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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
Effects of Dihydroartemisinin against Cystic Echinococcosis In Vitro and In Vivo143
The hypervirulent Type-1/Type-17 phenotype of Cryptococcus neoformans clinical isolates is specific to A/J mice63
Expression of CD117 (c-Kit) on Circulating B Cells in Pediatric Schistosomiasis56
Specific interaction between Group B Streptococcus CC17 hypervirulent clone and phagocytes52
Editorial Board49
Surface Glycans Regulate Salmonella Infection-Dependent Directional Switch in Macrophage Galvanotaxis Independent of NanH47
Legionella pneumophila inhibits type I interferon signaling to avoid cell-intrinsic host cell defense45
Contribution of Hfq to gene regulation and virulence in Histophilus somni42
Legionella pneumophila Cas2 Promotes the Expression of Small Heat Shock Protein C2 That Is Required for Thermal Tolerance and Optimal Intracellular Infection35
Mucosal Infection with Unmasked Candida albicans Cells Impacts Disease Progression in a Host Niche-Specific Manner32
Identification of Babesia microti immunoreactive antigens by phage display cDNA screen28
Mucosal vaccination in a murine gnotobiotic model of Giardia lamblia infection28
Effects of Trichinella spiralis and its serine protease inhibitors on autophagy of host small intestinal cells27
Article of Significant Interest in This Issue25
Infectivity of a pathogenicity-attenuated Chlamydia muridarum mutant in the genital tract25
Bacterial surface lipoproteins mediate epithelial microinvasion by Streptococcus pneumoniae25
A Staphylococcal Glucosaminidase Drives Inflammatory Responses by Processing Peptidoglycan Chains to Physiological Lengths24
A Member of an Ancient Family of Bacterial Amino Acids Transporters Contributes to Chlamydia Nutritional Virulence and Immune Evasion24
Acute Infection with a Tobramycin-Induced Small Colony Variant of Staphylococcus aureus Causes Increased Inflammation in the Cystic Fibrosis Rat Lung24
Fungal mechanisms of intracellular survival: what can we learn from bacterial pathogens?24
para -Aminobenzoic Acid Biosynthesis Is Required for Listeria monocytogenes Growth and Pathogenesis23
Two MP2CL5 Antigen Vaccines from Naegleria fowleri Stimulate the Immune Response against Meningitis in the BALB/c Model23
Heterologous prime-boost immunization of two-component vaccine candidate PWDVax protected pigs against F18 enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli post-weaning diarrhea23
Brucella targets the host ubiquitin-specific protease, Usp8 , through the effector protein, TcpB, for facilitating infection of macrophages22
Effect of Probiotic E. coli Nissle 1917 Supplementation on the Growth Performance, Immune Responses, Intestinal Morphology, and Gut Microbes of Campylobacter jejuni Infected Chickens22
Chronic Leptin Deficiency Improves Tolerance of Physiological Damage and Host-Pathogen Cooperation during Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Infection22
Egress of Listeria monocytogenes from Mesenteric Lymph Nodes Depends on Intracellular Replication and Cell-to-Cell Spread22
Candida albicans enhances iron uptake to maintain fluconazole resistance22
Proteomics Profiling Reveals Regulation of Immune Response to Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Infection in Mice21
Phospholipase C epsilon-1 (PLCƐ1) mediates macrophage activation and protection against tuberculosis21
Essential role of Helicobacter pylori apolipoprotein N-acyltransferase (Lnt) in stomach colonization21
(p)ppGpp is required for virulence of Shigella flexneri21
Article of Significant Interest in This Issue20
Proteomic profiling reveals immunomodulatory role of IL-33 in ocular bacterial and fungal infections20
Plasmodium yoelii surface-related antigen (PySRA) modulates the host pro-inflammatory responses via binding to CD68 on macrophage membrane20
Evolutionary Insights into the Microneme-Secreted, Chitinase-Containing High-Molecular-Weight Protein Complexes Involved in Plasmodium Invasion of the Mosquito Midgut20
Evaluation of Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides antigens capable of stimulating host IRG-47 release identifies Mmm604, Mmm605, and Mmm6019
Type I Interferon Signaling on Antigen-Presenting Cells Blunts Cell-Mediated Immunity toward Listeria monocytogenes19
