Dinesh S. Rao

12.6k total citations · 8 hit papers
92 papers, 9.7k citations indexed

About

Dinesh S. Rao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Hematology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dinesh S. Rao has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 9.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Molecular Biology, 38 papers in Cancer Research and 21 papers in Hematology. Recurrent topics in Dinesh S. Rao's work include MicroRNA in disease regulation (27 papers), Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research (17 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (16 papers). Dinesh S. Rao is often cited by papers focused on MicroRNA in disease regulation (27 papers), Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research (17 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (16 papers). Dinesh S. Rao collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Italy. Dinesh S. Rao's co-authors include David Baltimore, Ryan M. O’Connell, Aadel A. Chaudhuri, Mark Boldin, Konstantin D. Taganov, Jimmy L. Zhao, Alejandro B. Balazs, Lili Yang, William S. Gibson and Christin M. Hong and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Dinesh S. Rao

91 papers receiving 9.6k citations

Hit Papers

Physiological and pathological roles for microRNAs in the... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2010 2008 2010 2012 2011 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. Physiological and pathological roles for microRNAs in the immune system
    2010 1.3k citations Ryan M. O’Connell, Dinesh S. Rao et al. profile →
  2. MicroRNAs: new regulators of immune cell development and function
    2008 923 citations David Baltimore, Mark Boldin et al. profile →
  3. MicroRNA-155 Promotes Autoimmune Inflammation by Enhancing Inflammatory T Cell Development
    2010 743 citations Ryan M. O’Connell, Daniel Kahn et al. Immunity profile →
  4. microRNA Regulation of Inflammatory Responses
    2012 735 citations Ryan M. O’Connell, Dinesh S. Rao et al. profile →
  5. miR-146a is a significant brake on autoimmunity, myeloproliferation, and cancer in mice
    2011 704 citations Mark Boldin, Konstantin D. Taganov et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →
  6. Inositol phosphatase SHIP1 is a primary target of miR-155
    2009 691 citations Ryan M. O’Connell, Aadel A. Chaudhuri et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  7. Sustained expression of microRNA-155 in hematopoietic stem cells causes a myeloproliferative disorder
    2008 557 citations Ryan M. O’Connell, Dinesh S. Rao et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →
  8. Antibody-based protection against HIV infection by vectored immunoprophylaxis
    2011 413 citations Alejandro B. Balazs, Joyce Chen et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dinesh S. Rao United States 37 5.7k 5.4k 2.9k 729 704 92 9.7k
Konstantin D. Taganov United States 22 6.2k 1.1× 6.5k 1.2× 3.3k 1.2× 630 0.9× 643 0.9× 32 10.1k
Adrián E. Morelli United States 52 6.3k 1.1× 2.7k 0.5× 6.4k 2.2× 847 1.2× 731 1.0× 129 11.9k
K. Mark Ansel United States 47 4.5k 0.8× 3.3k 0.6× 8.2k 2.9× 2.2k 3.1× 538 0.8× 92 13.0k
Li‐Fan Lu United States 38 3.4k 0.6× 2.0k 0.4× 6.0k 2.1× 2.0k 2.7× 540 0.8× 63 9.9k
Larry M. Wahl United States 47 1.9k 0.3× 1.1k 0.2× 2.9k 1.0× 985 1.4× 987 1.4× 111 7.5k
Philippe E. Van den Steen Belgium 42 3.0k 0.5× 3.4k 0.6× 1.9k 0.7× 2.3k 3.2× 531 0.8× 121 9.0k
Michael H. Sieweke France 39 3.4k 0.6× 729 0.1× 4.9k 1.7× 1.1k 1.6× 740 1.1× 62 9.0k
Stephen Haskill United States 29 2.0k 0.3× 1.6k 0.3× 3.0k 1.0× 942 1.3× 449 0.6× 69 6.4k
Luigi Ruco Italy 40 3.6k 0.6× 1.1k 0.2× 2.7k 1.0× 3.0k 4.1× 741 1.1× 161 9.6k
Walter Reith Switzerland 62 5.1k 0.9× 1.4k 0.3× 7.7k 2.7× 1.7k 2.4× 991 1.4× 157 13.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chia, Dennis J., et al.. (2025). Population dynamics modeling reveals that myeloid bias involves both HSC differentiation and progenitor proliferation biases. Blood. 145(12). 1293–1308. 6 indexed citations
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Chia, Dennis J., Yi Liu, Tiffany Tran, et al.. (2025). Distinct roles for NF-κB in hematopoietic stem cells and the bone marrow milieu in promoting hematopoietic aging. Cell Reports. 44(9). 116193–116193. 1 indexed citations
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Brown, Rebecca J., Bernadette A. Chua, Masakazu Kamata, et al.. (2024). Envelope protein-specific B cell receptors direct lentiviral vector tropism in vivo. Molecular Therapy. 32(5). 1311–1327. 4 indexed citations
