Shoichi Kusumoto

Shoichi Kusumoto publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

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

Shoichi Kusumoto D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

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

Research.com Recognitions

• 2016 - Nakanishi Prize, Chemical Society of Japan and the American Chemical Society.

Best Publications

• Host Recognition of Bacterial Muramyl Dipeptide Mediated through NOD2 IMPLICATIONS FOR CROHN′S DISEASE

  Naohiro Inohara;Yasunori Ogura;Ana Fontalba;Olga Gutierrez

  2142
  Citations

• An essential role for NOD1 in host recognition of bacterial peptidoglycan containing diaminopimelic acid.

  Mathias Chamaillard;Masahito Hashimoto;Yasuo Horie;Junya Masumoto

  1632
  Citations

• Toll-like receptor 4 imparts ligand-specific recognition of bacterial lipopolysaccharide

  Egil Lien;Terry K. Means;Holger Heine;Atsutoshi Yoshimura

  943
  Citations

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

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

  721
  Citations

• Monomeric and Polymeric Gram-Negative Peptidoglycan but Not Purified LPS Stimulate the Drosophila IMD Pathway

  Takashi Kaneko;Takashi Kaneko;William E. Goldman;Peter Mellroth;Hakan Steiner

  554
  Citations

• Lipopolysaccharide Interaction with Cell Surface Toll-like Receptor 4-MD-2 Higher Affinity than That with MD-2 or CD14

  Sachiko Akashi;Shin-ichiroh Saitoh;Yasutaka Wakabayashi;Takane Kikuchi

  514
  Citations

• The chemical structure of bacterial endotoxin in relation to bioactivity.

  Ernst Th. Rietschel;Teruo Kirikae;F. Ulrich Schade;Artur J. Ulmer

  315
  Citations

• Human MD-2 confers on mouse Toll-like receptor 4 species-specific lipopolysaccharide recognition.

  Sachiko Akashi;Yoshinori Nagai;Hirotaka Ogata;Masato Oikawa

  310
  Citations

• Aggregates are the biologically active units of endotoxin.

  Mareike Mueller;Buko Lindner;Shoichi Kusumoto;Koichi Fukase

  297
  Citations

• Human Peptidoglycan Recognition Protein-L Is an N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine Amidase

  Zheng-Ming Wang;Xinna Li;Ross R. Cocklin;Minhui Wang

  289
  Citations

• Intrinsic conformation of lipid A is responsible for agonistic and antagonistic activity.

  Ulrich Seydel;Masato Oikawa;Koichi Fukase;Shoichi Kusumoto

  266
  Citations

• Total Synthesis of Escherichia coli Lipid A, the Endotoxically Active Principle of Cell-Surface Lipopolysaccharide

  Masahiro Imoto;Hiroyuki Yoshimura;Tetsuo Shimamoto;Nobuki Sakaguchi

  261
  Citations

• Endotoxic properties of chemically synthesized lipid A part structures. Comparison of synthetic lipid A precursor and synthetic analogues with biosynthetic lipid A precursor and free lipid A.

  Chris Galanos;Volker Lehmann;Otto Lüderitz;Ernst Th. Rietschel

  260
  Citations

• The Charge of Endotoxin Molecules Influences Their Conformation and IL-6-Inducing Capacity

  Andra B. Schromm;Klaus Brandenburg;Harald Loppnow;Ulrich Zähringer

  219
  Citations

• Structural requirements of lipid A responsible for the functions: a study with chemically synthesized lipid A and its analogues.

  J. Yuzuru Homma;Motohiro Matsuura;Shiro Kanegasaki;Yasuaki Kawakubo

  213
  Citations

• CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS OF N-ACETYLMURAMYL PEPTIDES WITH PARTIAL STRUCTURES OF BACTERIAL CELL WALL AND THEIR ANALOGS IN RELATION TO IMMUNOADJUVANT ACTIVITIES

  Shoichi Kusumoto;Yuzo Tarumi;Kazuhiro Ikenaka;Tetsuo Shiba

  209
  Citations

• Chemical Synthesis of N-Acetylmuramyl Peptides with Partial Structures of Bacterial Cell Wall and Their Analogs in Relation to Immunoadjuvant Activities

  Shoichi Kusumoto;Yuzo Tarumi;Kazuhiro Ikenaka;Tetsuo Shiba

  209
  Citations

• Combinational clustering of receptors following stimulation by bacterial products determines lipopolysaccharide responses

  Martha Triantafilou;Klaus Brandenburg;Shoichi Kusumoto;Koichi Fukase

  192
  Citations

• A Dominant Role of Toll-Like Receptor 4 in the Signaling of Apoptosis in Bacteria-Faced Macrophages

  Rudolf Haase;Carsten J. Kirschning;Andreas Sing;Percy Schröttner

  185
  Citations

• Induction of human interleukin 1 by bacterial and synthetic lipid A.

  Harald Loppnow;Lore Brade;Helmut Brade;Ernst Theodor Rietschel

  156
  Citations