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Siegfried Waldegger is affiliated with Innsbruck Medical University in Austria. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with particular focus on several specialized subfields including Nephrology, Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Rheumatology, and Hepatology.

The main topics of Waldegger's work include:

  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
  • Liver Diseases and Immunity
  • Renal function and acid-base balance
  • Potassium and Related Disorders
  • Acute Kidney Injury Research
  • Biomedical and Chemical Research

Recent publications by Waldegger showcase a continued engagement with pediatric nephrology and transplant-related research. Notable papers include:

  • Twelve-month outcome in juvenile proliferative lupus nephritis: results of the German registry study, 2020, Pediatric Nephrology
  • P0222 / #508: INCIDENCE OF METABOLIC DISTURBANCES DURING CONTINUOUS RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY WITH REGIONAL CITRATE ANTICOAGULATION, 2021, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
  • P.246: Long-term outcome following pediatric kidney transplantation is similar to adult kidney transplantation, 2024, Transplantation
  • Overcoming anatomical barriers in pediatric kidney transplantation, 2025, Pediatric Nephrology

Waldegger has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Pediatric Nephrology
  • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
  • Transplantation

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Günter Klaus
  • Martin Konrad
  • Wolfgang Rascher
  • Hannsjörg W. Seyberth
  • Stefan Scheidl

Best Publications

  • Functional Significance of Cell Volume Regulatory Mechanisms

    Florian Lang;Gillian L. Busch;Markus Ritter;Harald Völkl

  • Hypomagnesemia with secondary hypocalcemia is caused by mutations in TRPM6, a new member of the TRPM gene family.

    Karl P Schlingmann;Stefanie Weber;Melanie Peters;Lene Niemann Nejsum

  • A constitutively open potassium channel formed by KCNQ1 and KCNE3

    Björn C. Schroeder;Siegfried Waldegger;Susanne Fehr;Markus Bleich

  • Cloning and characterization of a putative human serine/threonine protein kinase transcriptionally modified during anisotonic and isotonic alterations of cell volume

    Siegfried Waldegger;Petra Barth;Gertraud Raber;Florian Lang

  • Intracellular anions as the voltage sensor of prestin, the outer hair cell motor protein

    Dominik Oliver;David Z. Z. He;Nikolaj Klöcker;Jost Ludwig

  • Mutations in the Tight-Junction Gene Claudin 19 (CLDN19) Are Associated with Renal Magnesium Wasting, Renal Failure, and Severe Ocular Involvement

    Martin Konrad;André Schaller;Dominik Seelow;Amit V. Pandey

  • Disruption of TRPM6/TRPM7 complex formation by a mutation in the TRPM6 gene causes hypomagnesemia with secondary hypocalcemia

    Vladimir Chubanov;Siegfried Waldegger;Michael Mederos y Schnitzler;Helga Vitzthum

  • Claudin-16 and claudin-19 interact and form a cation-selective tight junction complex.

    Jianghui Hou;Aparna Renigunta;Martin Konrad;Antonio S. Gomes

  • Blockade of HERG channels expressed in Xenopus oocytes by the histamine receptor antagonists terfenadine and astemizole

    H. Suessbrich;S. Waldegger;F. Lang;A.E. Busch

  • Salt wasting and deafness resulting from mutations in two chloride channels.

    Karl P. Schlingmann;Martin Konrad;Nikola Jeck;Petra Waldegger

  • TRPM6 and TRPM7—Gatekeepers of human magnesium metabolism

    Karl P. Schlingmann;Siegfried Waldegger;Martin Konrad;Vladimir Chubanov

  • Claudin-16 and claudin-19 interaction is required for their assembly into tight junctions and for renal reabsorption of magnesium

    Jianghui Hou;Aparna Renigunta;Antonio S. Gomes;Mingli Hou

  • Electrogenic Properties and Substrate Specificity of the Polyspecific Rat Cation Transporter rOCT1

    Andreas E. Busch;Sven Quester;Jochen C. Ulzheimer;Siegfried Waldegger

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

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

  • Claudin-4 forms paracellular chloride channel in the kidney and requires claudin-8 for tight junction localization

    Jianghui Hou;Aparna Renigunta;Jing Yang;Siegfried Waldegger

  • Barttin increases surface expression and changes current properties of ClC-K channels

    Siegfried Waldegger;Nikola Jeck;Petra Barth;Melanie Peters

  • h-sgk serine-threonine protein kinase gene as transcriptional target of transforming growth factor β in human intestine

    Siegfried Waldegger;Karin Klingel;Petra Barth;Martina Sauter

  • Inhibition of IKs in guinea pig cardiac myocytes and guinea pig IsK channels by the chromanol 293B.

    A. E. Busch;H. Suessbrich;S. Waldegger;E. Sailer

  • Colocalization of KCNQ1/KCNE channel subunits in the mouse gastrointestinal tract.

    Karin Dedek;Siegfried Waldegger

  • Novel TRPM6 Mutations in 21 Families with Primary Hypomagnesemia and Secondary Hypocalcemia

    Karl P. Schlingmann;Martin C. Sassen;Stefanie Weber;Ulla Pechmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Florian Lang
Florian Lang University of Tübingen
Karin Klingel
Karin Klingel University of Tübingen
Carsten A. Wagner
Carsten A. Wagner University of Zurich
Stefan Bröer
Stefan Bröer Australian National University
Jürg Biber
Jürg Biber University of Zurich
Daniel Markovich
Daniel Markovich University of Queensland
Philipp A. Lang
Philipp A. Lang Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Heini Murer
Heini Murer University of Zurich
Matthias Schwab
Matthias Schwab University of Tübingen
Erich Gulbins
Erich Gulbins University of Duisburg-Essen

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