OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Microbiology and Immunology is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 500 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2019-11-01 to 2023-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Gold nanoparticle‐adjuvanted S protein induces a strong antigen‐specific IgG response against severe acute respiratory syndrome‐related coronavirus infection, but fails to induce protective antibodies	124
Inflammasome‐associated cell death: Pyroptosis, apoptosis, and physiological implications	124
Proteolytic activation of SARS‐CoV‐2 spike protein	82
Effect of cinnamon essential oil on gut microbiota in the mouse model of dextran sodium sulfate‐induced colitis	72
Antiviral activities of mycophenolic acid and IMD‐0354 against SARS‐CoV‐2	57
Animal infection models using non‐mammals	37
Advances on Vibrio parahaemolyticus research in the postgenomic era	31
Human immune responses elicited by an intranasal inactivated H5 influenza vaccine	25
Protective effect of surfactin on copper sulfate‐induced inflammation, oxidative stress, and hepatic injury in zebrafish	24
Current situation of viral hepatitis in Egypt	22
Caspase‐7 mediates caspase‐1‐induced apoptosis independently of Bid	21
Reduction of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus‐2 infectivity by admissible concentration of ozone gas and water	20
Coprobacter secundus subsp. similis subsp. nov. and Solibaculum mannosilyticum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human feces	19
Intracellular survival and innate immune evasion of Burkholderia cepacia: Improved understanding of quorum sensing‐controlled virulence factors, biofilm, and inhibitors	15
Molecular epidemiology of clinically high‐risk Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains: Practical overview	14
Host innate and adaptive immunity shapes the gut microbiota biogeography	14
Biogenesis of Type V pili	13
Genomic characterization of antibiotic resistance‐encoding genes in clinical isolates of Vibrio cholerae non‐O1/non‐O139 strains from Kolkata, India: generation of novel types of genomic island	13
The impact of cytomegalovirus infection on clinical severity and outcomes in kidney transplant recipients with Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia	12
Development of a double‐antibody sandwich ELISA for sensitive detection of Yersinia pestis	12
Oncolytic viruses: what to expect from their use in cancer treatment	11
Detection rates of periodontal bacteria and herpesviruses in different forms of periodontal disease	11
Achievements in bacterial flagellar research with focus on Vibrio species	11
CXC chemokine ligand 5 (CXCL5) disrupted the permeability of human brain microvascular endothelial cells via regulating p38 signal	11
Amelioration of colitis in mice by Leuconostoc lactis EJ‐1 by M1 to M2 macrophage polarization	10

Current situation of carbapenem‐resistant Enterobacteriaceae and Acinetobacter in Japan and Southeast Asia	10
Pathogenicity of clinical Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium isolates from Thailand in a mouse colitis model	10
Virucidal activity and the antiviral mechanism of acidic polysaccharides against Enterovirus 71 infection in vitro	10
Cytokines profile in patients with acute and chronic hepatitis B infection	9
Dectin‐2‐mediated signaling triggered by the cell wall polysaccharides of Cryptococcus neoformans	9
The candidate vaccine strain Brucella ovis ∆abcBA is protective against Brucella melitensis infection in mice	9
Secondary streptococcal infection following influenza	9
Systematic research to overcome newly emerged multidrug‐resistant bacteria	9
Measuring the subgingival microbiota in periodontitis patients: Comparison of the surface layer and the underlying layers	9
Azole‐resistant Aspergillus fumigatus as an emerging worldwide pathogen	9
In vitro vRNA–vRNA interactions in the H1N1 influenza A virus genome	8
E190V substitution of H6 hemagglutinin is one of key factors for binding to sulfated sialylated glycan receptor and infection to chickens	8
Changes of frequency and expression level of CD161 in CD8⁺ T cells and natural killer T cells in peripheral blood of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus	8
Recombinant Rv1654 protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis induces mitochondria‐mediated apoptosis in macrophage	8
A synthetic peptide analog of in silico‐predicted immunogenic epitope unique to dengue virus serotype 2 NS1 antigen specifically binds immunoglobulin G antibodies raised in rabbits	8
Rimonabant suppresses RNA transcription of hepatitis B virus by inhibiting hepatocyte nuclear factor 4α	8
Subtractive proteomic analysis of antigenic extracellular proteins and design a multi‐epitope vaccine against Staphylococcus aureus	8
BUD23–TRMT112 interacts with the L protein of Borna disease virus and mediates the chromosomal tethering of viral ribonucleoproteins	7
Recent advances in structural studies of the Legionella pneumophila Dot/Icm type IV secretion system	7
Bacterial infections in the early period after liver transplantation in adults: A prospective single‐center cohort study	7
Epidemiology and molecular characterization of chikungunya virus from human cases in North India, 2016	7
16S rRNA‐based amplicon analysis of changes in the bacterial population in the lesions of papillomatous digital dermatitis in dairy cattle after topical treatment with allyl isothiocyanate	6
Phocine distemper virus uses phocine and other animal SLAMs as a receptor but not human SLAM	6
Prevalence and genomic characterization of Group A Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis isolated from patients with invasive infections in Toyama prefecture, Japan	6
The role of C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP) in regulating macrophage polarization in RAW264.7 cells	6
Molecular signatures in cetacean morbillivirus and host species proteomes: Unveiling the evolutionary dynamics of an enigmatic pathogen?	6
Diversity of β‐hemolysins produced by the human opportunistic streptococci	6
Oral mitis group streptococci: A silent majority in our oral cavity	6
Antibacterial potential of selected phytomolecules: An experimental study	6
Actinomyces capricornis sp. nov., isolated from the oral cavity of a Japanese serow	6
Expression of small RNAs of Bordetella pertussis colonizing murine tracheas	6
