Léon van Gurp

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Léon van Gurp is a scholar working on Surgery, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Léon van Gurp has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Surgery, 10 papers in Genetics and 7 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Léon van Gurp's work include Pancreatic function and diabetes (10 papers), Diabetes and associated disorders (8 papers) and Diabetes Management and Research (5 papers). Léon van Gurp is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic function and diabetes (10 papers), Diabetes and associated disorders (8 papers) and Diabetes Management and Research (5 papers). Léon van Gurp collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Switzerland and Japan. Léon van Gurp's co-authors include Eelco J.P. de Koning, Marten A. Engelse, Alexander van Oudenaarden, Françoise Carlotti, Gitanjali Dharmadhikari, Erik W.L. Jansen, Mauro J. Muraro, Nathalie Gröen, Dominic Grün and Fabrizio Thorel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Léon van Gurp

18 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

A Single-Cell Transcriptome Atlas of the Human Pancreas 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 250 500 750
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.

  1. A Single-Cell Transcriptome Atlas of the Human Pancreas
    2016 787 citations Mauro J. Muraro, Gitanjali Dharmadhikari et al. Cell Systems profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Léon van Gurp Netherlands 15 969 739 473 321 238 18 1.8k
Maryam Clausen Sweden 15 1.4k 1.4× 742 1.0× 436 0.9× 301 0.9× 129 0.5× 21 2.1k
Åsa Segerstolpe United States 11 1.6k 1.7× 669 0.9× 407 0.9× 275 0.9× 240 1.0× 20 2.5k
Mauro J. Muraro Netherlands 15 1.5k 1.5× 391 0.5× 285 0.6× 119 0.4× 371 1.6× 19 2.3k
Ingo Burtscher Germany 23 1.3k 1.3× 481 0.7× 570 1.2× 140 0.4× 152 0.6× 53 1.8k
Malgorzata Borowiak United States 20 2.0k 2.0× 1.2k 1.6× 458 1.0× 204 0.6× 225 0.9× 40 3.0k
Agnes Klochendler Israel 16 850 0.9× 387 0.5× 246 0.5× 153 0.5× 114 0.5× 25 1.3k
Kay Wiebrands Netherlands 9 1.6k 1.7× 291 0.4× 439 0.9× 56 0.2× 759 3.2× 9 2.4k
Marina Bakay United States 17 1.0k 1.1× 399 0.5× 434 0.9× 172 0.5× 55 0.2× 27 1.8k
Audrey V. Parent United States 18 727 0.8× 757 1.0× 454 1.0× 408 1.3× 126 0.5× 26 1.6k
Sapna Puri United States 15 1.2k 1.2× 1.4k 1.8× 639 1.4× 484 1.5× 182 0.8× 22 2.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Léon van Gurp

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Léon van Gurp. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Léon van Gurp based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Léon van Gurp. Léon van Gurp is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Cohrs, Christian M., Léon van Gurp, Kenichiro Furuyama, et al.. (2024). Regulated and adaptive in vivo insulin secretion from islets only containing β-cells. Nature Metabolism. 6(9). 1791–1806. 8 indexed citations
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Gurp, Léon van, Leon Fodoulian, Daniel Oropeza, et al.. (2022). Generation of human islet cell type-specific identity genesets. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2020–2020. 39 indexed citations
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Zomer, Anoek, et al.. (2022). Multimodal imaging of the dynamic brain tumor microenvironment during glioblastoma progression and in response to treatment. iScience. 25(7). 104570–104570. 18 indexed citations
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Gurp, Léon van, Valentina Cigliola, Kenichiro Furuyama, et al.. (2021). Pancreatic Ppy-expressing γ-cells display mixed phenotypic traits and the adaptive plasticity to engage insulin production. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4458–4458. 47 indexed citations
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Furuyama, Kenichiro, Simona Chera, Léon van Gurp, et al.. (2019). Diabetes relief in mice by glucose-sensing insulin-secreting human α-cells. Nature. 567(7746). 43–48. 180 indexed citations
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Gurp, Léon van, Mauro J. Muraro, Gitanjali Dharmadhikari, et al.. (2019). A transcriptomic roadmap to α- and β-cell differentiation in the embryonic pancreas. Development. 146(12). 22 indexed citations
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Cigliola, Valentina, Luiza Ghila, Fabrizio Thorel, et al.. (2018). Pancreatic islet-autonomous insulin and smoothened-mediated signalling modulate identity changes of glucagon+ α-cells. Nature Cell Biology. 20(11). 1267–1277. 45 indexed citations
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Loomans, Cindy J.M., Femke Ringnalda, Léon van Gurp, et al.. (2018). Expansion of Adult Human Pancreatic Tissue Yields Organoids Harboring Progenitor Cells with Endocrine Differentiation Potential. Stem Cell Reports. 10(3). 712–724. 113 indexed citations
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Gurp, Léon van, Cindy J.M. Loomans, Gitanjali Dharmadhikari, et al.. (2016). Sequential intravital imaging reveals in vivo dynamics of pancreatic tissue transplanted under the kidney capsule in mice. Diabetologia. 59(11). 2387–2392. 22 indexed citations
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Muraro, Mauro J., Gitanjali Dharmadhikari, Dominic Grün, et al.. (2016). A Single-Cell Transcriptome Atlas of the Human Pancreas. Cell Systems. 3(4). 385–394.e3. 787 indexed citations breakdown →
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Marchioli, Giulia, Léon van Gurp, Dimitrios Stamatialis, et al.. (2015). Fabrication of three-dimensional bioplotted hydrogel scaffolds for islets of Langerhans transplantation. Biofabrication. 7(2). 25009–25009. 132 indexed citations
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Bakker, Elvira R. M., Patrick Franken, Léon van Gurp, et al.. (2012). Induced Wnt5a expression perturbs embryonic outgrowth and intestinal elongation, but is well-tolerated in adult mice. Developmental Biology. 369(1). 91–100. 26 indexed citations
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Ritsma, Laila, Ernst J.A. Steller, Evelyne Beerling, et al.. (2012). Intravital Microscopy Through an Abdominal Imaging Window Reveals a Pre-Micrometastasis Stage During Liver Metastasis. Science Translational Medicine. 4(158). 158ra145–158ra145. 158 indexed citations
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Wansleeben, Carolien, Léon van Gurp, Petra de Graaf, et al.. (2011). An ENU-induced point mutation in the mouse Btaf1 gene causes post-gastrulation embryonic lethality and protein instability. Mechanisms of Development. 128(5-6). 279–288. 3 indexed citations
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Veelen, Wendy van, Lau Blonden, Elvira R. M. Bakker, et al.. (2011). β -catenin tyrosine 654 phosphorylation increases Wnt signalling and intestinal tumorigenesis. Gut. 60(9). 1204–1212. 139 indexed citations
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Wansleeben, Carolien, Léon van Gurp, Harma Feitsma, et al.. (2011). An ENU-Mutagenesis Screen in the Mouse: Identification of Novel Developmental Gene Functions. PLoS ONE. 6(4). e19357–e19357. 27 indexed citations
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Gurp, Léon van, et al.. (2007). Duodenal pain and spinal morphine induce conditioned taste aversion in rats. Physiology & Behavior. 91(2-3). 310–317. 3 indexed citations
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Gurp, Léon van, et al.. (2006). Individual reactivity to the open-field predicts the expression of cardiovascular and behavioural sensitisation to novel stress. Behavioural Brain Research. 175(1). 9–17. 14 indexed citations

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