Emilyn U. Alejandro

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Emilyn U. Alejandro is a scholar working on Surgery, Molecular Biology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Emilyn U. Alejandro has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Surgery, 26 papers in Molecular Biology and 21 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Emilyn U. Alejandro's work include Pancreatic function and diabetes (43 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (21 papers) and Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (12 papers). Emilyn U. Alejandro is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic function and diabetes (43 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (21 papers) and Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (12 papers). Emilyn U. Alejandro collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Emilyn U. Alejandro's co-authors include James D. Johnson, Ernesto Bernal‐Mizrachi, Manuel Blandino-Rosano, Corentin Cras‐Méneur, Brigid Gregg, Seokwon Jo, Maria Ruth Pineda-Cortel, Tatyana B. Kalynyak, Amber Lockridge and Ramkumar Mohan and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Emilyn U. Alejandro

58 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Harbinger of the Vicious Cycle of Diabetes

2020 203 citations Emilyn U. Alejandro, Maria Ruth Pineda-Cortel et al. International Journal of Molecular Sciences profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Emilyn U. Alejandro United States	25	928	854	398	369	368	62	2.0k
Karl Bacos Sweden	23	679 0.7×	1.6k 1.9×	328 0.8×	83 0.2×	272 0.7×	34	2.3k
Maggie M.‐Y. United States	22	269 0.3×	893 1.0×	155 0.4×	254 0.7×	389 1.1×	27	1.9k
Parri Wentzel Sweden	25	252 0.3×	631 0.7×	110 0.3×	646 1.8×	769 2.1×	49	1.8k
Yoon Shin Cho South Korea	23	187 0.2×	784 0.9×	217 0.5×	193 0.5×	180 0.5×	62	1.7k
Kohjiro Ueki Japan	4	496 0.5×	1.1k 1.3×	414 1.0×	52 0.1×	79 0.2×	8	2.0k
Mary F. Walsh United States	25	204 0.2×	595 0.7×	393 1.0×	139 0.4×	132 0.4×	53	1.7k
Jianqing Zhou China	21	153 0.2×	729 0.9×	452 1.1×	109 0.3×	150 0.4×	59	1.6k
Silvio Zaina Mexico	25	184 0.2×	1.1k 1.3×	246 0.6×	76 0.2×	257 0.7×	63	1.8k
J. Wayne Leitner United States	31	719 0.8×	1.6k 1.9×	665 1.7×	47 0.1×	93 0.3×	70	2.6k
Dominique Loffing‐Cueni Switzerland	29	221 0.2×	2.2k 2.6×	782 2.0×	48 0.1×	223 0.6×	53	3.2k

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Jo, Seokwon, et al.. (2025). Placental mTOR signalling links mitochondrial dysfunction, nutrient transport and neonatal beta cell perturbations in mice. Diabetologia. 68(12). 2823–2839.

Jo, Seokwon, Nicholas Esch, Ramkumar Mohan, et al.. (2024). Loss of O-GlcNAcylation modulates mTORC1 and autophagy in β cells, driving diabetes 2 progression. JCI Insight. 9(23). 3 indexed citations

Alejandro, Emilyn U., et al.. (2024). Sweet Spot Regulation of Maternal Metabolic Health and Nutrition on β-Cell Mass in the Offspring. Advances in anatomy, embryology and cell biology. 239. 157–197.

