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Chris Galanos

Chris Galanos

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
79
Citations
35587
World Ranking
1192
National Ranking
75

Chris Galanos publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Chris Galanos sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 222 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Chris Galanos D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Chris Galanos sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Chris Galanos is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their academic profile indicates involvement in research activities within this institution, a prominent organization known for advancing scientific knowledge.

No specific recent papers, co-authors, or frequent publication venues are listed, which suggests a limited publicly available record of published works in accessible databases at this time.

Likewise, there are no recorded book publications or detailed fields and subfields of study associated with Chris Galanos. This limits an understanding of precise academic or disciplinary focuses based on the current data.

There are no specific main topics of research work or awards attributed to them according to the available information.

The absence of these details restricts the ability to provide an extensive bibliometric or content-based profile. However, their position at the Max Planck Society places them within a network of high-level scientific research and development, implying research engagement aligned with the institution's broad scientific agenda.

Best Publications

  • Defective LPS Signaling in C3H/HeJ and C57BL/10ScCr Mice: Mutations in Tlr4 Gene

    Alexander Poltorak;Xiaolong He;Irina Smirnova;Mu Ya Liu

  • A new method for the extraction of R lipopolysaccharides.

    C. Galanos;O. Lüderitz;O. Westphal

  • Oligosaccharides of Hyaluronan Activate Dendritic Cells via Toll-like Receptor 4

    Christian C. Termeer;Frauke Benedix;Jonathon Sleeman;Christina Fieber

  • Galactosamine-induced sensitization to the lethal effects of endotoxin.

    Chris Galanos;Marina A. Freudenberg;Werner Reutter

  • CD14 is required for MyD88-independent LPS signaling

    Zhengfan Jiang;Philippe Georgel;Xin Du;Louis Shamel

  • Lethal toxicity of lipopolysaccharide and tumor necrosis factor in normal and D-galactosamine-treated mice.

    V Lehmann;M A Freudenberg;C Galanos

  • Synthetic and natural Escherichia coli free lipid A express identical endotoxic activities

    Chris Galanos;Otto Lüderitz;Ernst Th. Rietschel;Otto Westphal

  • Crucial role for human Toll-like receptor 4 in the development of contact allergy to nickel

    Marc Schmidt;Badrinarayanan Raghavan;Badrinarayanan Raghavan;Verena Müller;Verena Müller;Thomas Vogl

  • Lipopolysaccharides of Gram-Negative Bacteria

    Otto Lüderitz;Marina A. Freudenberg;Chris Galanos;Volker Lehmann

  • Electrodialysis of lipopolysaccharides and their conversion to uniform salt forms.

    Chris Galanos;Otto Lüderitz

  • Requirement for lipopolysaccharide-responsive macrophages in galactosamine-induced sensitization to endotoxin.

    M A Freudenberg;D Keppler;C Galanos

  • The mitogenic effect of lipopolysaccharide on bone marrow-derived mouse lymphocytes. Lipid A as the mitogenic part of the molecule.

    Jan Andersson;Fritz Melchers;Chris Galanos;Otto Lüderitz

  • Picogram-sensitive assay for endotoxin: Gelation of Limulus polyphemus blood cell lysate induced lipopolysaccharides and lipid A from gram-negative bacteria

    E. Thye Yin;E. Thye Yin;Chris Galanos;Stephen Kinsky;Ralph A. Bradshaw

  • Lipid A: chemical structure and biological activity.

    Otto Lüderitz;Chris Galanos;Volker Lehmann;Marjatta Nurminen

  • Modification of the silver staining technique to detect lipopolysaccharide in polyacrylamide gels.

    A Fomsgaard;M A Freudenberg;C Galanos

  • Induction of tolerance to lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-D-galactosamine lethality by pretreatment with LPS is mediated by macrophages.

    M A Freudenberg;C Galanos

  • Interaction of Lipopolysaccharides and Lipid A with Complement

    Chris Galanos;Ernst Th. Rietschel;Otto Lüderitz;Otto Westphal

  • Tumor necrosis factor alpha mediates lethal activity of killed gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria in D-galactosamine-treated mice.

    M A Freudenberg;C Galanos

  • Toll-Like Receptor 4 Contributes to Efficient Control of Infection with the Protozoan Parasite Leishmania major

    Pascale Kropf;Marina A. Freudenberg;Manuel Modolell;Helen P. Price

  • Biological Activities of Lipid A Complexed with Bovine‐Serum Albumin

    Chris Galanos;Ernst T. Rietschel;Otto Lüderitz;Otto Westphal

  • Mechanisms of endotoxin shock and endotoxin hypersensitivity

    Chris Galanos;Marina A. Freudenberg

  • Bacterial endotoxins.

    Unknown

  • Defective LPS signaling in C3 H/HeJ and C57 BL/10 ScCr mice: Mutations in Tlr4 Gene

    A. Poltorak;X. He;I. Smirnova;M. Y. Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Marina A. Freudenberg
Marina A. Freudenberg University of Freiburg
Ernst Th. Rietschel
Ernst Th. Rietschel Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies
Otto Westphal
Otto Westphal Max Planck Society
Anders Fomsgaard
Anders Fomsgaard Statens Serum Institut
Tetsuo Shiba
Tetsuo Shiba Osaka University
Shoichi Kusumoto
Shoichi Kusumoto Osaka University
Michael Huber
Michael Huber University of Zurich
Florian Holsboer
Florian Holsboer Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry
Bruce Beutler
Bruce Beutler The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Ulrich Zähringer
Ulrich Zähringer Research Center Borstel - Leibniz-Center for Medicine and Biosciences

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