Dennis L. Kasper

43.5k total citations · 14 hit papers
292 papers, 30.2k citations indexed

About

Dennis L. Kasper is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dennis L. Kasper has authored 292 papers receiving a total of 30.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 117 papers in Epidemiology, 114 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 101 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Dennis L. Kasper's work include Neonatal and Maternal Infections (106 papers), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (97 papers) and Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (77 papers). Dennis L. Kasper is often cited by papers focused on Neonatal and Maternal Infections (106 papers), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (97 papers) and Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (77 papers). Dennis L. Kasper collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Italy. Dennis L. Kasper's co-authors include Sarkis K. Mazmanian, Arthur O. Tzianabos, Carol J. Baker, June L. Round, Cui Hua Liu, Richard S. Blumberg, Michael R. Wessels, Harold J. Jennings, Shankar S. Iyer and Thomas Gensollen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Dennis L. Kasper

287 papers receiving 29.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

An Immunomodulatory Molecule of Symbiotic Bacteria Directs Maturation of the Host Immune System

2005 2.2k citations Sarkis K. Mazmanian, Cui Hua Liu et al. profile →
A microbial symbiosis factor prevents intestinal inflammatory disease

2008 1.8k citations Sarkis K. Mazmanian, Dennis L. Kasper et al. Nature profile →
How colonization by microbiota in early life shapes the immune system

2016 1.4k citations Dennis L. Kasper, Richard S. Blumberg et al. Science profile →
Microbial Exposure During Early Life Has Persistent Effects on Natural Killer T Cell Function

2012 1.2k citations Torsten Olszak, Dingding An et al. Science profile →
Gut Immune Maturation Depends on Colonization with a Host-Specific Microbiota

2012 929 citations Diane Mathis, Christophe Benoıst et al. profile →
Microbial bile acid metabolites modulate gut RORγ+ regulatory T cell homeostasis

2019 726 citations Xinyang Song, Sungwhan F. Oh et al. Nature profile →
Individual intestinal symbionts induce a distinct population of RORγ ⁺ regulatory T cells

2015 647 citations Esen Sefik, Naama Geva‐Zatorsky et al. Science profile →
A complex human gut microbiome cultured in an anaerobic intestine-on-a-chip

2019 601 citations Sasan Jalili‐Firoozinezhad, Francesca S. Gazzaniga et al. Nature Biomedical Engineering profile →
Correlation of Maternal Antibody Deficiency with Susceptibility to Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Infection

1976 521 citations Carol J. Baker, Dennis L. Kasper profile →
Mining the Human Gut Microbiota for Immunomodulatory Organisms

2017 519 citations Naama Geva‐Zatorsky, Esen Sefik et al. profile →
Sphingolipids from a Symbiotic Microbe Regulate Homeostasis of Host Intestinal Natural Killer T Cells

2014 459 citations Dingding An, Sungwhan F. Oh et al. profile →
Immunologic Response of Man to Group B Meningococcal Polysaccharide Vaccines

1972 370 citations Dennis L. Kasper et al. The Journal of Infectious Diseases profile →
Identifying species of symbiont bacteria from the human gut that, alone, can induce intestinal Th17 cells in mice

2016 324 citations Tze Guan Tan, Esen Sefik et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Targeting PD-L2–RGMb overcomes microbiome-related immunotherapy resistance

