Luc Leyns

4.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
41 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Luc Leyns is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Luc Leyns has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 5 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Luc Leyns's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (17 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (12 papers) and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (9 papers). Luc Leyns is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (17 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (12 papers) and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (9 papers). Luc Leyns collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and Italy. Luc Leyns's co-authors include Tewis Bouwmeester, Edward M. De Robertis, Erik Willems, Stefano Piccolo, Jo Vandesompele, Sung‐Hyun Kim, Eric Agius, Horst Grunz, Caroline Kemp and Marijke Hendrickx and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

Luc Leyns

41 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

The head inducer Cerberus is a multifunctional antagonist of Nodal, BMP and Wnt signals

1999 666 citations Stefano Piccolo, Eric Agius et al. Nature profile →
Frzb-1 Is a Secreted Antagonist of Wnt Signaling Expressed in the Spemann Organizer

1997 636 citations Luc Leyns, Tewis Bouwmeester et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Luc Leyns Belgium	24	3.0k	555	300	295	262	41	3.6k
Ralph A.W. Rupp Germany	20	3.0k 1.0×	691 1.2×	255 0.8×	228 0.8×	159 0.6×	40	3.5k
Miguel Manzanares Spain	32	3.2k 1.1×	836 1.5×	198 0.7×	213 0.7×	197 0.8×	75	3.8k
Stéphane D. Vincent France	26	2.9k 1.0×	682 1.2×	293 1.0×	317 1.1×	187 0.7×	51	3.6k
Ruth M. Arkell Australia	27	2.2k 0.7×	773 1.4×	175 0.6×	169 0.6×	136 0.5×	57	2.7k
Tomas Pieler Germany	39	4.5k 1.5×	1.1k 2.0×	397 1.3×	349 1.2×	434 1.7×	136	5.6k
Benoît Robert France	36	2.8k 0.9×	784 1.4×	230 0.8×	439 1.5×	83 0.3×	77	3.9k
Jaime A. Rivera‐Pérez United States	27	2.5k 0.8×	751 1.4×	182 0.6×	100 0.3×	154 0.6×	47	2.9k
Duncan B. Sparrow Australia	36	3.0k 1.0×	982 1.8×	390 1.3×	138 0.5×	125 0.5×	70	3.8k
Paul J. Scotting United Kingdom	30	2.4k 0.8×	858 1.5×	320 1.1×	271 0.9×	132 0.5×	70	3.3k
Naoki Nakayama United States	28	2.2k 0.8×	362 0.7×	327 1.1×	125 0.4×	156 0.6×	60	3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Luc Leyns

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luc Leyns

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Luc Leyns. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Luc Leyns 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 Luc Leyns. Luc Leyns is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Meng, Ying, et al.. (2020). Polycomb group RING finger protein 5 influences several developmental signaling pathways during the in vitro differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells. Development Growth & Differentiation. 62(4). 232–242. 6 indexed citations

Mekonnen, Zeleke, et al.. (2018). Molecular epidemiology of Giardia duodenalis infection in humans in Southern Ethiopia: a triosephosphate isomerase gene-targeted analysis. Infectious Diseases of Poverty. 7(1). 17–17. 11 indexed citations

Kemp, Caroline, et al.. (2014). Whole-Mount In Situ Hybridization (WISH) Optimized for Gene Expression Analysis in Mouse Embryos and Embryoid Bodies. Methods in molecular biology. 1211. 27–40. 4 indexed citations

Saint‐Georges, L. de, et al.. (2013). Non-conventional apoptotic response to ionising radiation mediated by N-methyl D-aspartate receptors in immature neuronal cells. International Journal of Molecular Medicine. 31(3). 516–524. 15 indexed citations

Gonzalez, Laetitia, Leen C.J. Thomassen, Dagmar Bilaničová, et al.. (2011). Influence of serum on in situ proliferation and genotoxicity in A549 human lung cells exposed to nanomaterials. Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis. 745(1-2). 21–27. 30 indexed citations

Thomas‐Chollier, Morgane, et al.. (2010). A non-tree-based comprehensive study of metazoan Hox and ParaHox genes prompts new insights into their origin and evolution. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 10(1). 73–73. 20 indexed citations

Willems, Erik, Luc Leyns, & Jo Vandesompele. (2008). Standardization of real-time PCR gene expression data from independent biological replicates. Analytical Biochemistry. 379(1). 127–129. 413 indexed citations

Hendrickx, Marijke & Luc Leyns. (2008). Non‐conventional Frizzled ligands and Wnt receptors. Development Growth & Differentiation. 50(4). 229–243. 79 indexed citations

Willems, Erik & Luc Leyns. (2008). Patterning of mouse embryonic stem cell-derived pan-mesoderm by Activin A/Nodal and Bmp4 signaling requires Fibroblast Growth Factor activity. Differentiation. 76(7). 745–759. 44 indexed citations

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Kemp, Caroline, et al.. (2007). Expression of Frizzled5, Frizzled7, and Frizzled10 during early mouse development and interactions with canonical Wnt signaling. Developmental Dynamics. 236(7). 2011–2019. 67 indexed citations

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Métioui, Mourad, et al.. (2007). Wnt3a binds to several sFRPs in the nanomolar range. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 357(4). 1119–1123. 90 indexed citations

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Saint‐Georges, L. de, et al.. (2006). The Role of Trp53 in the Transcriptional Response to Ionizing Radiation in the Developing Brain. DNA Research. 13(2). 65–75. 17 indexed citations

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Willems, Erik, Ileana Mateizel, Caroline Kemp, et al.. (2006). Selection of reference genes in mouse embryos and in differentiating human and mouse ES cells. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 50(7). 627–635. 105 indexed citations

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Kemp, Caroline, et al.. (2005). Expression of all Wnt genes and their secreted antagonists during mouse blastocyst and postimplantation development. Developmental Dynamics. 233(3). 1064–1075. 183 indexed citations

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Duprez, Delphine, Luc Leyns, Marie-Ange Bonnin, et al.. (1999). Expression of Frzb-1 during chick development. Mechanisms of Development. 89(1-2). 179–183. 35 indexed citations

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Piccolo, Stefano, Eric Agius, Luc Leyns, et al.. (1999). The head inducer Cerberus is a multifunctional antagonist of Nodal, BMP and Wnt signals. Nature. 397(6721). 707–710. 666 indexed citations breakdown →

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Belo, José António, Tewis Bouwmeester, Luc Leyns, et al.. (1997). Cerberus-like is a secreted factor with neuralizing activity expressed in the anterior primitive endoderm of the mouse gastrula. Mechanisms of Development. 68(1-2). 45–57. 396 indexed citations

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Leyns, Luc, Tewis Bouwmeester, Sung‐Hyun Kim, Stefano Piccolo, & Edward M. De Robertis. (1997). Frzb-1 Is a Secreted Antagonist of Wnt Signaling Expressed in the Spemann Organizer. Cell. 88(6). 747–756. 636 indexed citations breakdown →

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Leyns, Luc, José Luis Gómez-Skármeta, & Christine Dambly‐Chaudière. (1996). iroquois: a prepattern gene that controls the formation of bristles on the thorax ofDrosophila. Mechanisms of Development. 59(1). 63–72. 93 indexed citations

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Dambly‐Chaudière, Christine & Luc Leyns. (1992). The determination of sense organs in Drosophila: a search for interacting genes. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 36(1). 85–91. 27 indexed citations

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