Varun Narendra

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Varun Narendra is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Hematology. According to data from OpenAlex, Varun Narendra has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Oncology and 3 papers in Hematology. Recurrent topics in Varun Narendra's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (5 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (5 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (5 papers). Varun Narendra is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (5 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (5 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (5 papers). Varun Narendra collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Mexico. Varun Narendra's co-authors include Danny Reinberg, Esteban O. Mazzoni, Jane A. Skok, Pedro P. Rocha, Ramya Raviram, Roberto Bonasio, Disi An, Ozgur Oksuz, Toshinori Iwahara and Edgar González-Buendía and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Varun Narendra

19 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

CTCF establishes discrete functional chromatin domains at the Hox clusters during differentiation

2015 400 citations Varun Narendra, Pedro P. Rocha et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Varun Narendra United States	15	1.4k	230	199	185	143	21	1.7k
Christelle Cayrou France	22	2.3k 1.7×	225 1.0×	192 1.0×	275 1.5×	165 1.2×	27	2.6k
Jason P. Smith United States	19	544 0.4×	82 0.4×	135 0.7×	155 0.8×	130 0.9×	46	1.0k
Attila Németh Germany	21	1.5k 1.1×	122 0.5×	224 1.1×	156 0.8×	144 1.0×	50	1.8k
Marianna Nicoletta Rossi Italy	15	560 0.4×	258 1.1×	106 0.5×	40 0.2×	160 1.1×	27	902
Michael Klutstein Israel	15	1.1k 0.8×	146 0.6×	134 0.7×	133 0.7×	242 1.7×	34	1.4k
Allison Piovesan Italy	17	984 0.7×	85 0.4×	74 0.4×	261 1.4×	264 1.8×	40	1.6k
Roberta Franks United States	21	1.1k 0.8×	407 1.8×	32 0.2×	256 1.4×	124 0.9×	31	1.7k
Chi‐Ju Chen Taiwan	17	610 0.5×	433 1.9×	41 0.2×	82 0.4×	53 0.4×	27	1.2k
Takayuki Ohshima Japan	21	1.0k 0.8×	240 1.0×	27 0.1×	142 0.8×	135 0.9×	45	1.7k
Xun Lan China	28	2.0k 1.5×	259 1.1×	135 0.7×	363 2.0×	327 2.3×	71	2.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Varun Narendra

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20 of 20 papers shown

Narendra, Varun, Tandrila Das, Tom Devine, et al.. (2025). Independent mechanisms of inflammation and myeloid bias in VEXAS syndrome. Nature. 649(8099). 1273–1281.

Millman, Scott E., Almudena Chaves Perez, Sudha Janaki‐Raman, et al.. (2025). α-Ketoglutarate dehydrogenase is a therapeutic vulnerability in acute myeloid leukemia. Blood. 145(13). 1422–1436. 4 indexed citations

Wuest, Alexandra, Alvin Hsu, Varun Narendra, et al.. (2024). High-throughput evaluation of genetic variants with prime editing sensor libraries. Nature Biotechnology. 43(10). 1648–1662. 27 indexed citations

Huang, Pin‐Yao, Hyunwoo Cho, Varun Narendra, et al.. (2022). CRISPR and biochemical screens identify MAZ as a cofactor in CTCF-mediated insulation at Hox clusters. Nature Genetics. 54(2). 202–212. 44 indexed citations

Millman, Scott E., Almudena Chaves Perez, John P. Morris, et al.. (2022). Ogdh Is a Genetic Vulnerability and Therapeutic Target in Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Blood. 140(Supplement 1). 5846–5847. 1 indexed citations

Jee, Justin, Aaron J. Stonestrom, Sean M. Devlin, et al.. (2021). Oncologic immunomodulatory agents in patients with cancer and COVID-19. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 4814–4814. 10 indexed citations

Stahl, Maximilian, Varun Narendra, Justin Jee, et al.. (2021). Neutropenia in adult acute myeloid leukemia patients represents a powerful risk factor for COVID-19 related mortality. Leukemia & lymphoma. 62(8). 1940–1948. 7 indexed citations

Desai, Pinkal, Aaron D. Goldberg, Kenneth C. Anderson, et al.. (2021). Clinical Predictors of Outcome in Adult Patients with Acute Leukemias and Myelodysplastic Syndrome and COVID-19 Infection: Report from the American Society of Hematology Research Collaborative (ASH RC) Data Hub. Blood. 138(Supplement 1). 280–280.

Jee, Justin, Michael B. Foote, Melissa Lumish, et al.. (2020). Chemotherapy and COVID-19 Outcomes in Patients With Cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 38(30). 3538–3546. 173 indexed citations

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Oksuz, Ozgur, Varun Narendra, Chul‐Hwan Lee, et al.. (2018). Capturing the Onset of PRC2-Mediated Repressive Domain Formation. Molecular Cell. 70(6). 1149–1162.e5. 182 indexed citations

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Narendra, Varun, et al.. (2016). CTCF-mediated topological boundaries during development foster appropriate gene regulation. Genes & Development. 30(24). 2657–2662. 113 indexed citations

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Tu, Shengjiang, Varun Narendra, Masashi Yamaji, et al.. (2016). Co-repressor CBFA2T2 regulates pluripotency and germline development. Nature. 534(7607). 387–390. 48 indexed citations

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Lecona, Emilio, Varun Narendra, & Danny Reinberg. (2015). USP7 Cooperates with SCML2 To Regulate the Activity of PRC1. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 35(7). 1157–1168. 44 indexed citations

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Narendra, Varun, Pedro P. Rocha, Disi An, et al.. (2015). CTCF establishes discrete functional chromatin domains at the Hox clusters during differentiation. Science. 347(6225). 1017–1021. 400 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tee, Wee‐Wei, Steven S. Shen, Ozgur Oksuz, Varun Narendra, & Danny Reinberg. (2014). Erk1/2 Activity Promotes Chromatin Features and RNAPII Phosphorylation at Developmental Promoters in Mouse ESCs. Cell. 156(4). 678–690. 125 indexed citations

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Saldaña-Meyer, Ricardo, Edgar González-Buendía, Georgina Guerrero, et al.. (2014). CTCF regulates the human p53 gene through direct interaction with its natural antisense transcript, Wrap53. Genes & Development. 28(7). 723–734. 162 indexed citations

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Bonasio, Roberto, Emilio Lecona, Varun Narendra, et al.. (2014). Interactions with RNA direct the Polycomb group protein SCML2 to chromatin where it represses target genes. eLife. 3. e02637–e02637. 39 indexed citations

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Beck, David B., Varun Narendra, William J. Drury, et al.. (2014). In Vivo Proximity Labeling for the Detection of Protein–Protein and Protein–RNA Interactions. Journal of Proteome Research. 13(12). 6135–6143. 20 indexed citations

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Statnikov, Alexander, Mikael Henaff, Varun Narendra, et al.. (2013). A comprehensive evaluation of multicategory classification methods for microbiomic data. Microbiome. 1(1). 11–11. 152 indexed citations

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Narendra, Varun, et al.. (2010). A comprehensive assessment of methods for de-novo reverse-engineering of genome-scale regulatory networks. Genomics. 97(1). 7–18. 27 indexed citations

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