Lena Eliasson

16.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
168 papers, 11.1k citations indexed

About

Lena Eliasson is a scholar working on Surgery, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Lena Eliasson has authored 168 papers receiving a total of 11.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 128 papers in Surgery, 86 papers in Molecular Biology and 34 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Lena Eliasson's work include Pancreatic function and diabetes (125 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (29 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (26 papers). Lena Eliasson is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic function and diabetes (125 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (29 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (26 papers). Lena Eliasson collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United Kingdom and Denmark. Lena Eliasson's co-authors include Patrik Rorsman, Erik Renström, Jonathan L.S. Esguerra, Xiaosong Ma, Sebastian Barg, Patrick E. MacDonald, Sven Göpel, Juris Galvanovskis, Krister Bokvist and Markus Stoffel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Lena Eliasson

166 papers receiving 10.9k 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.

A pancreatic islet-specific microRNA regulates insulin secretion

2004 1.7k citations Matthew N. Poy, Lena Eliasson et al. profile →
Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Analysis of Human Pancreatic Islets from Type 2 Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Donors Identifies Candidate Genes That Influence Insulin Secretion

2014 363 citations Petr Volkov, Sofia Salö et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lena Eliasson Sweden	55	6.6k	5.7k	2.6k	2.1k	1.9k	168	11.1k
Romano Regazzi Switzerland	55	6.1k 0.9×	3.5k 0.6×	2.9k 1.1×	972 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	145	9.3k
Paolo Meda Switzerland	55	5.6k 0.9×	3.6k 0.6×	621 0.2×	1.4k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	170	9.8k
Arthur S. Tischler United States	42	5.1k 0.8×	3.3k 0.6×	2.4k 0.9×	2.5k 1.2×	558 0.3×	205	11.8k
Domenico Bosco Switzerland	56	4.0k 0.6×	5.9k 1.0×	610 0.2×	3.0k 1.5×	3.1k 1.6×	246	10.5k
Catherine Tomasetto France	59	5.3k 0.8×	2.2k 0.4×	1.5k 0.6×	510 0.2×	926 0.5×	148	9.9k
Thomas E. Willnow Germany	69	6.8k 1.0×	1.5k 0.3×	1.2k 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	1.5k 0.8×	179	14.7k
Jun Takeda Japan	55	6.2k 0.9×	4.4k 0.8×	551 0.2×	2.2k 1.1×	2.7k 1.4×	310	13.1k
Sara C. Kozma United States	54	12.0k 1.8×	1.5k 0.3×	1.3k 0.5×	652 0.3×	1.0k 0.5×	97	16.5k
Bernat Soria Spain	48	3.8k 0.6×	4.0k 0.7×	304 0.1×	1.7k 0.8×	1.9k 1.0×	187	7.8k
Michael Leitges United States	66	7.2k 1.1×	1.2k 0.2×	1.4k 0.5×	593 0.3×	733 0.4×	237	12.7k

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Hatamie, Amir, Nikhil R. Gandasi, Haiqiang Dou, et al.. (2025). Single Fusion Pore Analysis via Single Cell Amperometry Uncovers Impaired Pore Expansion That Restricts Insulin Exocytosis in Human Type 2 Diabetes. Angewandte Chemie. 137(46).

Lindqvist, Andreas, Amra Jujić, Alexander Hamilton, et al.. (2025). HMGCR and Rosuvastatin Regulates GLP-1 Secretion and Expression—A Translational Study. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 1 indexed citations

Matthes, Frank, et al.. (2023). Density of Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Receptors Is Altered in Cortical Nerve-Terminals of Insulin-Resistant Goto-Kakizaki Rats and Diet-Induced Obese Mice. Neurochemical Research. 49(2). 338–347. 3 indexed citations

Eliasson, Lena, et al.. (2023). miRNAs in the Beta Cell—Friends or Foes?. Endocrinology. 164(5). 7 indexed citations

