Durga Udayakumar

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 858 citations indexed

About

Durga Udayakumar is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Durga Udayakumar has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 858 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Oncology and 5 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Durga Udayakumar's work include melanin and skin pigmentation (5 papers), Melanoma and MAPK Pathways (4 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (3 papers). Durga Udayakumar is often cited by papers focused on melanin and skin pigmentation (5 papers), Melanoma and MAPK Pathways (4 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (3 papers). Durga Udayakumar collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Durga Udayakumar's co-authors include Hensin Tsao, David E. Fisher, Callum M. Sloss, Cristina R. Ferrone, Alexandria P. Cogdill, Andrea Boni, Ching-Ni Jenny Njauw, Jennifer A. Wargo, Donald P. Lawrence and Keith T. Flaherty and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Cancer Research and Journal of Investigative Dermatology.

In The Last Decade

Durga Udayakumar

11 papers receiving 838 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.

Selective BRAFV600E Inhibition Enhances T-Cell Recognition of Melanoma without Affecting Lymphocyte Function

2010 574 citations Andrea Boni, Alexandria P. Cogdill et al. Cancer Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Durga Udayakumar United States	8	593	563	256	72	65	11	858
Evelyn Maczey Germany	8	438 0.7×	338 0.6×	111 0.4×	56 0.8×	47 0.7×	11	662
Claudia Vegetti Italy	20	472 0.8×	442 0.8×	486 1.9×	75 1.0×	36 0.6×	22	909
Viviana Vallacchi Italy	12	465 0.8×	277 0.5×	158 0.6×	169 2.3×	54 0.8×	25	679
Katja Muehlethaler Switzerland	6	422 0.7×	231 0.4×	87 0.3×	88 1.2×	53 0.8×	6	554
Janet L. Maldonado United States	5	488 0.8×	438 0.8×	99 0.4×	87 1.2×	44 0.7×	6	714
Eleni Venetsanakos United States	10	321 0.5×	334 0.6×	147 0.6×	72 1.0×	63 1.0×	19	708
Anette Birck Denmark	5	500 0.8×	208 0.4×	92 0.4×	63 0.9×	68 1.0×	7	573
Paul Howell United States	11	636 1.1×	234 0.4×	131 0.5×	225 3.1×	30 0.5×	14	824
Suping Ren United States	9	544 0.9×	251 0.4×	150 0.6×	166 2.3×	26 0.4×	21	745
Kasey L. Couts United States	14	420 0.7×	308 0.5×	214 0.8×	117 1.6×	28 0.4×	29	699

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All Works

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Udayakumar, Durga, Raj K. Pandita, Nobuo Horikoshi, et al.. (2016). Torin2 Suppresses Ionizing Radiation-Induced DNA Damage Repair. Radiation Research. 185(5). 527–538. 11 indexed citations

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Redmond, Robert W., Anpuchchelvi Rajadurai, Durga Udayakumar, Elena V. Sviderskaya, & Hensin Tsao. (2013). Melanocytes Are Selectively Vulnerable to UVA-Mediated Bystander Oxidative Signaling. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 134(4). 1083–1090. 18 indexed citations

3.

Kazerounian, Shiva, Damien Gerald, Minzhou Huang, et al.. (2012). RhoB Differentially Controls Akt Function in Tumor Cells and Stromal Endothelial Cells during Breast Tumorigenesis. Cancer Research. 73(1). 50–61. 40 indexed citations

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Boni, Andrea, Alexandria P. Cogdill, Ping Dang, et al.. (2010). Selective BRAFV600E Inhibition Enhances T-Cell Recognition of Melanoma without Affecting Lymphocyte Function. Cancer Research. 70(13). 5213–5219. 574 indexed citations breakdown →

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Boni, Andrea, Alexandria P. Cogdill, Durga Udayakumar, et al.. (2010). Abstract 1970: Inhibition of BRAF-V600E increases melanocyte antigen expression and antigen-specific recognition in melanoma without altering T cell function. Cancer Research. 70(8_Supplement). 1970–1970. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Guang, Kenneth Y. Tsai, Adriano Piris, et al.. (2009). Dynamic Gene Expression Analysis Links Melanocyte Growth Arrest with Nevogenesis. Cancer Research. 69(23). 9029–9037. 1 indexed citations

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Udayakumar, Durga & Hensin Tsao. (2009). Moderate- to low-risk variant alleles of cutaneous malignancies and nevi: lessons from genome-wide association studies. Genome Medicine. 1(10). 95–95. 6 indexed citations

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Udayakumar, Durga & Hensin Tsao. (2009). Melanoma Genetics: An Update on Risk-Associated Genes. Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America. 23(3). 415–429. 18 indexed citations

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Xue, Qi, Benjamin D. Hopkins, Carole Perruzzi, et al.. (2008). Palomid 529, a Novel Small-Molecule Drug, Is a TORC1/TORC2 Inhibitor That Reduces Tumor Growth, Tumor Angiogenesis, and Vascular Permeability. Cancer Research. 68(22). 9551–9557. 87 indexed citations

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Lee, Kyung Jong, Marko Jovanović, Durga Udayakumar, Catherine L. Bladen, & William S. Dynan. (2003). Identification of DNA-PKcs phosphorylation sites in XRCC4 and effects of mutations at these sites on DNA end joining in a cell-free system. DNA repair. 3(3). 267–276. 53 indexed citations

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Udayakumar, Durga, Catherine L. Bladen, Farlyn Z. Hudson, & William S. Dynan. (2003). Distinct Pathways of Nonhomologous End Joining That Are Differentially Regulated by DNA-dependent Protein Kinase-mediated Phosphorylation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(43). 41631–41635. 49 indexed citations

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