Shozo Kotani

Granuloma formation by muramyl dipeptide associated with branched fatty acids, a structure probably essential for tubercle formation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis

S. Kusumoto, N. Shigematsu, T. Shiba, 1985, Infection and immunity.

Molecular and structural requirements of a lipoteichoic acid from Enterococcus hirae ATCC 9790 for cytokine-inducing, antitumor, and antigenic activities

K. Fukase, S. Kusumoto, Y. Suda, 1995, Infection and immunity.

Structural requirements for arthritogenicity of peptidoglycans from Staphylococcus aureus and Lactobacillus plant arum and analogous synthetic compounds.

C. Pearson, O. Kohashi, S. Kotani, 1976, Journal of immunology.

Cytokine induction by extracellular products of oral viridans group streptococci

M. Tamura, T. Uchiyama, H. Igarashi, 1993, Infection and immunity.

Enhancement of humoral immune responses against viral vaccines by a non-pyrogenic 6-O-acylmuramyldipeptide and synthetic low toxicity analogues of lipid A.

Y. Goto, S. Kusumoto, T. Kubo, 1989, Vaccine.

Prevention of penicillin-induced lysis of Staphylococcus aureus by cellular lipoteichoic acid.

H. Suginaka, S. Kotani, M. Shimatani, 1979, The Journal of antibiotics.

Structural feature of the major but not cytokine-inducing molecular species of lipoteichoic acid.

M. Hashimoto, S. Kusumoto, Y. Suda, 1997, Journal of biochemistry.