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Increased bone volume and correction of HYP mouse hypophosphatemia in the Klotho/HYP mouse.
Endocrinology - 1 Feb 2010
Brownstein Catherine A, Zhang Junhui, Stillman Althea, Ellis Bruce, Troiano Nancy, Adams Douglas J, Gundberg Caren M, Lifton Richard P, Carpenter Thomas O
Abstract excerpt
Inactivating mutations of PHEX cause X-linked hypophosphatemia and result in increased circulating fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23). FGF23 action is dependent upon Klotho, which converts FGF receptor 1 into an FGF23-specific receptor. Disruption of Klotho results in a complex bone phenotype an...
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