Doctoral dissertation

• Unger, Lucas (2026). Dissecting HNF1A’s Role in Early Cell Fate Decisions and Their Impact on Pancreatic Islets. (external link)

Academic article

• Gudmestad, June Helen; Unger, Lucas; Paulo, Joao A et al. (2025). Endocrine-disrupting chemical exposure during differentiation alters the proliferation–maturation balance in stem-cell islets. (external link)
• Sharmine, Shayla; Legøy, Thomas Aga; Unger, Lucas et al. (2025). Caloric Restriction Substantially Improves Glucose Regulation in Mice With Hnf1a‐Deficient Beta‐Cells. (external link)
• Unger, Lucas; Larsen, Ulrik; Sharmine, Shayla et al. (2025). Efficient cytoplasmic cell quantification using a semi-automated FIJI-based tool. (external link)
• Mathisen, Andreas Frøslev; Vacaru, Andrei Mircea; Unger, Lucas et al. (2024). Molecular profiling of NOD mouse islets reveals a novel regulator of insulitis onset. (external link)
• Mathisen, Andreas Frøslev; Legøy, Thomas Aga; Larsen, Ulrik et al. (2024). The age-dependent regulation of pancreatic islet landscape is fueled by a HNF1a-immune signaling loop. (external link)
• Unger, Lucas; Ghila, Luiza Mihaela; Chera, Simona (2024). Targeted Gene Silencing by Using GapmeRs in Differentiating Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (hiPSC) Toward Pancreatic Progenitors. (external link)
• Unger, Lucas; Mathisen, Andreas Frøslev; Chera, Simona et al. (2024). The GLI code controls HNF1A levels during foregut differentiation. (external link)
• Vasicek, Jakub; Kuznetsova, Ksenia; Skiadopoulou, Dafni et al. (2024). ProHap enables human proteomic database generation accounting for population diversity. (external link)
• Mathisen, Andreas Frøslev; Larsen, Ulrik; Kavli, Natalie Aasen et al. (2024). Moderate beta-cell ablation triggers synergic compensatory mechanisms even in the absence of overt metabolic disruption. (external link)

Article in business/trade/industry journal

• Hossain, Md Kaykobad; Unger, Lucas; Larsen, Ulrik et al. (2025). Mapping the initial effects of carcinogen-induced oncogenic transformation in the mouse bladder. (external link)

Lecture

• Legøy, Thomas Aga; Mathisen, Andreas Frøslev; Paulo, Joao et al. (2024). Impact of diabetogenic signals from endocrine disrupting chemicals on a HNF1A cell model. (external link)
• Unger, Lucas; Legøy, Thomas Aga; Ghila, Luiza Mihaela et al. (2023). Exploring the role of transcription factors HNF1A, HNF1B, and HNF4A in human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived pancreatic islet cell differentiation. (external link)
• Unger, Lucas; Legøy, Thomas Aga; Chera, Simona et al. (2023). Exploring the role of transcription factors HNF1A, HNF1B, and HNF4A in human pancreatic islet cell differentiation. (external link)

Poster

• Unger, Lucas; Mathisen, Andreas Frøslev; Legøy, Thomas Aga et al. (2024). Deciphering the HNF1A and Hedgehog Signaling Crosstalk during Stem Cell Islet differentiation. (external link)
• Unger, Lucas; Legøy, Thomas Aga; Ghila, Luiza Mihaela et al. (2024). Exploring hedgehog signaling and HNF1A Crosstalk in HNF1A-MODY stem cell islets. (external link)
• Larsen, Ulrik; Mathisen, Andreas Frøslev; Kavli, Natalie Aasen et al. (2024). Investigating stress-induced islet cell proliferation following partial insulin-secreting β-cell ablation in mice. (external link)
• Legøy, Thomas Aga; Unger, Lucas; Paulo, Joao A. et al. (2024). Exposure to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals During Differentiation of HNF1A-MODY SC-islets has an Adverse Effect on Cell Fitness. (external link)
• Unger, Lucas; Legøy, Thomas Aga; Mathisen, Andreas Frøslev et al. (2023). Investigating the developmental role of HNF1A, HNF1B and HNF4A in human pancreatic islet cell differentiation. (external link)
• Legøy, Thomas Aga; Mathisen, Andreas Frøslev; Paulo, Joao et al. (2023). Human induced pluripotent stem cells as a model for environmental impact on diabetes. (external link)
• Unger, Lucas; Legøy, Thomas Aga; Ghila, Luiza Mihaela et al. (2022). Investigating the developmental role of HNF1A in human pancreatic islet cell differentiation. (external link)
• Unger, Lucas; Ghila, Luiza Mihaela; Chera, Simona (2022). Investigating the developmental role of HNF1A, HNF1B and HNF4A in human pancreatic islet cell differentiation. (external link)

Academic lecture

• Legøy, Thomas Aga; Unger, Lucas; Paulo, Joao A. et al. (2024). Environmental neglect: endocrine disruptors as underappreciated but important diabetogens in HNF1A-MODY cell model. (external link)

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