Veena Afzal

12.9k citations

47 papers · 5.7k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 31

Molecular Biology top 1%
Genetics top 1%
Cancer Research top 2%
Plant Science top 5%
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging top 2%

Co-authors: Edward M. Rubin L Pennacchio Axel Visel Sheldon Wolff Ingrid Plajzer-Frick Jennifer A. Akiyama Malak Shoukry Amy Holt
Topics: Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (20 papers)DNA Repair Mechanisms (9 papers)RNA Research and Splicing (9 papers)
Cited by: Molecular Biology Cancer Research Genetics
Journals: Nature Science Cell
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Switzerland

In The Last Decade

Veena Afzal

47 papers receiving 5.6k citations

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In vivo enhancer analysis of human conserved non-coding sequences

2006 860 citations L Pennacchio, Shyam Prabhakar et al. Nature profile →
Enhancer redundancy provides phenotypic robustness in mammalian development

2018 407 citations Marco Osterwalder, Iros Barozzi et al. Nature profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Characterization of Mammalian In Vivo Enhancers Using Mouse Transgenesis and CRISPR Genome Editing 2021 ·Methods in molecular biology ·Marco Osterwalder,Stella Tran,Riana D. Hunter,Eman M. Meky,(unknown),Anne Harrington,Janeth Godoy,Catherine S. Novak,Ingrid Plajzer-Frick,Yiwen Zhu,Jennifer A. Akiyama,Veena Afzal,Evgeny Z. Kvon,L Pennacchio,Diane E. Dickel,Axel Visel	17
2	The changing mouse embryo transcriptome at whole tissue and single-cell resolution 2020 ·Nature ·Peng He,Brian A. Williams,Diane Trout,Georgi K. Marinov,Henry Amrhein,Libera Berghella,(unknown),Ingrid Plajzer-Frick,Veena Afzal,L Pennacchio,Diane E. Dickel,Axel Visel,Bing Ren,Ross C. Hardison,Yu Zhang,B Wold	97
3	Single-nucleus analysis of accessible chromatin in developing mouse forebrain reveals cell-type-specific transcriptional regulation 2018 ·Nature Neuroscience ·Sebastian Preißl,Rongxin Fang,Hui Huang,Yuan Zhao,Ramya Raviram,David U. Gorkin,Yanxiao Zhang,Brandon C. Sos,Veena Afzal,Diane E. Dickel,Samantha Kuan,Axel Visel,L Pennacchio,Kun Zhang,Bing Ren	195
4	Progressive Loss of Function in a Limb Enhancer during Snake Evolution 2016 ·Cell ·Evgeny Z. Kvon,Olga K. Kamneva,Uirá Souto Melo,Iros Barozzi,Marco Osterwalder,Brandon J. Mannion,Virginie Tissières,Catherine S. Pickle,Ingrid Plajzer-Frick,Elizabeth A. Lee,Momoe Kato,Tyler H. Garvin,Jennifer A. Akiyama,Veena Afzal,Javier López-Rı́os,Edward M. Rubin,Diane E. Dickel,L Pennacchio,Axel Visel	202
5	Function-based identification of mammalian enhancers using site-specific integration 2014 ·Nature Methods ·Diane E. Dickel,Yiwen Zhu,Alex S. Nord,John N. Wylie,Jennifer A. Akiyama,Veena Afzal,Ingrid Plajzer-Frick,(unknown),Berthold Göttgens,Benoit G. Bruneau,Axel Visel,L Pennacchio	62
6	Fine Tuning of Craniofacial Morphology by Distant-Acting Enhancers 2013 ·Science ·Catia Attanasio,Alex S. Nord,Yiwen Zhu,Matthew J. Blow,(unknown),Denise K. Liberton,Harris Morrison,Ingrid Plajzer-Frick,Amy Holt,Roya Hosseini,(unknown),Jennifer A. Akiyama,Malak Shoukry,Veena Afzal,Edward M. Rubin,David Fitzpatrick,Bing Ren,Benedikt Hallgrímsson,L Pennacchio,Axel Visel	170
7	Large-scale discovery of enhancers from human heart tissue 2011 ·Nature Genetics ·Dalit May,Matthew J. Blow,Tommy Kaplan,David J. McCulley,Brian C. Jensen,Jennifer A. Akiyama,Amy Holt,Ingrid Plajzer-Frick,Malak Shoukry,(unknown),Veena Afzal,Paul Simpson,Edward M. Rubin,Brian L. Black,James Bristow,L Pennacchio,Axel Visel	202
