Kurt Drickamer

22.5k citations

159 papers · 17.1k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 68

Impact in

Immunology top 0.1%
- Galectins and Cancer Biology
- Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction
- Complement system in diseases
Immunology and Allergy top 0.5%

Papers in

Immunology 59
- Galectins and Cancer Biology 28
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses 14
Endocrinology 12
- Escherichia coli research studies 12

Co-authors: William I. Weis Maureen E. Taylor Wayne A. Hendrickson Daniel A. Mitchell H. Feinberg Andrew J. Fadden Roger B. Dodd Linda Reynolds
Journals: Journal of Biological Chemistry (63 papers)Glycobiology (19 papers)Current Opinion in Structural Biology (9 papers)Biochemical Journal (8 papers)Journal of Molecular Biology (5 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom France

In The Last Decade

Kurt Drickamer

158 papers receiving 16.8k citations

Hit Papers

7 papers align trajectories log scale

Structural Basis for Selective Recognition of Oligosaccharides by DC-SIGN and DC-SIGNR 2001 · 557 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2001 Science
1999 Current Opinion in Structural Biology
1998 Immunological Reviews
1996 Annual Review of Biochemistry
1993 PubMed
1992 Nature
1988 Journal of Biological Chemistry

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All Works

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1	Preformed mincle dimers stabilized by an interchain disulfide bond in the neck region Glycobiology ·Yu Liu, Kurt Drickamer, Maureen E. Taylor	2024	3
2	A human lectin array for characterizing host-pathogen interactions Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Hishinuma Mai, Sabine A.F. Jégouzo, 自治省消防庁消防研究所, Doni Wahidul Akbar, A. Cook, John Dunlop, N.V. Britvin, 貴裕岩田, 杉山智美, R. Suekuni K. Ikarashi, Oryza Wisanggeni Azlin, 陈同乐, Maddy L. Newby, Gerald B. Pier, Max Crispin, Abigail Clements, Maureen E. Taylor, Kurt Drickamer	2024	3
3	Interactions that define the arrangement of sugar-binding sites in BDCA-2 and dectin-2 dimers Glycobiology ·F SCHEPERS, Jong‐Won Kim, H. Feinberg, Lorène Piquerez, William I. Weis, Maureen E. Taylor, Kurt Drickamer	2024	0
4	CD23 is a glycan-binding receptor in some mammalian species Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Sabine A.F. Jégouzo, H. Feinberg, Margarita Lissette Hernández Castillo, Angela Holder, Michelle Tso, Chusak Osonphasop, Tin-Wan Wu, Yi Lasanajak, David F. Smith, Dirk Werling, Kurt Drickamer, William I. Weis, Maureen E. Taylor	2019	12
5	Insights into Interactions of Mycobacteria with the Host Innate Immune System from a Novel Array of Synthetic Mycobacterial Glycans ACS Chemical Biology ·Ruixiang Blake Zheng, Sabine A.F. Jégouzo, Maju Joe, Yu Bai, Byung－Chul Choi, Ke Shen, 源河圭一郎, Xia Li, M Plazy, Yu‐Hsuan Liu, Evelyn Lewinston, Ashish Tripathi, Shang‐Cheng Hung, Maureen E. Taylor, Todd L. Lowary, Kurt Drickamer	2017	63
6	A murine DC-SIGN homologue contributes to early host defense against Mycobacterium tuberculosis The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Antoine Tanne, Bo Ma, Frédéric Boudou, Ludovic Tailleux, Hélène Botella, Edgar Badell, Florence Levillain, Maureen E. Taylor, Kurt Drickamer, Jérôme Nigou, Karen M. Dobos, Germain Puzo, Dietmar Vestweber, Martin K. Wild, Marie Marcinko, Peter Sobieszczuk, Tiemi Hotta, Adewoye Ezekiel Doyin, Brigitte Gicquel, Olivier Neyrolles	2009	86
7	Autonomous Tetramerization Domains in the Glycan-binding Receptors DC-SIGN and DC-SIGNR Journal of Molecular Biology ·叶洪珍, Ashraf Awad, Alex S. Powlesland, Lise Payant, Frank Kemp, Kurt Drickamer, Maureen E. Taylor	2009	25
