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Protective roles of DMP1 in high phosphate homeostasis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Rangiani Afsaneh, Cao Zhengguo, Sun Yao, Lu Yongbo, Gao Tian, Yuan Baozhi, Rodgers Anika, Qin Chunlin, Kuro-O Makoto, Feng Jian Q
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Dmp1 (dentin matrix protein1) null mice (Dmp1(-/-)) display hypophosphatemic rickets with a sharp increase in fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23). Disruption of Klotho (the obligatory co-receptor of FGF23) results in hyperphosphatemia with ectopic calcifications formed in blood vessels a...
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