Rönn, Tina, Jones K. Ofori, Alexander Perfilyev, et al.. (2023). Genes with epigenetic alterations in human pancreatic islets impact mitochondrial function, insulin secretion, and type 2 diabetes. Nature Communications. 14(1). 8040–8040. 36 indexed citations

Lindqvist, Andreas, Elena Piccinin, Alexander Hamilton, et al.. (2023). RNA sequencing unravels novel L cell constituents and mechanisms of GLP-1 secretion in human gastric bypass-operated intestine. Diabetologia. 67(2). 356–370. 3 indexed citations

Cataldo, Luis Rodrigo, Tania Singh, Rashmi B. Prasad, et al.. (2022). MAFA and MAFB regulate exocytosis‐related genes in human β‐cells. Acta Physiologica. 234(2). e13761–e13761. 13 indexed citations

Cataldo, Luis Rodrigo, Qian Gao, Sevda Gheibi, et al.. (2022). The human batokine EPDR1 regulates β-cell metabolism and function. Molecular Metabolism. 66. 101629–101629. 13 indexed citations

Barghouth, Mohammad, Yingying Ye, Yunhan Ma, et al.. (2022). The T-type calcium channel CaV3.2 regulates insulin secretion in the pancreatic β-cell. Cell Calcium. 108. 102669–102669. 3 indexed citations

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Nagao, Mototsugu, Jens O. Lagerstedt, & Lena Eliasson. (2022). Secretory granule exocytosis and its amplification by cAMP in pancreatic β-cells. Diabetology International. 13(3). 471–479. 9 indexed citations

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Lindqvist, Andreas, Liliya Shcherbina, Anna Edlund, et al.. (2020). SCRT1 is a novel beta cell transcription factor with insulin regulatory properties. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 521. 111107–111107. 3 indexed citations

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Nicholas, Lisa M., Mototsugu Nagao, Laura C. Kusinski, et al.. (2019). Exposure to maternal obesity programs sex differences in pancreatic islets of the offspring in mice. Diabetologia. 63(2). 324–337. 47 indexed citations

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Ofori, Jones K., Vishal A. Salunkhe, Annika Bagge, et al.. (2017). Elevated miR-130a/miR130b/miR-152 expression reduces intracellular ATP levels in the pancreatic beta cell. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 44986–44986. 77 indexed citations

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Bacos, Karl, Annika Bagge, Petter Vikman, et al.. (2016). HDAC7 is overexpressed in human diabetic islets and impairs insulin secretion in rat islets and clonal beta cells. Diabetologia. 60(1). 116–125. 64 indexed citations

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Salunkhe, Vishal A., Jones K. Ofori, Nikhil R. Gandasi, et al.. (2015). MiR-335 regulates exocytotic proteins and affects glucose-stimulated insulin secretion through decreased Ca2+-dependent exocytosis in beta cells. Lund University Publications (Lund University). 4 indexed citations

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Tattikota, Sudhir Gopal, Thomas Rathjen, Jean Hausser, et al.. (2015). miR-184 Regulates Pancreatic β-Cell Function According to Glucose Metabolism. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(33). 20284–20294. 57 indexed citations

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Zhang, Enming, Moritz F. Kircher, Martin Koch, et al.. (2014). Dynamic Magnetic Fields Remote-Control Apoptosis via Nanoparticle Rotation. ACS Nano. 8(4). 3192–3201. 178 indexed citations

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Edlund, Anna, Michael Hühn, Malin Flodström‐Tullberg, & Lena Eliasson. (2010). Active CFTR channels are important for insulin- and glucagon secretion. Lund University Publications (Lund University). 9 indexed citations

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Rosengren, Anders H., Ramūnas Jokubka, Charlotte Granhall, et al.. (2009). Overexpression of Alpha2A-Adrenergic Receptors Contributes to Type 2 Diabetes. Science. 327(5962). 217–220. 215 indexed citations

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Jeans, Alexander, Peter L. Oliver, Reuben Johnson, et al.. (2007). A dominant mutation in Snap25 causes impaired vesicle trafficking, sensorimotor gating, and ataxia in the blind-drunk mouse. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(7). 2431–2436. 95 indexed citations

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