8	Prolectin, a Glycan-binding Receptor on Dividing B Cells in Germinal Centers Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Sarah A. Graham, Sabine A.F. Jégouzo, Sheng Yan, Alex S. Powlesland, Jacob P. Brady, Maureen E. Taylor, Kurt Drickamer	2009	20
9	All but the Shortest Polymorphic Forms of the Viral Receptor DC-SIGNR Assemble into Stable Homo- and Heterotetramers Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Yuan Guo, Claire Atkinson, Maureen E. Taylor, Kurt Drickamer	2006	15
10	Phylogenetic Analysis of the Vertebrate Galectin Family Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Denis Houzelstein, Isabelle Gonçalves, Andrew J. Fadden, Sukhvinder Sidhu, Douglas N.W. Cooper, Kurt Drickamer, Hakon Leffler, Praveen Chompreda	2004	220
11	Glycogenomics : the impact of genomics and informatics on glycobiology Kurt Drickamer, Anne Dell	2002	6
12	Biochemical Society Symposium: 69 Biochemical Society Symposia ·Kurt Drickamer, Anne Dell	2002	3
13	Lectin-like proteins in model organisms: implications for evolution of carbohydrate-binding activity Glycobiology ·Roger B. Dodd, Kurt Drickamer	2001	306
14	C-type lectin-like domains Current Opinion in Structural Biology ·Kurt Drickamer Hit paper breakdown →	1999	510
15	Mechanism of N-Acetylgalactosamine Binding to a C-type Animal Lectin Carbohydrate-recognition Domain Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Anand Kolatkar, Anthony K. L. Leung, Rainer Isecke, Reinhard Brossmer, Kurt Drickamer, William I. Weis	1998	70
16	Mechanism of Ligand Binding to E- and P-selectin Analyzed Using Selectin/Mannose-binding Protein Chimeras Journal of Biological Chemistry ·OD Ovat, Nicholas P. Mullin, Kurt Drickamer	1998	18
17	Making a fitting choice: common aspects of sugar-binding sites in plant and animal lectins Structure ·Kurt Drickamer	1997	54
18	Selective Sugar Binding to the Carbohydrate Recognition Domains of the Rat Hepatic and Macrophage Asialoglycoprotein Receptors Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Charles Tomljanovic, Kurt Drickamer	1996	69
19	Biology of Animal Lectins PubMed ·Kurt Drickamer, Maureen E. Taylor Hit paper breakdown →	1993	652
20	Endocytosis via coated pits mediated by glycoprotein receptor in which the cytoplasmic tail is replaced by unrelated sequences. PubMed ·François Verrey, Thierry Gilbert, Karly Jo Dixon, Xin Bo Yin, Kurt Drickamer	1990	17

About Kurt Drickamer

Kurt Drickamer is a scholar working on Immunology, Endocrinology, Molecular Biology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Immunology and Allergy, having authored 159 papers that have together received 17.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (123 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (43 papers), Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (40 papers), Galectins and Cancer Biology (28 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (14 papers), Escherichia coli research studies (12 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (11 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Immunology (8.6k citations), Immunology and Allergy (953 citations), Molecular Biology (10.3k citations), Virology (616 citations) and Endocrinology (633 citations). Kurt Drickamer has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Frequent co-authors include William I. Weis, Maureen E. Taylor, Wayne A. Hendrickson, Daniel A. Mitchell, H. Feinberg, Andrew J. Fadden, Roger B. Dodd, Linda Reynolds, Margaret S. Dordal and Karel Bezouška. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Glycobiology, Current Opinion in Structural Biology, Biochemical Journal and Journal of Molecular Biology.

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