Giovanni Gambaro
Giovanni Gambaro
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affiliation: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
research area(s): Cell Biology, Experimental Medicine
Course: Experimental Endocrinology, Metabolism and Endocrine Surgery
University/Istitution: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Educational and scientific profile
MD
PhD Experimental Medicine (Nephrourology)
1986: Institute of Physiology, University of Munich, Germany
2001: Guy’s Hospital, London, UK
Cooperation with Institute of Internal Medicine (Diabetology), University of Tuebingen Germany
Cooperation with Institute of Chemistry, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Author of 220 scientific papers; total IF >500; H-index 26
Epidemiology of CKD
Patho-physiology of nephrolithiasis
Genetics of nephrolithiasis and nephrocalcinosis
Pathogenesis of nephrocalcinosis
FGF-2, syndecan and heparanase-1 interplay in renal tubular cell biology
TGF- and renal fibrosis
Cell biology of renal cadmium toxicity
Vezzoli G, Soldati L, Gambaro G. ROLES OF CALCIUM-SENSING RECEPTOR (CASR) IN RENAL MINERAL ION TRANSPORT. Curr Pharm Biotechnol. 2009;10:302-10. (review)

Del Prete D, Ceol M, Anglani F, Vianello D, Tiralongo E, Valente M, Graziotto R, Bonfante L, Scaparrotta G, Furian L, Rigotti P, Gambaro G, D'Angelo A. EARLY ACTIVATION OF FIBROGENESIS IN TRANSPLANTED KIDNEYS: A STUDY ON SERIAL RENAL BIOPSIES. Exp Mol Pathol. 2009;87:141-5.

Fabris A, Bernich P, Abaterusso C, Marchionna N, Canciani C, Nouvenne A, Zamboni M, Lupo A, Gambaro G. BONE DISEASE IN MEDULLARY SPONGE KIDNEY AND EFFECT OF POTASSIUM CITRATE TREATMENT. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009;4:1974-9.

Rodgers A, Lewandowski S, Allie-Hamdulay S, Pinnock D, Baretta G, Gambaro G. EVENING PRIMROSE OIL SUPPLEMENTATION INCREASES CITRATURIA AND DECREASES OTHER URINARY RISK FACTORS FOR CALCIUM OXALATE UROLITHIASIS. J Urol. 2009;182:2957-63.

Gambaro G, Abaterusso C, Fabris A, Ruggera L, Zattoni F, Del Prete D, D'Angelo A, Anglani F. THE ORIGIN OF NEPHROCALCINOSIS, RANDALL'S PLAQUE AND RENAL STONES: A CELL BIOLOGY VIEWPOINT. Arch Ital Urol Androl. 2009;81:166-70. (review)

Nouvenne A, Meschi T, Prati B, Guerra A, Allegri F, Vezzoli G, Soldati L, Gambaro G, Maggiore U, Borghi L. EFFECTS OF A LOW-SALT DIET ON IDIOPATHIC HYPERCALCIURIA IN CALCIUM-OXALATE STONE FORMERS: A 3-MO RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL. Am J Clin Nutr. 2010;91:565-70.

Vezzoli G, Terranegra A, Arcidiacono T, Gambaro G, Milanesi L, Mosca E, Soldati L; On behalf of GENIAL network (Genetics and Environment in Nephrolithiasis Italian Alliance).
CALCIUM KIDNEY STONES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A HAPLOTYPE OF THE CALCIUM-SENSING RECEPTOR GENE REGULATORY REGION. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2010 Jul;25(7):2245-52.

Gambaro G, Yabarek T, Graziani MS, Gemelli A, Abaterusso C, Frigo AC, Marchionna N, Citron L, Bonfante L, Grigoletto F, Tata S, Ferraro PM, Legnaro A, Meneghel G, Conz P, Rizzotti P, D'Angelo A, Lupo A; INCIPE Study Group. PREVALENCE OF CKD IN NORTHEASTERN ITALY: RESULTS OF THE INCIPE STUDY AND COMPARISON WITH NHANES. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2010 Nov;5(11):1946-53.

Ribichini F, Graziani M, Gambaro G, Pasoli P, Pighi M, Pesarini G, Abaterusso C, Yabarek T, Brunelleschi S, Rizzotti P, Lupo A, Vassanelli C. EARLY CREATININE SHIFTS PREDICT CONTRAST-INDUCED NEPHROPATHY AND PERSISTENT RENAL DAMAGE AFTER ANGIOGRAPHY. Am J Med. 2010 Aug;123(8):755-63.

Ferraro PM, Costanzi S, Naticchia A, Sturniolo A, Gambaro G. LOW LEVEL EXPOSURE TO CADMIUM INCREASES THE RISK OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE: ANALYSIS OF THE NHANES 1999-2006. BMC Public Health. 2010 Jun 3;10:304.

Torregrossa R, Anglani F, Fabris A, Gozzini A, Tanini A, Del Prete D, Cristofaro R, Artifoni L, Abaterusso C, Marchionna N, Lupo A, D'Angelo A, Gambaro G. IDENTIFICATION OF GDNF GENE SEQUENCE VARIATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH MEDULLARY SPONGE KIDNEY DISEASE. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2010 Jul;5(7):1205-10.

Bacilieri M, Naggi A, Ceol M, Schleicher E, Tosetto E, Comoli M, Torri G, Moro S, Palumbo M, Gambaro G. INHIBITORY EFFECTS OF GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS ON BASAL AND STIMULATED TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR-{beta}1 EXPRESSION IN MESANGIAL CELLS: BIOCHEMICAL AND STRUCTURAL CONSIDERATIONS. Glycobiology. 2011 Apr 14

Masola V, Gambaro G, Tibaldi E, Onisto M, Abaterusso C, Lupo A. REGULATION OF HEPARANASE BY ALBUMIN AND ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCTS IN PROXIMAL TUBULAR CELLS. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2011 May 12.
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