| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Apoptosis, Pyroptosis, and Necrosis: Mechanistic Description of Dead and Dying Eukaryotic Cells | Infection and Immunity | 2005 | 1,711 |
| 2 | Resident Enteric Bacteria Are Necessary for Development of Spontaneous Colitis and Immune System Activation in Interleukin-10-Deficient Mice | Infection and Immunity | 1998 | 1,346 |
| 3 | Adherence of slime-producing strains of Staphylococcus epidermidis to smooth surfaces | Infection and Immunity | 1982 | 1,174 |
| 4 | Differential Alteration in Intestinal Epithelial Cell Expression of Toll-Like Receptor 3 (TLR3) and TLR4 in Inflammatory Bowel Disease | Infection and Immunity | 2000 | 1,138 |
| 5 | Purification and partial characterization of the major outer membrane protein of Chlamydia trachomatis | Infection and Immunity | 1981 | 1,123 |
| 6 | Vero response to a cytotoxin of Escherichia coli | Infection and Immunity | 1977 | 1,108 |
| 7 | Construction of an eae deletion mutant of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli by using a positive-selection suicide vector | Infection and Immunity | 1991 | 1,081 |
| 8 | An in vitro model for sequential study of shiftdown of Mycobacterium tuberculosis through two stages of nonreplicating persistence | Infection and Immunity | 1996 | 1,018 |
| 9 | Relationships between Staphylococcus aureus Genetic Background, Virulence Factors, agr Groups (Alleles), and Human Disease | Infection and Immunity | 2002 | 1,003 |
| 10 | The Intercellular Adhesion ( ica ) Locus Is Present in Staphylococcus aureus and Is Required for Biofilm Formation | Infection and Immunity | 1999 | 994 |
| 11 | Bacterial Quorum Sensing in Pathogenic Relationships | Infection and Immunity | 2000 | 976 |
| 12 | Actin accumulation at sites of bacterial adhesion to tissue culture cells: basis of a new diagnostic test for enteropathogenic and enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli | Infection and Immunity | 1989 | 938 |
| 13 | Attaching and effacing activities of rabbit and human enteropathogenic Escherichia coli in pig and rabbit intestines | Infection and Immunity | 1983 | 886 |
| 14 | Pretreatment of Mice with Streptomycin Provides a Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Colitis Model That Allows Analysis of Both Pathogen and Host | Infection and Immunity | 2003 | 864 |
| 15 | Plasmid-controlled colonization factor associated with virulence in Esherichia coli enterotoxigenic for humans | Infection and Immunity | 1975 | 859 |
| 16 | Involvement of a plasmid in the invasive ability of Shigella flexneri | Infection and Immunity | 1982 | 812 |
| 17 | Translocation of Certain Indigenous Bacteria from the Gastrointestinal Tract to the Mesenteric Lymph Nodes and Other Organs in a Gnotobiotic Mouse Model | Infection and Immunity | 1979 | 770 |
| 18 | In vitro model of penetration and intracellular growth of Listeria monocytogenes in the human enterocyte-like cell line Caco-2 | Infection and Immunity | 1987 | 758 |
| 19 | Characterization of plasmids and plasmid-associated determinants of Yersinia enterocolitica pathogenesis | Infection and Immunity | 1981 | 715 |
| 20 | Establishment of a Persistent Escherichia coli Reservoir during the Acute Phase of a Bladder Infection | Infection and Immunity | 2001 | 706 |
| 21 | The Link between Phylogeny and Virulence in Escherichia coli Extraintestinal Infection | Infection and Immunity | 1999 | 690 |
| 22 | Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans in Human Periodontal Disease: a Cross-Sectional Microbiological Investigation | Infection and Immunity | 1980 | 687 |
| 23 | Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate and Alteration of Chinese Hamster Ovary Cell Morphology: a Rapid, Sensitive In Vitro Assay for the Enterotoxins of Vibrio cholerae and Escherichia coli | Infection and Immunity | 1974 | 686 |
| 24 | Construction and expression of recombinant plasmids encoding type 1 or D-mannose-resistant pili from a urinary tract infection Escherichia coli isolate | Infection and Immunity | 1981 | 678 |
