Aparna Duggirala

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Aparna Duggirala is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ophthalmology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Aparna Duggirala has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Ophthalmology and 3 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Aparna Duggirala's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (5 papers), Ocular Infections and Treatments (4 papers) and Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (3 papers). Aparna Duggirala is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (5 papers), Ocular Infections and Treatments (4 papers) and Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (3 papers). Aparna Duggirala collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, India and Netherlands. Aparna Duggirala's co-authors include Caroline L. Relton, Karen Ho, Wendy L. McArdle, George Davey Smith, David M. Evans, Hashem A. Shihab, Geoff Woodward, Oliver Lyttleton, Susan M. Ring and Tom R. Gaunt and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Genome biology and International Journal of Epidemiology.

In The Last Decade

Aparna Duggirala

17 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Systematic identification of genetic influences on methylation across the human life course

2016 351 citations Tom R. Gaunt, Hashem A. Shihab et al. Genome biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Aparna Duggirala United Kingdom	14	685	229	209	123	102	18	1.1k
Pei-Chien Tsai United Kingdom	20	1.0k 1.5×	312 1.4×	269 1.3×	110 0.9×	17 0.2×	36	1.6k
Dagmara McGuinness United Kingdom	17	358 0.5×	92 0.4×	113 0.5×	45 0.4×	7 0.1×	31	1.1k
Philip S. Li United States	23	354 0.5×	179 0.8×	116 0.6×	25 0.2×	12 0.1×	85	2.0k
Xiangyu Chen China	20	293 0.4×	88 0.4×	60 0.3×	13 0.1×	65 0.6×	115	1.2k
Rebecca Hein Germany	16	203 0.3×	213 0.9×	43 0.2×	33 0.3×	16 0.2×	39	865
Kyung Sook Cho South Korea	15	281 0.4×	29 0.1×	54 0.3×	36 0.3×	116 1.1×	64	1.0k
Valdemar Ortiz Brazil	24	361 0.5×	90 0.4×	218 1.0×	24 0.2×	9 0.1×	160	1.9k
Daniel Weng United States	16	264 0.4×	46 0.2×	33 0.2×	59 0.5×	19 0.2×	33	707
Craig Niederberger United States	29	803 1.2×	450 2.0×	306 1.5×	48 0.4×	4 0.0×	105	2.9k
W. Christopher Golden United States	17	247 0.4×	33 0.1×	104 0.5×	43 0.3×	11 0.1×	66	1.0k

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18 of 18 papers shown

Kolawole, Elizabeth Motunrayo, et al.. (2025). Differential Expression of Maternal Plasma microRNAs and Their Respective Gene Targets Can Predict Early Fetal Growth Restriction. Life. 15(2). 167–167. 1 indexed citations

Roscoe, Clare M. P., et al.. (2025). Molecular Effects of Physical Activity and Body Composition: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 22(4). 637–637.

Duggirala, Aparna, Bappa Acherjee, & S. Mitra. (2024). Predicting weld pool metrics in laser welding of aluminum alloys using data-driven surrogate modeling: A FEA-DoE-GPRN hybrid approach. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part E Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering. 6 indexed citations

Hudson, Claire, Tomomi Kimura, Aparna Duggirala, et al.. (2018). Dual Role of CREB in The Regulation of VSMC Proliferation: Mode of Activation Determines Pro- or Anti-Mitogenic Function. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 4904–4904. 22 indexed citations

Duggirala, Aparna, et al.. (2018). Design optimization of deep groove ball bearings using crowding distance particle swarm optimization. Sadhana. 43(1). 13 indexed citations

Gaunt, Tom R., Hashem A. Shihab, Gibran Hemani, et al.. (2016). Systematic identification of genetic influences on methylation across the human life course. Genome biology. 17(1). 61–61. 351 indexed citations breakdown →

Relton, Caroline L., Tom R. Gaunt, Wendy L. McArdle, et al.. (2015). Data Resource Profile: Accessible Resource for Integrated Epigenomic Studies (ARIES). International Journal of Epidemiology. 44(4). 1181–1190. 180 indexed citations

Duggirala, Aparna, Francesca Delogu, Tanya Smith, et al.. (2015). Non coding RNAs in aortic aneurysmal disease. Frontiers in Genetics. 6. 125–125. 34 indexed citations

Kimura, Tomomi, Aparna Duggirala, Stephen J. White, et al.. (2015). The Hippo pathway mediates inhibition of vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation by cAMP. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 90. 1–10. 69 indexed citations

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Elliott, Hannah R., Therese Tillin, Wendy L. McArdle, et al.. (2014). Differences in smoking associated DNA methylation patterns in South Asians and Europeans. Clinical Epigenetics. 6(1). 4–4. 181 indexed citations

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Kimura, Tomomi, Aparna Duggirala, Charles C.T. Hindmarch, et al.. (2014). Inhibition of Egr1 expression underlies the anti-mitogenic effects of cAMP in vascular smooth muscle cells. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 72. 9–19. 31 indexed citations

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Duggirala, Aparna, Tomomi Kimura, Graciela B. Sala‐Newby, et al.. (2014). cAMP-induced actin cytoskeleton remodelling inhibits MKL1-dependent expression of the chemotactic and pro-proliferative factor, CCN1. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 79. 157–168. 15 indexed citations

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Elliott, Hannah R., Gagandeep Kaur Walia, Aparna Duggirala, et al.. (2013). Migration and DNA methylation: a comparison of methylation patterns in type 2 diabetes susceptibility genes between indians and europeans. PubMed. 2(1). 6–6. 6 indexed citations

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Sharma, Savitri, et al.. (2011). Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Coagulase Negative Staphylococci (CoNS) Other thanStaphylococcus epidermidisIsolated from Ocular Infections. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 52(12). 9018–9018. 18 indexed citations

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Sharma, Savitri, Aparna Duggirala, Joveeta Joseph, et al.. (2007). Activity of newer fluoroquinolones against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria isolated from ocular infections: An in vitro comparison. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 55(1). 15–15. 44 indexed citations

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Duggirala, Aparna, Savitri Sharma, Justine Peeters, et al.. (2007). High-Resolution Genome Profiling DifferentiatedStaphylococcus epidermidisIsolated from Patients with Ocular Infections and Normal Individuals. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 48(7). 3239–3239. 25 indexed citations

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Duggirala, Aparna, Niyaz Ahmed, Avinash Pathengay, et al.. (2006). Fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism (FAFLP) genotyping demonstrates the role of biofilm-producing methicillin-resistant periocular Staphylococcus epidermidis strains in postoperative endophthalmitis. BMC Ophthalmology. 6(1). 1–1. 34 indexed citations

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Jose, Roby J., Aparna Duggirala, Rajeswary Hari, et al.. (2004). Diagnosis of herpes simplex virus-1 keratitis: Comparison of Giemsa stain, immunofluorescence assay and polymerase chain reaction. Current Eye Research. 29(2-3). 209–213. 27 indexed citations

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