2026 Pulivarthi H. Rao: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	65	1683	1507	850	748	153	13122

Overview

Pulivarthi H. Rao is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions in Molecular Biology, Hematology, Oncology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Cancer Research.

The scientist's work addresses a variety of topics including Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research, CAR-T cell therapy research, Cancer-related gene regulation, Nuclear Receptors and Signaling, Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer, Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, and RNA modifications and cancer.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Pulivarthi H. Rao include:

Oncogenic Orphan Nuclear Receptor NR4A3 Interacts and Cooperates with MYB in Acinic Cell Carcinoma, 2020, Cancers
LncRNA PVT-1 promotes osteosarcoma cancer stem-like properties through direct interaction with TRIM28 and TSC2 ubiquitination, 2022, Oncogene
Addressing a Pre-Clinical Pipeline Gap: Development of the Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patient-Derived Xenograft Program at Texas Children's Hospital at Baylor College of Medicine, 2024, Biomedicines
Frequent detection of CBFA2T3::GLIS2 fusion and RAM-phenotype in pediatric non-Down syndrome acute megakaryoblastic leukemia: a possible novel relationship with aberrant cytoplasmic CD3 expression, 2022, Leukemia & lymphoma/Leukemia and lymphoma
Development and characterization of the novel human osteosarcoma cell line COS-33 with sustained activation of the mTOR pathway, 2020, Oncotarget

Frequent co-authors of Rao include:

Kevin E. Fisher
Andrea N. Marcogliese
Amos Gaikwad
David Y. Lee
Kathryn J. Brayer

Regular publication venues for Rao's work include:

Cancers
Oncogene
Biomedicines
Leukemia & lymphoma/Leukemia and lymphoma
Oncotarget

Best Publications

Dyskeratosis congenita and cancer in mice deficient in ribosomal RNA modification

Davide Ruggero;Silvia Grisendi;Francesco Piazza;Eduardo Rego;Eduardo Rego

516
Citations
Suppression of Myc oncogenic activity by ribosomal protein haploinsufficiency.

Maria Barna;Aya Pusic;Ornella Zollo;Maria Costa

496
Citations
Deregulation of MUM1/IRF4 by chromosomal translocation in multiple myeloma

Shinsuke Iida;Pulivarthi H. Rao;Marion Butler;Paolo Corradini

389
Citations
Chromosomal and gene amplification in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

Pulivarthi H. Rao;Jane Houldsworth;Katerina Dyomina;Nasser Z. Parsa

385
Citations
Comprehensive analysis of the MYB-NFIB gene fusion in salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma: Incidence, variability, and clinicopathologic significance

Yoshitsugu Mitani;Jie Li;Pulivarthi H. Rao;Yi Jue Zhao

365
Citations
Histopathological, cytogenetic, and molecular characterization of renal cortical tumors.

Joseph C. Presti;P. H. Rao;Q. Chen;Victor E. Reuter

295
Citations
IRTA1 and IRTA2, Novel Immunoglobulin Superfamily Receptors Expressed in B Cells and Involved in Chromosome 1q21 Abnormalities in B Cell Malignancy

Georgia Hatzivassiliou;Ira Miller;Jun Takizawa;Nallasivam Palanisamy

292
Citations
REL proto-oncogene is frequently amplified in extranodal diffuse large cell lymphoma

Jane Houldsworth;Susan Mathew;Pulivarthi H. Rao;Katerina Dyomina

289
Citations
p53 regulates cell survival by inhibiting PIK3CA in squamous cell carcinomas

Bhuvanesh Singh;Pabbathi G. Reddy;Andy Goberdhan;Christine Walsh

286
Citations
The t(9;14)(p13;q32) chromosomal translocation associated with lymphoplasmacytoid lymphoma involves the PAX-5 gene.

S. Iida;P. H. Rao;P. Nallasivam;H. Hibshoosh

273
Citations
Deletions involving two distinct regions of 6q in B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

G. Gaidano;R. S. Hauptschein;N. Z. Parsa;K. Offit

268
Citations
The presence of p53 mutations in human osteosarcomas correlates with high levels of genomic instability

Michael Overholtzer;Michael Overholtzer;Pulivarthi H. Rao;Reyna Favis;Xin Yan Lu

241
Citations
TP53 loss creates therapeutic vulnerability in colorectal cancer

Yunhua Liu;Xinna Zhang;Cecil Han;Guohui Wan

236
Citations
Genome-wide appraisal of thyroid cancer progression.

Volkert B. Wreesmann;Ronald A. Ghossein;Snehal G. Patel;Charles P. Harris

234
Citations
Novel MYBL1 Gene Rearrangements with Recurrent MYBL1–NFIB Fusions in Salivary Adenoid Cystic Carcinomas Lacking t(6;9) Translocations

Yoshitsugu Mitani;Bin Liu;Pulivarthi H. Rao;Vishnupriya J. Borra

224
Citations
Gene dosage alterations revealed by cDNA microarray analysis in cervical cancer: Identification of candidate amplified and overexpressed genes

Gopeshwar Narayan;Veronique Bourdon;Seeta Chaganti;Hugo Arias-Pulido

222
Citations
Chromosomal amplifications, 3q gain and deletions of 2q33-q37 are the frequent genetic changes in cervical carcinoma

Pulivarthi H. Rao;Hugo Arias-Pulido;Xin Yan Lu;Charles P. Harris

219
Citations
A handcuff model for the cohesin complex

Nenggang Zhang;Sergey G. Kuznetsov;Shyam K. Sharan;Kaiyi Li

212
Citations
Characterization of nonrandom chromosomal gains and losses in multiple myeloma by comparative genomic hybridization.

Juan C. Cigudosa;Pulivarthi H. Rao;M. Jose Calasanz;M. Dolores Odero

212
Citations
Frequent amplification and rearrangement of chromosomal bands 6p12‐p21 and 17p11.2 in osteosarcoma

Ching C. Lau;Charles P. Harris;Xin Yan Lu;Laszlo Perlaky

200
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

R. S. K. Chaganti Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Ching C. Lau Baylor College of Medicine

Adel K. El-Naggar The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Riccardo Dalla-Favera Columbia University

Suresh C. Jhanwar Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Bhuvanesh Singh Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Richard Gorlick The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Randal S. Weber The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Jatin P. Shah Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Vundavalli V. Murty Columbia University Medical Center

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