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Jürg Biber is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland and specializes in research intersecting various biomedical fields. Their academic work spans medicine, nursing, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, underscoring a multidisciplinary approach to understanding health and disease.

The scientist's research focuses particularly on nephrology, nutrition and dietetics, and molecular biology as subfields of study. Their investigations contribute to the understanding of complex physiological and molecular mechanisms involved in disease processes and treatment.

Among the main topics of their work are parathyroid disorders and treatments, magnesium in health and disease, and ion transport and channel regulation. These subjects are critical in exploring mineral metabolism, endocrine control, and cellular signaling, areas that have implications for a variety of clinical conditions.

Jürg Biber has produced scholarly articles published in recognized scientific forums. One notable recent paper is titled "Intestinal epithelial ablation of Pit-2/Slc20a2 in mice leads to sustained elevation of vitamin D3 upon dietary restriction of phosphate", published in 2020 in the journal Acta Physiologica. This study addresses the physiological consequences of specific transporter deletion in intestinal tissues and its effect on vitamin D metabolism under defined dietary conditions.

Collaboration plays a role in their research output. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Eva M. Pastor-Arroyo
  • Thomas Knöpfel
  • Pedro Henrique Imenez Silva
  • Udo Schnitzbauer
  • Nadège Poncet

Publishing predominantly in established venues such as Acta Physiologica reflects the scientific community's engagement with their work. The shared co-author contributions suggest interdisciplinary collaboration within their research projects, which is typical in the biomedical sciences.

Best Publications

  • Proximal Tubular Phosphate Reabsorption: Molecular Mechanisms

    Heini Murer;Nati Hernando;Ian Forster;Jürg Biber

  • Characterization of a murine type II sodium-phosphate cotransporter expressed in mammalian small intestine

    Helene Hilfiker;Olaf Hattenhauer;Martin Traebert;Ian Forster

  • Expression cloning of human and rat renal cortex Na/Pi cotransport.

    Simona Magagnin;Andreas Werner;Daniel Markovich;Victor Sorribas

  • The sodium phosphate cotransporter family SLC34.

    Heini Murer;Ian Forster;Jürg Biber

  • Interaction of the type IIa Na/Pi cotransporter with PDZ proteins.

    Serge M. Gisler;Igor Stagljar;Martin Traebert;Desa Bacic

  • Regulation of small intestinal Na-Pi type IIb cotransporter by dietary phosphate intake

    Olaf Hattenhauer;Martin Traebert;Heini Murer;Jürg Biber

  • Phosphate transporters: a tale of two solute carrier families.

    Leila V. Virkki;Jiirg Biber;Heini Murer;Ian C. Forster

  • Expression cloning of a cDNA from rabbit kidney cortex that induces a single transport system for cystine and dibasic and neutral amino acids.

    Joan Bertran;Andreas Werner;Marilyn L. Moore;Gerti Stange

  • Proximal tubular handling of phosphate: A molecular perspective

    I.C. Forster;N. Hernando;J. Biber;H. Murer

  • PDZK1: I. a major scaffolder in brush borders of proximal tubular cells.

    Serge M. Gisler;Sandra Pribanic;Desa Bacic;Patrik Forrer

  • Expression cloning and functional characterization of the kidney cortex high-affinity proton-coupled peptide transporter

    M Boll;M Herget;M Wagener;W M Weber

  • PDZ-domain interactions and apical expression of type IIa Na/Pi cotransporters

    Nati Hernando;Nadine Déliot;Serge M. Gisler;Eleanor Lederer

  • Parathyroid hormone action on phosphate transporter mRNA and protein in rat renal proximal tubules

    S. A. Kempson;M. Lotscher;B. Kaissling;J. Biber

  • The surface membrane of the small intestinal epithelial cell. I. Localization of adenyl cyclase.

    Heini Murer;Elvira Ammann;Jörg Biber;Ulrich Hopfer

  • Phosphate transporters of the SLC20 and SLC34 families

    Ian C. Forster;Nati Hernando;Jürg Biber;Heini Murer

  • Parathyroid hormone and dietary phosphate provoke a lysosomal routing of the proximal tubular Na/Pi-cotransporter type II.

    Isabelle Keusch;Martin Traebert;Marius Lötscher;Brigitte Kaissling

  • Luminal and contraluminal action of 1–34 and 3–34 PTH peptides on renal type IIa Na-Pi cotransporter

    Martin Traebert;Harald Völkl;Jürg Biber;Heini Murer

  • Regulation of phosphate transport in proximal tubules

    J. Biber;N. Hernando;I. Forster;H. Murer

  • Intestinal and renal adaptation to a low-Pi diet of type II NaPi cotransporters in vitamin D receptor- and 1αOHase-deficient mice

    Paola Capuano;Tamara Radanovic;Carsten A. Wagner;Desa Bacic

  • Parathyroid hormone leads to the lysosomal degradation of the renal type II Na/Pi cotransporter

    Markus F. Pfister;Isabelle Ruf;Gerti Stange;Urs Ziegler

Frequent Co-Authors

Heini Murer
Heini Murer University of Zurich
Carsten A. Wagner
Carsten A. Wagner University of Zurich
Ian C. Forster
Ian C. Forster Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Daniel Markovich
Daniel Markovich University of Queensland
Moshe Levi
Moshe Levi Georgetown University
Florian Lang
Florian Lang University of Tübingen
Siegfried Waldegger
Siegfried Waldegger Innsbruck Medical University
Orson W. Moe
Orson W. Moe The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Thomas Knöpfel
Thomas Knöpfel Hong Kong Baptist University
Bruno Hagenbuch
Bruno Hagenbuch University of Kansas

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