| 25 | Theiler's virus infection in mice: an unusual biphasic disease process leading to demyelination | Infection and Immunity | 1975 | 656 |
| 26 | Cloning and expression of a high-molecular-mass major antigen of Helicobacter pylori: evidence of linkage to cytotoxin production | Infection and Immunity | 1993 | 655 |
| 27 | Molecular analysis of the plasmid-encoded hemolysin of Escherichia coli O157:H7 strain EDL 933 | Infection and Immunity | 1995 | 645 |
| 28 | Hemagglutination of Human Group A Erythrocytes by Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Isolated from Adults with Diarrhea: Correlation with Colonization Factor | Infection and Immunity | 1977 | 644 |
| 29 | Essential role of urease in pathogenesis of gastritis induced by Helicobacter pylori in gnotobiotic piglets | Infection and Immunity | 1991 | 639 |
| 30 | Production of mucoid microcolonies by Pseudomonas aeruginosa within infected lungs in cystic fibrosis | Infection and Immunity | 1980 | 632 |
| 31 | Membrane Vesicle Release in Bacteria, Eukaryotes, and Archaea: a Conserved yet Underappreciated Aspect of Microbial Life | Infection and Immunity | 2012 | 622 |
| 32 | Epithelial cells secrete the chemokine interleukin-8 in response to bacterial entry | Infection and Immunity | 1993 | 618 |
| 33 | Vibrio vulnificus: Disease and Pathogenesis | Infection and Immunity | 2009 | 616 |
| 34 | Growth of several cariogenic strains of oral streptococci in a chemically defined medium | Infection and Immunity | 1975 | 613 |
| 35 | Signaling by Toll-Like Receptor 2 and 4 Agonists Results in Differential Gene Expression in Murine Macrophages | Infection and Immunity | 2001 | 608 |
| 36 | Host-Pathogen Interactions: Redefining the Basic Concepts of Virulence and Pathogenicity | Infection and Immunity | 1999 | 597 |
| 37 | Molecular determinants of Listeria monocytogenes pathogenesis | Infection and Immunity | 1992 | 589 |
| 38 | Distinctive patterns of adherence of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli to HeLa cells | Infection and Immunity | 1984 | 583 |
| 39 | Two toxin-converting phages from Escherichia coli O157:H7 strain 933 encode antigenically distinct toxins with similar biologic activities | Infection and Immunity | 1986 | 580 |
| 40 | Multiplication of Shigella flexneri within HeLa cells: lysis of the phagocytic vacuole and plasmid-mediated contact hemolysis | Infection and Immunity | 1986 | 574 |
| 41 | Tuberculous Granulomas Are Hypoxic in Guinea Pigs, Rabbits, and Nonhuman Primates | Infection and Immunity | 2008 | 570 |
| 42 | Biofilm Formation and Interaction with the Surfaces of Gallstones by Salmonella spp. | Infection and Immunity | 2002 | 566 |
| 43 | A Novel Polymorphism in the Toll-Like Receptor 2 Gene and Its Potential Association with Staphylococcal Infection | Infection and Immunity | 2000 | 561 |
| 44 | N-Acylhomoserine Lactones Undergo Lactonolysis in a pH-, Temperature-, and Acyl Chain Length-Dependent Manner during Growth of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Infection and Immunity | 2002 | 560 |
| 45 | Test for enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli using Y-1 adrenal cells in miniculture | Infection and Immunity | 1975 | 558 |
| 46 | Human Host Defense Peptide LL-37 Prevents Bacterial Biofilm Formation | Infection and Immunity | 2008 | 551 |
| 47 | Analysis of expression of CagA and VacA virulence factors in 43 strains of Helicobacter pylori reveals that clinical isolates can be divided into two major types and that CagA is not necessary for expression of the vacuolating cytotoxin | Infection and Immunity | 1995 | 547 |
| 48 | Specificity of coaggregation reactions between human oral streptococci and strains of Actinomyces viscosus or Actinomyces naeslundii | Infection and Immunity | 1979 | 544 |
| 49 | Lyme disease spirochetes and ixodid tick spirochetes share a common surface antigenic determinant defined by a monoclonal antibody | Infection and Immunity | 1983 | 540 |
| 50 | Virulent Combinations of Adhesin and Toxin Genes in Natural Populations of Staphylococcus aureus | Infection and Immunity | 2002 | 539 |
