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Michael F. Romero

Michael F. Romero

Mayo Clinic
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
17649
World Ranking
13578
National Ranking
5759

Michael F. Romero publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 198 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Michael F. Romero D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael F. Romero sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Michael F. Romero is affiliated with the Mayo Clinic in the United States and has contributed extensively to fields related to medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research portfolio includes 68 publications in medicine and 40 in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, reflecting a broad interdisciplinary approach.

The scientist's work spans several subfields, notably molecular biology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, genetics, surgery, and ecology. Their research topics cover ion transport and channel regulation, kidney stones and urolithiasis treatments, ion channel regulation and function, physiological and biochemical adaptations, renal and vascular pathologies, genetic and kidney cyst diseases, and neurobiology with an emphasis on insect physiology.

Major publication venues for their work include:

  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology
  • Kidney360
  • The FASEB Journal
  • Physiology

Frequent collaborators in their research include Heather L. Holmes, John C. Lieske, Julian A. T. Dow, Carmen J. Reynolds, and Timothy L. Kline.

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Michael F. Romero are:

  • Human kidney stones: a natural record of universal biomineralization (2021, Nature Reviews Urology)
  • Specialized stellate cells offer a privileged route for rapid water flux in Drosophila renal tubule (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Drosophila melanogaster: a simple genetic model of kidney structure, function and disease (2022, Nature Reviews Nephrology)
  • Renal Tubular Acidosis and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy: An Immune-Related Adverse Event of PD-1 Inhibitor-A Report of 3 Cases (2020, Kidney Medicine)
  • Electrogenic sodium bicarbonate cotransporter NBCe1 regulates pancreatic β cell function in type 2 diabetes (2021, Journal of Clinical Investigation)

Best Publications

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

    Hiromi Gunshin;Bryan Mackenzie;Urs V. Berger;Yoshimi Gunshin

  • The ABCs of solute carriers: physiological, pathological and therapeutic implications of human membrane transport proteins

    Matthias A. Hediger;Michael F. Romero;Ji Bin Peng;Andreas Rolfs

  • Expression cloning of a mammalian proton-coupled oligopeptide transporter

    You Jun Fei;You Jun Fei;Yoshikatsu Kanai;Yoshikatsu Kanai;Stephan Nussberger;Vadivel Ganapathy

  • The SLC26 gene family of multifunctional anion exchangers.

    David B. Mount;Michael F. Romero

  • The SLC4 family of HCO3 − transporters

    Michael F. Romero;Christiaan M. Fulton;Walter F. Boron

  • Effect of expressing the water channel aquaporin-1 on the CO2 permeability of Xenopus oocytes.

    Nazih L. Nakhoul;Bruce A. Davis;Michael F. Romero;Walter F. Boron

  • Expression cloning and characterization of a renal electrogenic Na+/HCO3- cotransporter.

    Michael F. Romero;Matthias A. Hediger;Emile L. Boulpaep;Walter F. Boron

  • Molecular outcomes of neuromyelitis optica (NMO)-IgG binding to aquaporin-4 in astrocytes

    Shannon R. Hinson;Michael F. Romero;Bogdan F. Gh. Popescu;Claudia F. Lucchinetti

  • SLC5A8, a sodium transporter, is a tumor suppressor gene silenced by methylation in human colon aberrant crypt foci and cancers

    Hui Li;Lois Myeroff;Dominic Smiraglia;Michael F. Romero

  • The SLC4 family of bicarbonate (HCO3-) transporters

    Michael F. Romero;An Ping Chen;Mark D. Parker;Walter F. Boron

  • Mechanism of acid adaptation of a fish living in a pH 3.5 lake

    Taku Hirata;Toyoji Kaneko;Toshihiro Ono;Takeru Nakazato

  • Electrogenic Na+/HCO3- cotransporters: cloning and physiology.

    Michael F. Romero;Walter F. Boron

  • Cloning and characterization of a human electrogenic Na+-HCO-3 cotransporter isoform (hhNBC).

    Inyeong Choi;Michael F. Romero;Nassirah Khandoudi;Antoine Bril

  • Molecular characterization of the murine Slc26a6 anion exchanger: functional comparison with Slc26a1.

    Qizhi Xie;Rick Welch;Adriana Mercado;Adriana Mercado;Michael F. Romero

  • Cloning and functional expression of rNBC, an electrogenic Na(+)-HCO3- cotransporter from rat kidney.

    Michael F. Romero;Peying Fong;Urs V. Berger;Matthias A. Hediger

  • A novel missense mutation in the sodium bicarbonate cotransporter (NBCe1/SLC4A4) causes proximal tubular acidosis and glaucoma through ion transport defects.

    Dganit Dinour;Min Hwang Chang;Jun Ichi Satoh;Brenda L. Smith

  • Immunolocalization of the electrogenic Na+- HCO 3 − cotransporter in mammalian and amphibian kidney

    Bernhard M. Schmitt;Daniel Biemesderfer;Michael F. Romero;Emile L. Boulpaep

  • An electrogenic Na+- HCO 3 − cotransporter (NBC) with a novel COOH-terminus, cloned from rat brain

    Mark O. Bevensee;Bernhard M. Schmitt;Inyeong Choi;Michael F. Romero

  • Electrogenic Properties of the Epithelial and Neuronal High Affinity Glutamate Transporter

    Yoshikatsu Kanai;Stephan Nussberger;Michael F. Romero;Walter F. Boron

  • The human tumour suppressor gene SLC5A8 expresses a Na+-monocarboxylate cotransporter.

    Michael J. Coady;Min Hwang Chang;Francois M. Charron;Consuelo Plata

Frequent Co-Authors

Walter F. Boron
Walter F. Boron Case Western Reserve University
David B. Mount
David B. Mount Brigham and Women's Hospital
Julian A. T. Dow
Julian A. T. Dow University of Glasgow
Matthias A. Hediger
Matthias A. Hediger University of Bern
Shigehisa Hirose
Shigehisa Hirose Tokyo Institute of Technology
John C. Lieske
John C. Lieske Mayo Clinic
Ulrich Hopfer
Ulrich Hopfer Case Western Reserve University
Shireen A. Davies
Shireen A. Davies University of Glasgow
Sanford D. Markowitz
Sanford D. Markowitz Case Western Reserve University
Yoshikatsu Kanai
Yoshikatsu Kanai Osaka University

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