Functional Characterization of Non-Ankyrin Repeat Domains of Orientia tsutsugamushi Ank Effectors Reveals Their Importance for Molecular Pathogenesis19
Lymphotoxin beta receptor -/- mice display altered B- and T-cell subpopulations in the bone marrow and peritoneal cavity after Toxoplasma gondii 19
Legionella pneumophila Rhizoferrin Promotes Bacterial Biofilm Formation and Growth within Amoebae and Macrophages18
Cathelicidin boosts the antifungal activity of neutrophils and improves prognosis during Aspergillus fumigatus keratitis18
Pseudomonas Synergizes with Fluconazole against Candida during Treatment of Polymicrobial Infection18
Oral streptococci S. anginosus and S. mitis induce distinct morphological, inflammatory, and metabolic signatures in macrophages18
Multi-system dysregulation in placental malaria contributes to adverse perinatal outcomes in mice18
The GPCR NMUR-1 mediates neural regulation of energy homeostasis in response to pathogen infection18
Cervicovaginal microbial features predict Chlamydia trachomatis spread to the upper genital tract of infected women17
Immunometabolic reprogramming in macrophages infected with active and dormant Cryptococcus neoformans : differential modulation of respiration, glycolysis, and fatty aci17
2022 Acknowledgment of Infection and Immunity Ad Hoc Reviewers16
Do white-footed mice, the main reservoir of the Lyme disease pathogen in the United States, clinically respond to the borrelial tenancy?16
Cyclopropane Fatty Acids Are Important for Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Virulence16
2023 Acknowledgment of Infection and Immunity Ad Hoc Reviewers16
Species- and strain-specific differences in the phagocytosis of Prototheca : insights from live-cell imaging16
Bacterial Chitinases and Their Role in Human Infection16
Point Mutations in TbpA Abrogate Human Transferrin Binding in Neisseria gonorrhoeae16
Detection of naturally acquired, strain-transcending antibodies against rosetting Plasmodium falciparum strains in humans16
Copper Efflux System Required in Murine Lung Infection by Haemophilus influenzae Composed of a Canonical ATPase Gene and Tandem Chaperone Gene Copies15
Editorial Board15
High-Level Expression of Cell-Surface Signaling System Hxu Enhances Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bloodstream Infection15
B cells in perivascular and peribronchiolar granuloma-associated lymphoid tissue and B-cell signatures identify asymptomatic Mycobacterium tuberculosis lung infection in15
Role of the CagY antenna projection in Helicobacter pylori Cag type IV secretion system activity15
Reduction is sufficient for the disassembly of ricin and Shiga toxin 1 but not Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin15
IL-33-binding HpARI family homologues with divergent effects in suppressing or enhancing type 2 immune responses15
Positive Selection of Mutations in the Helicobacter pylori katA 5′ Untranslated Region in a Mongolian Gerbil Model of Gastric Disease15
Presence of Functionally Active Cytolethal Distending Toxin Genes on a Conjugative Plasmid in a Clinical Isolate of Providencia rustigianii14
Helicobacter pylori CagA and Cag type IV secretion system activity have key roles in triggering gastric transcriptional and proteomic alterations14
Incomplete Recruitment of Protective T Cells Is Associated with Trypanosoma cruzi Persistence in the Mouse Colon14
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 Model14
A call for healing and unity14
Correction for Castelli et al., “Extracellular Vesicle Formation in Cryptococcus deuterogattii Impacts Fungal Virulence and Requires the NOP16 14
Agglutination of Borreliella burgdorferi by Transmission-Blocking OspA Monoclonal Antibodies and Monovalent Fab Fragments14
CCR2-dependent CX3CR1+ colonic macrophages promote Enterococcus faecalis dissemination14
Induced necroptosis limits Toxoplasma gondii replication in a RIPK3/MLKL-dependent manner14
Cytotoxic rhamnolipid micelles drive acute virulence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa14
The Pseudomonas aeruginosa Type III Secretion System Exoenzyme Effector ExoU Induces Mitochondrial Damage in a Murine Bone Marrow-Derived Macrophage Infection Model14
Characterization of the Listeria monocytogenes PieRS regulon distinguishes the function of the critical secretion chaperone PrsA2 from other regulon members14
Novel Biomarkers, Including tcdB PCR Cycle Threshold, for Predicting Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection14
