Lena Carlsson

36.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
369 papers, 18.5k citations indexed

About

Lena Carlsson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Lena Carlsson has authored 369 papers receiving a total of 18.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Molecular Biology, 95 papers in Physiology and 94 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Lena Carlsson's work include Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (72 papers), Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes (60 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (49 papers). Lena Carlsson is often cited by papers focused on Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (72 papers), Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes (60 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (49 papers). Lena Carlsson collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Finland and United Kingdom. Lena Carlsson's co-authors include Helena Edlund, Björn Carlsson, Jörgen Jönsson, Per‐Arne Svensson, Markku Peltonen, Kajsa Sjöholm, Peter Jacobson, Lars Sjöström, Margareta Jernås and Ross Clark and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Lena Carlsson

363 papers receiving 18.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Insulin-promoter-factor 1 is required for pancreas development in mice

1994 1.5k citations Lena Carlsson et al. profile →
Association of Bariatric Surgery With Long-term Remission of Type 2 Diabetes and With Microvascular and Macrovascular Complications

2014 697 citations Markku Peltonen, Peter Jacobson et al. profile →
Growth Hormone Deficiency in Adulthood and the Effects of Growth Hormone Replacement: A Review

1998 665 citations Lena Carlsson et al. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism profile →
Bariatric Surgery and Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes in Swedish Obese Subjects

2012 547 citations Lena Carlsson, Markku Peltonen et al. profile →
T-cell-mediated cytotoxicity toward platelets in chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

2003 519 citations Björn Carlsson, Lena Carlsson et al. profile →
Life Expectancy after Bariatric Surgery in the Swedish Obese Subjects Study

