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Jens F. Rehfeld is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and has contributed to research primarily within the fields of medicine and neuroscience. Their work includes focused studies in physiology, endocrine and autonomic systems, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, pharmacology, and epidemiology. The research topics they cover encompass diet and metabolism studies, regulation of appetite and obesity, diet, metabolism and disease, eating disorders and behaviors, obesity combined with physical activity and diet, diabetes treatment and management, as well as pharmacology related to obesity treatment.

The scientist has published several papers in notable venues, including multiple contributions to "The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism." Their recent work includes:

  • Entero-Pancreatic Hormone Secretion, Gastric Emptying, and Glucose Absorption After Frequently Sampled Meal Tests (2021, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism)
  • Intraduodenal calcium enhances the effects of L-tryptophan to stimulate gut hormone secretion and suppress energy intake in healthy males: a randomized, crossover, clinical trial (2024, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)
  • Effects of intraduodenal infusion of lauric acid and L-tryptophan, alone and combined, on glucoregulatory hormones, gastric emptying and glycaemia in healthy men (2022, Metabolism)
  • Dose-related Effects of Calcium to Enhance the Effects of L-tryptophan on Gut Hormones and Energy Intake in Obesity (2025, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism)
  • Cholecystokinin receptors in GtoPdb v.2023.1 (2023, IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE)

Jens F. Rehfeld's collaborative work often includes partnerships with several frequent coauthors, among them:

  • Jens J. Holst
  • Simon Veedfald
  • Michael Horowitz
  • Christine Feinle-Bisset
  • Gerrit van Hall

Their publications are frequently found in key journals, reflecting research interests in clinical endocrinology and metabolism as well as nutrition and pharmacology. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • Metabolism
  • IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE
  • European Journal of Endocrinology

Their main scholarly contributions are predominantly in medicine, with 14 publications, and neuroscience, with 4 publications, reinforcing a strong interdisciplinary approach that connects physiological mechanisms with clinical and metabolic health outcomes.

Best Publications

  • Distribution of peptide- and catecholamine-containing neurons in the gastro-intestinal tract of rat and guinea-pig: immunohistochemical studies with antisera to substance P, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, enkephalins, somatostatin, gastrin/cholecystokinin, neurotensin and dopamine beta-hydroxylase.

    Schultzberg M;Hökfelt T;Nilsson G;Terenius L

  • Localization and molecular heterogeneity of cholecystokinin in the central and peripheral nervous system

    L.-I. Larsson;J.F. Rehfeld

  • Evidence for coexistence of dopamine and CCK in meso-limbic neurones.

    T. Hökfelt;J. F. Rehfeld;L. Skirboll;B. Ivemark

  • Somatostatin cell processes as pathways for paracrine secretion

    LI Larsson;N Goltermann;L de Magistris;JF Rehfeld

  • Production and evaluation of antibodies for the radioimmunoassay of gastrin.

    J F Rehfeld;F Stadil;B Rubin

  • Vagal, Cholinergic Regulation of Pancreatic Polypeptide Secretion

    T. W. Schwartz;J. J. Holst;J. Fahrenkrug;S. Lindkær Jensen

  • Increased cardiac BNP expression associated with myocardial ischemia

    J. P. Goetze;C. Christoffersen;M. Perko;H. Arendrup

  • Peptide-monoamine coexistence: Studies of the actions of cholecystokinin-like peptide on the electrical activity of midbrain dopamine neurons

    L.R. Skirboll;A.A. Grace;D.W. Hommer;J. Rehfeld

  • The New Biology of Gastrointestinal Hormones

    Jens F. Rehfeld

  • Immunohistochemical studies on the effect of capsaicin on spinal and medullary peptide and monoamine neurons using antisera to substance P, gastrin/CCK, somatostatin, VIP, enkephalin, neurotensin and 5-hydroxytryptamine.

    G. Jancsó;T. Hökfelt;J. M. Lundberg;E. Kiraly

  • Accurate measurement of cholecystokinin in plasma

    Jens F. Rehfeld

  • PANCREATIC SOMATOSTATINOMA: Clinical Features and Physiological Implications

    L.-I. Larsson;J.J. Holst;C. Kühl;G. Lundqvist

  • Ghrelin stimulates gastric emptying and hunger in normal-weight humans.

    F Levin;T Edholm;P T Schmidt;P Grybäck

  • Changes in gastrointestinal hormone responses, insulin sensitivity, and beta-cell function within 2 weeks after gastric bypass in non-diabetic subjects

    S. H. Jacobsen;S. C. Olesen;C. Dirksen;N. B. Jørgensen

  • Evidence for a common evolutionary origin of gastrin and cholecystokinin

    L.-I. Larsson;J. F. Rehfeld

  • Aminergic and peptidergic pathways in the nervous system with special reference to the hypothalamus.

    Hökfelt T;Elde R;Fuxe K;Johansson O

  • Pancreatic-polypeptide response to food in duodenal-ulcer patients before and after vagotomy.

    T.W Schwartz;F Stadil;R.E Chance;J.F Rehfeld

  • Localisation of gastrins to neuro- and adenohypophysis

    Jens F. Rehfeld

  • Neural regulation of pancreatic hormone secretion by the C-terminal tetrapeptide of CCK.

    J. F. Rehfeld;L.-I. Larsson;N. R. Goltermann;T. W. Schwartz

  • Preparation of 125I-Labelled Synthetic Human Gastrin I for Radioimmunoanalysis

    F. Stadil;J. F. Rehfeld

Frequent Co-Authors

Jens J. Holst
Jens J. Holst University of Copenhagen
Anders H. Johnsen
Anders H. Johnsen Rigshospitalet
Finn Cilius Nielsen
Finn Cilius Nielsen Copenhagen University Hospital
Filip K. Knop
Filip K. Knop University of Copenhagen
Sten Madsbad
Sten Madsbad University of Copenhagen
Thomas Hansen
Thomas Hansen Copenhagen University Hospital
Thue W. Schwartz
Thue W. Schwartz University of Copenhagen
Tomas Hökfelt
Tomas Hökfelt Karolinska Institute
Frank Sundler
Frank Sundler Lund University
Rolf Håkanson
Rolf Håkanson Lund University

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