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Palanichamy, Jayanth Kumar, Tiffany Tran, Jennifer K. King, et al.. (2023). Distinct oncogenic phenotypes in hematopoietic specific deletions of Trp53. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 7490–7490. 1 indexed citations
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Ghazaryan, Arevik, Jared Wallace, William W. Tang, et al.. (2023). miRNA-1 promotes acute myeloid leukemia cell pathogenesis through metabolic regulation. Frontiers in Genetics. 14. 1192799–1192799. 5 indexed citations
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Tang, Jack Pengfei, Serena Lofftus, Lucia Chen, et al.. (2023). IGF2BP3 as a Prognostic Biomarker in Well-Differentiated/Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma. Cancers. 15(18). 4489–4489. 3 indexed citations
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Sharma, Gunjan, Tiffany Tran, Ruchi Bhardwaj, et al.. (2023). RNA binding protein IGF2BP1 synergizes with ETV6-RUNX1 to drive oncogenic signaling in B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 42(1). 231–231. 11 indexed citations
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Bisio, Valéria, Claudia Tregnago, Matteo Zampini, et al.. (2017). Long Non Coding RNA BALR2-CDK6 Axis Influences Cell Differentiation and Metabolic Status of Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Blood. 130. 3935–3935. 3 indexed citations
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Fernando, Thilini R., Norma I. Rodríguez-Malavé, Weihong Yan, et al.. (2015). LncRNA Expression Discriminates Karyotype and Predicts Survival in B-Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Molecular Cancer Research. 13(5). 839–851. 79 indexed citations
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Fang, Jing, Lyndsey Bolanos, Xiaona Liu, et al.. (2014). Myeloid Malignancies with Chromosome 5q Deletions Acquire a Dependency on an Intrachromosomal NF-κB Gene Network. Cell Reports. 8(5). 1328–1338. 49 indexed citations
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Pigazzi, Martina, Elena Manara, Silvia Bresolin, et al.. (2012). MicroRNA-34b promoter hypermethylation induces CREB overexpression and contributes to myeloid transformation. Haematologica. 98(4). 602–610. 36 indexed citations
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Boldin, Mark, Konstantin D. Taganov, Dinesh S. Rao, et al.. (2011). miR-146a is a significant brake on autoimmunity, myeloproliferation, and cancer in mice. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 208(6). 1189–1201. 704 indexed citations breakdown →
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Balazs, Alejandro B., Joyce Chen, Christin M. Hong, et al.. (2011). Antibody-based protection against HIV infection by vectored immunoprophylaxis. Nature. 481(7379). 81–84. 413 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ruíz-Contreras, Jesús & Dinesh S. Rao. (2011). MicroRNAs in inflammation and immune responses. Leukemia. 26(3). 404–413. 176 indexed citations
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O’Connell, Ryan M., Daniel Kahn, William S. Gibson, et al.. (2010). MicroRNA-155 Promotes Autoimmune Inflammation by Enhancing Inflammatory T Cell Development. Immunity. 33(4). 607–619. 743 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tolouian, Ramin, et al.. (2010). Seasonal variation of vitamin D in patients on hemodialysis. Clinical Nephrology. 74(7). 19–24. 14 indexed citations
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O’Connell, Ryan M., Aadel A. Chaudhuri, Dinesh S. Rao, & David Baltimore. (2009). Inositol phosphatase SHIP1 is a primary target of miR-155. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(17). 7113–7118. 691 indexed citations breakdown →
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O’Connell, Ryan M., Dinesh S. Rao, Aadel A. Chaudhuri, et al.. (2008). Sustained expression of microRNA-155 in hematopoietic stem cells causes a myeloproliferative disorder. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 205(3). 585–594. 557 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rao, Dinesh S., Teresa S. Hyun, Ikuko F. Mizukami, et al.. (2002). Huntingtin-interacting protein 1 is overexpressed in prostate and colon cancer and is critical for cellular survival. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 110(3). 351–360. 71 indexed citations
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Rao, Dinesh S., Teresa S. Hyun, Ikuko F. Mizukami, et al.. (2002). Huntingtin-interacting protein 1 is overexpressed in prostate and colon cancer and is critical for cellular survival. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 110(3). 351–360. 84 indexed citations

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