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SUBMITTER: Farrow EG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3050486 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Farrow Emily G EG White Kenneth E KE
Nature reviews. Nephrology 20100223 4
Phosphate is critical for the maintenance of skeletal integrity, is a necessary component of important biomolecules, and is central to signal transduction and cell metabolism. It is becoming clear that endocrine communication between the skeleton, kidney, and the intestine is involved in maintaining appropriate serum phosphate concentrations, and that the kidney is the primary site for minute-to-minute regulation of phosphate levels. The identification of genetic alterations in Mendelian disorde ...[more]