Alejandro Caicedo

8.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
99 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Alejandro Caicedo is a scholar working on Surgery, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alejandro Caicedo has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Surgery, 43 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and 32 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Alejandro Caicedo's work include Pancreatic function and diabetes (61 papers), Diabetes and associated disorders (31 papers) and Diabetes Management and Research (30 papers). Alejandro Caicedo is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic function and diabetes (61 papers), Diabetes and associated disorders (31 papers) and Diabetes Management and Research (30 papers). Alejandro Caicedo collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and South Korea. Alejandro Caicedo's co-authors include Per‐Olof Berggren, Camillo Ricordi, Rayner Rodriguez‐Diaz, Stephen D. Roper, Over Cabrera, Norma S. Kenyon, Dora M. Berman, Midhat H. Abdulreda, Joana Almaça and Judith Molina and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Alejandro Caicedo

99 papers receiving 6.0k 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.

The unique cytoarchitecture of human pancreatic islets has implications for islet cell function

2006 938 citations Over Cabrera, Dora M. Berman et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alejandro Caicedo United States	43	3.6k	2.2k	2.1k	1.6k	831	99	6.1k
Jean‐Daniel Horisberger Switzerland	42	807 0.2×	1.3k 0.6×	316 0.2×	6.1k 3.7×	639 0.8×	92	7.3k
Cecilia M. Canessa United States	37	657 0.2×	1.5k 0.7×	350 0.2×	6.3k 3.9×	953 1.1×	67	7.8k
Peter M. Snyder United States	45	697 0.2×	938 0.4×	506 0.2×	5.3k 3.3×	1.1k 1.3×	69	6.3k
Richard Warth Germany	46	846 0.2×	1.2k 0.5×	257 0.1×	4.1k 2.5×	357 0.4×	108	5.4k
Wendell E. Nicholson United States	46	2.0k 0.5×	3.3k 1.5×	1.0k 0.5×	1.7k 1.1×	40 0.0×	113	6.8k
Per Hellstrand Sweden	35	564 0.2×	280 0.1×	378 0.2×	2.1k 1.3×	429 0.5×	136	4.1k
M. Ian Phillips United States	37	1.0k 0.3×	582 0.3×	444 0.2×	2.4k 1.5×	57 0.1×	97	5.2k
Heike Biebermann Germany	42	690 0.2×	2.3k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	2.9k 1.8×	209 0.3×	141	7.2k
Anikó Náray‐Fejes‐Tóth United States	39	685 0.2×	1.9k 0.8×	476 0.2×	2.8k 1.7×	114 0.1×	90	4.5k
Manami Hara United States	38	3.0k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	1.9k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	13 0.0×	102	4.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alejandro Caicedo

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Álvarez-Cubela, Silvia, Mayur Doke, Dagmar Klein, et al.. (2025). Pancreatic β-cell regeneration in situ by the ALK3 agonist THR-123. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6121–6121. 2 indexed citations

Lang, Anna L., Nadee Nissanka, Ruy A. Louzada, et al.. (2023). A Defect in Mitochondrial Complex III but Not in Complexes I or IV Causes Early β-Cell Dysfunction and Hyperglycemia in Mice. Diabetes. 72(9). 1262–1276. 13 indexed citations

Richardson, Tiffany M., Diane C. Saunders, Rachana Haliyur, et al.. (2023). Human pancreatic capillaries and nerve fibers persist in type 1 diabetes despite beta cell loss. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 324(3). E251–E267. 9 indexed citations

Tamayo, Alejandro, Luciana Mateus Gonçalves, Rayner Rodriguez‐Diaz, et al.. (2022). Pericyte Control of Blood Flow in Intraocular Islet Grafts Impacts Glucose Homeostasis in Mice. Diabetes. 71(8). 1679–1693. 25 indexed citations

