OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Science Immunology is 69. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
The HLA advantage: Why COVID-19 benched you but not your co-worker	337
Is one lymphocyte’s brake another lymphocyte’s gas?	316
Waking the sleeping giant: Single-stranded DNA binds Schlafen 11 to initiate innate immune responses	285
The OAS–RNase L pathway: Insights from experiments of nature	277
Hypoxia-induced EGR1 remodels neutrophils to suppress antitumor immunity	241
RORγt-lineage APCs: The Aire apparent	202
Characterization of the mammalian prodefinitive angio-hematopoietic lineage	202
DNA-damaging chemotherapy reshapes cardiac-resident macrophage composition and function	195
CLNS1A regulates genome stability and cell cycle progression to control CD4 T cell function and autoimmunity	192
Single-cell NAD(H) levels predict clonal lymphocyte expansion dynamics	159
Aire drives steroid hormone biosynthesis by medullary thymic epithelial cells	155
HLA-E–restricted SARS-CoV-2–specific T cells from convalescent COVID-19 patients suppress virus replication despite HLA class Ia down-regulation	149
Operation Nasal Vaccine—Lightning speed to counter COVID-19	149
Genome-wide screening identifies Trim33 as an essential regulator of dendritic cell differentiation	148
T cell help induces Myc transcriptional bursts in germinal center B cells during positive selection	147
Single-cell analysis of anti-BCMA CAR T cell therapy in patients with central nervous system autoimmunity	136
DPP9 deficiency: An inflammasomopathy that can be rescued by lowering NLRP1/IL-1 signaling	134
Clonally expanded CD38 ^hi cytotoxic CD8 T cells define the T cell infiltrate in checkpoint inhibitor–associated arthritis	130
Silent recognition of flagellins from human gut commensal bacteria by Toll-like receptor 5	130
Immunogenomic cancer evolution: A framework to understand cancer immunosuppression	125
Structural variation tunes apoptotic responses to drive immune escape in melanoma	118
Antigen-presenting cell activation requires intrinsic and extrinsic STING signaling after the phagocytosis of DNA-damaged cells	116
Neither naïve nor anergic, “autoimmune” not allergic	115
Antibody-mediated immunity against lung cancer goes retro	114
The rise of spatial TCR profiling: Emerging technologies and open challenges	113

Allergen-induced airway matrix remodeling in mice can be prevented or reversed by targeting chitinase-like proteins	112
ILC2s—Bipartisan politicians in cancer	109
CD103 fate mapping reveals that intestinal CD103⁻tissue-resident memory T cells are the primary responders to secondary infection	107
Group A Streptococcus induces CD1a-autoreactive T cells and promotes psoriatic inflammation	104
SARS-CoV-2–specific T cells in unexposed adults display broad trafficking potential and cross-react with commensal antigens	103
Maternal gut microbiome–induced IgG regulates neonatal gut microbiome and immunity	101
Chimeric autoantibody receptor T cells clonally eliminate B cells producing autoantibodies against IFN-γ	97
Single-cell topographical profiling of the immune synapse reveals a biomechanical signature of cytotoxicity	97
Class switch toward noninflammatory, spike-specific IgG4 antibodies after repeated SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination	96
Simultaneous priming of HIV broadly neutralizing antibody precursors to multiple epitopes by germline-targeting mRNA-LNP immunogens in mouse models	95
Gluten induces rapid reprogramming of natural memory αβ and γδ intraepithelial T cells to induce cytotoxicity in celiac disease	94
Obesity reshapes regulatory T cells in the visceral adipose tissue by disrupting cellular cholesterol homeostasis	93
Luck gone cold: A trifecta of B cell mutations associates with cryoglobulinemia	91
Erratum for the Research Article “TGF-β specifies T _FH versus T _H 17 cell fates in murine CD4	90
BCL6 is required for the thymic development of TCRαβ ⁺ CD8αα ⁺ intraepithelial lymphocyte lineage	87
GGNBP2 regulates MDA5 sensing triggered by self double-stranded RNA following loss of ADAR1 editing	86
Immune determinants of chronic sequelae after respiratory viral infection	85
CD5 deletion enhances the antitumor activity of adoptive T cell therapies	84
Tissue origin and virus specificity shape human CD8 ⁺ T cell cytotoxicity	83
Dynamic STING repression orchestrates immune cell development and function	83
Dissection of the immune landscape in psoriatic arthritis defines immunoproteasome up-regulation in treatment resistance	82
Sustained CD28 costimulation is required for self-renewal and differentiation of TCF-1 ⁺ PD-1 ⁺ CD8 T cells	81
Staphylococcus aureus skin colonization promotes SLE-like autoimmune inflammation via neutrophil activation and the IL-23/IL-17 axis	81
Epidermal growth factor receptor controls sex differences in lung type 2 responses to inhaled allergen	80
Maternal allergy and neonatal RSV infection synergize via FcR-mediated allergen uptake to promote the development of asthma in early life	80
B cells gone broad: A deep dive into SARS-CoV-2 antibody breadth	78
Microbial energy metabolism fuels an intestinal macrophage niche in solitary isolated lymphoid tissues through purinergic signaling	78
Antigen-specific depletion of CD4 ⁺ T cells by CAR T cells reveals distinct roles of higher- and lower-affinity TCRs during autoimmunity	78
RNA exosome drives early B cell development via noncoding RNA processing mechanisms	77
CD39 ⁺ tissue-resident memory CD8 ⁺ T cells with a clonal overlap across compartments mediate antitumor immunity in breast cancer	77
The palmitoylation of gasdermin D directs its membrane translocation and pore formation during pyroptosis	76
Androgen conspires with the CD8 ⁺ T cell exhaustion program and contributes to sex bias in cancer	75
Gutsy memory T cells stand their ground against pathogens	75
Androgen effects cause sex-biased impairment of CD8 ⁺ T cell antitumor activity	74
Non-apoptotic FAS signaling controls mTOR activation and extrafollicular maturation in human B cells	73
Dysregulation of γδ intraepithelial lymphocytes precedes Crohn’s disease–like ileitis	73
Intratumoral T _reg cell ablation elicits NK cell–mediated control of CD8 T cell–resistant tumors	73
Unearthing the Rosetta Stone of public antibody responses	73
IgE plasma cells are transcriptionally and functionally distinct from other isotypes	73
Microbial uptake in oral mucosa–draining lymph nodes leads to rapid release of cytotoxic CD8 ⁺ T cells lacking a gut-homing phenotype	72
Exposure to BA.4/5 S protein drives neutralization of Omicron BA.1, BA.2, BA.2.12.1, and BA.4/5 in vaccine-experienced humans and mice	72
Myeloid OTULIN deficiency couples RIPK3-dependent cell death to Nlrp3 inflammasome activation and IL-1β secretion	71
SARS-CoV-2 spike conformation determines plasma neutralizing activity elicited by a wide panel of human vaccines	71
Tissue-specific nonheritable influences drive endometrial immune system variation	70
Mucosal and systemic immune correlates of viral control after SARS-CoV-2 infection challenge in seronegative adults	69
NKG2D-mediated detection of metabolically stressed hepatocytes by innate-like T cells is essential for initiation of NASH and fibrosis	69
Group 2 innate lymphoid cells regulate nociceptive and gait functions of the peripheral nervous system	69