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Jean-Claude Henquin publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jean-Claude Henquin sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 375 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Jean-Claude Henquin D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jean-Claude Henquin sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 88 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2000 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Jean-Claude Henquin is affiliated with Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions to biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these fields, their work has specialized notably in endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism, alongside studies related to surgery, genetics, molecular biology, and nutrition and dietetics.

The main topics addressed in Henquin's research encompass pancreatic function and diabetes, diabetes management and research, diabetes and associated disorders, diet, metabolism and disease, metabolism related to diabetes and cancer, diabetes treatment and management, and receptor mechanisms and signaling.

Henquin has published research in various scientific journals, including:

  • American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • Molecular Metabolism
  • Metabolism
  • Diabetologia

Recent papers by Henquin include:

  • "Paracrine and autocrine control of insulin secretion in human islets: evidence and pending questions," 2020, American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • "Glucose-induced insulin secretion in isolated human islets: Does it truly reflect β-cell function in vivo?", 2021, Molecular Metabolism
  • "Non-glucose modulators of insulin secretion in healthy humans: (dis)similarities between islet and in vivo studies," 2021, Metabolism
  • "Quinine: rediscovery of an old glucose-lowering drug," 2025, Diabetologia

Henquin was recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea in the year 2000.

Best Publications

  • Triggering and amplifying pathways of regulation of insulin secretion by glucose.

    Jean-Claude Henquin

  • Pancreatic beta-cell mass in European subjects with type 2 diabetes.

    Jacques Rahier;Yves Guiot;R M Goebbels;Christine Sempoux

  • Mechanisms and Physiological Significance of the Cholinergic Control of Pancreatic β-Cell Function

    Patrick Gilon;Jean-Claude Henquin

  • Regulation of insulin secretion: a matter of phase control and amplitude modulation.

    Jean-Claude Henquin

  • Evidence that glucose can control insulin release independently from its action on ATP-sensitive K+ channels in mouse B cells.

    Marek Gembal;Patrick Gilon;Jean-Claude Henquin

  • Cellular composition of the human diabetic pancreas.

    Jacques Rahier;R M Goebbels;Jean-Claude Henquin

  • Direct glucocorticoid inhibition of insulin secretion. An in vitro study of dexamethasone effects in mouse islets.

    Cécile Lambillotte;Patrick Gilon;Jean-Claude Henquin

  • Significance of Ionic Fluxes and Changes in Membrane-potential for Stimulus-secretion Coupling in Pancreatic B-cells

    Jean-Claude Henquin;Jean-Claude Henquin;Hp. Meissner;Hp. Meissner

  • Oscillations of secretion driven by oscillations of cytoplasmic Ca2+ as evidences in single pancreatic islets.

    Patrick Gilon;Rm. Shepherd;Jean-Claude Henquin

  • Loss of connexin36 channels alters beta-cell coupling, islet synchronization of glucose-induced Ca2+ and insulin oscillations, and basal insulin release.

    Magalie A. Ravier;Martin Güldenagel;Anne Charollais;Asllan Gjinovci

  • Mechanisms by which glucose can control insulin release independently from its action on adenosine triphosphate-sensitive K+ channels in mouse B cells

    M. Gembal;P. Detimary;P. Gilon;Zhi-Yong Gao

  • Influence of membrane potential changes on cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration in an electrically excitable cell, the insulin-secreting pancreatic B-cell.

    Patrick Gilon;Jean-Claude Henquin

  • Nutrient control of insulin secretion in isolated normal human islets.

    Jean-Claude Henquin;Denis Dufrane;Myriam Nenquin

  • Mechanisms of the stimulation of insulin release by saturated fatty acids. A study of palmitate effects in mouse beta-cells

    Catherine Warnotte;Patrick Gilon;Myriam Nenquin;Jean-Claude Henquin

  • Hierarchy of the beta-cell signals controlling insulin secretion

    Jean-Claude Henquin;M A Ravier;Myriam Nenquin;Jean-Christophe Jonas

  • D-Glucose inhibits potassium efflux from pancreatic islet cells

    J. C. Henquin

  • Signals and pools underlying biphasic insulin secretion.

    Jean-Claude Henquin;Nobuyoshi Ishiyama;Myriam Nenquin;Magalie A. Ravier

  • Opposite effects of tolbutamide and diazoxide on 86Rb+ fluxes and membrane potential in pancreatic B cells

    Jean-Claude Henquin;Hans Peter Meissner

  • Pancreatic alpha-cell mass in European subjects with type 2 diabetes

    Jean-Claude Henquin;Jacques Rahier

  • Cell populations in the endocrine pancreas of human neonates and infants.

    Jacques Rahier;J. Wallon;Jean-Claude Henquin

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Christian Boitard Université Paris Cité
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Susumu Seino
Susumu Seino Kobe University
Bo Ahrén
Bo Ahrén Lund University
Frans Schuit
Frans Schuit KU Leuven
Daniel Pipeleers
Daniel Pipeleers Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Leena Mykkänen
Leena Mykkänen The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

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