Cell Host & Microbe

Papers
(The TQCC of Cell Host & Microbe is 33. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Breathe and bloom: Gut hypoxia limits C. albicans growth576
Selenium nanoboosting of plant-beneficial microbiome323
Waste as an antibacterial weapon287
Pseudomonas infections persisting after CFTR modulators are widespread throughout the lungs and drive lung inflammation278
The bacterial effector GarD shields Chlamydia trachomatis inclusions from RNF213-mediated ubiquitylation and destruction257
Enhanced cultured diversity of the mouse gut microbiota enables custom-made synthetic communities235
A secondary metabolite drives intraspecies antagonism in a gut symbiont that is inhibited by cell-wall acetylation227
Engineered bacteria recycle tumor metabolic waste to boost immunotherapy210
Sowing the seeds of infection199
Functional map of SARS-CoV-2 3CL protease reveals tolerant and immutable sites198
Microbial genome mining expedition unearths trove of antiviral defenses190
Metatranscriptomics uncovers diurnal functional shifts in bacterial transgenes with profound metabolic effects189
Candidalysin: An unlikely aide for fungal gut commensalism187
When predators meet the matrix: Natural resistance via amyloid fibers185
Crosstalk between three CRISPR-Cas types enables primed type VI-A adaptation in Listeria seeligeri169
Epithelial hypoxia maintains colonization resistance against Candida albicans163
Combatting superbugs using the evolutionary record of microbial warfare157
Cohabitation facilitates microbiome shifts that promote isoflavone transformation to ameliorate liver injury155
Proteobacteria impair anti-tumor immunity in the omentum by consuming arginine152
Microbial byproducts determine reproductive fitness of free-living and parasitic nematodes152
Diverse events have transferred genes for edible seaweed digestion from marine to human gut bacteria150
MFSD6 is an entry receptor for respiratory enterovirus D68146
Comprehensive analyses of a large human gut Bacteroidales culture collection reveal species- and strain-level diversity and evolution145
Secretory IgA: Linking microbes, maternal health, and infant health through human milk143
There and back again: Discovering antiviral and antiphage defenses using deep homology141
Cad1 turns ATP into phage poison140
Antibiotic treatment ignites a fire that lasts138
Tactical terminase: How a Salmonella prophage navigates oxidative stress137
How hosts accurately command bacteria for gut health137
Beta-carbolines suppress vaginal inflammation136
Cross-regulation of antibody responses against the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein and commensal microbiota via molecular mimicry136
A bacterial signal coordinates plant-microbe fitness trade-off to enhance sulfur deficiency tolerance in plants127
Immunity to fungi and vaccine considerations125
Gut microbial β-glucuronidases influence endobiotic homeostasis and are modulated by diverse therapeutics124
Virulence factors perforate the pathogen-containing vacuole to signal efferocytosis123
Select symbionts drive high IgA levels in the mouse intestine113
A broadly distributed predicted helicase/nuclease confers phage resistance via abortive infection113
Conspecific versus heterospecific transmission shapes host specialization of the phyllosphere microbiome112
Subtle, persistent shaping of the gut microbiome by host genes: A critical determinant of host biology111
From top to bottom: Staphylococci in atopic dermatitis108
Help from commensals: β-hex to regulate gut immunity108
Two-for-one: Dual host-microbe functions of S. epidermidis Sph107
Impact of a 7-day homogeneous diet on interpersonal variation in human gut microbiomes and metabolomes105
BCAA-producing Clostridium symbiosum promotes colorectal tumorigenesis through the modulation of host cholesterol metabolism105
Virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2.75 variant104
Uniting against enteric invaders: IgA meets its microbial ally104
Microbiota alert: Proteobacteria consume arginine to dampen omental antitumor immunity102
Predator-prey interplay: When chemical conversation turns deadly102
Lost and found: Reconstituting PRR immune function through co-receptor transfer101
Antibiotics fire up inflammation to cool vaccine responsiveness101
Global translational induction during NLR-mediated immunity in plants is dynamically regulated by CDC123, an ATP-sensitive protein100
MX2 forms nucleoporin-comprising cytoplasmic biomolecular condensates that lure viral capsids99
A lung pathobiont story: Thinking outside the Koch’s postulate box99
Exclusive enteral nutrition initiates individual protective microbiome changes to induce remission in pediatric Crohn’s disease99
Overcoming drug resistance, the natural way95
One population, multiple lifestyles: Commensalism and pathogenesis in the human mycobiome94
