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2026

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Microbiology

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97
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61094
World Ranking
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Satoshi Uematsu 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 Satoshi Uematsu sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 265 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Satoshi Uematsu 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 Satoshi Uematsu sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 97 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Microbiology in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Microbiology in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Satoshi Uematsu is affiliated with Osaka Metropolitan University in Japan and conducts research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work encompasses several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Ecology, and Surgery.

The main topics covered by their research include gut microbiota and health, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects, Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, genomics and phylogenetic studies, as well as IL-33, ST2, and ILC pathways.

Among recent papers authored by Satoshi Uematsu are:

  • Functional Restoration of Bacteriomes and Viromes by Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (2021), Gastroenterology
  • Metagenome Data on Intestinal Phage-Bacteria Associations Aids the Development of Phage Therapy against Pathobionts (2020), Cell Host & Microbe
  • Genome-wide association studies and heritability analysis reveal the involvement of host genetics in the Japanese gut microbiota (2020), Communications Biology
  • Oral MucoRice-CTB vaccine for safety and microbiota-dependent immunogenicity in humans: a phase 1 randomised trial (2021), The Lancet Microbe
  • Proton pump inhibitors enhance intestinal permeability via dysbiosis of gut microbiota under stressed conditions in mice (2020), Neurogastroenterology & Motility

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Satoshi Uematsu include Kosuke Fujimoto, Seiya Imoto, Shizuo Akira, Miho Uematsu, and Daichi Miyaoka.

The scientist publishes frequently in venues such as the Proceedings for Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society, Bioinformatics, Inflammation and Regeneration, Gastroenterology, and Cell Host & Microbe.

Best Publications

  • Pathogen Recognition and Innate Immunity

    Shizuo Akira;Satoshi Uematsu;Osamu Takeuchi

  • Differential roles of MDA5 and RIG-I helicases in the recognition of RNA viruses

    Hiroki Kato;Osamu Takeuchi;Shintaro Sato;Mitsutoshi Yoneyama

  • Loss of the autophagy protein Atg16L1 enhances endotoxin-induced IL-1beta production.

    Tatsuya Saitoh;Naonobu Fujita;Myoung Ho Jang;Satoshi Uematsu

  • Cell type-specific involvement of RIG-I in antiviral response

    Hiroki Kato;Shintaro Sato;Mitsutoshi Yoneyama;Masahiro Yamamoto

  • Sequence-specific potent induction of IFN-alpha by short interfering RNA in plasmacytoid dendritic cells through TLR7.

    Veit Hornung;Margit Guenthner-Biller;Carole Bourquin;Andrea Ablasser

  • TRAM is specifically involved in the Toll-like receptor 4-mediated MyD88-independent signaling pathway

    Masahiro Yamamoto;Shintaro Sato;Hiroaki Hemmi;Satoshi Uematsu

  • Essential role for TIRAP in activation of the signalling cascade shared by TLR2 and TLR4

    Masahiro Yamamoto;Shintaro Sato;Hiroaki Hemmi;Hideki Sanjo

  • Nucleic acids of mammalian origin can act as endogenous ligands for Toll-like receptors and may promote systemic lupus erythematosus

    Franck J. Barrat;Thea Meeker;Josh Gregorio;Jean H. Chan

  • Interferon-|[alpha]| induction through Toll-like receptors involves a direct interaction of IRF7 with MyD88 and TRAF6

    Taro Kawai;Shintaro Sato;Ken J. Ishii;Cevayir Coban

  • Stimulation of the vagus nerve attenuates macrophage activation by activating the Jak2-STAT3 signaling pathway.

    Wouter J de Jonge;Esmerij P van der Zanden;Maarten F Bijlsma

  • A Toll-like receptor–independent antiviral response induced by double-stranded B-form DNA

    Ken J Ishii;Cevayir Coban;Hiroki Kato;Ken Takahashi

  • Regulation of humoral and cellular gut immunity by lamina propria dendritic cells expressing Toll-like receptor 5

    Satoshi Uematsu;Kosuke Fujimoto;Myoung Ho Jang;Bo Gie Yang

  • Activation of Toll-Like Receptor 2 in Acne Triggers Inflammatory Cytokine Responses

    Jenny Kim;Maria-Teresa Ochoa;Stephan R. Krutzik;Osamu Takeuchi

  • Toll-like receptor 9 mediates innate immune activation by the malaria pigment hemozoin

    Cevayir Coban;Ken J. Ishii;Taro Kawai;Hiroaki Hemmi

  • TANK-binding kinase-1 delineates innate and adaptive immune responses to DNA vaccines

    Ken J. Ishii;Tatsukata Kawagoe;Shohei Koyama;Kosuke Matsui

  • Toll-like Receptors and Type I Interferons

    Satoshi Uematsu;Shizuo Akira

  • Induction of Proinflammatory Responses in Macrophages by the Glycosylphosphatidylinositols of Plasmodium falciparum CELL SIGNALING RECEPTORS, GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL (GPI) STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENT, AND REGULATION OF GPI ACTIVITY

    Gowdahalli Krishnegowda;Adeline M. Hajjar;Jianzhong Zhu;Erika J. Douglass

  • Regulation of Toll/IL-1-receptor-mediated gene expression by the inducible nuclear protein IκBζ

    Masahiro Yamamoto;Soh Yamazaki;Satoshi Uematsu;Shintaro Sato

  • Interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase-1 plays an essential role for Toll-like receptor (TLR)7- and TLR9-mediated interferon-α induction

    Satoshi Uematsu;Shintaro Sato;Masahiro Yamamoto;Tomonori Hirotani

  • Innate lymphoid cells regulate intestinal epithelial cell glycosylation

    Yoshiyuki Goto;Takashi Obata;Jun Kunisawa;Shintaro Sato

  • Toll-like receptors and innate immunity

    Satoshi Uematsu;Shizuo Akira

Frequent Co-Authors

Shizuo Akira
Shizuo Akira Osaka University
Osamu Takeuchi
Osamu Takeuchi Kyoto University
Hiroshi Kiyono
Hiroshi Kiyono University of Tokyo
Ken J. Ishii
Ken J. Ishii University of Tokyo
Shintaro Sato
Shintaro Sato Osaka University
Masahiro Yamamoto
Masahiro Yamamoto Osaka University
Kiyoshi Takeda
Kiyoshi Takeda Osaka University
Taro Kawai
Taro Kawai Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Cevayir Coban
Cevayir Coban University of Tokyo
Tatsuya Saitoh
Tatsuya Saitoh Osaka University

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