Infection and Immunity

Papers
(The TQCC of Infection and Immunity is 8. 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.)
ArticleCitations
Effects of Dihydroartemisinin against Cystic Echinococcosis In Vitro and In Vivo179
Expression of CD117 (c-Kit) on Circulating B Cells in Pediatric Schistosomiasis75
Legionella pneumophila inhibits type I interferon signaling to avoid cell-intrinsic host cell defense68
Contribution of Hfq to gene regulation and virulence in Histophilus somni62
Mucosal vaccination in a murine gnotobiotic model of Giardia lamblia infection58
Article of Significant Interest in This Issue56
Egress of Listeria monocytogenes from Mesenteric Lymph Nodes Depends on Intracellular Replication and Cell-to-Cell Spread51
Fungal mechanisms of intracellular survival: what can we learn from bacterial pathogens?49
A Member of an Ancient Family of Bacterial Amino Acids Transporters Contributes to Chlamydia Nutritional Virulence and Immune Evasion45
Mucosal Infection with Unmasked Candida albicans Cells Impacts Disease Progression in a Host Niche-Specific Manner40
A Staphylococcal Glucosaminidase Drives Inflammatory Responses by Processing Peptidoglycan Chains to Physiological Lengths31
Heterologous prime-boost immunization of two-component vaccine candidate PWDVax protected pigs against F18 enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli post-weaning diarrhea31
Mouse models of tuberculosis uniformly featuring hypoxic necrotic lesions and poor response to chemotherapy31
Identification of Babesia microti immunoreactive antigens by phage display cDNA screen29
Acute Infection with a Tobramycin-Induced Small Colony Variant of Staphylococcus aureus Causes Increased Inflammation in the Cystic Fibrosis Rat Lung29
Bacterial surface lipoproteins mediate epithelial microinvasion by Streptococcus pneumoniae28
Bacteriophage-mediated reduction of uropathogenic E. coli from the urogenital epithelium27
The hypervirulent Type-1/Type-17 phenotype of Cryptococcus neoformans clinical isolates is specific to A/J mice27
para -Aminobenzoic Acid Biosynthesis Is Required for Listeria monocytogenes Growth and Pathogenesis27
Effect of Probiotic E. coli Nissle 1917 Supplementation on the Growth Performance, Immune Responses, Intestinal Morphology, and Gut Microbes of Campylobacter jejuni Infected Chickens27
Legionella pneumophila Cas2 Promotes the Expression of Small Heat Shock Protein C2 That Is Required for Thermal Tolerance and Optimal Intracellular Infection26
Specific interaction between Group B Streptococcus CC17 hypervirulent clone and phagocytes26
Infectivity of a pathogenicity-attenuated Chlamydia muridarum mutant in the genital tract26
Two MP2CL5 Antigen Vaccines from Naegleria fowleri Stimulate the Immune Response against Meningitis in the BALB/c Model26
Candida albicans enhances iron uptake to maintain fluconazole resistance25
Effects of Trichinella spiralis and its serine protease inhibitors on autophagy of host small intestinal cells25
(p)ppGpp is required for virulence of Shigella flexneri25
Cervicovaginal microbial features predict Chlamydia trachomatis spread to the upper genital tract of infected women24
Mono- and co-infections of primary porcine respiratory cells with Bordetella bronchiseptica and Streptococcus suis 22
Proteomics Profiling Reveals Regulation of Immune Response to Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Infection in Mice22
Oral streptococci S. anginosus and S. mitis induce distinct morphological, inflammatory, and metabolic signatures in macrophages22
Bacterial Chitinases and Their Role in Human Infection22
Functional Characterization of Non-Ankyrin Repeat Domains of Orientia tsutsugamushi Ank Effectors Reveals Their Importance for Molecular Pathogenesis22
The GPCR NMUR-1 mediates neural regulation of energy homeostasis in response to pathogen infection21
Article of Significant Interest in This Issue21
Lymphotoxin beta receptor -/- mice display altered B- and T-cell subpopulations in the bone marrow and peritoneal cavity after Toxoplasma gondii 21
Phospholipase C epsilon-1 (PLCƐ1) mediates macrophage activation and protection against tuberculosis21
Cathelicidin boosts the antifungal activity of neutrophils and improves prognosis during Aspergillus fumigatus keratitis20
Chronic Leptin Deficiency Improves Tolerance of Physiological Damage and Host-Pathogen Cooperation during Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Infection20
Type I Interferon Signaling on Antigen-Presenting Cells Blunts Cell-Mediated Immunity toward Listeria monocytogenes20
Multi-system dysregulation in placental malaria contributes to adverse perinatal outcomes in mice19
