Henrik Semb

8.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
76 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Henrik Semb is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Henrik Semb has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Molecular Biology, 40 papers in Surgery and 18 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Henrik Semb's work include Pancreatic function and diabetes (36 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (24 papers) and Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (12 papers). Henrik Semb is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic function and diabetes (36 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (24 papers) and Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (12 papers). Henrik Semb collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Denmark and Germany. Henrik Semb's co-authors include Ulf Dahl, Gerhard Christofori, Anne‐Karina T. Perl, Petra Wilgenbus, Thomas Olivecrona, Anders Ståhlberg, Anders Sjödin, Joakim Håkansson, Mikael Kubista and Xiaojie Xian and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Henrik Semb

74 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

A causal role for E-cadherin in the transition from adenoma to carcinoma

1998 1.2k citations Anne‐Karina T. Perl, Petra Wilgenbus et al. Nature profile →
The role of the cell-adhesion molecule E-cadherin as a tumour-suppressor gene

1999 611 citations Henrik Semb et al. profile →
Cadherins regulate aggregation of pancreatic β-cells in vivo

1996 189 citations Ulf Dahl, Anders Sjödin et al. Development profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Henrik Semb Sweden	43	4.6k	2.1k	1.1k	1.1k	816	76	6.9k
Jean‐Jacques Feige France	52	4.4k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	734 0.7×	664 0.6×	578 0.7×	198	8.4k
Eckhard Lammert Germany	32	2.5k 0.6×	2.5k 1.2×	594 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	806 1.0×	71	4.9k
Volkhard Lindner United States	50	4.7k 1.0×	1.6k 0.8×	804 0.7×	890 0.8×	819 1.0×	90	9.1k
Frédéric P. Lemaigre Belgium	46	3.9k 0.9×	4.3k 2.1×	864 0.8×	1.9k 1.7×	567 0.7×	127	8.0k
Injune Kim South Korea	40	4.4k 1.0×	963 0.5×	1.0k 0.9×	406 0.4×	646 0.8×	63	7.1k
Vincenzo Cirulli United States	37	2.8k 0.6×	2.5k 1.2×	526 0.5×	1.3k 1.2×	579 0.7×	62	5.3k
Riko Nishimura Japan	51	5.7k 1.2×	647 0.3×	2.3k 2.1×	745 0.7×	776 1.0×	126	8.4k
Katia Manova United States	47	7.4k 1.6×	991 0.5×	1.9k 1.7×	1.7k 1.6×	973 1.2×	79	10.7k
Leo A. van Grunsven Belgium	46	3.6k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	1.4k 1.3×	463 0.4×	882 1.1×	148	7.3k
Jun Fujita Japan	34	2.4k 0.5×	1.4k 0.7×	597 0.5×	530 0.5×	295 0.4×	133	4.5k

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Tian, Chenglei, et al.. (2025). Protocol for in vitro modeling of specification and morphogenesis of early pancreas development using human pluripotent stem cell-based organoid differentiation. STAR Protocols. 6(2). 103834–103834.

Heilmann, Silja, et al.. (2025). Real-time imaging reveals new mechanisms for pancreatic ductal establishment and remodeling. The Journal of Cell Biology. 225(3).

Gitton, Yorick, M. Inoue, Séverine Mazaud‐Guittot, et al.. (2024). A 3D atlas of the human developing pancreas to explore progenitor proliferation and differentiation. Diabetologia. 67(6). 1066–1078. 4 indexed citations

Nyeng, Pia, et al.. (2021). Flow cytometry detection of surface and intracellular antigens in pancreas from a single mouse embryo. STAR Protocols. 2(3). 100636–100636. 2 indexed citations

Heilmann, Silja, Henrik Semb, & Pia Nyeng. (2021). Quantifying spatial position in a branched structure in immunostained mouse tissue sections. STAR Protocols. 2(4). 100806–100806. 1 indexed citations

