OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Cellular Microbiology is 11. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
TypeVIsecretion system effector proteins: Effective weapons for bacterial competitiveness	93
Listeria monocytogenes, a model in infection biology	68
Hepatitis B virus entry into HepG2‐NTCP cells requires clathrin‐mediated endocytosis	49
Protective effect of fungal extracellular vesicles against murine candidiasis	48
Media matters! Alterations in the loading and release of Histoplasma capsulatum extracellular vesicles in response to different nu	44
AFM in cellular and molecular microbiology	33
IntracellularStaphylococcus aureusand host cell death pathways	30
The ins and outs of host‐microsporidia interactions during invasion, proliferation and exit	30
Short chain fatty acids released by Fusobacterium nucleatum are neutrophil chemoattractants acting via free fatty acid receptor 2 ( FFAR2	28
Why isListeria monocytogenessuch a potent inducer of CD8+ T‐cells?	25
Metabolic profiles of fish nodavirus infection in vitro: RGNNV induced and exploited cellular fatty acid synthesis for virus infection	23
Candidalysin triggers epithelial cellular stresses that induce necrotic death	22
Viral entry and the ubiquitin‐proteasome system	22
Candidalysin delivery to the invasion pocket is critical for host epithelial damage induced byCandida albicans	22
The history of septin biology and bacterial infection	22
Extracellular vesicles released by anaerobic protozoan parasites: Current situation	20
Surface area‐to‐volume ratio, not cellular viscoelasticity, is the major determinant of red blood cell traversal through small channels	20
The selective advantage of facultative anaerobes relies on their unique ability to cope with changing oxygen levels during infection	19
Aspergillus fumigatus Hsp90 interacts with the main components of the cell wall integrity pathway and cooperates in heat shock and cell wall stress adaptation	19
Breaching the phagosome, the case of the tuberculosis agent	18
Distinctive probiotic features share common TLR2 ‐dependent signalling in intestinal epithelial cells	18
When bacteria meet mitochondria: The strange case of the tick symbiont Midichloria mitochondrii ^†	18
Toxoplasma gondii GRA60 is an effector protein that modulates host cell autonomous immunity and contributes to virulence	17
Evolution and function of bacterialRCC1repeat effectors	17
Targeting host epigenetic machinery: TheListeriaparadigm	17

Bacteroides fragilis fucosidases facilitate growth and invasion of Campylobacter jejuni in the presence of muci	17
Identification of novel inner membrane complex and apical annuli proteins of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum	17
Organ‐on‐chip to investigate host‐pathogens interactions	17
The protein kinase Ire1 impacts pathogenicity of Candida albicans by regulating homeostatic adaptation to endoplasmic reticulum st	17
Leishmaniainfection triggers hepcidin‐mediated proteasomal degradation of Nramp1 to increase phagolysosomal iron availability	16
Zinc finger proteins of Plasmodium falciparum	16
Vying for the control of inflammasomes: The cytosolic frontier of enteric bacterial pathogen–host interactions	16
Trained immunity and host‐pathogen interactions	15
EGFR / FAK and c‐Src signalling pathways mediate the internalisation of	15
Components of the endocytic and recycling trafficking pathways interfere with the integrity of the Legionella ‐containing vacuole	15
Meningococcal disease: A paradigm of type‐IV pilus dependent pathogenesis	15
Induction of neutrophil extracellular traps by Campylobacter jejuni	15
The actin comet guides the way: HowListeriaactin subversion has impacted cell biology, infection biology and structural biology	15
Als3‐mediated attachment of enolase on the surface of Candida albicans cells regulates their interactions with host proteins	14
The CCCTC ‐binding factor CTCF represses hepatitis B virus enhancer I and regulates viral transcription	14
Caenorhabditis elegansmounts a p38MAPKpathway‐mediated defence toCutibacterium acnesinfection	14
Characterisation of complexes formed by parasite proteins exported into the host cell compartment of Plasmodium falciparum infecte	14
Fungal factors involved in host immune evasion, modulation and exploitation during infection	14
Type III secreted effectors that target mitochondria	14
Activation mechanisms of inflammasomes by bacterial toxins	14
MicroRNA ‐206 inhibits influenza A virus replication by targeting tankyrase 2	14
Redistribution of FLAgellar Member 8 during the trypanosome life cycle: Consequences for cell fate prediction	14
Fluorescent protein‐based reporters reveal stress response of intracellularSalmonella entericaat level of single bacterial cells	14
Early host–microbe interaction in a peri‐implant oral mucosa‐biofilm model	13
The heterotrimeric G‐protein beta subunit Gpb1 controls hyphal growth under low oxygen conditions through the protein kinase A pathway and is essential for virulence in the fungusMucor circinelloid	13
Cadherin‐mediated host–pathogen interactions	13
Using genetically encoded heme sensors to probe the mechanisms of heme uptake and homeostasis in Candida albicans	13
Human stem cell‐based models for studying host‐pathogen interactions	13
The roles of tetraspanins in bacterial infections	13
Omp25‐dependent engagement of SLAMF1 byBrucella abortusin dendritic cells limits acute inflammation and favours bacterial persistence in vivo	13
PE_PGRS: Vital proteins in promoting mycobacterial survival and modulating host immunity and metabolism	13
Exosomes released from Shiga toxin 2a–treated human macrophages modulate inflammatory responses and induce cell death in toxin receptor expressing human cells	13
HRMAn 2.0: Next‐generation artificial intelligence–driven analysis for broad host–pathogen interactions	12
Cryptosporidium parvum infection induces autophagy in intestinal epithelial cells	12
Co‐ and polymicrobial infections in the gut mucosa: The host–microbiota–pathogen perspective	12
Importance of twoPDZdomains for the proteolytic and chaperone activities ofHelicobacter pyloriserine proteaseHtrA	12
Ustilago maydis secreted T2 ribonucleases, Nuc1 and Nuc2 scavenge extracellular RNA	12
The Coxiella burnetii effector protein CaeB modulates endoplasmatic reticulum ( ER) stress signalli	12
Synchronised infection identifies early rate‐limiting steps in the hepatitis B virus life cycle	12
The sorting nexin FgAtg20 is involved in the Cvt pathway, non‐selective macroautophagy, pexophagy and pathogenesis in Fusarium gra	11
Inflammasome activation byPseudomonas aeruginosa'sExlApore‐forming toxin is detrimental for the host	11
Rab7D small GTPase is involved in phago‐, trogocytosis and cytoskeletal reorganization in the enteric protozoan	11
Rickettsial pathogen uses arthropod tryptophan pathway metabolites to evade reactive oxygen species in tick cells	11
The multiple functions of actin in apicomplexan parasites	11
From neglected to dissected: How technological advances are leading the way to the study ofCoxiella burnetiipathogenesis	11
Inflammasome activation and IL ‐1β signalling in group A Streptococcus disease	11