Kunal Rai

8.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Kunal Rai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Kunal Rai has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Oncology and 8 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Kunal Rai's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (21 papers), Cancer-related gene regulation (9 papers) and Protein Degradation and Inhibitors (7 papers). Kunal Rai is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (21 papers), Cancer-related gene regulation (9 papers) and Protein Degradation and Inhibitors (7 papers). Kunal Rai collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and China. Kunal Rai's co-authors include Bradley R. Cairns, Adam R. Karpf, David A. Jones, Smitha R. James, Stephanie Chidester, Elizabeth J. Manos, David A. Jones, Talmage Broadbent, Emre Arslan and Somaye Dehghanizadeh and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Kunal Rai

40 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

DNA Demethylation in Zebrafish Involves the Coupling of a Deaminase, a Glycosylase, and Gadd45

2008 513 citations Kunal Rai, Smitha R. James et al. Cell profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kunal Rai United States	18	1.6k	357	339	327	200	44	2.0k
Manuel Rodríguez‐Paredes Germany	18	1.5k 1.0×	290 0.8×	381 1.1×	229 0.7×	225 1.1×	24	2.1k
Lara S. Collier United States	20	1.6k 1.0×	287 0.8×	273 0.8×	462 1.4×	277 1.4×	33	2.1k
Anthony C. Liang United States	14	1.4k 0.9×	495 1.4×	356 1.1×	252 0.8×	189 0.9×	22	1.9k
Jakob Lovén United States	15	2.5k 1.6×	435 1.2×	636 1.9×	365 1.1×	231 1.2×	17	3.1k
Laura F. Campitelli Canada	3	1.8k 1.1×	197 0.6×	332 1.0×	220 0.7×	209 1.0×	4	2.2k
Thomas G. Boyer United States	32	2.2k 1.4×	434 1.2×	302 0.9×	588 1.8×	248 1.2×	58	3.3k
Dan Liang United States	14	1.8k 1.2×	255 0.7×	215 0.6×	287 0.9×	154 0.8×	25	2.3k
Peter J. Hurlin United States	27	1.6k 1.0×	580 1.6×	296 0.9×	301 0.9×	166 0.8×	47	2.0k
Mélanie Letexier France	12	1.3k 0.8×	304 0.9×	432 1.3×	372 1.1×	97 0.5×	17	2.0k
Yuzuru Shiio United States	21	1.5k 1.0×	364 1.0×	292 0.9×	161 0.5×	154 0.8×	34	1.9k

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Chaudhri, Apoorvi, Gregory Lizée, Patrick Hwu, & Kunal Rai. (2024). Chromatin Remodelers Are Regulators of the Tumor Immune Microenvironment. Cancer Research. 84(7). 965–976. 7 indexed citations

Morris, Van K., Stefania Napolitano, Christopher A. Bristow, et al.. (2024). Epigenome Reprogramming Through H3K27 and H3K4 Trimethylation as a Resistance Mechanism to DNA Methylation Inhibition in BRAFV600E-Mutated Colorectal Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 30(22). 5166–5179. 7 indexed citations

Denu, Ryan A., Ahsan Farooqi, Davis R. Ingram, et al.. (2024). Impact of ATRX loss on survival and immune microenvironment in multiple sarcoma subtypes.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 42(16_suppl). 11511–11511. 2 indexed citations

Morris, Van K., Anand K. Singh, Stefania Napolitano, et al.. (2024). Abstract 3241: Elevated H3K27 trimethylation mediates adaptation to DNA demethylation in BRAFV600E-mutated colorectal cancer. Cancer Research. 84(6_Supplement). 3241–3241.