Proteomic profiling reveals immunomodulatory role of IL-33 in ocular bacterial and fungal infections19
Brucella targets the host ubiquitin-specific protease, Usp8 , through the effector protein, TcpB, for facilitating infection of macrophages19
Essential role of Helicobacter pylori apolipoprotein N-acyltransferase (Lnt) in stomach colonization19
Legionella pneumophila Rhizoferrin Promotes Bacterial Biofilm Formation and Growth within Amoebae and Macrophages18
Detection of naturally acquired, strain-transcending antibodies against rosetting Plasmodium falciparum strains in humans18
Species- and strain-specific differences in the phagocytosis of Prototheca : insights from live-cell imaging18
Evaluation of Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides antigens capable of stimulating host IRG-47 release identifies Mmm604, Mmm605, and Mmm6018
2023 Acknowledgment of Infection and Immunity Ad Hoc Reviewers18
2022 Acknowledgment of Infection and Immunity Ad Hoc Reviewers18
Immunometabolic reprogramming in macrophages infected with active and dormant Cryptococcus neoformans : differential modulation of respiration, glycolysis, and fatty aci18
Plasmodium yoelii surface-related antigen (PySRA) modulates the host pro-inflammatory responses via binding to CD68 on macrophage membrane18
Editorial Board18
Induced necroptosis limits Toxoplasma gondii replication in a RIPK3/MLKL-dependent manner17
Copper Efflux System Required in Murine Lung Infection by Haemophilus influenzae Composed of a Canonical ATPase Gene and Tandem Chaperone Gene Copies17
Reduction is sufficient for the disassembly of ricin and Shiga toxin 1 but not Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin17
Novel Biomarkers, Including tcdB PCR Cycle Threshold, for Predicting Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection17
High-Level Expression of Cell-Surface Signaling System Hxu Enhances Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bloodstream Infection17
Presence of Functionally Active Cytolethal Distending Toxin Genes on a Conjugative Plasmid in a Clinical Isolate of Providencia rustigianii17
CpoS-Inc interactions facilitate host cell modulation during Chlamydia trachomatis infection16
Cytotoxic rhamnolipid micelles drive acute virulence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa16
CCR2-dependent CX3CR1+ colonic macrophages promote Enterococcus faecalis dissemination16
Parenteral vaccination with recombinant EtpA glycoprotein impairs enterotoxigenic E. coli colonization16
Functional Activities of O-Polysaccharide and Hemolysin Coregulated Protein 1 Specific Antibodies Isolated from Melioidosis Patients16
Positive Selection of Mutations in the Helicobacter pylori katA 5′ Untranslated Region in a Mongolian Gerbil Model of Gastric Disease16
Molecular and mechanistic insights into the gut-liver axis in K. pneumoniae infections: current advances and future directions15
Role of the CagY antenna projection in Helicobacter pylori Cag type IV secretion system activity15
Helicobacter pylori CagA and Cag type IV secretion system activity have key roles in triggering gastric transcriptional and proteomic alterations15
StkP- and PhpP-Mediated Posttranslational Modifications Modulate the S. pneumoniae Metabolism, Polysaccharide Capsule, and Virulence15
Sex and Gender Differences in Bacterial Infections15
Do white-footed mice, the main reservoir of the Lyme disease pathogen in the United States, clinically respond to the borrelial tenancy?15
Point Mutations in TbpA Abrogate Human Transferrin Binding in Neisseria gonorrhoeae15
B cells in perivascular and peribronchiolar granuloma-associated lymphoid tissue and B-cell signatures identify asymptomatic Mycobacterium tuberculosis lung infection in15
Characterization of the Listeria monocytogenes PieRS regulon distinguishes the function of the critical secretion chaperone PrsA2 from other regulon members15
RNF7 Induces Skeletal Muscle Cell Apoptosis and Arrests Cell Autophagy via Upregulation of THBS1 and Inactivation of the PI3K/Akt Signaling Pathway in a Rat Sepsis Model15
IL-33-binding HpARI family homologues with divergent effects in suppressing or enhancing type 2 immune responses15
Agglutination of Borreliella burgdorferi by Transmission-Blocking OspA Monoclonal Antibodies and Monovalent Fab Fragments15
A call for healing and unity15
A zinc-free alternative ribosomal protein RpsN.2 confers survival advantage to group A streptococcus during Zn scarcity15
Lipidation of Haemophilus influenzae Antigens P6 and OMP26 Improves Immunogenicity and Protection against Nasopharyngeal Colonization and Ear Infection14
Articles of Significant Interest in This Issue14
