OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Cell Host & Microbe is 80. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Microbial byproducts determine reproductive fitness of free-living and parasitic nematodes	491
Sowing the seeds of infection	487
Candidalysin: An unlikely aide for fungal gut commensalism	477
Combatting superbugs using the evolutionary record of microbial warfare	436
Microbial genome mining expedition unearths trove of antiviral defenses	300
Breathe and bloom: Gut hypoxia limits C. albicans growth	283
Engineered bacteria recycle tumor metabolic waste to boost immunotherapy	263
Selenium nanoboosting of plant-beneficial microbiome	259
A secondary metabolite drives intraspecies antagonism in a gut symbiont that is inhibited by cell-wall acetylation	238
The bacterial effector GarD shields Chlamydia trachomatis inclusions from RNF213-mediated ubiquitylation and destruction	226
Functional map of SARS-CoV-2 3CL protease reveals tolerant and immutable sites	218
Diverse events have transferred genes for edible seaweed digestion from marine to human gut bacteria	190
Epithelial hypoxia maintains colonization resistance against Candida albicans	182
Proteobacteria impair anti-tumor immunity in the omentum by consuming arginine	181
Comprehensive analyses of a large human gut Bacteroidales culture collection reveal species- and strain-level diversity and evolution	180
MFSD6 is an entry receptor for respiratory enterovirus D68	174
Enhanced cultured diversity of the mouse gut microbiota enables custom-made synthetic communities	172
Secretory IgA: Linking microbes, maternal health, and infant health through human milk	161
Cad1 turns ATP into phage poison	159
Help from commensals: β-hex to regulate gut immunity	151
Cross-regulation of antibody responses against the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein and commensal microbiota via molecular mimicry	148
Immunity to fungi and vaccine considerations	147
A broadly distributed predicted helicase/nuclease confers phage resistance via abortive infection	145
Two-for-one: Dual host-microbe functions of S. epidermidis Sph	144
Conspecific versus heterospecific transmission shapes host specialization of the phyllosphere microbiome	144

Virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2.75 variant	143
Select symbionts drive high IgA levels in the mouse intestine	141
From top to bottom: Staphylococci in atopic dermatitis	141
There and back again: Discovering antiviral and antiphage defenses using deep homology	136
Tactical terminase: How a Salmonella prophage navigates oxidative stress	132
Beta-carbolines suppress vaginal inflammation	129
Subtle, persistent shaping of the gut microbiome by host genes: A critical determinant of host biology	126
BCAA-producing Clostridium symbiosum promotes colorectal tumorigenesis through the modulation of host cholesterol metabolism	125
Antibiotic treatment ignites a fire that lasts	123
Impact of a 7-day homogeneous diet on interpersonal variation in human gut microbiomes and metabolomes	121
Virulence factors perforate the pathogen-containing vacuole to signal efferocytosis	121
Gut microbial β-glucuronidases influence endobiotic homeostasis and are modulated by diverse therapeutics	120
Overcoming drug resistance, the natural way	118
A mucin-regulated adhesin determines the spatial organization and inflammatory character of a bacterial symbiont in the vertebrate gut	118
Modulating HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein conformation to decrease the HIV-1 reservoir	118
SARS-CoV-2 human T cell epitopes: Adaptive immune response against COVID-19	118
RSV and rhinovirus increase pneumococcal carriage acquisition and density, whereas nasal inflammation is associated with bacterial shedding	118
Enhanced neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.2.86 and XBB sub-lineages by a tetravalent COVID-19 vaccine booster	117
Systematic reconstruction of an effector-gene network reveals determinants of Salmonella cellular and tissue tropism	117
Dietary environmental factors shape the immune defense against Cryptosporidium infection	116
Uncoupling of IL-6 signaling and LC3-associated phagocytosis drives immunoparalysis during sepsis	115
Cryptosporidium rhoptry effector protein ROP1 injected during invasion targets the host cytoskeletal modulator LMO7	110
A single-cell liver atlas of Plasmodium vivax infection	109
A key genetic factor governing arabinan utilization in the gut microbiome alleviates constipation	108
The gut microbiome: Bridging medications and clinical outcomes post stem cell transplantation	108
Decline in nitrosative stress drives antibiotic persister regrowth during infection	108
Location matters in RSV protection	108
“AHR-ming” host defense against cryptosporidiosis	107
A lung pathobiont story: Thinking outside the Koch’s postulate box	107
Microbiota alert: Proteobacteria consume arginine to dampen omental antitumor immunity	102
Gut IgA: Never fear, the super inducers are here	102
One population, multiple lifestyles: Commensalism and pathogenesis in the human mycobiome	99
Intestinal microbiota programming of alveolar macrophages influences severity of respiratory viral infection	98
MX2 forms nucleoporin-comprising cytoplasmic biomolecular condensates that lure viral capsids	98
Shigella ubiquitin ligase IpaH7.8 targets gasdermin D for degradation to prevent pyroptosis and enable infection	96
Global translational induction during NLR-mediated immunity in plants is dynamically regulated by CDC123, an ATP-sensitive protein	94
Precision modulation of dysbiotic adult microbiomes with a human-milk-derived synbiotic reshapes gut microbial composition and metabolites	92
Microbiota-dependent proteolysis of gluten subverts diet-mediated protection against type 1 diabetes	92
Multiple introductions and recombination events underlie the emergence of a hyper-transmissible Cryptosporidium hominis subtype in the USA	91
Exclusive enteral nutrition initiates individual protective microbiome changes to induce remission in pediatric Crohn’s disease	91
Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sub-lineages BA.1, BA.1.1, and BA.2	90
On-person adaptive evolution of Staphylococcus aureus during treatment for atopic dermatitis	90
Salmonella re-engineers the intestinal environment to break colonization resistance in the presence of a compositionally intact microbiota	89
Goodbye PAM: Phage λ’s Red recombination system cripples PAMs and helps dodge CRISPR attacks	88
When NOD ligands become antidotes	87
A counterintuitive antibody cocktail disrupts coxsackievirus	87
Bacteria exploit viral dormancy to establish CRISPR-Cas immunity	87
Widespread RNA-based cas regulation monitors crRNA abundance and anti-CRISPR proteins	86
Multi-arming ourselves against drug-resistant bacteria	85
A phingerprint for rheumatoid arthritis development?	84

Brain development in premature infants: A bug in the programming system?	83
Immune chromatin reader SP140 regulates microbiota and risk for inflammatory bowel disease	83
Strong humoral immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 Spike after BNT162b2 mRNA vaccination with a 16-week interval between doses	81
Bifidobacterium longum promotes postoperative liver function recovery in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma	81
Maternal antibiotic prophylaxis during cesarean section has a limited impact on the infant gut microbiome	80