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Genetic background influences the impact of KLOTHO deficiency.
Physiological genomics - 1 Oct 2020
Salloum Jawad S, Garsetti Diane E, Rogers Melissa B
Abstract excerpt
Genetic background is a key but sometimes overlooked factor that profoundly impacts disease susceptibility and presentation in both humans and disease models. Here we show that deficiency of KLOTHO protein, an important renal regulator of mineral homeostasis and a cofactor for FGF23, causes different phenotypes in 129S1/SvlmJ (129) and C57BL/6J (B6) mouse strains. The 129 strain is more severely affected, with...
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