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. 2014 Jan;85(1):11-2.
doi: 10.1038/ki.2013.296.

In and out of the bone: can the osteocyte escape skeletal jail and yet regulate mineralization?

Junichiro J Kazama  1 , Masafumi Fukagawa  2
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In and out of the bone: can the osteocyte escape skeletal jail and yet regulate mineralization?

Junichiro J Kazama et al. Kidney Int. 2014 Jan.
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Abstract

An increase in the levels of fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) develops in the early phase of chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, the initial trigger of CKD-mineral and bone disorder (CKD-MBD) is a matter of debate. Fang and associates provide evidence, in a mouse model of early CKD, that osteocytes and osteocyte-like cells play an important role at the earliest stage of CKD-MBD. The osteocytes may become a target of intervention in CKD-MBD.

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