2020 281 citations Lena Carlsson, Kajsa Sjöholm et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Alcohol use disorder and alcohol-related mortality after metabolic bariatric surgery: prospective controlled cohort study 2025 ·British journal of surgery ·Kajsa Sjöholm, Markku Peltonen, (unknown), Johanna C. Andersson‐Assarsson, Sofie Ahlin, (unknown), (unknown), My Engström, Magdalena Taube, Lena Carlsson, Per‐Arne Svensson	0
2	Association between delay in diabetes development and mortality in people with obesity: Up to 33 years follow‐up of the prospective Swedish Obese Subjects study 2024 ·Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism ·Lena Carlsson, Björn Carlsson, Peter Jacobson, Johanna C. Andersson‐Assarsson, Cecilia Karlsson, (unknown), Sofie Ahlin, Ingmar Näslund, Kristjan Karason, Per‐Arne Svensson, Magdalena Taube, Markku Peltonen, Kajsa Sjöholm	2
3	Work‐restricting musculoskeletal pain after bariatric surgery or usual obesity care in the Swedish Obese Subjects study 2024 ·Obesity ·Stefan Lohmander, Markku Peltonen, Johanna C. Andersson‐Assarsson, Kajsa Sjöholm, Magdalena Taube, Peter Jacobson, Per‐Arne Svensson, Lena Carlsson, Sofie Ahlin	0
4	Fifteen-year changes in health-related quality of life after bariatric surgery and non-surgical obesity treatment 2024 ·International Journal of Obesity ·Hanna Konttinen, Kajsa Sjöholm, Lena Carlsson, Markku Peltonen, Per‐Arne Svensson	5
5	Non‐alcohol substance use disorder after bariatric surgery in the prospective, controlled Swedish Obese Subjects study 2023 ·Obesity ·Per‐Arne Svensson, Markku Peltonen, Johanna C. Andersson‐Assarsson, Sofie Ahlin, (unknown), My Engström, Peter Jacobson, Magdalena Taube, Kajsa Sjöholm, Lena Carlsson	6
6	Prognostic significance of BMI after PCI treatment in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a cohort study from the Swedish Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty Registry 2021 ·Open Heart ·(unknown), Björn Redfors, Elmir Ömerovic, Lena Carlsson, Kristjan Karason	13
7	Long-term incidence of hypoglycaemia-related events after bariatric surgery or usual care in the Swedish Obese Subjects study: A register-based analysis 2021 ·STM:n Hallinnonalan avoin julkaisuarkisto (Julkari) ·Kajsa Sjöholm, Peter Jacobson, Magdalena Taube, Per‐Arne Svensson, Johanna C. Andersson‐Assarsson, Lena Carlsson, Markku Peltonen	1
8	Long‐term incidence of hypoglycaemia‐related events after bariatric surgery or usual care in the Swedish Obese Subjects study: A register‐based analysis 2021 ·Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism ·Kajsa Sjöholm, Peter Jacobson, Magdalena Taube, Per‐Arne Svensson, Johanna C. Andersson‐Assarsson, Lena Carlsson, Markku Peltonen	3
9	Prediction of Suicide and Nonfatal Self-harm After Bariatric Surgery: A Risk Score Based on Sociodemographic Factors, Lifestyle Behavior, and Mental Health A Nonrandomized Controlled Trial 2021 ·STM:n Hallinnonalan avoin julkaisuarkisto (Julkari) ·Hanna Konttinen, Kajsa Sjöholm, Peter Jacobson, Per‐Arne Svensson, Lena Carlsson, Markku Peltonen	3
10	Human adipose tissue gene expression of solute carrier family 19 member 3 (SLC19A3); relation to obesity and weight‐loss 2021 ·Obesity Science & Practice ·Maria J. Pereira, Johanna C. Andersson‐Assarsson, Peter Jacobson, Prasad G. Kamble, Magdalena Taube, Kajsa Sjöholm, Lena Carlsson, Per‐Arne Svensson	5
11	Remission and progression of pre-existing micro- and macroalbuminuria over 15 years after bariatric surgery in Swedish Obese Subjects study 2020 ·International Journal of Obesity ·Alexander Shulman, Johanna C. Andersson‐Assarsson, C. David Sjöström, Peter Jacobson, Magdalena Taube, Kajsa Sjöholm, Carel W. le Roux, Markku Peltonen, Lena Carlsson, Per‐Arne Svensson	16
12	Risk of suicide and non-fatal self-harm after bariatric surgery: results from two matched cohort studies 2018 ·The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology ·Martin Neovius, Gustaf Bruze, Peter Jacobson, Kajsa Sjöholm, Kari Johansson, Fredrik Granath, Johan Sundström, Ingmar Näslund, Claude Marcus, Johan Ottosson, Markku Peltonen, Lena Carlsson	104
13	Expression of GHR and Downstream Signaling Genes in Human Adipose Tissue—Relation to Obesity and Weight Change 2018 ·The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism ·Camilla A M Glad, Per‐Arne Svensson, Fredrik H. Nyström, Peter Jacobson, Lena Carlsson, Gudmundur Johannsson, Johanna C. Andersson‐Assarsson	12
14	Long-term incidence of serious fall-related injuries after bariatric surgery in Swedish obese subjects 2018 ·International Journal of Obesity ·Lena Carlsson, Kajsa Sjöholm, Sofie Ahlin, Peter Jacobson, Johanna C. Andersson‐Assarsson, (unknown), Cristina Maglio, Cecilia Karlsson, Stephan Hjorth, Magdalena Taube, Björn Carlsson, Per‐Arne Svensson, Markku Peltonen	17
15	Incidence of end-stage renal disease following bariatric surgery in the Swedish Obese Subjects Study 2018 ·International Journal of Obesity ·Alexander Shulman, Markku Peltonen, C. David Sjöström, Johanna C. Andersson‐Assarsson, Magdalena Taube, Kajsa Sjöholm, Carel W. le Roux, Lena Carlsson, Per‐Arne Svensson	56
16	PAM50 Provides Prognostic Information When Applied to the Lymph Node Metastases of Advanced Breast Cancer Patients 2017 ·Clinical Cancer Research ·Nicholas P. Tobin, Arian Lundberg, Linda S. Lindström, J. Chuck Harrell, Theodoros Foukakis, Lena Carlsson, Zakaria Einbeigi, Barbro Linderholm, Niklas Loman, Martin Malmberg, Mårten Fernö, Kamila Czene, Charles M. Perou, Jonas Bergh, Thomas Hatschek	10
17	Long-term incidence of female-specific cancer after bariatric surgery or usual care in the Swedish Obese Subjects Study 2017 ·Gynecologic Oncology ·Åsa Anveden, Magdalena Taube, Markku Peltonen, Peter Jacobson, Johanna C. Andersson‐Assarsson, Kajsa Sjöholm, Per‐Arne Svensson, Lena Carlsson	87
18	Transcriptional Profiling of Breast Cancer Metastases Identifies Liver Metastasis–Selective Genes Associated with Adverse Outcome in Luminal A Primary Breast Cancer 2015 ·Clinical Cancer Research ·Siker Kimbung, Ida Johansson, Anna Danielsson, Srinivas Veerla, Søren Brage, Marianne Frostvik Stolt, Lambert Skoog, Lena Carlsson, Zakaria Einbeigi, Elisabet Lidbrink, Barbro Linderholm, Niklas Loman, Per-Olof Malmström, Martin Söderberg, Thomas Walz, Mårten Fernö, Thomas Hatschek, Ingrid Hedenfalk	36
19	The obese growth hormone (GH)-deficient dwarf rat: body fat responses to patterned delivery of GH and insulin-like growth factor-I. 1996 ·Endocrinology ·Ross Clark, Deborah L. Mortensen, Lena Carlsson, Björn Carlsson, (unknown), I. C. A. F. Robinson	34
20	Recombinant human growth hormone (GH)-binding protein enhances the growth-promoting activity of human GH in the rat. 1996 ·Endocrinology ·Ross Clark, Deborah L. Mortensen, Lena Carlsson, Steven A. Spencer, Patrick McKay, Michael G. Mulkerrin, Jerome A. Moore, Brian C. Cunningham	56

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