Cytokines and Signaling Networks Regulating Disease Outcomes in Leishmaniasis14
Coxiella burnetii Plasmid Effector B Promotes LC3-II Accumulation and Contributes To Bacterial Virulence in a SCID Mouse Model14
Endogenous Linear Plasmids lp28-4 and lp25 Are Required for Infectivity and Restriction Protection in the Lyme Disease Spirochete Borrelia mayonii14
Defining the human lung pathodegradome of the V8 protease from Staphylococcus aureus14
Articles of Significant Interest in This Issue14
The ability of sarA to limit protease production plays a key role in the pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis irrespective 14
Human immune response to primary cryptosporidiosis parallels murine infection models14
Interactions between Streptococcus agalactiae and Candida albicans affect persistence and virulence14
Biofilm-associated molecular patterns: BAMPs14
Proinflammatory synergy between protease and superantigen streptococcal pyogenic exotoxins14
Iron Acquisition Mechanisms and Their Role in the Virulence of Acinetobacter baumannii14
Correction for Castelli et al., “Extracellular Vesicle Formation in Cryptococcus deuterogattii Impacts Fungal Virulence and Requires the 14
Elevated c-di-GMP Levels and Expression of the Type III Secretion System Promote Corneal Infection by Pseudomonas aeruginosa14
Expression of Concern for Woehlbier et al., “Analysis of Antibodies Directed Against Merozoite Surface Protein 1 of the Human Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum 13
ETEC biofilms are regulated by magnesium and lactate bioavailability13
Enhanced Salmonella mortality in naturally resistant, immunocompetent male mice is associated with an altered systemic immune response13
Oxidative Reactions Catalyzed by Hydrogen Peroxide Produced by Streptococcus pneumoniae and Other Streptococci Cause the Release and Degradation of Heme from Hemoglobin13
SarS Is a Repressor of Staphylococcus aureus Bicomponent Pore-Forming Leukocidins13
Strain-specific immune response patterns to Borrelia burgdorferi infection: a comparative transcriptomic analysis in C3H and C57BL/6 mice13
Role of Bacterial Extracellular Vesicles in Manipulating Infection13
The Virulence and Infectivity of Listeria monocytogenes Are Not Substantially Altered by Elevated SigB Activity13
Articles of Significant Interest in This Issue13
Articles of Significant Interest in This Issue13
MiR-184 targeting FOXO1 regulates host-cell oxidative stress induced by Chlamydia psittaci via the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway13
The Streptococcus pyogenes stand-alone regulator RofA exhibits characteristics of a PRD-containing virulence regulator13
New insights into the life cycle, host cell tropism, and infection amplification of Leishmania spp.13
Comparison of Biological Activities of BafA Family Autotransporters within Bartonella Species Derived from Cats and Rodents12
Lactate promotes the biofilm-to-invasive-planktonic transition in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium via the de novo purine pathway12
Organ agar serves as physiologically relevant alternative for in vivo bacterial colonization12
Triple threat: how diabetes results in worsened bacterial infections12
Farnesol remodels the peritoneal cavity immune environment influencing Candida albicans pathogenesis during intra-abdominal infection12
Articles of Significant Interest in This Issue12
IL-15 Superagonist N-803 Enhances IFN-γ Production of MAIT Cells in SIV + Macaques12
NO-Stressed Y. pseudotuberculosis Has Decreased Cell Division Rates in the Mouse Spleen12
Pulmonary Expression of Interleukin-17 Contributes to Neutrophil Infiltration into the Lungs during Pneumonic Plague12
Surveying the Epigenetic Landscape of Tuberculosis in Alveolar Macrophages12
A Positively Selected fur -R88H Mutation Enhances Helicobacter pylori Fitness in a High-Salt Environment and Alters Fur-Dependent Regulation of Gene Expression12
Oral Administration with Live Attenuated Citrobacter rodentium Protects Immunocompromised Mice from Lethal Infection12
Overexpression of T3SS translocation signals in Salmonella causes delayed attenuation12
Microbial Pathogenesis in the Era of Spatial Omics12
A correlative study of the genomic underpinning of virulence traits and drug tolerance of Candida auris12
Monoclonal antibody neutralizes Staphylococcus aureus serine protease-like protein B (SplB)-induced pathology12
Glucose uptake is essential for Brucella abortus growth in the extracellular space of the murine placenta12
Differential virulence and immune recognition of Klebsiella pneumoniae O-antigen subtypes O2α and O2β11
