Osteocyte dysfunction and renal osteodystrophy: not just calcium and phosphorus anymore.

Wesseling-Perry, Katherine · Kidney Int · 2017

cross_sectional · Level IV

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Abstract

In an important new cross-sectional analysis in this issue, Graciolli and colleagues present bone data from 148 adult patients across the spectrum of chronic kidney disease that confirm that disrupted osteocyte function and abnormal bone histology characterize all stages of chronic kidney disease and suggest that osteocytic Wnt signaling and osteocyte maturation may play a role in the pathogenesis of renal osteodystrophy. These concepts may alter how the skeletal, cardiovascular, and infectious complications of chronic kidney disease are managed.

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