8	Functional autonomy of distant-acting human enhancers 2009 ·Genomics ·Axel Visel,Jennifer A. Akiyama,Malak Shoukry,Veena Afzal,Edward M. Rubin,L Pennacchio	52
9	Human-Specific Gain of Function in a Developmental Enhancer 2008 ·Science ·Shyam Prabhakar,Axel Visel,Jennifer A. Akiyama,Malak Shoukry,(unknown),Amy Holt,Ingrid Plajzer-Frick,Harris Morrison,David Fitzpatrick,Veena Afzal,L Pennacchio,Edward M. Rubin,James P. Noonan	246
10	Knockdown expression and hepatic deficiency reveal an atheroprotective role for SR-BI in liver and peripheral tissues 2006 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Thierry Huby,Chantal Doucet,C. Dachet,B. Ouzilleau,Yukihiko Ueda,Veena Afzal,Edward M. Rubin,M. John Chapman,Philippe Lesnik	97
11	Close sequence comparisons are sufficient to identify human cis-regulatory elements. 2006 ·PubMed ·Shyam Prabhakar,Francis Poulin,Malak Shoukry,Veena Afzal,Edward M. Rubin,Olivier Couronne,L Pennacchio	7
12	Megabase deletions of gene deserts result in viable mice 2004 ·Nature ·Marcelo A. Nóbrega,Yiwen Zhu,Ingrid Plajzer-Frick,Veena Afzal,Edward M. Rubin	137
13	Regulation and Activity of the Human ABCA1 Gene in Transgenic Mice 2001 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Lucia Cavelier,Yang Qiu,John K. Bielicki,Veena Afzal,Jan‐Fang Cheng,Edward M. Rubin	79
14	Chromatid exchanges may be induced by damage in sites of transcriptional activity 1996 ·Mutagenesis ·James E. Cleaver,David L. Mitchell,(unknown),Veena Afzal	9
15	Sister chromatid exchanges in cells defective in mismatch, post-replication and excision repair 1995 ·Mutagenesis ·Veena Afzal,Luzviminda Feeney,(unknown),John P. Volpe,James E. Cleaver	14
16	Indications of repair of radon-induced chromosome damage in human lymphocytes: an adaptive response induced by low doses of X-rays. 1993 ·Environmental Health Perspectives ·S. M. Wolff,Veena Afzal,R. F. Jostes,John K. Wiencke	13
17	Adaptive response of human lymphocytes for the repair of radon-induced chromosomal damage 1991 ·Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis ·Sheldon Wolff,R. F. Jostes,F.T. Cross,(unknown),Veena Afzal,John K. Wiencke	65
18	Human Lymphocytes Exposed to Low Doses of Ionizing Radiations Become Refractory to High Doses of Radiation as Well as to Chemical Mutagens that Induce Double-strand Breaks in DNA 1988 ·International Journal of Radiation Biology ·Sheldon Wolff,Veena Afzal,John K. Wiencke,Gregorio Olivieri,(unknown)	233
19	Evidence that the [³H]thymidine-induced adaptive response of human lymphocytes to subsequent doses of X-rays involves the induction of a chromosomal repair mechanism 1986 ·Mutagenesis ·John K. Wiencke,Veena Afzal,Gregorio Olivieri,Sheldon Wolff	193
20	Cultured human lymphocytes proliferate faster in medium lacking fetal calf serum and antibiotics 1984 ·Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis ·Sheldon Wolff,Veena Afzal,Patricia B. Lindquist	24

About Veena Afzal

Veena Afzal is a scholar working on Cancer Research, Radiological and Ultrasound Technology and Molecular Biology, having authored 47 papers that have together received 5.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (20 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (9 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (4.3k citations), Cancer Research (939 citations) and Genetics (1.3k citations). Veena Afzal has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Edward M. Rubin, L Pennacchio, Axel Visel, Sheldon Wolff, Ingrid Plajzer-Frick, Jennifer A. Akiyama, Malak Shoukry, Amy Holt, Ivan Ovcharenko and Marcelo A. Nóbrega. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

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