Jakob Ek

3.0k total citations
51 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Jakob Ek is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Jakob Ek has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Genetics and 18 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Jakob Ek's work include Pancreatic function and diabetes (17 papers), Diabetes and associated disorders (13 papers) and Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (12 papers). Jakob Ek is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic function and diabetes (17 papers), Diabetes and associated disorders (13 papers) and Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (12 papers). Jakob Ek collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Czechia and Spain. Jakob Ek's co-authors include Oluf Pedersen, Karen Brøndum‐Nielsen, Karen Grønskov, Torben Hansen, Søren A. Urhammer, K. Borch‐Johnsen, Gary L. Andersen, Thomas Drivsholm, Torben Jørgensen and Jan Lebl and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of Clinical Investigation and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Jakob Ek

51 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Peers

Jakob Ek
Fenfen Liu Taiwan
Majid Alfadhel Saudi Arabia
May Christine V. Malicdan United States
Joell L. Solan United States
Hong Jiao Sweden
Nobuya Fujita Japan
George B. John United States
F. Yesim Demirci United States
Marcelina Párrizas Spain
Machi Furuta Japan
Fenfen Liu Taiwan
Jakob Ek
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All Works

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Nishimura, Gen, Jakob Ek, Mads Bak, et al.. (2024). Novel biallelic PISD missense variants cause spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia with disproportionate short stature and fragmented mitochondrial morphology. Clinical Genetics. 106(3). 360–366. 3 indexed citations
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Hjortshøj, Tina Duelund, Morten Dunø, Lotte Risom, et al.. (2023). DNA methylation signature classification of rare disorders using publicly available methylation data. Clinical Genetics. 103(6). 688–692. 1 indexed citations
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McKenzie, F. Ellis, Kym Mina, Bert Callewaert, et al.. (2021). Severe congenital cutis laxa: Identification of novel homozygous LOX gene variants in two families. Clinical Genetics. 100(2). 168–175. 1 indexed citations
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Marks, Stephen D., Jakob Ek, Frederik Buchvald, et al.. (2021). First patient with ILNEB syndrome due to pathogenic variants in ITGA3 surviving to adulthood. European Journal of Medical Genetics. 64(11). 104335–104335. 4 indexed citations
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Thompson, Kyle, Emanuele Bellacchio, Courtney E. French, et al.. (2021). Elucidating the molecular mechanisms associated with TARS2-related mitochondrial disease. Human Molecular Genetics. 31(4). 523–534. 13 indexed citations
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Wibrand, Flemming, et al.. (2019). Genotype and phenotype classification of 29 patients affected by Krabbe disease. JIMD Reports. 46(1). 35–45. 10 indexed citations
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Grønborg, Sabine, Lotte Risom, Jakob Ek, et al.. (2018). A Faroese founder variant in TBCD causes early onset, progressive encephalopathy with a homogenous clinical course. European Journal of Human Genetics. 26(10). 1512–1520. 12 indexed citations
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Born, Alfred Peter, et al.. (2015). A child with myoclonus-dystonia (DYT11) misdiagnosed as atypical opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome. European Journal of Paediatric Neurology. 19(6). 719–721. 4 indexed citations
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Wadt, Karin, Lauren G. Aoude, Lotte Krogh, et al.. (2015). Molecular Characterization of Melanoma Cases in Denmark Suspected of Genetic Predisposition. PLoS ONE. 10(3). e0122662–e0122662. 18 indexed citations
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Grønskov, Karen, et al.. (2011). Genomic deletions in OPA1 in Danish patients with autosomal dominant optic atrophy. BMC Medical Genetics. 12(1). 49–49. 18 indexed citations
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Průhová, Štěpánka, Ondřej Cinek, Jakob Ek, et al.. (2008). Autosomal inheritance of diabetes in two families characterized by obesity and a novel H241Q mutation inNEUROD1. Pediatric Diabetes. 9(4pt2). 367–372. 37 indexed citations
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Grarup, Niels, Anders Albrechtsen, Jakob Ek, et al.. (2007). Variation in the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor δ gene in relation to common metabolic traits in 7,495 middle-aged white people. Diabetologia. 50(6). 1201–1208. 36 indexed citations
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Grarup, Niels, Søren A. Urhammer, Jakob Ek, et al.. (2006). Studies of the relationship between the ENPP1 K121Q polymorphism and type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance and obesity in 7,333 Danish white subjects. Diabetologia. 49(9). 2097–2104. 99 indexed citations
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Larsen, Lesli H., C S Rose, Thomas Sparsø, et al.. (2006). Genetic analysis of the estrogen-related receptor α and studies of association with obesity and type 2 diabetes. International Journal of Obesity. 31(2). 365–370. 13 indexed citations
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Johansen, Anders, Jakob Ek, Henrik B. Mortensen, Oluf Pedersen, & Torben Hansen. (2005). Half of Clinically Defined Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the Young Patients in Denmark Do Not Have Mutations inHNF4A,GCK, andTCF1. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 90(8). 4607–4614. 58 indexed citations
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Østergård, Torben, Jakob Ek, Bengt Saltin, et al.. (2005). Influence of the PPAR-γ2 Pro12Ala and ACE I/D Polymorphisms on Insulin Sensitivity and Training Effects in Healthy Offspring of Type 2 Diabetic Subjects. Hormone and Metabolic Research. 37(2). 99–105. 31 indexed citations
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Hansen, Sara K., Marcelina Párrizas, Štěpánka Průhová, et al.. (2002). Genetic evidence that HNF-1α–dependent transcriptional control of HNF-4α is essential for human pancreatic β cell function. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 110(6). 827–833. 77 indexed citations
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Hansen, Sara K., Marcelina Párrizas, Štěpánka Průhová, et al.. (2002). Genetic evidence that HNF-1α–dependent transcriptional control of HNF-4α is essential for human pancreatic β cell function. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 110(6). 827–833. 4 indexed citations
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Ek, Jakob, Gary L. Andersen, Søren A. Urhammer, et al.. (2001). Mutation analysis of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactivator-1 (PGC-1) and relationships of identified amino acid polymorphisms to Type II diabetes mellitus. Diabetologia. 44(12). 2220–2226. 242 indexed citations
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Ek, Jakob, Søren A. Urhammer, Thorkild I. A. Sørensen, et al.. (1999). Homozygosity of the Pro12Ala variant of the peroxisome proliferation-activated receptor-γ2 (PPAR-γ2): divergent modulating effects on body mass index in obese and lean Caucasian men. Diabetologia. 42(7). 892–895. 163 indexed citations

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