Enhanced neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.2.86 and XBB sub-lineages by a tetravalent COVID-19 vaccine booster94
The gut microbiome: Bridging medications and clinical outcomes post stem cell transplantation93
Gut IgA: Never fear, the super inducers are here93
Microbiota-dependent proteolysis of gluten subverts diet-mediated protection against type 1 diabetes93
“AHR-ming” host defense against cryptosporidiosis93
A mucin-regulated adhesin determines the spatial organization and inflammatory character of a bacterial symbiont in the vertebrate gut92
On-person adaptive evolution of Staphylococcus aureus during treatment for atopic dermatitis92
Location matters in RSV protection91
Dietary environmental factors shape the immune defense against Cryptosporidium infection91
SARS-CoV-2 human T cell epitopes: Adaptive immune response against COVID-1990
Intestinal microbiota programming of alveolar macrophages influences severity of respiratory viral infection90
Multiple introductions and recombination events underlie the emergence of a hyper-transmissible Cryptosporidium hominis subtype in the USA89
Decline in nitrosative stress drives antibiotic persister regrowth during infection89
Precision modulation of dysbiotic adult microbiomes with a human-milk-derived synbiotic reshapes gut microbial composition and metabolites87
A single-cell liver atlas of Plasmodium vivax infection87
RSV and rhinovirus increase pneumococcal carriage acquisition and density, whereas nasal inflammation is associated with bacterial shedding84
Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sub-lineages BA.1, BA.1.1, and BA.284
A key genetic factor governing arabinan utilization in the gut microbiome alleviates constipation84
GOSpel for tiny allies83
Pseudomonads coordinate innate defense against viruses and bacteria with a single regulatory system82
AI in microbiome research: Where have we been, where are we going?82
Methylglyoxal is an antibacterial effector produced by macrophages during infection82
Bacteria exploit viral dormancy to establish CRISPR-Cas immunity81
Immune chromatin reader SP140 regulates microbiota and risk for inflammatory bowel disease80
A counterintuitive antibody cocktail disrupts coxsackievirus79
When NOD ligands become antidotes79
Multi-arming ourselves against drug-resistant bacteria78
Widespread RNA-based cas regulation monitors crRNA abundance and anti-CRISPR proteins77
Bifidobacterium longum promotes postoperative liver function recovery in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma76
A surface-receptor-coupled G protein regulates plant immunity through nuclear protein kinases75
Long-chain unsaturated fatty acids released during immune responses stimulate host-microbe trans-kingdom communication75
Neutralization and durability of 2 or 3 doses of the BNT162b2 vaccine against Omicron SARS-CoV-275
On track to tackle dengue: History and future of NS4B ligands74
The gut microbiome molecular complex in human health and disease74
Deficient butyrate-producing capacity in the gut microbiome is associated with bacterial network disturbances and fatigue symptoms in ME/CFS73
Memory profiles distinguish cross-reactive and virus-specific T cell immunity to mpox72
Obesity-enriched gut microbe degrades myo-inositol and promotes lipid absorption72
The gut microbiome associates with phenotypic manifestations of post-acute COVID-19 syndrome72
Rethinking next-generation vaccines for coronaviruses, influenzaviruses, and other respiratory viruses71
Strong humoral immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 Spike after BNT162b2 mRNA vaccination with a 16-week interval between doses71
Longitudinal profiling of the microbiome at four body sites reveals core stability and individualized dynamics during health and disease70
Enteric virome negatively affects seroconversion following oral rotavirus vaccination in a longitudinally sampled cohort of Ghanaian infants70
Maternal antibiotic prophylaxis during cesarean section has a limited impact on the infant gut microbiome69
Bacteroides sphingolipids promote anti-inflammatory responses through the mevalonate pathway69
Infant gut DNA bacteriophage strain persistence during the first 3 years of life68
E. coli prophages encode an arsenal of defense systems to protect against temperate phages68
Salmonella re-engineers the intestinal environment to break colonization resistance in the presence of a compositionally intact microbiota68
An interplay between human genetics and intratumoral microbiota in the progression of colorectal cancer67
Thanks, but no thanks: Cholera pathogen keeps incoming DNA at bay66
Cutibacterium acnes evolution: One pore at a time66
A target expression threshold dictates invader defense and prevents autoimmunity by CRISPR-Cas1365
Unclouding Clostridiodes difficile virulence with systems biology65
“Indole-gence” for the mind65
Mutations in SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern link to increased spike cleavage and virus transmission64
