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• Loss of DMP1 causes rickets and osteomalacia and identifies a role for osteocytes in mineral metabolism.

  Feng JQ, Ward LM, Liu S, Lu Y, Xie Y, Yuan B, Yu X, Rauch F, Davis SI, Zhang S, Rios H, Drezner MK, Quarles LD, Bonewald LF, White KE. Feng JQ, et al. Nat Genet. 2006 Nov;38(11):1310-5. doi: 10.1038/ng1905. Epub 2006 Oct 8. Nat Genet. 2006. PMID: 17033621 Free PMC article.
• DMP1 mutations in autosomal recessive hypophosphatemia implicate a bone matrix protein in the regulation of phosphate homeostasis.

  Lorenz-Depiereux B, Bastepe M, Benet-Pagès A, Amyere M, Wagenstaller J, Müller-Barth U, Badenhoop K, Kaiser SM, Rittmaster RS, Shlossberg AH, Olivares JL, Loris C, Ramos FJ, Glorieux F, Vikkula M, Jüppner H, Strom TM. Lorenz-Depiereux B, et al. Nat Genet. 2006 Nov;38(11):1248-50. doi: 10.1038/ng1868. Epub 2006 Oct 8. Nat Genet. 2006. PMID: 17033625 Free PMC article.