Aparna Vasanthakumar

9.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
39 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

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Aparna Vasanthakumar is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Hematology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Aparna Vasanthakumar has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Hematology and 9 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Aparna Vasanthakumar's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (23 papers), Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research (9 papers) and Cancer-related gene regulation (7 papers). Aparna Vasanthakumar is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (23 papers), Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research (9 papers) and Cancer-related gene regulation (7 papers). Aparna Vasanthakumar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Sweden. Aparna Vasanthakumar's co-authors include Lucy A. Godley, Jaroslav Jelı́nek, Jean‐Pierre J. Issa, Yue Lu, Shoudan Liang, Margaret A. Goodell, Alexander Meissner, Mira Jeong, Grant A. Challen and Min Luo and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Aparna Vasanthakumar

37 papers receiving 3.3k citations

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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.

Dnmt3a is essential for hematopoietic stem cell differentiation

2011 791 citations Grant A. Challen, Deqiang Sun et al. Nature Genetics profile →
5-hmC–mediated epigenetic dynamics during postnatal neurodevelopment and aging

2011 638 citations Keith E. Szulwach, Xuekun Li et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
Recurrent somatic TET2 mutations in normal elderly individuals with clonal hematopoiesis

2012 577 citations María E. Figueroa, Aparna Vasanthakumar et al. Nature Genetics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Aparna Vasanthakumar United States	22	2.4k	1.2k	556	503	479	39	3.3k
Andrea Kranz Germany	27	2.3k 1.0×	466 0.4×	215 0.4×	452 0.9×	274 0.6×	44	3.2k
Julian Borrow United Kingdom	18	3.2k 1.3×	1.6k 1.3×	211 0.4×	835 1.7×	340 0.7×	24	4.1k
Philippe Jonveaux France	31	2.1k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	538 1.0×	1.6k 3.1×	236 0.5×	134	4.1k
David W. Stockton United States	32	3.3k 1.4×	254 0.2×	413 0.7×	1.3k 2.6×	511 1.1×	70	4.9k
Monique Losekoot Netherlands	34	1.4k 0.6×	316 0.3×	483 0.9×	1.3k 2.5×	259 0.5×	125	3.1k
Ann Nordgren Sweden	29	1.1k 0.5×	560 0.5×	194 0.3×	997 2.0×	246 0.5×	134	2.6k
Yoshio Katayama Japan	22	833 0.3×	1.1k 0.9×	457 0.8×	126 0.3×	162 0.3×	89	2.7k
Giandomenico Palka Italy	31	1.5k 0.6×	395 0.3×	376 0.7×	1.5k 3.0×	185 0.4×	145	3.3k
Osman El‐Maarri Germany	25	2.5k 1.0×	472 0.4×	199 0.4×	1.2k 2.4×	227 0.5×	66	3.2k
Gary J. Spencer United Kingdom	19	1.5k 0.6×	455 0.4×	194 0.3×	179 0.4×	164 0.3×	34	2.1k

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Ideozu, Justin E., Mengzhen Liu, Bridget Riley‐Gillis, et al.. (2024). Diversity of CFTR variants across ancestries characterized using 454,727 UK biobank whole exome sequences. Genome Medicine. 16(1). 43–43. 10 indexed citations

Albala, Bruce, Susan De Santi, Gregory Klein, et al.. (2023). The Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative and the role and contributions of the Private Partners Scientific Board (PPSB). Alzheimer s & Dementia. 20(1). 695–708. 4 indexed citations

Vasanthakumar, Aparna, et al.. (2023). A polygenic risk score (PRS) predicts cognitive decline in the APOE3 population in an early Alzheimer’s disease clinical trial cohort. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 19(S15). 1 indexed citations

Li, Qingqin S., Aparna Vasanthakumar, J. Wade Davis, et al.. (2021). Association of peripheral blood DNA methylation level with Alzheimer’s disease progression. Clinical Epigenetics. 13(1). 191–191. 40 indexed citations

Vasanthakumar, Aparna, J. Wade Davis, Kenneth B. Idler, et al.. (2020). Harnessing peripheral DNA methylation differences in the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) to reveal novel biomarkers of disease. Clinical Epigenetics. 12(1). 84–84. 53 indexed citations