Jo, Seokwon & Emilyn U. Alejandro. (2023). RISING STARS: Mechanistic insights into maternal–fetal cross talk and islet beta-cell development. Journal of Endocrinology. 259(3). 2 indexed citations

Jo, Seokwon, et al.. (2023). Impact of placental mTOR deficiency on peripheral insulin signaling in adult mice offspring. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology. 71(4). 3 indexed citations

Gregg, Brigid, Seokwon Jo, Kanakadurga Singer, et al.. (2022). Maternal High-Fat Diet During Pre-Conception and Gestation Predisposes Adult Female Offspring to Metabolic Dysfunction in Mice. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 12. 780300–780300. 18 indexed citations

Regal, Ronald R., et al.. (2022). Critical Role for Macrophages in the Developmental Programming of Pancreatic β-Cell Area in Offspring of Hypertensive Pregnancies. Diabetes. 71(12). 2597–2611. 2 indexed citations

Lockridge, Amber, et al.. (2021). Acute D-Serine Co-Agonism of β-Cell NMDA Receptors Potentiates Glucose-Stimulated Insulin Secretion and Excitatory β-Cell Membrane Activity. Cells. 10(1). 93–93. 13 indexed citations

Alejandro, Emilyn U., et al.. (2020). Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Harbinger of the Vicious Cycle of Diabetes. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(14). 5003–5003. 203 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ren, Kaiqun, Xiwen Xiong, Meng Cheng, et al.. (2020). Protein O-GlcNAc Modification Links Dietary and Gut Microbial Cues to the Differentiation of Enteroendocrine L Cells. Cell Reports. 32(6). 108013–108013. 32 indexed citations

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Jo, Seokwon, Amber Lockridge, & Emilyn U. Alejandro. (2019). eIF4G1 and carboxypeptidase E axis dysregulation in O-GlcNAc transferase–deficient pancreatic β-cells contributes to hyperproinsulinemia in mice. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(35). 13040–13050. 25 indexed citations

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Elghazi, Lynda, Manuel Blandino-Rosano, Emilyn U. Alejandro, Corentin Cras‐Méneur, & Ernesto Bernal‐Mizrachi. (2017). Role of nutrients and mTOR signaling in the regulation of pancreatic progenitors development. Molecular Metabolism. 6(6). 560–573. 45 indexed citations

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Alejandro, Emilyn U., Nadejda Bozadjieva-Kramer, Leena Haataja, et al.. (2015). Disruption of O-linked N-Acetylglucosamine Signaling Induces ER Stress and β Cell Failure. Cell Reports. 13(11). 2527–2538. 50 indexed citations

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Alejandro, Emilyn U., Brigid Gregg, Manuel Blandino-Rosano, Corentin Cras‐Méneur, & Ernesto Bernal‐Mizrachi. (2014). Natural history of β-cell adaptation and failure in type 2 diabetes. Molecular Aspects of Medicine. 42. 19–41. 180 indexed citations

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Gregg, Brigid, Lynda Elghazi, Emilyn U. Alejandro, et al.. (2014). Exposure of mouse embryonic pancreas to metformin enhances the number of pancreatic progenitors. Diabetologia. 57(12). 2566–2575. 22 indexed citations

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Chan, Michelle, Gareth E. Lim, Søs Skovsø, et al.. (2014). Effects of insulin on human pancreatic cancer progression modeled in vitro. BMC Cancer. 14(1). 814–814. 31 indexed citations

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Blandino-Rosano, Manuel, Emilyn U. Alejandro, Joshua O. Scheys, et al.. (2012). Enhanced beta cell proliferation in mice overexpressing a constitutively active form of Akt and one allele of p21 Cip. Diabetologia. 55(5). 1380–1389. 20 indexed citations

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Alejandro, Emilyn U., Dan S. Luciani, Tatyana B. Kalynyak, et al.. (2008). Carboxypeptidase E mediates palmitate-induced β-cell ER stress and apoptosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(24). 8452–8457. 126 indexed citations

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Alejandro, Emilyn U. & James D. Johnson. (2007). Inhibition of Raf-1 Alters Multiple Downstream Pathways to Induce Pancreatic β-Cell Apoptosis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(4). 2407–2417. 44 indexed citations

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Johnson, James D., Ernesto Bernal‐Mizrachi, Emilyn U. Alejandro, et al.. (2006). Insulin protects islets from apoptosis via Pdx1 and specific changes in the human islet proteome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(51). 19575–19580. 161 indexed citations

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