Michael F. Romero

14.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
165 papers, 11.7k citations indexed

About

Michael F. Romero is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael F. Romero has authored 165 papers receiving a total of 11.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 100 papers in Molecular Biology, 25 papers in Ecology and 23 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Michael F. Romero's work include Ion Transport and Channel Regulation (69 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (43 papers) and Physiological and biochemical adaptations (25 papers). Michael F. Romero is often cited by papers focused on Ion Transport and Channel Regulation (69 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (43 papers) and Physiological and biochemical adaptations (25 papers). Michael F. Romero collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. Michael F. Romero's co-authors include Walter F. Boron, Matthias A. Hediger, Stephan Nußberger, Urs V. Berger, Bryan Mackenzie, Hiromi Gunshin, John L. Gollan, David B. Mount, Min‐Hwang Chang and Emile L. Boulpaep and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Michael F. Romero

162 papers receiving 11.5k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Cloning and characterization of a mammalian proton-coupled metal-ion transporter

1997 2.6k citations Michael F. Romero, Walter F. Boron et al. profile →
Expression cloning of a mammalian proton-coupled oligopeptide transporter

1994 748 citations Michael F. Romero, Walter F. Boron et al. profile →
The ABCs of solute carriers: physiological, pathological and therapeutic implications of human membrane transport proteins

2004 689 citations Matthias A. Hediger, Michael F. Romero et al. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael F. Romero United States	50	5.6k	2.6k	1.8k	1.3k	1.1k	165	11.7k
Walter F. Boron United States	73	13.1k 2.3×	2.6k 1.0×	1.7k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	1.5k 1.4×	269	21.2k
Ulf T. Brunk Sweden	79	9.0k 1.6×	1.7k 0.6×	822 0.5×	964 0.8×	754 0.7×	253	18.2k
William S. Sly United States	83	13.4k 2.4×	3.4k 1.3×	3.6k 2.0×	1.3k 1.0×	695 0.6×	328	23.7k
Tracey A. Rouault United States	87	11.2k 2.0×	6.5k 2.5×	8.3k 4.6×	735 0.6×	1.3k 1.2×	240	22.9k
Max Gassmann Switzerland	74	9.2k 1.6×	304 0.1×	3.5k 1.9×	1.9k 1.5×	2.0k 1.9×	331	21.3k
C. Yan Cheng United States	87	9.0k 1.6×	1.1k 0.4×	633 0.3×	2.3k 1.8×	562 0.5×	487	25.0k
Kazuhiro Iwaï Japan	67	10.9k 1.9×	1.1k 0.4×	1.5k 0.9×	2.7k 2.1×	642 0.6×	218	16.5k
Koji Takio Japan	76	13.4k 2.4×	819 0.3×	867 0.5×	1.5k 1.2×	250 0.2×	196	20.9k
Roland H. Wenger Switzerland	64	8.6k 1.5×	266 0.1×	2.0k 1.1×	1.7k 1.3×	1.3k 1.2×	195	17.2k
Paolo Arosio Italy	74	7.3k 1.3×	7.4k 2.9×	10.9k 6.0×	676 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	281	19.3k

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Hernandez, Laura L., Douglas W. Strand, Sathish Kumar, et al.. (2025). A 5-HT-mediated urethral defense against urinary tract infections. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(16). e2409754122–e2409754122. 2 indexed citations

Guo, Qianqian, Kunimaro Furuta, Cristina Correia, et al.. (2024). Glycogen synthase kinase 3 activity enhances liver inflammation in MASH. JHEP Reports. 6(6). 101073–101073. 7 indexed citations

Kutz, Laura C., Yiliang Chen, Leandro A. Barbosa, et al.. (2023). Na/ K‐ATPase signaling tonically inhibits sodium reabsorption in the renal proximal tubule. The FASEB Journal. 37(4). e22835–e22835. 3 indexed citations