Gut microbiome development and childhood undernutrition64
MRSA lineage USA300 isolated from bloodstream infections exhibit altered virulence regulation63
Fungal sensing enhances neutrophil metabolic fitness by regulating antifungal Glut1 activity63
Symbiotic Firmicutes establish mutualism with the host via innate tolerance and resistance to control systemic immunity63
Predictive regulatory and metabolic network models for systems analysis of Clostridioides difficile62
Metabolic cross-feeding of a dietary antioxidant enhances anaerobic energy metabolism by human gut bacteria61
Host-microbe interaction paradigms in acute and recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis61
Commensal microbe regulation of skin cells in disease60
Antibiotic-induced gut microbiome perturbation alters the immune responses to the rabies vaccine60
All systems go: CRISPR crosstalk for enhanced immunity60
Assembling symbiotic bacterial species into live therapeutic consortia that reconstitute microbiome functions59
Targeted inhibition of pathobiont virulence factor mitigates alcohol-associated liver disease59
The RNA landscape of the human commensal Segatella copri reveals a small RNA essential for gut colonization58
Rethinking healthy eating in light of the gut microbiome58
Conversation between host and gut microbiota unveils a “silver bullet” therapeutic option for chemotherapy57
The NSP4 T492I mutation increases SARS-CoV-2 infectivity by altering non-structural protein cleavage56
Maternal gestational diabetes mellitus associates with altered gut microbiome composition and head circumference abnormalities in male offspring56
Dynamics of the normal gut microbiota: A longitudinal one-year population study in Sweden56
Mother-to-infant microbiota transmission and infant microbiota development across multiple body sites56
Cytomegalovirus-vaccine-induced unconventional T cell priming and control of SIV replication is conserved between primate species55
Microbial Cgr2 will let your Th17 cells ROR(γT)55
Antigenic cartography of well-characterized human sera shows SARS-CoV-2 neutralization differences based on infection and vaccination history54
Gut bacteria help the brain with an oil change54
Oncomicrobial vaccines: The potential for a Fusobacterium nucleatum vaccine to improve colorectal cancer outcomes54
Bacterial homologs of innate eukaryotic antiviral defenses with anti-phage activity highlight shared evolutionary roots of viral defenses54
Growing up: A NOD2 our microbes53
Ruminococcus gnavus plays a pathogenic role in diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome by increasing serotonin biosynthesis53
Bacteroides methylmalonyl-CoA mutase produces propionate that promotes intestinal goblet cell differentiation and homeostasis53
Spatially resolved lipidomics shows conditional transfer of lipids produced by Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron into the mouse gut53
Susceptible bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment in the mammalian gastrointestinal tract without evolving resistance51
Host stress drives tolerance and persistence: The bane of anti-microbial therapeutics51
A. baumannii’s nutrient tug-of-war51
Antiretroviral therapy reveals triphasic decay of intact SIV genomes and persistence of ancestral variants51
Linking E. coli to fibrosis in Crohn’s disease51
Pre-existing humoral immunity to human common cold coronaviruses negatively impacts the protective SARS-CoV-2 antibody response50
Host cells subdivide nutrient niches into discrete biogeographical microhabitats for gut microbes50
The Toxoplasma effector GRA28 promotes parasite dissemination by inducing dendritic cell-like migratory properties in infected macrophages49
Going viral: The role of mobile genetic elements in bacterial immunity49
Viral mimicry protects from infection when you’re expecting48
The gut-brain axis goes viral48
Mycobacterial phage TM4 requires a eukaryotic-like Ser/Thr protein kinase to silence and escape anti-phage immunity48
Walking down the phosphorylation path to root immunity48
An expanded arsenal of immune systems that protect bacteria from phages48
MAMPs: A devil tamed becomes an angel48
Even old foes can learn sweet new tricks48
Homotypic antibodies target novel E glycoprotein domains after natural DENV 3 infection/vaccination47
Comprehensive analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genomes reveals genetic variations in bacterial virulence47
Lactate production by tumor-resident Staphylococcus promotes metastatic colonization in lung adenocarcinoma46
Birthmode and environment-dependent microbiota transmission dynamics are complemented by breastfeeding during the first year46
Host-specific microbiome and genomic signatures in Bifidobacterium reveal co-evolutionary and functional adaptations across diverse animal hosts46
