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D-Index
62
Citations
13078
World Ranking
10849
National Ranking
4706

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1989 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Qais Al-Awqati is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas related to pediatric urology and nephrology, with specific attention to birth, development, and health, as well as renal and related cancers. Their work also intersects with biochemical analysis and sensing techniques, receptor mechanisms and signaling, olfactory and sensory function studies, and cystic fibrosis research advances.

The scientist's frequent publication venues include:

  • Kidney International
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • JCI Insight
  • Kidney International Reports
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation

Among recent published papers are:

  • Low nephron endowment increases susceptibility to renal stress and chronic kidney disease, 2023, JCI Insight
  • Salt Taste Sensitivity in CKD: Does it Affect Salt Intake?, 2024, Kidney International Reports
  • The forgotten pandemic: how understanding cholera illuminated mechanisms of chloride channels in multiple diseases, 2024, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Uromodulin fights UTI with sugars, 2021, Kidney International
  • An Unusual Case of Hypercalcemia, 2023, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

The scientist often collaborates with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • P Coates
  • Tilman B. Drüeke
  • Brad H. Rovin
  • Detlef Schlöndorff
  • Saulo Klahr

Qais Al-Awqati's expertise extends into multiple subfields of study such as:

  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Molecular Biology
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Physiology
  • Nutrition and Dietetics

Recognition of their scientific contributions is reflected in several honors, including becoming a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2005 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1989. They are also a member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • The renal papilla is a niche for adult kidney stem cells.

    Juan A. Oliver;Omar Maarouf;Faisal H. Cheema;Timothy P. Martens

  • Defective acidification of intracellular organelles in cystic fibrosis

    J Barasch;B Kiss;A Prince;L Saiman

  • Effect of Cholera Enterotoxin on Ion Transport across Isolated Ileal Mucosa

    Michael Field;David Fromm;Qais Al-Awqati;William B. Greenough

  • Plasticity of functional epithelial polarity

    George J. Schwartz;Jonathan Barasch;Qais Al-Awqati

  • Exocytosis regulates urinary acidification in turtle bladder by rapid insertion of H+ pumps into the luminal membrane

    Stephen Gluck;Christopher Cannon;Qais Al-Awqati

  • Golgi membranes contain an electrogenic H+ pump in parallel to a chloride conductance.

    J. Glickman;K. Croen;S. Kelly;Qais Al-Awqati

  • Apoptosis in metanephric development.

    C. Koseki;D. Herzlinger;Qais Al-Awqati

  • Cystic fibrosis epithelial cells have a receptor for pathogenic bacteria on their apical surface.

    Lisa Imundo;Jonathan Barasch;Alice Prince;Qais Al-Awqati

  • Stem cells in the kidney

    Qais Al-Awqati;Juan A. Oliver

  • A bitter substance induces a rise in intracellular calcium in a subpopulation of rat taste cells.

    Myles H. Akabas;Jane Dodd;Qais Al-Awqati

  • Proton-Translocating ATPases

    Qais Al-Awqati

  • Carbon dioxide causes exocytosis of vesicles containing H+ pumps in isolated perfused proximal and collecting tubules.

    G J Schwartz;Q Al-Awqati

  • Expression of green fluorescent protein in the ureteric bud of transgenic mice: a new tool for the analysis of ureteric bud morphogenesis.

    S. Srinivas;M.R. Goldberg;T. Watanabe;V. D'Agati

  • Regulation of ion channels by ABC transporters that secrete ATP.

    Qais al-Awqati

  • Epithelial chloride channel. Development of inhibitory ligands.

    D. W. Landry;M. Reitman;E. J. Cragoe;Qais Al-Awqati

  • Purification and reconstitution of chloride channels from kidney and trachea.

    Donald W. Landry;Myles H. Akabas;Christopher Redhead;Aleksander Edelman

  • The proton translocating ATPase responsible for urinary acidification.

    S Gluck;S Kelly;Q Al-Awqati

  • Molecular cloning and characterization of p64, a chloride channel protein from kidney microsomes.

    D. Landry;S. Sullivan;M. Nicolaides;C. Redhead

  • Metanephric mesenchyme contains multipotent stem cells whose fate is restricted after induction

    Doris Herzlinger;Chizuko Koseki;Takashi Mikawa;Qais Al-Awqati

  • An electrogenic proton-translocating adenosine triphosphatase from bovine kidney medulla.

    S Gluck;Q Al-Awqati

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan Barasch
Jonathan Barasch Columbia University
Myles H. Akabas
Myles H. Akabas Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Vivette D. D'Agati
Vivette D. D'Agati Columbia University
Stephen L. Gluck
Stephen L. Gluck University of Florida
Jan Kitajewski
Jan Kitajewski Columbia University
Aleksander Edelman
Aleksander Edelman Université Paris Cité
Alice Prince
Alice Prince Columbia University
Marc L. Reitman
Marc L. Reitman National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Paul Tempst
Paul Tempst Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Argiris Efstratiadis
Argiris Efstratiadis Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens

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