OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Virulence is 32. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Increasing evidence of human infections by the neurotropic Borna disease virus 1 (BoDV-1)	183
The F ₁ F _o -ATP synthase α subunit of Candida albicans induces inflammatory responses by controlli	161
A. caviae infection triggers IL-1β secretion through activating NLRP3 inflammasome mediated by NF-κB signaling pathway partly in a TLR2 dependent manner	113
Dry eye disease caused by viral infection: Past, present and future	80
Immunogenicity and vaccine efficacy of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae -derived extracellular vesicles as a novel vaccine candidate	77
Decarboxylase mediated oxalic acid metabolism is important to antioxidation and detoxification rather than pathogenicity in Magnaporthe oryzae	74
The sulfur-related metabolic status of Aspergillus fumigatus during infection reveals cytosolic serine hydroxymethyltransferase as a promising antifungal target	71
Restriction of mitochondrial oxidation of glutamine or fatty acids enhances intracellular growth of Mycobacterium abscessus in macrophages	69
Porphyromonas gulae and canine periodontal disease: Current understanding and future directions	66
Complement receptor 3 mediatesAspergillus fumigatusinternalization into alveolar epithelial cells with the increase of intracellular phosphatidic acid by activating FAK	57
Pathogenicity and virulence of Clostridium perfringens	54
Pathogenesis and virulence of Heartland virus	51
Hemagglutinin protein of Peste des Petits Ruminants virus (PPRV) activates the innate immune response via Toll-like receptor 2 signaling	49
Calcineurin-mediated intracellular organelle calcium homeostasis is required for the survival of fungal pathogens upon extracellular calcium stimuli	49
Talaromyces marneffei activates the AIM2-caspase-1/-4-GSDMD axis to induce pyroptosis in hepatocytes	46
M1-type polarized macrophage contributes to brain damage through CXCR3.2/CXCL11 pathways after RGNNV infection in grouper	45
The antimicrobial systems of Streptococcus suis promote niche competition in pig tonsils	42
Outer membrane vesicles from genetically engineered Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium presenting Helicobacter pylori antigens UreB a	39
The role of HDAC6 in enhancing macrophage autophagy via the autophagolysosomal pathway to alleviate legionella pneumophila-induced pneumonia	37
Sucrose non-fermenting protein kinase gene UvSnf1 is required for virulence in Ustilaginoidea virens	36
Helicobacter pylori East Asian type CagA hijacks more SHIP2 by its EPIYA-D motif to potentiate the oncogenicity	36
Maternal and neonatal outcomes and clinical laboratory testing of pregnant women with COVID-19 during the BA.5.2/BF.7 surge	36
The enzyme activity of sortase A is regulated by phosphorylation in Staphylococcus aureus	36
High Child-Pugh and CRUB65 scores predict mortality of decompensated cirrhosis patients with COVID-19: A 23-center, retrospective study	35
Inhibition of cell proliferation by Tas of foamy viruses through cell cycle arrest or apoptosis underlines the different mechanisms of virus–host interactions	34

Knowns and unknowns of TiLV-associated neuronal disease	34
Measles virus: Continued outbreaks while striving for eradication	33
Genome-wide characterization of structure variations in the Xiang pig for genetic resistance to African swine fever	33
SARS-CoV-2 in companion animals: Do levels of SARS-CoV-2 seroconversion in pets correlate with those of pet’s owners and with protection against subsequent SARS-CoV-2 infection?	33
Study of the host specificity of PB1-F2-associated virulence	32
Noninvasive diagnosis of significant liver inflammation in patients with chronic hepatitis B in the indeterminate phase	32
Pathogenicity and virulence of Hepatitis B virus	32
Simulating the clinical manifestations and disease progression of human sepsis: A monobacterial injection approach for animal modeling	32
Pathogenicity and virulence of Borrelia burgdorferi	32