Nishihara, Hidenori, et al.. (2023). Functional Divergence in Solute Permeability between Ray-Finned Fish-Specific Paralogs of aqp10. Genome Biology and Evolution. 16(1). 3 indexed citations

Kato, Akira, et al.. (2022). Membrane Transport Proteins Expressed in the Renal Tubular Epithelial Cells of Seawater and Freshwater Teleost Fishes. Frontiers in Physiology. 13. 939114–939114. 4 indexed citations

Sivaguru, Mayandi, Elena Wilson, John C. Lieske, et al.. (2021). Human kidney stones: a natural record of universal biomineralization. Nature Reviews Urology. 18(7). 404–432. 45 indexed citations

Brown, Matthew, Kuntol Rakshit, Naureen Javeed, et al.. (2021). Electrogenic sodium bicarbonate cotransporter NBCe1 regulates pancreatic β cell function in type 2 diabetes. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 131(17). 17 indexed citations

Moore, Christopher J., Adriana Gregory, Carolyn M Roos, et al.. (2021). Use of 3D Robotic Ultrasound for <em>In Vivo</em> Analysis of Mouse Kidneys. Journal of Visualized Experiments.

Wilson, Elena, et al.. (2021). Feeding the Kidney Researcher Pipeline through R25-NIDDK Funded Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships: A Student Perspective. Kidney360. 3(3). 546–549. 2 indexed citations

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Cabrero, Pablo, Selim Terhzaz, Anthony J. Dornan, et al.. (2020). Specialized stellate cells offer a privileged route for rapid water flux in Drosophila renal tubule. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(3). 1779–1787. 29 indexed citations

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Wegner, Kyle A., Michael F. Romero, Michael W. Wood, et al.. (2018). Prostatic collagen architecture in neutered and intact canines. The Prostate. 78(11). 839–848. 11 indexed citations

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Sivaguru, Mayandi, James C. Williams, John C. Lieske, et al.. (2018). Geobiology reveals how human kidney stones dissolve in vivo. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 13731–13731. 51 indexed citations

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Kato, Akira, et al.. (2016). Na⁺/H⁺ exchange via the Drosophila vesicular glutamate transporter mediates activity‐induced acid efflux from presynaptic terminals. The Journal of Physiology. 595(3). 805–824. 16 indexed citations

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Günzel, Dorothee, Lisa M. Kucharski, David G. Kehres, Michael F. Romero, & Michael E. Maguire. (2006). The MgtC Virulence Factor of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Activates Na ⁺ ,K ⁺ -ATPase. Journal of Bacteriology. 188(15). 5586–5594. 39 indexed citations

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Romero, Michael F., et al.. (2002). Mg2+ transport in the kidney. BioMetals. 15(3). 285–296. 9 indexed citations

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Romero, Michael F., et al.. (2001). The renal Na-HCO 3 -cotransporter expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes: inhibition by tenidap and benzamil and effect of temperature on transport rate and stoichiometry. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 442(5). 709–717. 34 indexed citations

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Romero, Michael F., et al.. (2000). The origins of school dentistry in Spain.. PubMed. 48(3). 107–9. 1 indexed citations

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Grichtchenko, Irina I., Michael F. Romero, & Walter F. Boron. (1998). Electrogenic Na/HCO3 cotransporters from rat and salamander kidney have similar external HCO3 dependencies. The FASEB Journal. 12(5). 1 indexed citations

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Romero, Michael F., Matthias A. Hediger, Peying Fong, & Walter F. Boron. (1997). Expression of the rat renal electhogenic Na/HCO3 cothansporter (rNBC). The FASEB Journal. 11(3). 1 indexed citations

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Boron, Walter F., Peying Fong, Matthias A. Hediger, Emile L. Boulpaep, & Michael F. Romero. (1997). The electrogenic Na/HCO3 cotransporter.. PubMed. 109(12-13). 445–56. 20 indexed citations

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