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Pancreatic function and diabetes

Last updated June 1, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Adrian Kee Keong Teo
Agency for Science, Technology and Research
99
2
Maike Sander
University of California San Diego
95
3
Baiyong Shen
Unknown
91
4
Pedro L. Herrera
University of Geneva
87
5
Jialiu Zeng
Nanyang Technological University
85
6
Michele Solimena
Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum e.V.
79
7
Torben Hansen
University of Copenhagen
72
8
Iskandar Idris
University of Nottingham
70
9
Xiangdong Zhu
Ningxia Medical University
69
10
Michelle Rengarajan
Broad Institute
67

Rising Stars Papers

1
RNA-seq at different stages of human pancreatic β cell differentiation reveals proliferation dynamics and SMAD9 in directing β cell fate
Cell Death and Disease|2026
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Yihao Liu
Unknown
99
2
Jin Li
University of Michigan
95
3
Edgar Bernardo
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas
89
4
Ricardo D’Oliveira Albanus
University of Michigan
81
5
Shengbo Chen
Southern University of Science and Technology
80
6
Elena Levi-D’Ancona
University of Michigan
72
7
Elisabetta Manduchi
Pancreas Centre (Canada)
71
8
Gregory L. Austin
Imperial College London
70
9
José A. Martínez‐López
Universidad Loyola Andalucía
67
10
Yuxin Wang
Zuyd University of Applied Sciences
63

Emerging Leaders Papers

Insufficient data

All-Time Leaders

The canon

All-Time Leaders Researchers

1
Apparao Chippada
Sri Venkateswara University
99
2
Alexander van Oudenaarden
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
99
3
Jesper Gromada
Regeneron (United States)
90
4
John J.V. McMurray
British Heart Foundation
86
5
Zhanguo Zhang
Tongji Hospital
85
6
François Pattou
Inserm
83
7
Michael L. Stitzel
University of Connecticut
79
8
Douglas A. Melton
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
73
9
Andrew T. Hattersley
Centre for Human Genetics
71
10
Nicole A. Turgeon
Emory University
65

All-Time Leaders Papers

1
Regulation of noise in the expression of a single gene
Nature Genetics|2002
1.6k cit.
2
Cardiovascular, mortality, and kidney outcomes with GLP-1 receptor agonists in patients with type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cardiovascular outcome trials
The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology|2019
1.6k cit.
3
Fibroblast Growth Factor-21 Improves Pancreatic β-Cell Function and Survival by Activation of Extracellular Signal–Regulated Kinase 1/2 and Akt Signaling Pathways
Diabetes|2006
491 cit.
4
Economics of Chronic Heart Failure
European Journal of Heart Failure|2001
404 cit.
5
Generation of stem cell-derived β-cells from patients with type 1 diabetes
Nature Communications|2016
384 cit.
6
YAP inhibition enhances the differentiation of functional stem cell-derived insulin-producing β cells
Nature Communications|2019
155 cit.
7
No Deterioration in Glycemic Control in <i>HNF-1α</i> Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the Young Following Transfer From Long-Term Insulin to Sulphonylureas
Diabetes Care|2003
127 cit.
8
Engineering human stem cell-derived islets to evade immune rejection and promote localized immune tolerance
Cell Reports Medicine|2023
77 cit.
9
TCF7L2 rs7903146 impairs islet function and morphology in non-diabetic individuals
Diabetologia|2012
72 cit.
10
Mice harboring the human <i>SLC30A8</i> R138X loss-of-function mutation have increased insulin secretory capacity
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2018
63 cit.

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