Kirthikaa Balapattabi

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 192 citations indexed

About

Kirthikaa Balapattabi is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Physiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kirthikaa Balapattabi has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 192 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Social Psychology, 6 papers in Physiology and 5 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Kirthikaa Balapattabi's work include Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (7 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (4 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (4 papers). Kirthikaa Balapattabi is often cited by papers focused on Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (7 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (4 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (4 papers). Kirthikaa Balapattabi collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Kirthikaa Balapattabi's co-authors include J. Thomas Cunningham, Justin L. Grobe, George E. Farmer, Curt D. Sigmund, Jeffrey L. Segar, John J. Reho, Guorui Deng, Lisa L. Morselli, Pablo Nakagawa and Colin Burnett and has published in prestigious journals such as Diabetes Care, Hypertension and Science Advances.

In The Last Decade

Kirthikaa Balapattabi

19 papers receiving 192 citations

Hit Papers

Metabolic Dysfunction–Associated Steatotic Liver Disease ... 2025 2026 2025 5 10 15 20 25
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  1. Metabolic Dysfunction–Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) in People With Diabetes: The Need for Screening and Early Intervention. A Consensus Report of the American Diabetes Association
    2025 25 citations Kenneth Cusi, Manal F. Abdelmalek et al. Diabetes Care profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kirthikaa Balapattabi United States 9 67 53 49 40 29 21 192
Jorge Llanos Chile 6 36 0.5× 75 1.4× 58 1.2× 41 1.0× 59 2.0× 10 336
Hailan Liu United States 9 63 0.9× 43 0.8× 61 1.2× 10 0.3× 11 0.4× 14 233
S. Bornstein Germany 10 61 0.9× 66 1.2× 24 0.5× 11 0.3× 31 1.1× 18 273
Akihiko Ando Japan 9 99 1.5× 82 1.5× 128 2.6× 15 0.4× 23 0.8× 14 350
Katarína Kršková Slovakia 11 92 1.4× 50 0.9× 127 2.6× 141 3.5× 39 1.3× 23 370
Neruja Loganathan Canada 10 114 1.7× 60 1.1× 103 2.1× 14 0.3× 15 0.5× 19 317
S. E. Oleandri Italy 11 88 1.3× 76 1.4× 78 1.6× 11 0.3× 25 0.9× 25 330
E Magnan France 12 93 1.4× 30 0.6× 205 4.2× 37 0.9× 76 2.6× 16 435
Y. C. Chagnon Canada 5 146 2.2× 95 1.8× 92 1.9× 11 0.3× 64 2.2× 5 504
Yoshino Kiyosawa Japan 5 91 1.4× 38 0.7× 66 1.3× 17 0.4× 95 3.3× 6 400

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kirthikaa Balapattabi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kirthikaa Balapattabi

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kirthikaa Balapattabi. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kirthikaa Balapattabi based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kirthikaa Balapattabi. Kirthikaa Balapattabi is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cusi, Kenneth, Manal F. Abdelmalek, Caroline M. Apovian, et al.. (2025). Metabolic Dysfunction–Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) in People With Diabetes: The Need for Screening and Early Intervention. A Consensus Report of the American Diabetes Association. Diabetes Care. 48(7). 1057–1082. 25 indexed citations breakdown →
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Baig, Arshiya A., Kirthikaa Balapattabi, Sarah Bradley, et al.. (2025). Standards of Care in Diabetes—2025 Abridged for Primary Care. Clinical Diabetes. 43(2). 182–182. 1 indexed citations
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Balapattabi, Kirthikaa, Daniel Brozoski, Clive Wells, et al.. (2023). Mitochondrial-targeted antioxidant attenuates preeclampsia-like phenotypes induced by syncytiotrophoblast-specific Gαq signaling. Science Advances. 9(48). eadg8118–eadg8118. 4 indexed citations
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Balapattabi, Kirthikaa, John J. Reho, Henry L. Keen, et al.. (2023). Krüppel-like factor 4 in transcriptional control of the three unique isoforms of Agouti-related peptide in mice. Physiological Genomics. 56(3). 265–275.
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Balapattabi, Kirthikaa, Yavuz Yavuz, Jingwei Jiang, et al.. (2023). Angiotensin AT1A receptor signal switching in Agouti-related peptide neurons mediates metabolic rate adaptation during obesity. Cell Reports. 42(8). 112935–112935. 4 indexed citations
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Balapattabi, Kirthikaa, Daniel Brozoski, John J. Reho, et al.. (2022). Cardiometabolic effects of DOCA-salt in male C57BL/6J mice are variably dependent on sodium and nonsodium components of diet. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 322(6). R467–R485. 11 indexed citations
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Hu, Jiangnan, et al.. (2022). Case report: A rare occurrence of triple malignancy of the stomach, rectum and liver in a single patient. Frontiers in Oncology. 12. 945689–945689.
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Reho, John J., Kirthikaa Balapattabi, Pablo Nakagawa, et al.. (2022). Chronic intracerebroventricular infusion of angiotensin II causes dose- and sex-dependent effects on intake behaviors and energy homeostasis in C57BL/6J mice. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 323(4). R410–R421. 7 indexed citations
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Mouradian, Gary, Pengyuan Liu, Pablo Nakagawa, et al.. (2022). Patch-to-Seq and Transcriptomic Analyses Yield Molecular Markers of Functionally Distinct Brainstem Serotonin Neurons. Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience. 14. 4 indexed citations
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Claflin, Kristin E., Kirthikaa Balapattabi, John J. Reho, et al.. (2022). Melanocortin MC4R receptor is required for energy expenditure but not blood pressure effects of angiotensin II within the mouse brain. Physiological Genomics. 54(6). 196–205. 5 indexed citations
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Balapattabi, Kirthikaa, et al.. (2020). Sex Differences in the Regulation of Vasopressin and Oxytocin Secretion in Bile Duct-Ligated Rats. Neuroendocrinology. 111(3). 237–248. 12 indexed citations
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Segar, Jeffrey L., et al.. (2020). Quantification of body fluid compartmentalization by combined time-domain nuclear magnetic resonance and bioimpedance spectroscopy. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 320(1). R44–R54. 15 indexed citations
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Deng, Guorui, Lisa L. Morselli, Kirthikaa Balapattabi, et al.. (2020). Single-Nucleus RNA Sequencing of the Hypothalamic Arcuate Nucleus of C57BL/6J Mice After Prolonged Diet-Induced Obesity. Hypertension. 76(2). 589–597. 27 indexed citations
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Morselli, Lisa L., Guorui Deng, Kirthikaa Balapattabi, et al.. (2020). Exploration of cardiometabolic and developmental significance of angiotensinogen expression by cells expressing the leptin receptor or agouti-related peptide. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 318(5). R855–R869. 7 indexed citations
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Balapattabi, Kirthikaa, et al.. (2019). Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Supraoptic Vasopressin Neurons in Hyponatremia. Neuroendocrinology. 110(7-8). 630–641. 5 indexed citations
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Balapattabi, Kirthikaa, et al.. (2019). Effects of salt‐loading on supraoptic vasopressin neurones assessed by ClopHensorN chloride imaging. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 31(8). e12752–e12752. 15 indexed citations
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Farmer, George E., et al.. (2018). AT1a influences GABAA-mediated inhibition through regulation of KCC2 expression. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 315(5). R972–R982. 11 indexed citations
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Balapattabi, Kirthikaa, et al.. (2018). High salt loading increases brain derived neurotrophic factor in supraoptic vasopressin neurones. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 30(11). e12639–e12639. 14 indexed citations

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