Most-cited Immunology and Microbiology papers of 2016, with free PDFs

The 25 most-cited Immunology and Microbiology research papers published in 2016, ranked by citations in OpenAlex, with their original abstracts and free PDFs where available.

1. Implementing an Antibiotic Stewardship Program: Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
   Tamar F. Barlam, Sara E. Cosgrove et al. · 2016 · 3,065 citations
2. Macrophage Polarization
   Peter J. Murray · 2016 · 2,973 citations
3. Trained immunity: A program of innate immune memory in health and disease
   Mihai Gheorghe Netea, Leo A. B. Joosten et al. · 2016 · 2,741 citations
4. Recommendations for myeloid-derived suppressor cell nomenclature and characterization standards
   Vincenzo Bronte, Sven Brandau et al. · 2016 · 2,740 citations · Free PDF
5. Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in Atherosclerosis
   Martin R. Bennett, Sanjay Sinha et al. · 2016 · 2,168 citations · Free PDF
6. Antimicrobial Peptides: An Emerging Category of Therapeutic Agents
   Margit Mahlapuu, Joakim Håkansson et al. · 2016 · 1,932 citations · Free PDF
7. L-Arginine Modulates T Cell Metabolism and Enhances Survival and Anti-tumor Activity
   Roger Geiger, Jan C. Rieckmann et al. · 2016 · 1,755 citations
8. Prevalence of Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescriptions Among US Ambulatory Care Visits, 2010-2011
   Katherine E. Fleming-Dutra, Adam L. Hersh et al. · 2016 · 1,737 citations
9. Will 10 Million People Die a Year due to Antimicrobial Resistance by 2050?
   Marlieke E.A. de Kraker, Andrew James Stewardson et al. · 2016 · 1,602 citations · Free PDF
10. T-Cell Transfer Therapy Targeting Mutant KRAS in Cancer
    Eric Tran, Paul F. Robbins et al. · 2016 · 1,358 citations
11. Senescent intimal foam cells are deleterious at all stages of atherosclerosis
    Bennett G. Childs, Darren J. Baker et al. · 2016 · 1,184 citations · Free PDF
12. A systematic review of worldwide epidemiology of psoriasis
    Irmina Maria Michałek, Belinda Loring et al. · 2016 · 1,155 citations
13. Follicular Helper T Cells
    Carola G. Vinuesa, Michelle A. Linterman et al. · 2016 · 1,150 citations
14. Macrophage Phenotype and Function in Different Stages of Atherosclerosis
    Ira A. Tabas, Karin Bornfeldt · 2016 · 1,119 citations
15. 2017 Infectious Diseases Society of America’s Clinical Practice Guidelines for Healthcare-Associated Ventriculitis and Meningitis*
    Allan R. Tunkel, Rodrigo Hasbun et al. · 2016 · 1,065 citations
16. Regulatory evolution of innate immunity through co-option of endogenous retroviruses
    Edward B. Chuong, Nels C. Elde et al. · 2016 · 1,017 citations
17. Hobit and Blimp1 instruct a universal transcriptional program of tissue residency in lymphocytes
    Laura K. Mackay, Martina Minnich et al. · 2016 · 1,011 citations
18. Mitochondrial Dysfunction Prevents Repolarization of Inflammatory Macrophages
    Jan Van den Bossche, Jeroen Baardman et al. · 2016 · 1,011 citations
19. From Q Fever to Coxiella burnetii Infection: a Paradigm Change
    Carole Eldin, Cléa Melenotte et al. · 2016 · 1,008 citations · Free PDF
20. Cancer cells induce metastasis-supporting neutrophil extracellular DNA traps
    Juwon Park, Robert W. Wysocki et al. · 2016 · 982 citations
21. The epigenetic landscape of T cell exhaustion
    Debattama R. Sen, James Kaminski et al. · 2016 · 979 citations · Free PDF
22. Cytokine-induced memory-like natural killer cells exhibit enhanced responses against myeloid leukemia
    Rizwan Romee, Maximillian Rosario et al. · 2016 · 942 citations
23. Tuft cells, taste-chemosensory cells, orchestrate parasite type 2 immunity in the gut
    Michael R. Howitt, Sydney Lavoie et al. · 2016 · 929 citations
24. Glutaminolysis and Fumarate Accumulation Integrate Immunometabolic and Epigenetic Programs in Trained Immunity
    Rob J.W. Arts, Boris Novakovic et al. · 2016 · 915 citations
25. Trimethylamine N‐Oxide Promotes Vascular Inflammation Through Signaling of Mitogen‐Activated Protein Kinase and Nuclear Factor‐κB
    Marcus Michael Seldin, Yonghong Meng et al. · 2016 · 902 citations · Free PDF

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