Nyeng, Pia, et al.. (2019). p120ctn-Mediated Organ Patterning Precedes and Determines Pancreatic Progenitor Fate. Developmental Cell. 49(1). 31–47.e9. 23 indexed citations

Ramond, Cyrille, Nicolas Glaser, Claire Berthault, et al.. (2017). Reconstructing human pancreatic differentiation by mapping specific cell populations during development. eLife. 6. 46 indexed citations

Nyeng, Pia, Matthew E. Bechard, Eric D. Bankaitis, et al.. (2017). EGFR signalling controls cellular fate and pancreatic organogenesis by regulating apicobasal polarity. Nature Cell Biology. 19(11). 1313–1325. 44 indexed citations

Ameri, Jacqueline, Rehannah Borup, Cyrille Ramond, et al.. (2017). Efficient Generation of Glucose-Responsive Beta Cells from Isolated GP2+ Human Pancreatic Progenitors. Cell Reports. 19(1). 36–49. 94 indexed citations

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Greggio, Chiara, Filippo De Franceschi, Samy Gobaa, et al.. (2013). Artificial three-dimensional niches deconstruct pancreas development in vitro. Development. 140(21). 4452–4462. 225 indexed citations

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Sand, Fredrik Wolfhagen, Andreas Hörnblad, Jenny K. Johansson, et al.. (2011). Growth-limiting role of endothelial cells in endoderm development. Developmental Biology. 352(2). 267–277. 34 indexed citations

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Englund, Mikael C.O., Karin Noaksson, Kersti Lundin, et al.. (2010). The establishment of 20 different human embryonic stem cell lines and subclones; a report on derivation, culture, characterisation and banking. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal. 46(3-4). 217–230. 8 indexed citations

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Olivecrona, Gunilla, Ewa Ehrenborg, Henrik Semb, et al.. (2009). Mutation of conserved cysteines in the Ly6 domain of GPIHBP1 in familial chylomicronemia. Journal of Lipid Research. 51(6). 1535–1545. 96 indexed citations

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Hernebring, Malin, Gabriella Brolén, Hugo Aguilaniu, Henrik Semb, & Thomas Nyström. (2006). Elimination of damaged proteins during differentiation of embryonic stem cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(20). 7700–7705. 114 indexed citations

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Herzig, Michaela, Fabio Savarese, Maria Novatchkova, Henrik Semb, & Gerhard Christofori. (2006). Tumor progression induced by the loss of E-cadherin independent of β-catenin/Tcf-mediated Wnt signaling. Oncogene. 26(16). 2290–2298. 101 indexed citations

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Xian, Xiaojie, Liqun He, Sven Nelander, et al.. (2005). Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule-Deficient β-Cell Tumorigenesis Results in Diminished Extracellular Matrix Molecule Expression and Tumour Cell-Matrix Adhesion. Tumor Biology. 26(2). 103–112. 6 indexed citations

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Edsbagge, Josefina, Shunwei Zhu, Min‐Yi Xiao, et al.. (2004). Expression of dominant negative cadherin in the adult mouse brain modifies rearing behavior. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 25(3). 524–535. 10 indexed citations

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Dahl, Ulf, Anders Sjödin, Lionel Larue, et al.. (2002). Genetic Dissection of Cadherin Function during Nephrogenesis. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 22(5). 1474–1487. 78 indexed citations

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Perl, Anne‐Karina T., Ulf Dahl, Petra Wilgenbus, et al.. (1999). Reduced expression of neural cell adhesion molecule induces metastatic dissemination of pancreatic β tumor cells. Nature Medicine. 5(3). 286–291. 108 indexed citations

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Perl, Anne‐Karina T., Petra Wilgenbus, Ulf Dahl, Henrik Semb, & Gerhard Christofori. (1998). A causal role for E-cadherin in the transition from adenoma to carcinoma. Nature. 392(6672). 190–193. 1170 indexed citations breakdown →

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