| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Activation of innate immune antiviral responses by Nod2 | Nature Immunology | 2009 | 643 |
| 2 | Dispersion as an Important Step in the Candida albicans Biofilm Developmental Cycle | PLoS Pathogens | 2010 | 359 |
| 3 | Genomic Analysis of the Basal Lineage Fungus Rhizopus oryzae Reveals a Whole-Genome Duplication | PLoS Genetics | 2009 | 332 |
| 4 | Sequence-Based Identification of Aspergillus, Fusarium , and Mucorales Species in the Clinical Mycology Laboratory: Where Are We and Where Should We Go from Here? | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 2009 | 299 |
| 5 | Elongation factor Tu and E1 β subunit of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex act as fibronectin binding proteins in Mycoplasma pneumoniae | Molecular Microbiology | 2002 | 276 |
| 6 | Fungal Planet description sheets: 214–280 | Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi | 2014 | 229 |
| 7 | UME6, a Novel Filament-specific Regulator ofCandida albicansHyphal Extension and Virulence | Molecular Biology of the Cell | 2008 | 215 |
| 8 | TLR2/MyD88/NF-κB Pathway, Reactive Oxygen Species, Potassium Efflux Activates NLRP3/ASC Inflammasome during Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection | PLoS ONE | 2012 | 202 |
| 9 | Pore-Forming Toxins Induce Macrophage Necroptosis during Acute Bacterial Pneumonia | PLoS Pathogens | 2015 | 195 |
| 10 | Lifelong rapamycin administration ameliorates age‐dependent cognitive deficits by reducing IL‐1β and enhancing NMDA signaling | Aging Cell | 2012 | 193 |
| 11 | Coccidioidomycosis: Host Response and Vaccine Development | Clinical Microbiology Reviews | 2004 | 185 |
| 12 | Streptococcus pneumoniae Translocates into the Myocardium and Forms Unique Microlesions That Disrupt Cardiac Function | PLoS Pathogens | 2014 | 183 |
| 13 | Strain-Dependent Variation in 18S Ribosomal DNA Copy Numbers in Aspergillus fumigatus | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 2009 | 174 |
| 14 | DAMP Molecule S100A9 Acts as a Molecular Pattern to Enhance Inflammation during Influenza A Virus Infection: Role of DDX21-TRIF-TLR4-MyD88 Pathway | PLoS Pathogens | 2014 | 171 |
| 15 | Coevolution of Morphology and Virulence in Candida Species | Eukaryotic Cell | 2011 | 164 |
| 16 | Identification of a Candidate Streptococcus pneumoniae Core Genome and Regions of Diversity Correlated with Invasive Pneumococcal Disease | Infection and Immunity | 2006 | 163 |
| 17 | Bile-salt-mediated induction of antimicrobial and bile resistance in Salmonella typhimurium | Microbiology (United Kingdom) | 2004 | 156 |
| 18 | Comparative Analysis of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Biofilm Formation on Gallstones and on Glass | Infection and Immunity | 2003 | 152 |
| 19 | The Chlamydial Plasmid-Encoded Protein pgp3 Is Secreted into the Cytosol ofChlamydia-Infected Cells | Infection and Immunity | 2008 | 151 |
| 20 | Characterization of Fifty Putative Inclusion Membrane Proteins Encoded in theChlamydia trachomatisGenome | Infection and Immunity | 2008 | 140 |
| 21 | Activation of Raf/MEK/ERK/cPLA2 Signaling Pathway Is Essential for Chlamydial Acquisition of Host Glycerophospholipids | Journal of Biological Chemistry | 2004 | 137 |
| 22 | The Streptococcus pneumoniae adhesin PsrP binds to Keratin 10 on lung cells | Molecular Microbiology | 2009 | 136 |
| 23 | Role of Human β-Defensin-2 during Tumor Necrosis Factor-α/NF-κB-mediated Innate Antiviral Response against Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus | Journal of Biological Chemistry | 2008 | 134 |
| 24 | Age‐Associated Inflammation and Toll‐Like Receptor Dysfunction Prime the Lungs for Pneumococcal Pneumonia | Journal of Infectious Diseases | 2009 | 131 |
| 25 | Multi-genome identification and characterization of chlamydiae-specific type III secretion substrates: the Inc proteins | BMC Genomics | 2011 | 126 |
| 26 | Caspase-1 Contributes to Chlamydia trachomatis -Induced Upper Urogenital Tract Inflammatory Pathologies without Affecting the Course of Infection | Infection and Immunity | 2008 | 123 |
