Shimon Efrat

6.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
91 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Shimon Efrat is a scholar working on Surgery, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Shimon Efrat has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Surgery, 62 papers in Genetics and 38 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Shimon Efrat's work include Pancreatic function and diabetes (76 papers), Diabetes and associated disorders (45 papers) and Diabetes Management and Research (22 papers). Shimon Efrat is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic function and diabetes (76 papers), Diabetes and associated disorders (45 papers) and Diabetes Management and Research (22 papers). Shimon Efrat collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and France. Shimon Efrat's co-authors include Holger A. Russ, Douglas Hanahan, Ori Bar‐Nur, Nissim Benvenisty, Manju Surana, Raymond Kaempfer, Norman Fleischer, Michal Zalzman, Yael Bar and Ohad Karnieli and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Shimon Efrat

91 papers receiving 5.4k citations

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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.

Epigenetic Memory and Preferential Lineage-Specific Differentiation in Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Derived from Human Pancreatic Islet Beta Cells

2011 467 citations Ori Bar‐Nur, Holger A. Russ et al. Cell stem cell profile →
Beta-cell lines derived from transgenic mice expressing a hybrid insulin gene-oncogene.

1988 444 citations Shimon Efrat, Douglas Hanahan et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Epigenetic Memory: Lessons From iPS Cells Derived From Human β Cells 2021 ·Frontiers in Endocrinology ·Shimon Efrat	17
2	Beta-Cell Dedifferentiation in Type 2 Diabetes: Concise Review 2019 ·Stem Cells ·Shimon Efrat	39
3	Redifferentiation of expanded human islet β cells by inhibition of ARX 2016 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), Ran Elkon, Shimon Efrat	18
4	TGFβ Pathway Inhibition Redifferentiates Human Pancreatic Islet β Cells Expanded In Vitro 2015 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Shimon Efrat	30
5	MiR-375 Promotes Redifferentiation of Adult Human β Cells Expanded In Vitro 2015 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Sharon Kredo‐Russo, Tamar Geiger, (unknown), Haggai Kaspi, Eran Hornstein, Shimon Efrat	57
6	Inhibition of ZEB1 expression induces redifferentiation of adult human β cells expanded in vitro 2015 ·Scientific Reports ·Elad Sintov, (unknown), Sarah Knoller, Metsada Pasmanik‐Chor, Holger A. Russ, Shimon Efrat	19
7	The NOTCH Pathway in β-Cell Growth and Differentiation 2014 ·Vitamins and hormones ·Yael Bar, Shimon Efrat	11
8	Recent progress in generation of human surrogate β cells 2013 ·Current Opinion in Endocrinology Diabetes and Obesity ·Shimon Efrat	3
9	Epigenetic Memory and Preferential Lineage-Specific Differentiation in Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Derived from Human Pancreatic Islet Beta Cells 2012 ·Cell stem cell ·Ori Bar‐Nur, Holger A. Russ, Shimon Efrat, Nissim Benvenisty	9
10	Redifferentiation of Expanded Human Pancreatic β-Cell-derived Cells by Inhibition of the NOTCH Pathway 2012 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Yael Bar, Holger A. Russ, Elad Sintov, (unknown), Sarah Knoller, Shimon Efrat	51
11	Ex-vivo Expansion of Adult Human Pancreatic Beta-Cells 2008 ·The Review of Diabetic Studies ·Shimon Efrat	18
12	Regulation of Insulin Secretion: Insights from Engineered β‐cell Lines 2004 ·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·Shimon Efrat	22
13	β‐Cell Expansion for Therapeutic Compensation of Insulin Resistance in Type 2 Diabetes 2003 ·Journal of Diabetes Research ·Shimon Efrat	4
14	Development of engineered pancreatic β-cell lines for cell therapy of diabetes 1998 ·Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews ·Shimon Efrat	8
15	Cell-specific Expression and Regulation of a Glucokinase Gene Locus Transgene 1997 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Kevin D. Niswender, Catherine Postic, Thomas L. Jetton, Brian D. Bennett, David W. Piston, Shimon Efrat, Mark A. Magnuson	45
16	Animal Model for Maturity-onset Diabetes of the Young Generated by Disruption of the Mouse Glucokinase Gene 1995 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Deeksha Bali, Anton Svetlanov, Han‐Woong Lee, (unknown), M Leiser, Baojie Li, Nir Barzilai, Manju Surana, Harry Hou, Norman Fleischer, Ronald A. DePinho, Luciano Rossetti, Shimon Efrat	98
17	Regulation of Human Interleukin‐2 and Interferon‐Gamma Gene Expression by Suppressor T Lymphocytes 1991 ·Scandinavian Journal of Immunology ·(unknown), Shimon Efrat, (unknown), Lisya Gerez, (unknown), Éric Deutsch, Gila Arad, Raymond Kaempfer	9
18	Glucagonomas of transgenic mice express a wide range of general neuroendocrine markers and bioactive peptides 1991 ·Archiv für Pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für Klinische Medicin ·Guido Rindi, Shimon Efrat, Mohammad A. Ghatei, Stephen R. Bloom, Enrico Solcia, Julia M. Polak	23
19	Sexual Dimorphism of Pancreatic β-Cell Degeneration in Transgenic Mice Expressing an Insulin-rasHybrid Gene* 1991 ·Endocrinology ·Shimon Efrat	29
20	Diabetes Induced in Male Transgenic Mice by Expression of Human H -ras Oncoprotein in Pancreatic β Cells 1990 ·Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Shimon Efrat, Norman Fleischer, Douglas Hanahan	44

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