| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Proposal for Standardization of Optimized Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Unit-Variable-Number Tandem Repeat Typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 2006 | 1,181 |
| 2 | Microglia emerge from erythromyeloid precursors via Pu.1- and Irf8-dependent pathways | Nature Neuroscience | 2013 | 1,121 |
| 3 | Variable host-pathogen compatibility in Mycobacterium tuberculosis | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2006 | 897 |
| 4 | Candidalysin is a fungal peptide toxin critical for mucosal infection | Nature | 2016 | 628 |
| 5 | The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Lung Cancer Staging Project | Journal of Thoracic Oncology | 2015 | 550 |
| 6 | Lipoteichoic Acid (LTA) of Streptococcus pneumoniaeand Staphylococcus aureus Activates Immune Cells via Toll-like Receptor (TLR)-2, Lipopolysaccharide-binding Protein (LBP), and CD14, whereas TLR-4 and MD-2 Are Not Involved | Journal of Biological Chemistry | 2003 | 540 |
| 7 | High Functional Diversity in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Driven by Genetic Drift and Human Demography | PLoS Biology | 2008 | 507 |
| 8 | Pre-Columbian mycobacterial genomes reveal seals as a source of New World human tuberculosis | Nature | 2014 | 506 |
| 9 | Interferon- release assays for the diagnosis of active tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis | European Respiratory Journal | 2011 | 488 |
| 10 | LTBI: latent tuberculosis infection or lasting immune responses to M. tuberculosis? A TBNET consensus statement | European Respiratory Journal | 2009 | 487 |
| 11 | Evolutionary history and global spread of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing lineage | Nature Genetics | 2015 | 466 |
| 12 | The epidemiology, pathogenesis, transmission, diagnosis, and management of multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant, and incurable tuberculosis | Lancet Respiratory Medicine,the | 2017 | 459 |
| 13 | Whole Genome Sequencing versus Traditional Genotyping for Investigation of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis Outbreak: A Longitudinal Molecular Epidemiological Study | PLoS Medicine | 2013 | 425 |
| 14 | Histopathologic Changes and SARS-CoV-2 Immunostaining in the Lung of a Patient With COVID-19 | Annals of Internal Medicine | 2020 | 396 |
| 15 | Bacterial Endotoxin: Chemical Constitution, Biological Recognition, Host Response, and Immunological Detoxification | Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology | 1996 | 381 |
| 16 | Distinct, Specific IL-17- and IL-22-Producing CD4+ T Cell Subsets Contribute to the Human Anti-Mycobacterial Immune Response | Journal of Immunology | 2008 | 378 |
| 17 | Treatment of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease: An Official ATS/ERS/ESCMID/IDSA Clinical Practice Guideline | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2020 | 367 |
| 18 | Evaluation and Strategy for Use of MIRU-VNTRplus, a Multifunctional Database for Online Analysis of Genotyping Data and Phylogenetic Identification ofMycobacterium tuberculosisComplex Isolates | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 2008 | 366 |
| 19 | Treatment of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease: An Official ATS/ERS/ESCMID/IDSA Clinical Practice Guideline | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2020 | 357 |
| 20 | Treatment of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease: an official ATS/ERS/ESCMID/IDSA clinical practice guideline | European Respiratory Journal | 2020 | 336 |
| 21 | Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage 4 comprises globally distributed and geographically restricted sublineages | Nature Genetics | 2016 | 326 |
| 22 | Rapid Molecular Detection of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis by the Automated GeneXpert MTB/RIF System | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 2011 | 314 |
| 23 | Evaluation of the GenoType MTBDRplus Assay for Rifampin and Isoniazid Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains and Clinical Specimens | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 2007 | 313 |
| 24 | Biosynthesis of Very-Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Transgenic Oilseeds: Constraints on Their Accumulationw⃞ | Plant Cell | 2004 | 284 |
