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Phex mutation causes overexpression of FGF23 in teeth.
Archives of oral biology - 1 Feb 2008
Onishi T, Umemura S, Shintani S, Ooshima T
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OBJECTIVE: Hyp mice have a disorder in phosphate homeostasis, and display hypo-mineralization in bones and teeth, while the Phex (phosphate regulating gene homologies to endopeptidase on the X chromosome) gene in Hyp mice has a deletion of the 3' end. We investigated whether a mutation of Phex has an effect on the expression level of fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23), one of the key factors of phosphate...
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