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Richard J. Ulevitch is affiliated with the Scripps Research Institute in the United States.

Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Immunology and Microbiology. Within these broader disciplines, their work focuses on subfields including Molecular Biology, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's published work prominently addresses topics such as:

  • Inflammasome and immune disorders
  • Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide
  • Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Inflammation biomarkers and pathways

Recent publications by Ulevitch include:

  • NLRC4 inflammasome-dependent cell death occurs by a complementary series of three death pathways and determines lethality in mice (2021, Science Advances)
  • Targeting innate immunity by blocking CD14: Novel approach to control inflammation and organ dysfunction in COVID-19 illness (2020, EBioMedicine)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Richard J. Ulevitch are:

  • Peipei Zhang
  • Yifei Liu
  • Lichen Hu
  • Kai Huang
  • Mao Hong

The venues in which Ulevitch commonly publishes include:

  • Science Advances
  • EBioMedicine

Best Publications

  • CD14, a receptor for complexes of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and LPS binding protein.

    Samuel D. Wright;Robert A. Ramos;Peter S. Tobias;Richard J. Ulevitch

  • Toll-like receptors in the induction of the innate immune response

    Alan Aderem;Richard J. Ulevitch

  • A MAP kinase targeted by endotoxin and hyperosmolarity in mammalian cells

    J Han;JD Lee;L Bibbs;RJ Ulevitch

  • Pro-inflammatory Cytokines and Environmental Stress Cause p38 Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Activation by Dual Phosphorylation on Tyrosine and Threonine (∗)

    Joel Raingeaud;Shashi Gupta;Jeffrey Scott Rogers;Martin Dickens

  • Receptor-Dependent Mechanisms of Cell Stimulation by Bacterial Endotoxin

    R J Ulevitch;P S Tobias

  • Structure and function of lipopolysaccharide binding protein

    Ralf R. Schumann;Steven R. Leong;Gail W. Flaggs;Patrick W. Gray

  • Independent human MAP kinase signal transduction pathways defined by MEK and MKK isoforms

    Benoit Dérijard;Joël Raingeaud;Tamera Barrett;I-Huan Wu

  • Identity of tumour necrosis factor and the macrophage-secreted factor cachectin.

    B. Beutler;D. Greenwald;J. D. Hulmes;M. Chang

  • Lipopolysaccharide activation of human endothelial and epithelial cells is mediated by lipopolysaccharide-binding protein and soluble CD14.

    Jerome Pugin;Cornelia-C. Schurer-Maly;Didier Leturcq;Ann Moriarty

  • Activation of the transcription factor MEF2C by the MAP kinase p38 in inflammation.

    J. Han;Y. Jiang;Z. Li;V. V. Kravchenko

  • Lipopolysaccharide is in close proximity to each of the proteins in its membrane receptor complex. transfer from CD14 to TLR4 and MD-2.

    Jean da Silva Correia;Katrin Soldau;Urs Christen;Peter S. Tobias

  • Leptospiral lipopolysaccharide activates cells through a TLR2-dependent mechanism.

    Catherine Werts;Catherine Werts;Richard I. Tapping;John C. Mathison;Tsung Hsien Chuang

  • Rho Family GTPases Regulate p38 Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase through the Downstream Mediator Pak1

    Shengjia Zhang;Jiahuai Han;Mary Ann Sells;Jonathan Chernoff

  • CD14 is a pattern recognition receptor.

    J Pugin;I D Heumann;A Tomasz;V V Kravchenko

  • Participation of tumor necrosis factor in the mediation of gram negative bacterial lipopolysaccharide-induced injury in rabbits.

    J C Mathison;E Wolfson;R J Ulevitch

  • CD14 : cell surface receptor and differentiation marker

    H.W.L. Ziegler-Heitbrock;R.J. Ulevitch

  • How we detect microbes and respond to them: the Toll-like receptors and their transducers.

    B. Beutler;K. Hoebe;X. Du;R. J. Ulevitch

  • Recognition of gram-negative bacteria and endotoxin by the innate immune system.

    Richard J Ulevitch;Peter S Tobias

  • Toll-like receptor 2-mediated NF-kappa B activation requires a Rac1-dependent pathway.

    Laurence Arbibe;Jean Paul Mira;Jean Paul Mira;Nicole Teusch;Lois Kline

  • Isolation of a lipopolysaccharide-binding acute phase reactant from rabbit serum.

    P S Tobias;K Soldau;R J Ulevitch

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter S. Tobias
Peter S. Tobias Scripps Research Institute
John C. Mathison
John C. Mathison Scripps Research Institute
Jiahuai Han
Jiahuai Han Xiamen University
Charles G. Cochrane
Charles G. Cochrane Scripps Research Institute
Edward A. Dennis
Edward A. Dennis University of California, San Diego
Kim D. Janda
Kim D. Janda Scripps Research Institute
Bruce Beutler
Bruce Beutler The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Peter M. Henson
Peter M. Henson National Jewish Health
Nigel Mackman
Nigel Mackman University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Thomas R. Martin
Thomas R. Martin University of Washington

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