Tapas K. Hazra

9.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
109 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

Tapas K. Hazra is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tapas K. Hazra has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Cancer Research and 12 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Tapas K. Hazra's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (77 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (36 papers) and Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (19 papers). Tapas K. Hazra is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (77 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (36 papers) and Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (19 papers). Tapas K. Hazra collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and France. Tapas K. Hazra's co-authors include Sankar Mitra, István Boldogh, Muralidhar L. Hegde, Tadahide Izumi, Kishor K. Bhakat, Yoke W. Kow, Dou Hong, Alan E. Tomkinson, Rabindra Roy and Barry R. Imhoff 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

Tapas K. Hazra

108 papers receiving 7.8k 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.

Early steps in the DNA base excision/single-strand interruption repair pathway in mammalian cells

2008 518 citations Muralidhar L. Hegde, Tapas K. Hazra et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tapas K. Hazra United States	53	6.6k	1.4k	1.1k	632	409	109	7.9k
Henrik Molina United States	51	6.3k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	1.0k 0.9×	371 0.6×	791 1.9×	127	8.8k
Rajendra Prasad United States	52	8.3k 1.2×	1.8k 1.3×	2.1k 1.9×	987 1.6×	267 0.7×	141	9.6k
Vincenzo De Laurenzi Italy	42	4.8k 0.7×	968 0.7×	2.7k 2.5×	488 0.8×	492 1.2×	143	7.4k
Ling Tian China	43	3.3k 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	847 0.8×	415 0.7×	793 1.9×	164	5.4k
Jun Zhou China	46	4.8k 0.7×	726 0.5×	1.7k 1.6×	535 0.8×	539 1.3×	190	6.8k
Wenlin Huang China	46	3.9k 0.6×	1.7k 1.2×	975 0.9×	542 0.9×	967 2.4×	168	6.9k
Marit Otterlei Norway	36	4.6k 0.7×	823 0.6×	800 0.7×	522 0.8×	395 1.0×	85	5.6k
Geir Slupphaug Norway	44	7.7k 1.2×	1.2k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	1.0k 1.6×	883 2.2×	120	9.6k
Didier Vertommen Belgium	52	5.4k 0.8×	844 0.6×	399 0.4×	769 1.2×	457 1.1×	193	7.8k
Hsiang‐Fu Kung Hong Kong	56	6.7k 1.0×	2.6k 1.9×	1.4k 1.2×	874 1.4×	1.1k 2.7×	218	10.1k

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Sayed, Ibrahim M., Anirban Chakraborty, Kenneth Park, et al.. (2025). E-cigarettes increase the risk of adenoma formation in murine colorectal cancer model. Archives of Toxicology. 99(3). 1223–1236.

Chakraborty, Anirban, Sravan Gopalkrishnashetty Sreenivasmurthy, W. Allen Miller, et al.. (2024). Fructose-2,6-bisphosphate restores DNA repair activity of PNKP and ameliorates neurodegenerative symptoms in Huntington’s disease. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(39). e2406308121–e2406308121. 2 indexed citations

Pan, Lang, Ke Wang, Wenjing Hao, et al.. (2024). 8-Oxoguanine DNA Glycosylase1 conceals oxidized guanine in nucleoprotein-associated RNA of respiratory syncytial virus. PLoS Pathogens. 20(10). e1012616–e1012616. 2 indexed citations

Pan, Lang, Ke Wang, Xu Zheng, et al.. (2023). Nei-like DNA glycosylase 2 selectively antagonizes interferon-β expression upon respiratory syncytial virus infection. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 299(8). 105028–105028. 5 indexed citations

Sarker, Altaf H., Priscilla K. Cooper, & Tapas K. Hazra. (2021). DNA glycosylase NEIL2 functions in multiple cellular processes. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology. 164. 72–80. 10 indexed citations

Tapryal, Nisha, Anirban Chakraborty, Koa Hosoki, et al.. (2021). Intrapulmonary administration of purified NEIL2 abrogates NF-κB–mediated inflammation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 296. 100723–100723. 14 indexed citations

