2026 Gerardo Gamba: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	69	7308	6739	7	7	292	19454

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Mexico Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Mexico Leader Award

Overview

Gerardo Gamba is affiliated with the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico, contributing to fields predominantly within Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research output spans a variety of topics centered around molecular and physiological processes.

The scientist's publications primarily address areas including:

Ion Transport and Channel Regulation
Ion channel regulation and function
Magnesium in Health and Disease
Potassium and Related Disorders
Renal function and acid-base balance
Pancreatic function and diabetes
Ultrasound in Clinical Applications

Key subfields relevant to their research include Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Nephrology, and Physiology.

Frequent publication venues for Gamba's work include:

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology
Revista de investigación Clínica
Gaceta Médica de México
Physiology

Their research contributions include several papers published in 2020 and 2021, such as:

Ethical Considerations in Animal Research: The Principle of 3R's (2020) published in Revista de investigación Clínica
Genistein stimulates insulin sensitivity through gut microbiota reshaping and skeletal muscle AMPK activation in obese subjects (2020) published in BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care
Physiological Processes Modulated by the Chloride-Sensitive WNK-SPAK/OSR1 Kinase Signaling Pathway and the Cation-Coupled Chloride Cotransporters (2020) published in Frontiers in Physiology
Mutation affecting the conserved acidic WNK1 motif causes inherited hyperkalemic hyperchloremic acidosis (2020) published in Journal of Clinical Investigation
Dynamic Changes in Portal Vein Flow during Decongestion in Patients with Heart Failure and Cardio-Renal Syndrome: A POCUS Case Series (2021) published in Cardiorenal Medicine

The scientist collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

María Castañeda-Bueno
Norma Vázquez
Héctor Carbajal-Contreras
María Chávez-Canales
Adrián Rafael Murillo-de-Ozores

Best Publications

Cloning and characterization of an extracellular Ca 2+ -sensing receptor from bovine parathyroid

Edward M. Brown;Gerardo Gamba;Daniela Riccardi;Michael Lombardi

3164
Citations
Molecular Physiology and Pathophysiology of Electroneutral Cation-Chloride Cotransporters

Gerardo Gamba

851
Citations
Molecular cloning, primary structure, and characterization of two members of the mammalian electroneutral sodium-(potassium)-chloride cotransporter family expressed in kidney.

Gerardo Gamba;Akihiko Miyanoshita;Michael Lombardi;Jonathan Lytton

673
Citations
Cloning and functional expression of a rat kidney extracellular calcium/polyvalent cation-sensing receptor

Daniela Riccardi;Ji Park;Wen Sen Lee;Gerardo Gamba

550
Citations
Roles of the cation–chloride cotransporters in neurological disease

Kristopher T Kahle;Kevin J Staley;Brian V Nahed;Gerardo Gamba

449
Citations
Molecular pathogenesis of inherited hypertension with hyperkalemia: the Na-Cl cotransporter is inhibited by wild-type but not mutant WNK4.

Frederick H. Wilson;Kristopher T. Kahle;Ernesto Sabath;Maria D. Lalioti

446
Citations
Primary structure and functional expression of a cDNA encoding the thiazide-sensitive, electroneutral sodium-chloride cotransporter

Gerardo Gamba;Samuel N. Saltzberg;Michael Lombardi;Akihiko Miyanoshita

439
Citations
Cloning and characterization of KCC3 and KCC4, new members of the cation-chloride cotransporter gene family.

David B. Mount;Adriana Mercado;Luyan Song;Jason Xu

347
Citations
Molecular physiology of cation-coupled Cl- cotransport: the SLC12 family.

Steven C. Hebert;David B. Mount;David B. Mount;Gerardo Gamba

307
Citations
Deranged transcriptional regulation of cell-volume-sensitive kinase hSGK in diabetic nephropathy.

F. Lang;K. Klingel;C. A. Wagner;C. Stegen

293
Citations
Activation of the renal Na+:Cl− cotransporter by angiotensin II is a WNK4-dependent process

María Castañeda-Bueno;Luz Graciela Cervantes-Pérez;Norma Vázquez;Norma Uribe

273
Citations
WNK3 modulates transport of Cl- in and out of cells: Implications for control of cell volume and neuronal excitability

Kristopher T. Kahle;Jesse Rinehart;Paola de los Heros;Angeliki Louvi

261
Citations
Identification and functional characterization of cation–chloride cotransporters in plants

José M. Colmenero-Flores;Germán Martínez;Gerardo Gamba;Norma Vázquez

260
Citations
Angiotensin II signaling increases activity of the renal Na-Cl cotransporter through a WNK4-SPAK-dependent pathway

Pedro San-Cristobal;Diana Pacheco-Alvarez;Diana Pacheco-Alvarez;Ciaran Richardson;Aaron M. Ring

255
Citations
The Na+:Cl– Cotransporter Is Activated and Phosphorylated at the Amino-terminal Domain upon Intracellular Chloride Depletion

Diana Pacheco-Alvarez;Pedro San Cristóbal;Patricia Meade;Erika Moreno;Erika Moreno

255
Citations
Regulation of NKCC2 by a chloride-sensing mechanism involving the WNK3 and SPAK kinases.

José Ponce-Coria;Pedro San-Cristobal;Kristopher T. Kahle;Norma Vazquez

233
Citations
Unique chloride-sensing properties of WNK4 permit the distal nephron to modulate potassium homeostasis

Andrew S. Terker;Chong Zhang;Kayla J. Erspamer;Gerardo Gamba

233
Citations
Regulation of Renal Electrolyte Transport by WNK and SPAK-OSR1 Kinases.

Juliette Hadchouel;David H. Ellison;Gerardo Gamba

223
Citations
Functional Comparison of the K+-Cl−Cotransporters KCC1 and KCC4

Adriana Mercado;Luyan Song;Norma Vázquez;David B. Mount

207
Citations
WNK3 kinase is a positive regulator of NKCC2 and NCC, renal cation-Cl- cotransporters required for normal blood pressure homeostasis

Jesse Rinehart;Kristopher T. Kahle;Paola de los Heros;Norma Vazquez

201
Citations