BA.2.75.2	203
A secondary metabolite drives intraspecies antagonism in a gut symbiont that is inhibited by cell-wall acetylation	187
Global, distinctive, and personal changes in molecular and microbial profiles by specific fibers in humans	174
Norovirus cell tropism: The road to uncovering its secret hideout	173
Commensals make the most of their hosts	171
Trick and no treat: Carbohydrate preemption by commensal Enterobacteriaceae	170
Neutrophils flash their GLUTs to beat back detestable fungi	169
Even old foes can learn sweet new tricks	162
Salmonella “RecAmends” self-healing	156
Find a little help from my (microbial) friends	153
Holding back: HLA-associated inhibition of NK cells gives HIV a leg up	148
The devil in the details: Herd immunity and pandemic response	143

From parent to progeny	142
A single-nucleotide polymorphism in Helicobacter pylori promotes gastric cancer development	141
From poo to promise: Fecal microbiota transplants support immunotherapy re-sensitization in solid tumors	139
Microbial byproducts determine reproductive fitness of free-living and parasitic nematodes	137
The gut-brain axis goes viral	135
The quest for control	133
Divide and conquer: Spatiotemporal plant innate immunity at single-cell resolution	130
Ecological diversity profiles of non-vaccine-targeted HPVs after gender-based community vaccination efforts	129
Salmonella-liberated dietary L-arabinose promotes expansion in superspreaders	128
Linking E. coli to fibrosis in Crohn’s disease	123
Commensal fungi, a force to be reckoned with	122
Engineered bacteria recycle tumor metabolic waste to boost immunotherapy	118
Anti-V1/V3-glycan broadly HIV-1 neutralizing antibodies in a post-treatment controller	117
Fighting the invisible foe in cancer therapy	117
Type I IFN-mediated NET release promotes Mycobacterium tuberculosis replication and is associated with granuloma caseation	116
Robust SARS-CoV-2 infection in nasal turbinates after treatment with systemic neutralizing antibodies	116
Walking down the phosphorylation path to root immunity	116
Mommy’s microbes: Gestational diabetes mellitus shapes the maternal and infant gut microbiome	116
Antiretroviral therapy reveals triphasic decay of intact SIV genomes and persistence of ancestral variants	115
Fungi make fun guys	113
Bacteroides acidifaciens drives a liver detox program	112
mRNA vaccines: A promising platform for safer, more effective next-generation Orthopoxvirus immunization	111
INDELible impact: How structural variants drive virulence and resistance	110
Pangenomes of human gut microbiota uncover links between genetic diversity and stress response	110
A large-scale type I CBASS antiphage screen identifies the phage prohead protease as a key determinant of immune activation and evasion	109
Host cells subdivide nutrient niches into discrete biogeographical microhabitats for gut microbes	108
MAMPs: A devil tamed becomes an angel	108
Going viral: The role of mobile genetic elements in bacterial immunity	106
The Toxoplasma effector GRA28 promotes parasite dissemination by inducing dendritic cell-like migratory properties in infected macrophages	106
Rapid design of bacteriophage cocktails to suppress the burden and virulence of gut-resident carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae	103
Stealth strategies of Candida albicans to evade host immunity	103
SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sublineages show comparable cell entry but differential neutralization by therapeutic antibodies	103
Microbiome modification for personalized treatment of dysbiotic diseases	102
Combatting superbugs using the evolutionary record of microbial warfare	102
A prophage competition element protects Salmonella from lysis	101
Candida lipase packs a punch against IL-17	96
Comprehensive analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genomes reveals genetic variations in bacterial virulence	96
Detect and destroy: CRISPR-based technologies for the response against viruses	95
Candidalysin: An unlikely aide for fungal gut commensalism	94
Assessing phage-host population dynamics by reintroducing virulent viruses to synthetic microbiomes	94
Microbial genome mining expedition unearths trove of antiviral defenses	90
Identification of host regulators of Mycobacterium tuberculosis phenotypes uncovers a role for the MMGT1-GPR156 lipid droplet axis in persistence	89
Fecal matters: Microbial signatures distinguish clinically relevant subtypes of precancerous colorectal polyps	89
Potent cross-neutralization of respiratory syncytial virus and human metapneumovirus through a structurally conserved antibody recognition mode	87
Homotypic antibodies target novel E glycoprotein domains after natural DENV 3 infection/vaccination	87
Growing up: A NOD2 our microbes	87
Human cytomegalovirus degrades DMXL1 to inhibit autophagy, lysosomal acidification, and viral assembly	86
Mycobacterial phage TM4 requires a eukaryotic-like Ser/Thr protein kinase to silence and escape anti-phage immunity	86
Rethinking phage-bacteria-eukaryotic relationships and their influence on human health	86
Stress-induced condensate switch awakens sleeping viruses	85

Innate immune sensing of rotavirus by intestinal epithelial cells leads to diarrhea	84
It takes three: A cocktail of protists, bacterial sphingolipids and an inflammasome	84
Boosting endosymbiosis in plants for future self-sustained crop production	84
Susceptible bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment in the mammalian gastrointestinal tract without evolving resistance	83
Microbiota metabolism of intestinal amino acids impacts host nutrient homeostasis and physiology	83
The blue-light receptor CRY1 serves as a switch to balance photosynthesis and plant defense	82
Gut commensals expand vitamin A metabolic capacity of the mammalian host	81