Willem Staels

806 total citations
39 papers, 564 citations indexed

About

Willem Staels is a scholar working on Surgery, Genetics and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Willem Staels has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 564 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Surgery, 25 papers in Genetics and 19 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Willem Staels's work include Pancreatic function and diabetes (28 papers), Diabetes and associated disorders (19 papers) and Diabetes Management and Research (13 papers). Willem Staels is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic function and diabetes (28 papers), Diabetes and associated disorders (19 papers) and Diabetes Management and Research (13 papers). Willem Staels collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, France and Netherlands. Willem Staels's co-authors include Harry Heimberg, Nico De Leu, Yves Heremans, Raphaël Scharfmann, Sofie De Groef, Gunter Leuckx, Violette Coppens, Mark Van de Casteele, Olivier Albagli and Rachel Jennings and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Physiological Reviews and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Willem Staels

34 papers receiving 552 citations

Peers

Willem Staels
Stephen O’Riordan United Kingdom
Konstantinos Douroudis United Kingdom
Rachel Perry United States
C.E. Flück Switzerland
R. D. G. Leslie United Kingdom
Mahdi Behzad Iran
Katarina Berinder Sweden
Noritaka Kamimura Japan
Patrick S. McGrath United States
Marzena Grdeń Poland
Stephen O’Riordan United Kingdom
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All Works

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Thielert, Marvin, Maria Wahle, Constantin Ammar, et al.. (2025). Decoding adult murine pancreatic islet cell diversity through cell type-resolved proteomics and phosphoproteomics. Communications Biology. 8(1). 1483–1483.
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James, Steven, Rebecca Ortiz La Banca, O.F.W. James, et al.. (2025). Atypical complications and co-morbidities of type 1 diabetes in young adults. Journal of Diabetes and its Complications. 39(11). 109158–109158. 1 indexed citations
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Keymeulen, Bart, Ursule Van de Velde, Bruno Lapauw, et al.. (2025). Repeated OGTT Versus Continuous Glucose Monitoring for Predicting Development of Stage 3 Type 1 Diabetes: A Longitudinal Analysis. Diabetes Care. 48(4). 528–536. 5 indexed citations
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Staels, Willem, et al.. (2024). Comprehensive alpha, beta, and delta cell transcriptomics reveal an association of cellular aging with MHC class I upregulation. Molecular Metabolism. 87. 101990–101990. 3 indexed citations
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Heremans, Yves, et al.. (2024). Harnessing beta cell regeneration biology for diabetes therapy. Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism. 35(11). 951–966. 9 indexed citations
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Staels, Willem, et al.. (2024). A Belgian single centre outcome study of radioiodine treatment in adolescents with Graves’ disease. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 31063–31063. 1 indexed citations
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Martens, Anton C., Jesse Vanbesien, Willem Staels, et al.. (2021). Clinical and biological correlates of morning serum cortisol in children and adolescents with overweight and obesity. PLoS ONE. 16(10). e0258653–e0258653. 9 indexed citations
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Jennings, Rachel, Raphaël Scharfmann, & Willem Staels. (2020). Transcription factors that shape the mammalian pancreas. Diabetologia. 63(10). 1974–1980. 33 indexed citations
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Berthault, Claire, Willem Staels, & Raphaël Scharfmann. (2020). Purification of pancreatic endocrine subsets reveals increased iron metabolism in beta cells. Molecular Metabolism. 42. 101060–101060. 28 indexed citations
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Staels, Willem, et al.. (2020). Insulitis and lymphoid structures in the islets of Langerhans of a 66-year-old patient with long-standing type 1 diabetes. Archiv für Pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für Klinische Medicin. 478(6). 1209–1214. 6 indexed citations
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Staels, Willem, Yves Heremans, Harry Heimberg, & Nico De Leu. (2019). VEGF-A and blood vessels: a beta cell perspective. Diabetologia. 62(11). 1961–1968. 53 indexed citations
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Staels, Willem, Yves Heremans, Gunter Leuckx, et al.. (2018). Vegf-A mRNA transfection as a novel approach to improve mouse and human islet graft revascularisation. Diabetologia. 61(8). 1804–1810. 21 indexed citations
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Leuckx, Gunter, Daisuke Sakano, Philip A. Seymour, et al.. (2017). Inhibition of Cdk5 Promotes β-Cell Differentiation From Ductal Progenitors. Diabetes. 67(1). 58–70. 44 indexed citations
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Sojoodi, Mozhdeh, Karo Tanaka, Yves Heremans, et al.. (2016). The zinc finger transcription factor PW1/PEG3 restrains murine beta cell cycling. Diabetologia. 59(7). 1474–1479. 6 indexed citations
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Groef, Sofie De, Dries Renmans, Ying Cai, et al.. (2016). STAT3 modulates β-cell cycling in injured mouse pancreas and protects against DNA damage. Cell Death and Disease. 7(6). e2272–e2272. 19 indexed citations
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Groef, Sofie De, Willem Staels, Naomi Van Gassen, et al.. (2016). Sources of beta cells inside the pancreas. Diabetologia. 59(9). 1834–1837. 1 indexed citations
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Staels, Willem, et al.. (2015). Medium-chain Acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency presenting with neonatal pulmonary haemorrhage. PubMed. 1(1). 8–8. 4 indexed citations
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Staels, Willem, Yves Heremans, & Harry Heimberg. (2015). Reprogramming of human exocrine pancreas cells to beta cells. Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 29(6). 849–857. 5 indexed citations
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Groef, Sofie De, Gunter Leuckx, Naomi Van Gassen, et al.. (2015). Surgical Injury to the Mouse Pancreas through Ligation of the Pancreatic Duct as a Model for Endocrine and Exocrine Reprogramming and Proliferation. Journal of Visualized Experiments. e52765–e52765. 15 indexed citations

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