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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Walter F. Boron is affiliated with Case Western Reserve University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as medicine, with specific focus areas within molecular biology, physiology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, cell biology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

Their body of work includes multiple recent publications that address diverse topics relevant to cellular transport mechanisms and physiological regulation. Notable papers include: Carbon dioxide transport across membranes (2021, Interface Focus), Aquaporin-7: A Dynamic Aquaglyceroporin With Greater Water and Glycerol Permeability Than Its Bacterial Homolog GlpF (2020, Frontiers in Physiology), Distinguishing among HCO3 −, CO3 =, and H+ as Substrates of Proteins That Appear To Be "Bicarbonate" Transporters (2022, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology), Carbonic anhydrases enhance activity of endogenous Na-H exchangers and not the electrogenic Na/HCO3 cotransporter NBCe1-A, expressed in Xenopus oocytes (2020, The Journal of Physiology), and Computational Model of Electrode-Induced Microenvironmental Effects on pH Measurements Near a Cell Membrane (2020, Multiscale Modeling and Simulation).

The following frequent coauthors have contributed to their research projects:

  • Fraser J. Moss
  • Rossana Occhipinti
  • Pan Zhao
  • Sara Taki
  • Seongki Lee

Walter F. Boron publishes extensively in scientific journals such as The FASEB Journal, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Physiology, Frontiers in Physiology, and The Journal of Physiology.

The main research topics addressed in their work include:

  • Ion Transport and Channel Regulation
  • Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology
  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Hemoglobin structure and function
  • Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Professional recognition includes election as a Member of the National Academy of Medicine in 2014 and designation as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1997.

Best Publications

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

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

  • Intracellular pH Transients in Squid Giant Axons Caused by CO2, NH3, and Metabolic Inhibitors

    W F Boron;P De Weer

  • Expression cloning of a mammalian proton-coupled oligopeptide transporter

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

  • Intracellular pH regulation in the renal proximal tubule of the salamander. Basolateral HCO3- transport.

    Walter Boron;E. L. Boulpaep

  • The SLC4 family of HCO3 − transporters

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

  • pH regulation in single glomerular mesangial cells. I. Acid extrusion in absence and presence of HCO3

    G. Boyarsky;M. B. Ganz;R. B. Sterzel;Walter 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

  • Medical physiology : a cellular and molecular approach

    Walter F. Boron;Emile L. Boulpaep

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

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

  • Lysosome recruitment and fusion are early events required for trypanosome invasion of mammalian cells

    Isabelle Tardieux;Paul Webster;Jan Ravesloot;Walter Boron

  • Regulation of intracellular pH

    Walter F. Boron

  • Transport of H + and of ionic weak acids and bases

    Walter F. Boron

  • Arginine vasopressin enhances pHi regulation in the presence of HCO3- by stimulating three acid-base transport systems.

    Michael B. Ganz;Gregory Boyarsky;R. Bernd Sterzel;Walter F. Boron

  • The SLC4 family of bicarbonate (HCO3-) transporters

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

  • Intracellular pH regulation in the renal proximal tubule of the salamander: Na-H exchange

    W F Boron;E L Boulpaep

  • The Divergence, Actions, Roles, and Relatives of Sodium-Coupled Bicarbonate Transporters

    Mark D. Parker;Walter F. Boron

  • Relative CO2/NH3 selectivities of AQP1, AQP4, AQP5, AmtB, and RhAG

    Raif Musa-Aziz;Li Ming Chen;Marc F. Pelletier;Walter F. Boron

  • An electroneutral sodium/bicarbonate cotransporter NBCn1 and associated sodium channel

    Inyeong Choi;Christian Aalkjaer;Emile L. Boulpaep;Walter F. Boron

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

    Michael F. Romero;Walter F. Boron

  • Role of chloride transport in regulation of intracellular pH

    John M. Russell;Walter F. Boron

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthias A. Hediger
Matthias A. Hediger University of Bern
John P. Geibel
John P. Geibel Yale University
Gabriel G. Haddad
Gabriel G. Haddad University of California, San Diego
Christian Aalkjaer
Christian Aalkjaer Aarhus University
Gerhard Giebisch
Gerhard Giebisch Yale University
Honghong Hu
Honghong Hu Huazhong Agricultural University
Joseph C. LaManna
Joseph C. LaManna Case Western Reserve University
Denis Noble
Denis Noble University of Oxford
Seth L. Alper
Seth L. Alper Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

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