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Gain-of-function haplotype in the epithelial calcium channel TRPV6 is a risk factor for renal calcium stone formation.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Jun 2008
Suzuki Yoshiro, Pasch Andreas, Bonny Olivier, Mohaupt Markus G, Hediger Matthias A, Frey Felix J
Abstract excerpt
The rate-limiting step of dietary calcium absorption in the intestine requires the brush border calcium entry channel TRPV6. The TRPV6 gene was completely sequenced in 170 renal calcium stone patients. The frequency of an ancestral TRPV6 haplotype consisting of three non-synonymous polymorphisms (C157R, M378V, M681T) was significantly higher (P = 0.039) in calcium stone formers (8.4%; derived = 502, ancestral =...
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