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38115
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9575
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108

Willy Malaisse 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 Willy Malaisse sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 2,359 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Willy Malaisse 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 Willy Malaisse sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 96 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Willy Malaisse is affiliated with Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium and conducts research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work focuses notably on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, as well as Periodontics, Surgery, Molecular Biology, and Genetics.

The main research topics covered by Willy Malaisse include pancreatic function and diabetes, diet, metabolism, and disease, oral microbiology and periodontitis research, immune response and inflammation, oral health pathology and treatment, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, and receptor mechanisms and signaling.

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Willy Malaisse are:

  • The diagnostic role of salivary biomarkers of oxidative stress and inflammatory status and their relationship in periodontitis stage III and grade C, 2021, Biologia
  • Adaptive short-term associative conditioning in the pancreatic β-cell, 2020, Physiological Reports
  • The Metabolic Syndrome: Emerging Novel Insights Regarding the Relationship between the Homeostasis Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance and other Key Predictive Markers in Young Adults of Western Algeria, 2020, Nutrients
  • Deficient Activity of FAD-Linked Glycerophosphate Dehydrogenase in the Mitochondria of Insulin-Producing Pancreatic Islets B-Cells: A Possible Cause of the Metabolic Syndrome, 2020, Journal of Diabetes Metabolism and its Complications
  • Effects of Citrullus colocynthis Seed Aqueous Extracts upon Sodium Transport across A6 Kidney Cell Monolayers, 2022, Clinical Complementary Medicine and Pharmacology

Willy Malaisse collaborates frequently with several researchers including Zoheir Mellouk, Salima Senouci, Dalila Ait Yahia, Djamila Bouziane, and Mahmoud Mehadj.

Their publications have appeared in a variety of venues such as Biologia, Physiological Reports, Nutrients, Journal of Diabetes Metabolism and its Complications, and Clinical Complementary Medicine and Pharmacology.

Best Publications

  • Inhibition of the glucose transporter SGLT2 with dapagliflozin in pancreatic alpha cells triggers glucagon secretion

    Caroline Bonner;Julie Kerr-Conte;Valéry Gmyr;Gurvan Queniat

  • Meal frequency and timing in health and disease

    Mark M.P. Mattson;Mark M.P. Mattson;David D.B. Allison;Luigi Fontana;Michelle Harvie

  • The stimulus-secretion coupling of glucose-induced insulin release. XXXV. The links between metabolic and cationic events.

    Willy Malaisse;Willy Malaisse;J C Hutton;Shoji Kawazu;André Herchuelz

  • Pancreatic Beta-Cell Web: Its Possible Role in Insulin Secretion

    Lelio Orci;Kenneth Gabbay;Willy Malaisse

  • The lipid phosphatase SHIP2 controls insulin sensitivity

    Serge Clément;Ulrike Krause;Florence Desmedt;Jean-François Tanti

  • A Possible Role for the Adenylcyclase System in Insulin Secretion

    W. J. Malaisse;F. Malaisse-Lagae;D. Mayhew

  • Insulin release: the fuel hypothesis.

    Willy Malaisse;Abdullah Sener;André Herchuelz;J C Hutton

  • Determinants of the selective toxicity of alloxan to the pancreatic B cell.

    Willy J. Malaisse;Francine Malaisse-Lagae;Abdullah Sener;Daniel G. Pipeleers

  • L-leucine and a nonmetabolized analogue activate pancreatic islet glutamate dehydrogenase.

    Abdullah Sener;Willy J. Malaisse

  • The stimulus-secretion coupling of glucose-induced insulin release. 3. Uptake of 45 calcium by isolated islets of Langerhans.

    Francine Malaisse-Lagae;Willy J. Malaisse

  • n-3 fatty acids and the metabolic syndrome.

    Yvon A Carpentier;Laurence Portois;Willy J Malaisse

  • Effects of Adrenergic and Cholinergic Agents Upon Insulin Secretion in Vitro

    Willy Malaisse;Francine Malaisse-Lagae;Peter H. Wright;James Ashmore

  • Calmodulin activation of adenylate cyclase in pancreatic islets

    Isabel Valverde;André Vandermeers;Renu Anjaneyulu;Willy J. Malaisse

  • The Stimulus-Secretion Coupling of Glucose-Induced Insulin Release. VII. A PROPOSED SITE OF ACTION FOR ADENOSINE-3′,5′-CYCLIC MONOPHOSPHATE

    Guy R. Brisson;Francine Malaisse-Lagae;Willy J. Malaisse

  • Salivary glucose concentration and excretion in normal and diabetic subjects.

    Cedric Jurysta;Nurdan Bulur;Berrin Oguzhan;Ilhan Satman

  • Insulin secretion: Multifactorial regulation for a single process of release - The Minkowski Award Lecture delivered on September 7, 1972 before the European Association for the study of diabetes at Madrid, Spain

    Willy Malaisse

  • Pancreatic polypeptide: a possible role in the regulation of food intake in the mouse. Hypothesis.

    Francine Malaisse-Lagae;J. L. Carpentier;Y. C. Patel;W. J. Malaisse

  • Stimulation of insulin secretion by noncarbohydrate metabolites

    Willy J. Malaisse;Francine Malaisse-Lagae

  • Alloxan toxicity to the pancreatic B-cell. A new hypothesis.

    Willy J. Malaisse

  • A Possible Role for the Adenylcyclase System in

    W. J. Malaisse;F. Malaisse-Lagae;D. Mayhew

Frequent Co-Authors

Abdullah Sener
Abdullah Sener Université Libre de Bruxelles
Francine Malaisse-Lagae
Francine Malaisse-Lagae Université Libre de Bruxelles
Daniel Pipeleers
Daniel Pipeleers Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Rudolph Willem
Rudolph Willem Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Monique Biesemans
Monique Biesemans Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Robert Brasseur
Robert Brasseur Université Libre de Bruxelles
Claes Hellerström
Claes Hellerström Uppsala University
José M. Mato
José M. Mato CIC bioGUNE
Emile Van Schaftingen
Emile Van Schaftingen Université Catholique de Louvain
Lelio Orci
Lelio Orci University of Geneva

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