Sayed, Ibrahim M., Anirban Chakraborty, Amer Ali Abd El‐Hafeez, et al.. (2020). The DNA Glycosylase NEIL2 Suppresses Fusobacterium-Infection-Induced Inflammation and DNA Damage in Colonic Epithelial Cells. Cells. 9(9). 1980–1980. 37 indexed citations

Sayed, Ibrahim M., Anirban Chakraborty, Diane Bimczok, et al.. (2020). Helicobacter pylori infection downregulates the DNA glycosylase NEIL2, resulting in increased genome damage and inflammation in gastric epithelial cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(32). 11082–11098. 46 indexed citations

Hazra, Tapas K., et al.. (2018). The Pivotal Role of DNA Repair in Infection Mediated-Inflammation and Cancer. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 663–663. 41 indexed citations

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Pan, Lang, Bing Zhu, Wenjing Hao, et al.. (2016). Oxidized Guanine Base Lesions Function in 8-Oxoguanine DNA Glycosylase-1-mediated Epigenetic Regulation of Nuclear Factor κB-driven Gene Expression. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 291(49). 25553–25566. 148 indexed citations

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Mandal, Santi M., Anirban Chakraborty, Maidul Hossain, et al.. (2015). Amphotericin B and anidulafungin directly interact with DNA and induce oxidative damage in the mammalian genome. Molecular BioSystems. 11(9). 2551–2559. 5 indexed citations

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Gupta, Arun, Clayton R. Hunt, Muralidhar L. Hegde, et al.. (2014). MOF Phosphorylation by ATM Regulates 53BP1-Mediated Double-Strand Break Repair Pathway Choice. Cell Reports. 8(1). 177–189. 73 indexed citations

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Hajas, György, Attila Bácsi, Leopoldo Aguilera-Aguirre, et al.. (2011). Biochemical identification of a hydroperoxide derivative of the free 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanine base. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 52(4). 749–756. 15 indexed citations

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Chattopadhyay, Ranajoy, Soumita Das, Amit K. Maiti, et al.. (2008). Regulatory Role of Human AP-Endonuclease (APE1/Ref-1) in YB-1-Mediated Activation of the Multidrug Resistance Gene MDR1. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 28(23). 7066–7080. 101 indexed citations

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Maiti, Amit K., István Boldogh, Heidi Spratt, Sankar Mitra, & Tapas K. Hazra. (2008). Mutator phenotype of mammalian cells due to deficiency of NEIL1 DNA glycosylase, an oxidized base-specific repair enzyme. DNA repair. 7(8). 1213–1220. 27 indexed citations

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Ali, Mohsin, Tapas K. Hazra, Dou Hong, & Yoke W. Kow. (2005). Action of human endonucleases III and VIII upon DNA-containing tandem dihydrouracil. DNA repair. 4(6). 679–686. 14 indexed citations

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Hazra, Tapas K.. (2003). The discovery of a new family of mammalian enzymes for repair of oxidatively damaged DNA, and its physiological implications. Carcinogenesis. 24(2). 155–157. 54 indexed citations

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Hazra, Tapas K., Jeff W. Hill, Tadahide Izumi, & Sankar Mitra. (2001). Multiple DNA glycosylases for repair of 8-oxoguanine and their potential in Vivo functions. Progress in nucleic acid research and molecular biology. 68. 193–205. 110 indexed citations

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Izumi, Tadahide, Tapas K. Hazra, István Boldogh, et al.. (2000). Requirement for human AP endonuclease 1 for repair of 3′-blocking damage at DNA single-strand breaks induced by reactive oxygen species. Carcinogenesis. 21(7). 1329–1334. 145 indexed citations

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Hazra, Tapas K., Takashi Izumi, Sankar Mitra, Lindsay Maidt, & Robert A. Floyd. (1998). The presence of two distinct 8-oxoguanine repair enzymes in human cells: their potential complementary roles in preventing mutation. Nucleic Acids Research. 26(22). 5116–5122. 149 indexed citations

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