| 27 | Surface localized glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase of Mycoplasma genitalium binds mucin | Molecular Microbiology | 2003 | 120 |
| 28 | In Vivo Random Mutagenesis of Bacillus subtilis by Use of TnYLB-1, a mariner -Based Transposon | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 2006 | 117 |
| 29 | Sequence-Based Identification of Filamentous Basidiomycetous Fungi from Clinical Specimens: a Cautionary Note | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 2010 | 112 |
| 30 | Streptococcus pneumoniae Biofilm Formation Is Strain Dependent, Multifactorial, and Associated with Reduced Invasiveness and Immunoreactivity during Colonization | MBio | 2013 | 105 |
| 31 | Identification of cptA , a PmrA-Regulated Locus Required for Phosphoethanolamine Modification of the Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Lipopolysaccharide Core | Journal of Bacteriology | 2005 | 104 |
| 32 | Transcriptional regulation ofSalmonella entericaserovar Typhimurium genes by bile | FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology | 2004 | 103 |
| 33 | Initial Delay in the Immune Response to Francisella tularensis Is Followed by Hypercytokinemia Characteristic of Severe Sepsis and Correlating with Upregulation and Release of Damage-Associated Molecular Patterns | Infection and Immunity | 2008 | 100 |
| 34 | Chlamydia-Infected Cells Continue To Undergo Mitosis and Resist Induction of Apoptosis | Infection and Immunity | 2004 | 99 |
| 35 | Age-related defects in TLR2 signaling diminish the cytokine response by alveolar macrophages during murine pneumococcal pneumonia | Experimental Gerontology | 2012 | 99 |
| 36 | Delivery of Apical Mesenchymal Stem Cells into Root Canals of Mature Teeth | Journal of Dental Research | 2015 | 99 |
| 37 | Chlamydial Plasmid-Dependent Pathogenicity | Trends in Microbiology | 2017 | 99 |
| 38 | Streptococcus pneumoniae in Biofilms Are Unable to Cause Invasive Disease Due to Altered Virulence Determinant Production | PLoS ONE | 2011 | 99 |
| 39 | Degradation of the Proapoptotic Proteins Bik, Puma, and Bim with Bcl-2 Domain 3 Homology in Chlamydia trachomatis-Infected Cells | Infection and Immunity | 2005 | 97 |
| 40 | Profiling of Human Antibody Responses to Chlamydia trachomatis Urogenital Tract Infection Using Microplates Arrayed with 156 Chlamydial Fusion Proteins | Infection and Immunity | 2006 | 93 |
| 41 | Incidence of Cardiovascular Events After Hospital Admission for Pneumonia | American Journal of Medicine | 2011 | 91 |
| 42 | The Surface-Exposed Carboxyl Region of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Elongation Factor Tu Interacts with Fibronectin | Infection and Immunity | 2008 | 88 |
| 43 | Chlamydia vaccine candidates and tools for chlamydial antigen discovery | Expert Review of Vaccines | 2009 | 88 |
| 44 | Pore-forming toxin-mediated ion dysregulation leads to death receptor-independent necroptosis of lung epithelial cells during bacterial pneumonia | Cell Death and Differentiation | 2017 | 88 |
| 45 | Delayed Inflammatory Response to Primary Pneumonic Plague Occurs in Both Outbred and Inbred Mice | Infection and Immunity | 2007 | 87 |
| 46 | Update on Chlamydia trachomatis Vaccinology | Vaccine Journal | 2017 | 86 |
| 47 | A role for glycosylated serine‐rich repeat proteins in Gram‐positive bacterial pathogenesis | Molecular Oral Microbiology | 2012 | 84 |
| 48 | Antibodies against PsrP, a NovelStreptococcus pneumoniaeAdhesin, Block Adhesion and Protect Mice against Pneumococcal Challenge | Journal of Infectious Diseases | 2008 | 83 |
| 49 | Identification and Characterization of Human Surfactant Protein A Binding Protein of Mycoplasma pneumoniae | Infection and Immunity | 2005 | 82 |
| 50 | Isolation and Characterization of a New Fungal Species, Chrysosporium ophiodiicola , from a Mycotic Granuloma of a Black Rat Snake ( Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta ) | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 2009 | 82 |