Parenteral vaccination with recombinant EtpA glycoprotein impairs enterotoxigenic E. coli colonization14
Functional Activities of O-Polysaccharide and Hemolysin Coregulated Protein 1 Specific Antibodies Isolated from Melioidosis Patients14
Sex and Gender Differences in Bacterial Infections14
StkP- and PhpP-Mediated Posttranslational Modifications Modulate the S. pneumoniae Metabolism, Polysaccharide Capsule, and Virulence14
CpoS-Inc interactions facilitate host cell modulation during Chlamydia trachomatis infection14
A zinc-free alternative ribosomal protein RpsN.2 confers survival advantage to group A streptococcus during Zn scarcity13
Coxiella burnetii Plasmid Effector B Promotes LC3-II Accumulation and Contributes To Bacterial Virulence in a SCID Mouse Model13
Cytokines and Signaling Networks Regulating Disease Outcomes in Leishmaniasis13
Articles of Significant Interest in This Issue13
Articles of Significant Interest in This Issue13
Elevated c-di-GMP Levels and Expression of the Type III Secretion System Promote Corneal Infection by Pseudomonas aeruginosa13
Iron Acquisition Mechanisms and Their Role in the Virulence of Acinetobacter baumannii13
Biofilm-associated molecular patterns: BAMPs13
microRNA-20-1 and microRNA-101a Suppress the NF-κB-Mediated Inflammation Production by Targeting TRAF6 in Miiuy Croaker13
Articles of Significant Interest in This Issue13
Proinflammatory synergy between protease and superantigen streptococcal pyogenic exotoxins13
Lipidation of Haemophilus influenzae Antigens P6 and OMP26 Improves Immunogenicity and Protection against Nasopharyngeal Colonization and Ear Infection13
Endogenous Linear Plasmids lp28-4 and lp25 Are Required for Infectivity and Restriction Protection in the Lyme Disease Spirochete Borrelia mayonii13
A correlative study of the genomic underpinning of virulence traits and drug tolerance of Candida auris13
ICOS Expression Is Required for Maintenance but Not the Formation of Germinal Centers in the Spleen in Response to Plasmodium yoelii Infection13
The ability of sarA to limit protease production plays a key role in the pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis irrespective 13
Oral Administration with Live Attenuated Citrobacter rodentium Protects Immunocompromised Mice from Lethal Infection12
The Streptococcus pyogenes stand-alone regulator RofA exhibits characteristics of a PRD-containing virulence regulator12
ETEC biofilms are regulated by magnesium and lactate bioavailability12
uvrY Deletion and Acetate Reduce Gut Colonization of Crohn’s Disease-Associated Adherent-Invasive Escherichia coli by Decreasing Expression of Type 1 Fimbriae12
MiR-184 targeting FOXO1 regulates host-cell oxidative stress induced by Chlamydia psittaci via the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway12
Monoclonal antibody neutralizes Staphylococcus aureus serine protease-like protein B (SplB)-induced pathology12
Expression of Concern for Woehlbier et al., “Analysis of Antibodies Directed Against Merozoite Surface Protein 1 of the Human Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum12
New insights into the life cycle, host cell tropism, and infection amplification of Leishmania spp.12
Role of Bacterial Extracellular Vesicles in Manipulating Infection12
Triple threat: how diabetes results in worsened bacterial infections12
Farnesol remodels the peritoneal cavity immune environment influencing Candida albicans pathogenesis during intra-abdominal infection12
The Virulence and Infectivity of Listeria monocytogenes Are Not Substantially Altered by Elevated SigB Activity12
Articles of Significant Interest in This Issue12
Oxidative Reactions Catalyzed by Hydrogen Peroxide Produced by Streptococcus pneumoniae and Other Streptococci Cause the Release and Degradation of Heme from Hemoglobin12
SarS Is a Repressor of Staphylococcus aureus Bicomponent Pore-Forming Leukocidins12
Surveying the Epigenetic Landscape of Tuberculosis in Alveolar Macrophages12
Pulmonary Expression of Interleukin-17 Contributes to Neutrophil Infiltration into the Lungs during Pneumonic Plague11
Loss of an Intimin-Like Protein Encoded on a Uropathogenic E. coli Pathogenicity Island Reduces Inflammation and Affects Interactions with the Urothelium11
Articles of Significant Interest in This Issue11
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