Multi-armed antibiotics for Gram-positive bacteria46
Pangenomes of human gut microbiota uncover links between genetic diversity and stress response46
Deep learning helps fight against antibiotic resistance46
The bacterial defense system MADS interacts with CRISPR-Cas to limit phage infection and escape45
Mimicry games: NPC-like MX2 condensates trap viruses45
Fungal resistance in rice is restored by interfamily transfer of an evolutionarily lost co-receptor45
Microbiota metabolism of intestinal amino acids impacts host nutrient homeostasis and physiology45
Common mycorrhizal networks facilitate plant disease resistance by altering rhizosphere microbiome assembly45
Stoking inflammasome fires in the COVID-19 neighborhood44
Type IV-A3 CRISPR-Cas systems drive inter-plasmid conflicts by acquiring spacers in trans44
Acetylation of the NS3 helicase by KAT5γ is essential for flavivirus replication44
Prenatal antibiotics reduce breast milk IgA and induce dysbiosis in mouse offspring, increasing neonatal susceptibility to bacterial sepsis44
Broad receptor tropism and immunogenicity of a clade 3 sarbecovirus44
Dosing a synbiotic of human milk oligosaccharides and B. infantis leads to reversible engraftment in healthy adult microbiomes without antibiotics43
The developing infant gut microbiome: A strain-level view43
The Mouse Gastrointestinal Bacteria Catalogue enables translation between the mouse and human gut microbiotas via functional mapping43
Characterization of the rotavirus assembly pathway in situ using cryoelectron tomography43
A gB nanoparticle vaccine elicits a protective neutralizing antibody response against EBV42
Commensal Staphylococcus epidermidis contributes to skin barrier homeostasis by generating protective ceramides42
The vagina question: Can maternal vaginal fluid impact the infant gut microbiome and neurodevelopment?42
Lymph node dendritic cells harbor inducible replication-competent HIV despite years of suppressive ART42
Gut microbial enzymes and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis: Function, mechanism, and therapeutic prospects41
A new piece of the microbiota pie: Mining ‘omics for DNA inversion states40
Engineered probiotic ameliorates ulcerative colitis by restoring gut microbiota and redox homeostasis40
Response, resistance, and recovery of gut bacteria to human-targeted drug exposure40
Molecular basis for inhibition of type III-B CRISPR-Cas by an archaeal viral anti-CRISPR protein39
BCG: From veins to correlates39
Pregnancy-associated morbidity and mortality during pandemics: Looking to the past in order to prepare for the future39
Gut microbiota and metabolites drive chronic sickle cell disease pain in mice39
Mg and the microbiome: A liver-protective duo39
Oh, how we have grown!38
Stitching together a healthy gut microbiome with fiber38
RTS,S today and tomorrow’s science38
Antibody escape and cryptic cross-domain stabilization in the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron spike protein38
Bioengineered gut bacterium synthesizing levodopa alleviates motor deficits in models of Parkinson’s disease38
Bacterial molecular syringe for drug delivery37
It takes a plant village to raise a microbiome37
Caudovirales bacteriophages are associated with improved executive function and memory in flies, mice, and humans37
Compensating P. falciparum artemisinin resistance37
Fiber-deficient diet inhibits colitis through the regulation of the niche and metabolism of a gut pathobiont37
Cytoplasmic calcium influx mediated by plant MLKLs confers TNL-triggered immunity35
The HY5-NPR1 module governs light-dependent virulence of a plant bacterial pathogen35
One size might fit all: Indole-3-propionic acid potentiates pan-cancer immunotherapy35
Designing boosting immunogens for HIV-1 vaccine development35
Individual leaf microbiota tunes a genetic regulatory network to promote leaf growth35
Bacteria renew an OLD protein to cleave host tRNAs and block phage translation35
Differences in carbon metabolic capacity fuel co-existence and plasmid transfer between Salmonella strains in the mouse gut34
Charting a phage genome atlas34
RNA editing of genomic neighbors controls antiviral response in fungi34
Gut dopamine kick: How gut microbes turn on host receptors to fight pathogens34
Metagenomic selections reveal diverse antiphage defenses in human and environmental microbiomes34
Fishing for obesity-related gut microbiome enterotype34
Sensing a pattern: Overlapping immunity in bacteria and eukaryotes33
Networks of the symbiosis-immunity continuum in plants33
Gut microbiome and necrotizing enterocolitis: Understanding the connection to find a cure33
Inter-kingdom lipid messengers sustain gut harmony33
Mechanisms of bacterial immunity, protection, and survival during interbacterial warfare33
Won’t you be my neighbor? The importance of biogeography and nutrient niches in the gut33
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