Gunda, Viswanath, Aparna Vasanthakumar, John Z. Cao, et al.. (2019). Mitochondrial superoxide disrupts the metabolic and epigenetic landscape of CD4+ and CD8+ T-lymphocytes. Redox Biology. 27. 101141–101141. 27 indexed citations

Vasanthakumar, Aparna, J. Wade Davis, Manal Abunimeh, et al.. (2018). Reduced ITPase activity and favorable IL28B genetic variant protect against ribavirin-induced anemia in interferon-free regimens. PLoS ONE. 13(5). e0198296–e0198296. 2 indexed citations

Yamazaki, Jumpei, Jaroslav Jelı́nek, Yue Lu, et al.. (2015). TET2 Mutations Affect Non-CpG Island DNA Methylation at Enhancers and Transcription Factor–Binding Sites in Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia. Cancer Research. 75(14). 2833–2843. 67 indexed citations

Domínguez, Pilar M., Matt Teater, Nyasha Chambwe, et al.. (2015). DNA Methylation Dynamics of Germinal Center B Cells Are Mediated by AID. Cell Reports. 12(12). 2086–2098. 82 indexed citations

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Vasanthakumar, Aparna & Lucy A. Godley. (2015). 5-hydroxymethylcytosine in cancer: significance in diagnosis and therapy. Cancer Genetics. 208(5). 167–177. 85 indexed citations

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Mariani, Christopher J., Aparna Vasanthakumar, Jozef Madžo, et al.. (2014). TET1-Mediated Hydroxymethylation Facilitates Hypoxic Gene Induction in Neuroblastoma. Cell Reports. 7(5). 1343–1352. 135 indexed citations

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Bhattacharyya, Sanchari, Yiting Yu, Masako Suzuki, et al.. (2013). Genome-wide hydroxymethylation tested using the HELP-GT assay shows redistribution in cancer. Nucleic Acids Research. 41(16). e157–e157. 54 indexed citations

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Viatte, Lydie, Aparna Vasanthakumar, Richard S. Eisenstein, et al.. (2013). Abnormal body iron distribution and erythropoiesis in a novel mouse model with inducible gain of iron regulatory protein (IRP)-1 function. Journal of Molecular Medicine. 91(7). 871–881. 14 indexed citations

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Ostler, Kelly R., Qiwei Yang, Timothy J. Looney, et al.. (2012). Truncated DNMT3B Isoform DNMT3B7 Suppresses Growth, Induces Differentiation, and Alters DNA Methylation in Human Neuroblastoma. Cancer Research. 72(18). 4714–4723. 32 indexed citations

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Yamazaki, Jumpei, Rodolphe F. Taby, Aparna Vasanthakumar, et al.. (2012). Effects ofTET2mutations on DNA methylation in chronic myelomonocytic leukemia. Epigenetics. 7(2). 201–207. 102 indexed citations

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Szulwach, Keith E., Xuekun Li, Yujing Li, et al.. (2011). 5-hmC–mediated epigenetic dynamics during postnatal neurodevelopment and aging. Nature Neuroscience. 14(12). 1607–1616. 638 indexed citations breakdown →

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Challen, Grant A., Deqiang Sun, Mira Jeong, et al.. (2011). Dnmt3a is essential for hematopoietic stem cell differentiation. Nature Genetics. 44(1). 23–31. 791 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shah, Mrinal Y., Aparna Vasanthakumar, Natalie Y. Barnes, et al.. (2010). DNMT3B7, a Truncated DNMT3B Isoform Expressed in Human Tumors, Disrupts Embryonic Development and Accelerates Lymphomagenesis. Cancer Research. 70(14). 5840–5850. 52 indexed citations

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Deck, Kathryn M., Aparna Vasanthakumar, Sheila A. Anderson, et al.. (2009). Evidence That Phosphorylation of Iron Regulatory Protein 1 at Serine 138 Destabilizes the [4Fe-4S] Cluster in Cytosolic Aconitase by Enhancing 4Fe-3Fe Cycling. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(19). 12701–12709. 25 indexed citations

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Clarke, Stephen L., Aparna Vasanthakumar, Sheila A. Anderson, et al.. (2006). Iron‐responsive degradation of iron‐regulatory protein 1 does not require the Fe–S cluster. The EMBO Journal. 25(3). 544–553. 77 indexed citations

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