Organ agar serves as physiologically relevant alternative for in vivo bacterial colonization11
A Positively Selected fur -R88H Mutation Enhances Helicobacter pylori Fitness in a High-Salt Environment and Alters Fur-Dependent Regulation of Gene Expression11
Vaginal Inoculation of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli during Estrus Leads to Genital and Renal Colonization11
Early transcriptional responses to human enteric fever challenge11
Microbial Pathogenesis in the Era of Spatial Omics11
Overexpression of T3SS translocation signals in Salmonella causes delayed attenuation11
Comparison of Biological Activities of BafA Family Autotransporters within Bartonella Species Derived from Cats and Rodents11
Probiotic colonization of Xenopus laevis skin causes short-term changes in skin microbiomes and gene expression11
Efficacy of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa serogroup O9 vaccine11
Glucose uptake is essential for Brucella abortus growth in the extracellular space of the murine placenta11
IL-15 Superagonist N-803 Enhances IFN-γ Production of MAIT Cells in SIV + Macaques11
Corrected and Republished from: “A Novel, Multiple-Antigen Pneumococcal Vaccine Protects against LethalStreptococcus pneumoniaeChallenge”11
CRISPR-based genetic tools for the study of host-microbe interactions10
Mitochondrial Calcium Uniporter Affects Neutrophil Bactericidal Activity during Staphylococcus aureus Infection10
Lactate promotes the biofilm-to-invasive-planktonic transition in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium via the de novo purine pathway10
α-Hemolysin-mediated endothelial injury contributes to the development of Staphylococcus aureus -induced dermonecrosis10
TRP75-mediated STAT3 activation promotes anti-apoptotic signaling and Ehrlichia chaffeensis infection10
Mcc1229, an Stx2a-Amplifying Microcin, Is Produced In Vivo and Requires CirA for Activity10
Staphylococcus aureus Fibronectin-Binding Proteins Contribute to Colonization of the Female Reproductive Tract10
Chemotaxis Coupling Protein CheW 2 Is Not Required for the Chemotaxis but Contributes to the Full Pathogenicity of Borreliella burgdorferi10
Butyrate Ameliorates Intraocular Bacterial Infection by Promoting Autophagy and Attenuating the Inflammatory Response10
Dual immunomodulatory and antileishmanial potential of TLR7/8 agonists against Leishmania donovani10
Differential virulence and immune recognition of Klebsiella pneumoniae O-antigen subtypes O2α and O2β10
Detoxification of reactive oxygen species by the hyaluronic acid capsule of group A Streptococcus10
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
Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Contributes to Inflammatory Pathology in the Placenta during Brucella abortus Infection10
IL-23 receptor signaling licenses group 3-like innate lymphoid cells to restrict a live-attenuated oral Chlamydia vaccine in the gut10
NO-Stressed Y. pseudotuberculosis Has Decreased Cell Division Rates in the Mouse Spleen10
In Vitro and In Vivo Cysticidal Effects of Carica Papaya Cell Suspensions10
Plant phenolics inhibit focal adhesion kinase and suppress host cell invasion by uropathogenic Escherichia coli10
Turicibacterales protect mice from severe Citrobacter rodentium infection10
Evidence that staphylococcal superantigens promote within-patient bacterial persistence following post-operative surgical site infection10
Molecular mechanisms of Coxiella burnetii formalin-fixed cellular vaccine reactogenicity10
TargeTron Inactivation of Chlamydia trachomatis gseA Results in a Lipopolysaccharide 3-Deoxy- d -Manno-Oct-2-Ulosonic Acid-Deficient S10
Ehrlichia Wnt SLiM ligand mimic deactivates the Hippo pathway to engage the anti-apoptotic Yap-GLUT1-BCL-xL axis9
Type-I Interferon Signaling Protects against Chlamydia trachomatis Infection in the Female Lower Genital Tract9
Effect of hepatocyte damage in hepatic fibrogenesis of patients infected with Schistosoma japonicum9
Yersinia pestis BipA is a novel regulator of pesticin and a type 6 secretion system9
Bioluminescent imaging to investigate Coxiella burnetii pathogenesis identifies adipose tissue as a host niche for infection9
Long-term changes in the phenotype and cytokine production of monocytes in COVID-19 recovered and vaccinated individuals9