Pmorf0222 , a Virulence Factor in Pasteurella multocida, Activates Nuclear Factor Kappa B and Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase via Toll-Like Receptor 1/211
The group A Streptococcus pathogenicity island RD2: virulence role and barriers to conjugative transfer11
Aspartate aminotransferase is required for Salmonella expansion in the inflamed gut via TCA anaplerosis11
Calcineurin-responsive zinc finger 1 (Crz1) contributes to stress tolerance and virulence in the pathogenic fungus Trichosporon asahii11
In Vitro and In Vivo Cysticidal Effects of Carica Papaya Cell Suspensions11
Plant phenolics inhibit focal adhesion kinase and suppress host cell invasion by uropathogenic Escherichia coli11
Turicibacterales protect mice from severe Citrobacter rodentium infection11
Efficacy of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa serogroup O9 vaccine11
α-Hemolysin-mediated endothelial injury contributes to the development of Staphylococcus aureus -induced dermonecrosis11
Early transcriptional responses to human enteric fever challenge11
Dual immunomodulatory and antileishmanial potential of TLR7/8 agonists against Leishmania donovani11
CRISPR-based genetic tools for the study of host-microbe interactions11
Butyrate Ameliorates Intraocular Bacterial Infection by Promoting Autophagy and Attenuating the Inflammatory Response11
Probiotic colonization of Xenopus laevis skin causes short-term changes in skin microbiomes and gene expression11
Heterogeneity of Salmonella enterica lipopolysaccharide counteracts macrophage and antimicrobial peptide defenses10
Tracing the early bacterial settlers in preterm and very-low birth-weight infants: first report of microbiota dynamics in South American neonates10
Article of Significant Interest in This Issue10
Yersinia pestis BipA is a novel regulator of pesticin and a type 6 secretion system10
Detoxification of reactive oxygen species by the hyaluronic acid capsule of group A Streptococcus10
TargeTron Inactivation of Chlamydia trachomatis gseA Results in a Lipopolysaccharide 3-Deoxy- d -Manno-Oct-2-Ulosonic Acid-Deficient S10
Chemotaxis Coupling Protein CheW 2 Is Not Required for the Chemotaxis but Contributes to the Full Pathogenicity of Borreliella burgdorferi10
Drosophila symbionts in infection: when a friend becomes an enemy10
Type-I Interferon Signaling Protects against Chlamydia trachomatis Infection in the Female Lower Genital Tract10
Long-term changes in the phenotype and cytokine production of monocytes in COVID-19 recovered and vaccinated individuals10
Bioluminescent imaging to investigate Coxiella burnetii pathogenesis identifies adipose tissue as a host niche for infection10
Assessing the Role of Cold-Shock Protein C: a Novel Regulator of Acinetobacter baumannii Biofilm Formation and Virulence10
Toxoplasma gondii infection induces the expression of the chemokine CXCL16 in macrophages to promote chemoattraction of CXCR6 + cells10
TRP75-mediated STAT3 activation promotes anti-apoptotic signaling and Ehrlichia chaffeensis infection10
TSST-1 promotes colonization of Staphylococcus aureus within the vaginal tract by activation of CD8 + T cells10
Characterizing PET CT patterns and bacterial dissemination features of tuberculosis relapse in the macaque model10
Manganese uptake by MtsABC contributes to the pathogenesis of human pathogen group A streptococcus by resisting host nutritional immune defenses10
Protective innate immunity against Pneumocystis does not require Stat6-dependent macrophage polarization10
IL-23 receptor signaling licenses group 3-like innate lymphoid cells to restrict a live-attenuated oral Chlamydia vaccine in the gut10
Underexplored maternal microbiomes: immune, metabolic, and microbial pathways shaping pregnancy outcomes10
Molecular mechanisms of Coxiella burnetii formalin-fixed cellular vaccine reactogenicity10
Serine phosphorylation of CesT by the type III secretion system effectors NleH1 and NleH2 regulates antagonization of CsrA in enteropathogenic Escherichia coli10
Evidence that staphylococcal superantigens promote within-patient bacterial persistence following post-operative surgical site infection10
Protective efficacy and correlates of immunity of immunodominant recombinant Babesia microti antigens9
Article of Significant Interest in This Issue9
Localization of the PelC and PelE effectors to the Legionella -containing vacuole through host-mediated prenylation and their role in intracellular proli9
Articles of Significant Interest in This Issue9
Prevalence and features of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae in respiratory specimens at a US hospital system9
Construction and characterization of novel Mycobacterium tuberculosis -derived triple and quadruple knockout vaccines against tuberculosis9