| 25 | Myeloid-derived suppressor cells in the peripheral blood of cancer patients contain a subset of immature neutrophils with impaired migratory properties | Journal of Leukocyte Biology | 2010 | 274 |
| 26 | Lupus nephritis is linked to disease-activity associated expansions and immunity to a gut commensal | Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | 2019 | 274 |
| 27 | Sacrificial Bonds and Hidden Length: Unraveling Molecular Mesostructures in Tough Materials | Biophysical Journal | 2006 | 273 |
| 28 | A standardised method for interpreting the association between mutations and phenotypic drug resistance inMycobacterium tuberculosis | European Respiratory Journal | 2017 | 273 |
| 29 | Multicenter Evaluation of the BACTEC MGIT 960 System for Recovery of Mycobacteria | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 1999 | 252 |
| 30 | Human lung cancer cells express functionally active Toll-like receptor 9 | Respiratory Research | 2005 | 252 |
| 31 | Interferon-λ and interleukin 22 act synergistically for the induction of interferon-stimulated genes and control of rotavirus infection | Nature Immunology | 2015 | 252 |
| 32 | Ventilation-Induced Chemokine and Cytokine Release Is Associated with Activation of Nuclear Factor- κ B and Is Blocked by Steroids | American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | 2001 | 247 |
| 33 | Whole genome sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: current standards and open issues | Nature Reviews Microbiology | 2019 | 237 |
| 34 | Feasibility of the GenoType MTBDR sl Assay for Fluoroquinolone, Amikacin-Capreomycin, and Ethambutol Resistance Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains and Clinical Specimens | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 2009 | 233 |
| 35 | Interaction of quorum signals with outer membrane lipids: insights into prokaryotic membrane vesicle formation | Molecular Microbiology | 2008 | 219 |
| 36 | Immunopathogenesis of Atherosclerosis | Circulation | 2001 | 214 |
| 37 | Status of tick distribution in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan | Parasitology Research | 2007 | 214 |
| 38 | Multicenter Laboratory Validation of the BACTEC MGIT 960 Technique for Testing Susceptibilities of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to Classical Second-Line Drugs and Newer Antimicrobials | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 2006 | 204 |
| 39 | Structure and stability of 2S albumin-type peanut allergens: implications for the severity of peanut allergic reactions | Biochemical Journal | 2006 | 202 |
| 40 | Mapping of IgE-binding epitopes on the recombinant major group I allergen of velvet grass pollen, rHol I 1 | Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology | 1997 | 199 |
| 41 | Assessment of an Optimized Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive- Unit-Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Typing System Combined with Spoligotyping for Population-Based Molecular Epidemiology Studies of Tuberculosis | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 2007 | 198 |
| 42 | Global outbreak of severe Mycobacterium chimaera disease after cardiac surgery: a molecular epidemiological study | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2017 | 198 |
| 43 | Toll-like Receptor-2 Mediates Treponema Glycolipid and Lipoteichoic Acid-induced NF-κB Translocation | Journal of Biological Chemistry | 2001 | 197 |
| 44 | Use of the Genotype MTBDR Assay for Rapid Detection of Rifampin and Isoniazid Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Isolates | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 2005 | 195 |
| 45 | NK cells are essential for effective BCG immunotherapy | International Journal of Cancer | 2001 | 194 |
| 46 | γH2AX Foci Form Preferentially in Euchromatin after Ionising-Radiation | PLoS ONE | 2007 | 194 |
| 47 | Autophagy Gene Variant IRGM −261T Contributes to Protection from Tuberculosis Caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis but Not by M. africanum Strains | PLoS Pathogens | 2009 | 193 |
| 48 | A conserved structural motif for lipopolysaccharide recognition by procaryotic and eucaryotic proteins | Structure | 2000 | 192 |
| 49 | The role of lipid metabolism in the acquisition of desiccation tolerance in Craterostigma plantagineum: a comparative approach | Plant Journal | 2013 | 191 |
| 50 | Toll-like receptor 2 expression is decreased on alveolar macrophages in cigarette smokers and COPD patients | Respiratory Research | 2005 | 186 |