2023 120 citations Joon Seok Park, Francesca S. Gazzaniga et al. Nature profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Targeting symbionts by apolipoprotein L proteins modulates gut immunity 2025 ·Nature ·(unknown), Xiaolin Hu, Fei Cao, (unknown), (unknown), Mingxiang Zhang, Gu Kong, (unknown), Yuexing Liu, Haohao Zhang, Xiaoyu Li, (unknown), Jiantao Shi, Guanxiang Liang, Guohong Hu, Dennis L. Kasper, Xinyang Song, Youcun Qian	7
2	BACTERIAL SPHINGOLIPIDS EXACERBATE COLITIS BY INHIBITING ILC3-DERIVED IL-22 PRODUCTION 2024 ·Gastroenterology ·Bin Bao, Youyuan Wang, (unknown), Xinyang Song, Meng–Huang Wu, (unknown), (unknown), Ying Tang, Jodie Ouahed, Chuan Wu, Emily P. Balskus, Jay R. Thiagarajah, (unknown), Michael R. Wessels, Wayne I. Lencer, Dennis L. Kasper, Dingding An, Bruce Horwitz, Scott B. Snapper	0
3	Targeting PD-L2–RGMb overcomes microbiome-related immunotherapy resistance breakdown → 2023 ·Nature ·Joon Seok Park, Francesca S. Gazzaniga, Meng–Huang Wu, (unknown), Jacob E. Gillis, Wenfeng Zheng, Martin W. LaFleur, Sarah B. Johnson, Golnaz Morad, Elizabeth M. Park, Yifan Zhou, Stephanie S. Watowich, Jennifer A. Wargo, Gordon J. Freeman, Dennis L. Kasper, Arlene H. Sharpe	120
4	Gut microbial fatty acid isomerization modulates intraepithelial T cells 2023 ·Nature ·Xinyang Song, Haohao Zhang, Yanbo Zhang, Byoungsook Goh, Bin Bao, (unknown), (unknown), Wenfeng Zheng, Francesca S. Gazzaniga, Meng Wu, Fangfang Qu, Qiangzong Yin, Michael S. Gilmore, Sungwhan F. Oh, Dennis L. Kasper	72
5	Kinetic and mechanistic diversity of intestinal immune homeostasis characterized by rapid removal of gut bacteria 2023 ·Gut Microbes ·Da-Jung Jung, (unknown), Byoungsook Goh, (unknown), Francesca S. Gazzaniga, Dennis L. Kasper, (unknown)	1
6	Host immunomodulatory lipids created by symbionts from dietary amino acids 2021 ·Nature ·Sungwhan F. Oh, T. Praveena, (unknown), (unknown), Da-Jung Jung, Deniz Ertürk-Hasdemir, (unknown), ChangWon C. Lee, Jérôme Le Nours, Hyunsoo Kim, Jesang Lee, Richard S. Blumberg, Jamie Rossjohn, Seung Bum Park, Dennis L. Kasper	79
7	Symbionts exploit complex signaling to educate the immune system 2019 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Deniz Ertürk-Hasdemir, Sungwhan F. Oh, Nihal A. Okan, Giuseppe Stefanetti, Francesca S. Gazzaniga, Peter H. Seeberger, Scott E. Plevy, Dennis L. Kasper	88
8	Author Correction: A complex human gut microbiome cultured in an anaerobic intestine-on-a-chip 2019 ·Nature Biomedical Engineering ·Sasan Jalili‐Firoozinezhad, Francesca S. Gazzaniga, Elizabeth Calamari, Diogo M. Camacho, Cicely W. Fadel, Amir Bein, Ben Swenor, Bret Nestor, Michael J. Cronce, Alessio Tovaglieri, Oren Levy, Katherine E. Gregory, David T. Breault, Joaquim M. S. Cabral, Dennis L. Kasper, Richard Novák, Donald E. Ingber	6
9	A complex human gut microbiome cultured in an anaerobic intestine-on-a-chip breakdown → 2019 ·Nature Biomedical Engineering ·Sasan Jalili‐Firoozinezhad, Francesca S. Gazzaniga, Elizabeth Calamari, Diogo M. Camacho, Cicely W. Fadel, Amir Bein, Ben Swenor, Bret Nestor, Michael J. Cronce, Alessio Tovaglieri, Oren Levy, Katherine E. Gregory, David T. Breault, Joaquim M. S. Cabral, Dennis L. Kasper, Richard Novák, Donald E. Ingber	601
10	Identifying species of symbiont bacteria from the human gut that, alone, can induce intestinal Th17 cells in mice breakdown → 2016 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Tze Guan Tan, Esen Sefik, Naama Geva‐Zatorsky, Lindsay Kua, Debdut Naskar, Fei Teng, Lesley Pasman, Adriana Ortiz-Lopez, Ray Jupp, Hsin-Jung Wu, Dennis L. Kasper, Christophe Benoıst, Diane Mathis	324
11	Individual intestinal symbionts induce a distinct population of RORγ ⁺ regulatory T cells breakdown → 2015 ·Science ·Esen Sefik, Naama Geva‐Zatorsky, Sungwhan F. Oh, Liza Konnikova, David Zemmour, Abigail L. Manson, Dalia Burzyn, Adriana Ortiz-Lopez, Mercedes Lobera, Jianfei Yang, Shomir Ghosh, Ashlee M. Earl, Scott B. Snapper, Ray Jupp, Dennis L. Kasper, Diane Mathis, Christophe Benoıst	647
12	Masquerading microbial pathogens: capsular polysaccharides mimic host-tissue molecules 2013 ·FEMS Microbiology Reviews ·Brady F. Cress, Jacob A. Englaender, Wenqin He, Dennis L. Kasper, Robert J. Linhardt, Mattheos Koffas	196
13	Microbial Exposure During Early Life Has Persistent Effects on Natural Killer T Cell Function breakdown → 2012 ·Science ·Torsten Olszak, Dingding An, Sebastian Zeißig, Miguel Pinilla-Vera, Julia Richter, André Franke, Jonathan N. Glickman, Reiner Siebert, Rebecca M. Baron, Dennis L. Kasper, Richard S. Blumberg	1248
14	Regulation of surface architecture by symbiotic bacteria mediates host colonization 2008 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Cui Hua Liu, (unknown), Jordan M. VanLare, Dennis L. Kasper, Sarkis K. Mazmanian	96
15	Effects of chain length on the immunogenicity in rabbits of group B Streptococcus type III oligosaccharide-tetanus toxoid conjugates. 1992 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Lawrence C. Paoletti, Dennis L. Kasper, Francis Michon, (unknown), Harold J. Jennings, Tor D. Tosteson, Michael R. Wessels	60
16	Immunogenicity in animals of a polysaccharide-protein conjugate vaccine against type III group B Streptococcus. 1990 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Michael R. Wessels, Lawrence C. Paoletti, Dennis L. Kasper, (unknown), Francis Michon, Kevin R. Holme, Harold J. Jennings	151
17	Antibody to type III group B Streptococcus in the rhesus monkey 1983 ·American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·John W. Larsen, James S. Harper, William T. London, Carol J. Baker, Blanche Curfman, Dennis L. Kasper, John L. Sever	12
18	Bactericidal antibody and susceptibility to otitis media caused by nontypable strains of Haemophilus influenzae 1980 ·The Journal of Pediatrics ·Paul A. Shurin, Stephen I. Pelton, Ira B. Tager, Dennis L. Kasper	86
19	The natural history of group B streptococcal colonization in the pregnant woman and her offspring 1980 ·American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·Carol J. Baker, (unknown), Dennis L. Kasper, Martha D. Yow, (unknown)	64
20	Opsonic Specificity of Human Antibody to the Type III Polysaccharide of Group B Streptococcus 1979 ·The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·M S Edwards, Carol J. Baker, Dennis L. Kasper	83

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