The Dual Benefit of Sulfasalazine on Pneumocystis Pneumonia-Related Immunopathogenesis and Antifungal Host Defense Does Not Require IL-4Rα-Dependent Macrophage Polarization9
Correction for Popov et al., “Distinct Molecular Features of NleG Type 3 Secreted Effectors Allow for Different Roles during Citrobacter rodentium Infection in Mice”9
A Co-Association of Streptococcus mutans and Veillonella parvula/dispar in Root Caries Patients and In Vitro Biofilms9
Retraction for Billington et al., “ Clostridium perfringens Type E Animal Enteritis Isolates with Highly Conserved, Silent Enterotoxin Gene Sequences”9
Diversity and host specificity of Borrelia burgdorferi ’s outer surface protein C ( ospC ) alleles in synanthropic mammals, with a notable9
Editorial Board9
Controlled Proteolysis of an Essential Virulence Determinant Dictates Infectivity of Lyme Disease Pathogens9
Ehrlichia Wnt SLiM ligand mimic deactivates the Hippo pathway to engage the anti-apoptotic Yap-GLUT1-BCL-xL axis9
Identification of Virulence Factors Involved in a Murine Model of Severe Achromobacter xylosoxidans Infection9
Macrophages in Microbial Pathogenesis: Commonalities of Defense Evasion Mechanisms9
DNA Transport through the Dynamic Type IV Secretion System9
Aerobic glycolysis of bronchial epithelial cells rewires Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia and promotes bacterial elimination9
Factors Influencing Tissue Cyst Yield in a Murine Model of Chronic Toxoplasmosis9
Genetic transformation of Gardnerella species and characterization of vaginolysin and sialidase mutants9
Structural basis of aggregative adherence fimbriae II interactions with sialic acid, mucin, and human intestinal cells9
Pseudomonas aeruginosa-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Modulate Corneal Inflammation: Role in Microbial Keratitis?9
Effect of hepatocyte damage in hepatic fibrogenesis of patients infected with Schistosoma japonicum9
Roles of host SUMOylation in bacterial pathogenesis9
Extracellular adherence proteins reduce matrix porosity and enhance Staphylococcus aureus biofilm survival during prosthetic joint infection9
Staphylococcus aureus Fibronectin-Binding Proteins Contribute to Colonization of the Female Reproductive Tract9
Olfactomedin-4 + neutrophils exacerbate intestinal epithelial damage in Clostridioides difficile infec8
Cronobacter sakazakii Cue for the Attraction and Its Impact on the Immunity of Caenorhabditis elegans8
Untangling Cellular Host-Pathogen Encounters at Infection Bottlenecks8
Expression of Concern for Herrera et al., “Protection against Malaria in Aotus Monkeys Immunized with a Recombinant Blood-Stage Antigen Fused to a Univer8
Staphylococcus aureus Infection Induces the Production of the Neutrophil Chemoattractants CXCL1, CXCL2, CXCL3, CXCL5, CCL3, and CCL7 by Murine Osteoblasts8
IgA coating of vaginal bacteria is reduced in the setting of bacterial vaginosis (BV) and preferentially targets BV-associated species8
Akkermansia muciniphila alleviates abdominal aortic aneurysms via restoring CITED2 activated by EPAS18
Aspergillus fumigatus Drives Tissue Damage via Iterative Assaults upon Mucosal Integrity and Immune Homeostasis8
Role of cold shock proteins B and D in Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida physiology and virulence in lumpfish ( Cycl8
Comparative transcriptomics reveals genes commonly induced by distinct stressors in Chlamydia8
Listeria monocytogenes adenosine auxotrophs are impaired for intracellular and extracellular growth but retain potent immunogenicity8
Novel broadly reactive monoclonal antibody protects against Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection8
Intestinal motility shapes spatiotemporal patterns of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli colonization and virulence gene expression in the host gut8
Cyclic di-GMP Regulates the Type III Secretion System and Virulence in Bordetella bronchiseptica8
Investigation of Peptidoglycan-Associated Lipoprotein of Acinetobacter baumannii and Its Interaction with Fibronectin To Find Its Therapeutic Potential8
Comparison of macrophage responses between high- and low-virulent strain Edwardsiella tarda infections in mouse macrophage RAW264.7 cells: interleukin-1β8
Macrophage fate: to kill or not to kill?8
Editorial Board8
Identification of Anaplasma marginale adhesins for entry into Dermacentor andersoni tick cells using phage display8
Trimming the fat: a brief review of lipids at the host-pathogen interface8
Protein tyrosine phosphatase PTP1B is a positive regulator of the intracellular development of Chlamydia trachomatis8
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