Extracellular adherence proteins reduce matrix porosity and enhance Staphylococcus aureus biofilm survival during prosthetic joint infection9
Heterogeneity of Salmonella enterica lipopolysaccharide counteracts macrophage and antimicrobial peptide defenses9
The Dual Benefit of Sulfasalazine on Pneumocystis Pneumonia-Related Immunopathogenesis and Antifungal Host Defense Does Not Require IL-4Rα-Dependent Macrophage Polarization9
Factors Influencing Tissue Cyst Yield in a Murine Model of Chronic Toxoplasmosis9
Drosophila symbionts in infection: when a friend becomes an enemy9
Article of Significant Interest in This Issue9
Macrophages in Microbial Pathogenesis: Commonalities of Defense Evasion Mechanisms9
Convergent Evolution of Antibiotic Tolerance in Patients with Persistent Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia9
Manganese uptake by MtsABC contributes to the pathogenesis of human pathogen group A streptococcus by resisting host nutritional immune defenses9
Prevalence and features of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae in respiratory specimens at a US hospital system9
IRE1α-Driven Inflammation Promotes Clearance of Citrobacter rodentium Infection9
Aerobic glycolysis of bronchial epithelial cells rewires Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia and promotes bacterial elimination9
A Co-Association of Streptococcus mutans and Veillonella parvula/dispar in Root Caries Patients and In Vitro Biofilms9
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
Protective innate immunity against Pneumocystis does not require Stat6-dependent macrophage polarization9
Characterizing PET CT patterns and bacterial dissemination features of tuberculosis relapse in the macaque model9
TSST-1 promotes colonization of Staphylococcus aureus within the vaginal tract by activation of CD8 + T cells9
Identification of Anaplasma marginale adhesins for entry into Dermacentor andersoni tick cells using phage display8
Structural basis of aggregative adherence fimbriae II interactions with sialic acid, mucin, and human intestinal cells8
IgA coating of vaginal bacteria is reduced in the setting of bacterial vaginosis (BV) and preferentially targets BV-associated species8
Controlled Proteolysis of an Essential Virulence Determinant Dictates Infectivity of Lyme Disease Pathogens8
Pseudomonas aeruginosa-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Modulate Corneal Inflammation: Role in Microbial Keratitis?8
Investigation of Peptidoglycan-Associated Lipoprotein of Acinetobacter baumannii and Its Interaction with Fibronectin To Find Its Therapeutic Potential8
Identification of Virulence Factors Involved in a Murine Model of Severe Achromobacter xylosoxidans Infection8
Genetic transformation of Gardnerella species and characterization of vaginolysin and sialidase mutants8
Protective efficacy and correlates of immunity of immunodominant recombinant Babesia microti antigens8
Staphylococcus aureus Infection Induces the Production of the Neutrophil Chemoattractants CXCL1, CXCL2, CXCL3, CXCL5, CCL3, and CCL7 by Murine Osteoblasts8
Akkermansia muciniphila alleviates abdominal aortic aneurysms via restoring CITED2 activated by EPAS18
Diversity and host specificity of Borrelia burgdorferi ’s outer surface protein C ( ospC ) alleles in synanthropic mammals, with a notable8
Protein Kinase C-α Is a Gatekeeper of Cryptosporidium Sporozoite Adherence and Invasion8
Editorial Board8
Novel broadly reactive monoclonal antibody protects against Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection8
Expression of Concern for Herrera et al., “Protection against Malaria in Aotus Monkeys Immunized with a Recombinant Blood-Stage Antigen Fused to a Universal T-Cell Epito8
Retraction for Billington et al., “ Clostridium perfringens Type E Animal Enteritis Isolates with Highly Conserved, Silent Enterotoxin Gene Sequences”8
Editorial Board8
Roles of host SUMOylation in bacterial pathogenesis8
Article of Significant Interest in This Issue8
Articles of Significant Interest in This Issue8
Correction for Chan et al., “A Novel, Multiple-Antigen Pneumococcal Vaccine Protects against Lethal Streptococcus pneumoniae Challenge”8
Host-to-Host Group A Streptococcus Transmission Causes Infection of the Lamina Propria but Not Epithelium of the Upper Respiratory Tract in MyD88-Deficient Mice8
DNA Transport through the Dynamic Type IV Secretion System8
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