TIMM29 interacts with hepatitis B virus preS1 to modulate the HBV life cycle	6
Susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa veterinary isolates to Pbunavirus PB1‐like phages	5
Resveratrol ameliorates thymus senescence changes in D‐galactose induced mice	5
Seven years of progress in determining fungal diversity and characterization of fungi isolated from the Japanese Experiment Module KIBO, International Space Station	5
A comprehensive profiling of innate immune responses in Eptesicus bat cells	5
Therapeutic effect of omega‐3 fatty acids on T cell‐mediated autoimmune diseases	5
Evaluation of CHROMagar™ Candida Plus chromogenic agar for the presumptive identification of Candida auris	5
An efflux inhibitor of the MacAB pump in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium	5
Detection of the serological markers hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) and hepatitis B core IgM antibody (anti‐HBcIgM) in the diagnosis of acute hepatitis B virus infection after recent exposu	5
Reverse genetics system for human rotaviruses	5
Proteomic analysis of CHIKV‐infected human fibroblast‐like synoviocytes: Identification of host factors potentially associated with CHIKV replication and cellular pathogenesis	5
Intracellular proliferation of Anaplasma phagocytophilum is promoted via modulation of endoplasmic reticulum stress signaling in host cells	5
Persistence of extended‐spectrum β‐lactamase plasmids among Enterobacteriaceae in commercial broiler farms	5
Functional roles of GRP78 in hepatitis B virus infectivity and antigen secretion	5
Translocation domain of botulinum neurotoxin A subtype 2 potently induces entry into neuronal cells	4
Effects of immune checkpoint blockade on antigen‐specific CD8⁺ T cells for use in adoptive cellular therapy	4
Crawling motility of Treponema denticola modulated by outer sheath protein	4
Abiotrophia defectiva adhere to saliva‐coated hydroxyapatite beads via interactions between salivary proline‐rich‐proteins and bacterial glyceraldehyde‐3‐phosphate dehydrogenase	4
Smoking enhances the expression of angiotensin‐converting enzyme 2 involved in the efficiency of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection	4

Host phospholipase C‐γ1 impairs phagocytosis and killing of mycobacteria by J774A.1 murine macrophages	4
Molecular characteristics of an adhesion molecule containing cholesterol‐dependent cytolysin‐motif produced by mitis group streptococci	4
Hepatitis C virus, insulin resistance, and diabetes: A review	4
SdsA1, a secreted sulfatase, contributes to the in vivo virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in mice	4
Identification of fungi isolated from astronaut nasal and pharyngeal smears and saliva	4
Probiotics as a biotherapeutics for the management and prevention of respiratory tract diseases	4
Novel and classical morbilliviruses: Current knowledge of three divergent morbillivirus groups	4
Targeting of neutrophil activation in the early phase of the disease for prevention of Coronavirus disease‐19 severity	4
Plasmodium infection cure cycles induce modulation of conventional dendritic cells	4
Antibacterial activity of phellodendron bark against Streptococcus mutans	4
cydA, spdC, and mroQ are novel genes involved in the plasma coagulation of Staphylococcus aureus	3
A comparative study of valaciclovir, valganciclovir, and artesunate efficacy in reactivated HHV‐6 and HHV‐7 infections associated with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis	3
Macrophage colony‐stimulating factor potentially induces recruitment and maturation of macrophages in recurrent pituitary neuroendocrine tumors	3
Conserved immunogenic peptides of Ebola glycoprotein elicit immune response in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells	3
The changes of respiratory microbiome between mild and severe asthma patients	3
Identification of the minimum region of Bordetella pertussis Vag8 required for interaction with C1 inhibitor	3
β‐Glycyrrhetinic acid inhibits the bacterial growth and biofilm formation by supragingival plaque commensals	3
Influenza A virus protein PA‐X suppresses host Ankrd17‐mediated immune responses	3
Downregulation of hepatitis C virus replication by miR‐196a using lentiviral vectors	3
Human cytomegalovirus UL42 protein inhibits the degradation of glycoprotein B through inhibition of Nedd4 family ubiquitin E3 ligases	3
Induction of antibody responses in mice immunized intranasally with Type I interferon as adjuvant and synergistic effect of chitosan	3
The risk of unintentional propagation of poliovirus can be minimized by using human cell lines lacking the functional CD155 gene	3
Gene expression in lung epithelial cells following interaction with Pneumocystis carinii and its specific life forms yields insights into host gene responses to infection	3
Meningitis and bacteremia by nonhemolytic Group B Streptococcus strain: A whole genome analysis	3
Prevalence of saliva immunoglobulin A antibodies reactive with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 among Japanese people unexposed to the virus	3
Duck Tembusu virus induces stronger cellular responses than Japanese encephalitis virus in primary duck neurons and fibroblasts	3
Continuous prevalence of VEB‐3 extended‐spectrum β‐lactamase‐producing Aeromonas hydrophila in a local river in gifu city, Japan	3
Hepatitis A virus and hepatitis E virus prevalence relates to human immunodeficiency virus infection in Japanese male blood donors	3
Host response to the subtilase cytotoxin produced by locus of enterocyte effacement‐negative Shiga‐toxigenic Escherichia coli	3
Vibrio cholerae toxin coregulated pilus provokes inflammatory responses in Coculture model of Caco‐2 and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) leading to increased colonization	3
Identification potential epigenetic biomarkers of a human immunodeficiency virus/tuberculosis co‐infection based on weighted gene co‐expression network analysis	3
Rapid prototyping vaccine approach in mice against multi‐drug resistant Gram‐negative organisms from clinical isolates based on outer membrane vesicles	3
Comprehensive characterization of sortase A‐dependent surface proteins in Streptococcus mutans	3
Expression of virulence factors under different environmental conditions in Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans	3