Makhmutova, Madina, Jonathan Weitz, Alejandro Tamayo, et al.. (2020). Pancreatic β-Cells Communicate With Vagal Sensory Neurons. Gastroenterology. 160(3). 875–888.e11. 59 indexed citations

Panzer, Julia K., Helmut Hiller, Christian M. Cohrs, et al.. (2020). Pancreas tissue slices from organ donors enable in situ analysis of type 1 diabetes pathogenesis. JCI Insight. 5(8). 60 indexed citations

Almaça, Joana, Alejandro Caicedo, & Limor Landsman. (2020). Beta cell dysfunction in diabetes: the islet microenvironment as an unusual suspect. Diabetologia. 63(10). 2076–2085. 52 indexed citations

Weitz, Jonathan, Mirza Muhammad Fahd Qadir, Oliver Umland, et al.. (2020). Secretory Functions of Macrophages in the Human Pancreatic Islet Are Regulated by Endogenous Purinergic Signaling. Diabetes. 69(6). 1206–1218. 28 indexed citations

Menegaz, Danusa, Joana Almaça, Chiara Cianciaruso, et al.. (2019). Mechanism and effects of pulsatile GABA secretion from cytosolic pools in the human beta cell. Nature Metabolism. 1(11). 1110–1126. 79 indexed citations

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Rodriguez‐Diaz, Rayner, Alejandro Tamayo, Manami Hara, & Alejandro Caicedo. (2019). The Local Paracrine Actions of the Pancreatic α-Cell. Diabetes. 69(4). 550–558. 42 indexed citations

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Oltra, Elisa & Alejandro Caicedo. (2018). Real Time <em>In Vivo</em> Tracking of Thymocytes in the Anterior Chamber of the Eye by Laser Scanning Microscopy. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2 indexed citations

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Rodriguez‐Diaz, Rayner, Stephan Speier, R. Damaris Molano, et al.. (2012). Noninvasive in vivo model demonstrating the effects of autonomic innervation on pancreatic islet function. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(52). 21456–21461. 94 indexed citations

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Perez, Victor L., Alejandro Caicedo, Dora M. Berman, et al.. (2011). The anterior chamber of the eye as a clinical transplantation site for the treatment of diabetes: a study in a baboon model of diabetes. Diabetologia. 54(5). 1121–1126. 73 indexed citations

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Caicedo, Alejandro, et al.. (2004). Blood–derived macrophages and Bone Marrow Derived Progenitor Cells contribute to intrachoroidal vascular changes in experimental Choroidal Neovascularization (CNV).. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 45(13). 3386–3386. 2 indexed citations

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Caicedo, Alejandro, et al.. (2004). Aged bone marrow transfers age–related pathology into young recipients in experimental choroidal neovascularization (CNV).. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 45(13). 1853–1853. 2 indexed citations

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Eybalin, Michel, et al.. (2004). Transient Ca²⁺‐permeable AMPA receptors in postnatal rat primary auditory neurons. European Journal of Neuroscience. 20(11). 2981–2989. 56 indexed citations

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Caicedo, Alejandro, et al.. (2003). The Effects of Nicotine in Choroidal Neovascularization: Characterization of Nicotinic Receptors in Choroid and Reduction of Choroidal Neovascularization Size and Severity via Receptor Blockade. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 44(13). 3933–3933. 3 indexed citations

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Caicedo, Alejandro, et al.. (2003). Glutamate Transporters at Photoreceptor Synapses Are Downregulated after Experimental Choroidal Neovascularization. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 44(13). 3935–3935. 1 indexed citations

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Caicedo, Alejandro, et al.. (2003). Adult Bone Marrow Derived Progenitor Cells Contribute to Choroidal Neovascularization and Modulate the Severity. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 44(13). 3936–3936. 3 indexed citations

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d’Aldin, Christine, et al.. (1998). Antisense oligonucleotides to the GluR2 AMPA receptor subunit modify excitatory synaptic transmission in vivo. Molecular Brain Research. 55(1). 151–164. 7 indexed citations

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