Hong, Lingzhi, Shawna M. Hubert, Xiuning Le, et al.. (2024). Clinical Benefit from Docetaxel +/− Ramucirumab Is Not Associated with Mutation Status in Metastatic Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Patients Who Progressed on Platinum Doublets and Immunotherapy. Cancers. 16(5). 935–935. 1 indexed citations

Fan, Huihui, Feng Wang, Andy G.X. Zeng, et al.. (2023). Single-cell chromatin accessibility profiling of acute myeloid leukemia reveals heterogeneous lineage composition upon therapy-resistance. Communications Biology. 6(1). 765–765. 11 indexed citations

Malgulwar, Prit Benny, Carla Danussi, W. Evan Johnson, et al.. (2023). Sirtuin 2 inhibition modulates chromatin landscapes genome-wide to induce senescence in ATRX-deficient malignant glioma. Neuro-Oncology. 26(1). 55–67. 10 indexed citations

Osman, Abdullah A., Emre Arslan, Chieko Michikawa, et al.. (2023). Dysregulation and Epigenetic Reprogramming of NRF2 Signaling Axis Promote Acquisition of Cisplatin Resistance and Metastasis in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Clinical Cancer Research. 29(7). 1344–1359. 32 indexed citations

Truong, Danh D., Salah-Eddine Lamhamedi-Cherradi, Mayinuer Maitituoheti, et al.. (2023). Abstract 1196: The epigenetic impact and therapeutic opportunity of AR-directed therapy for DSRCT. Cancer Research. 83(7_Supplement). 1196–1196. 1 indexed citations

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Zamler, Daniel, Takashi Shingu, Laura M. Kahn, et al.. (2022). Immune landscape of a genetically engineered murine model of glioma compared with human glioma. JCI Insight. 7(12). 16 indexed citations

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Deshmukh, Abhijeet, Suhas Vasaikar, Katarzyna Tomczak, et al.. (2021). Identification of EMT signaling cross-talk and gene regulatory networks by single-cell RNA sequencing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(19). 168 indexed citations

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Arslan, Emre, Jonathan E. Schulz, & Kunal Rai. (2021). Machine Learning in Epigenomics: Insights into Cancer Biology and Medicine. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Reviews on Cancer. 1876(2). 188588–188588. 26 indexed citations

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Chakravarti, Deepavali, Christopher Terranova, Mayinuer Maitituoheti, et al.. (2019). Atypical plant homeodomain of UBR7 functions as an H2BK120Ub ligase and breast tumor suppressor. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1398–1398. 44 indexed citations

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Tang, Ming, et al.. (2018). Positive Regulation of Transcription by Human ZMYND8 through Its Association with P-TEFb Complex. Cell Reports. 24(8). 2141–2154.e6. 25 indexed citations

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Terranova, Christopher, Ming Tang, Elias Orouji, et al.. (2018). An Integrated Platform for Genome-wide Mapping of Chromatin States Using High-throughput ChIP-sequencing in Tumor Tissues. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 14 indexed citations

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Rai, Kunal, et al.. (2011). A Case of Colorectal Cancer with Double-activating Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutations. Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology. 41(9). 1138–1141. 1 indexed citations

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Phelps, Reid A., Stephanie Chidester, Somaye Dehghanizadeh, et al.. (2009). A Two-Step Model for Colon Adenoma Initiation and Progression Caused by APC Loss. Cell. 137(4). 623–634. 221 indexed citations

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Rai, Kunal, Stephanie Chidester, Smitha R. James, et al.. (2009). Dnmt3 and G9a Cooperate for Tissue-specific Development in Zebrafish. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(6). 4110–4121. 107 indexed citations

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Rai, Kunal, et al.. (2008). DNA Demethylation in Zebrafish Involves the Coupling of a Deaminase, a Glycosylase, and Gadd45. Cell. 135(7). 1201–1212. 513 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rai, Kunal, Stephanie Chidester, Elizabeth J. Manos, et al.. (2007). Dnmt2 functions in the cytoplasm to promote liver, brain, and retina development in zebrafish. Genes & Development. 21(3). 261–266. 166 indexed citations

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