FGF23 is elevated in Gambian children with rickets
FGF23 is elevated in Gambian children with rickets
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DOI:
10.1016/j.bone.2007.11.014
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发表时间:
2008-04-01
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影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
Pettifor, John M.
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作者:
Prentice, Ann;Ceesay, Mustapha;Pettifor, John M.
Objectives: Fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) is a phosphaturic factor that is elevated in several diseases associated with hypophosphatemia and rickets. Rickets in the absence of vitamin D deficiency has been reported in African and Asian populations with a low calcium intake but the definition of risk factors has proved elusive. The aim of the study was to characterize the biochemical profile and measure FGF23 in a series of Gambian children who had presented with rickets of unknown etiology and a plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D (250HD) above the range typical of vitamin D-deficiency rickets.Methods: The 46 patients (30 males, 16 females) had bone deformities typical of rickets and were 1.1-16.4 years old (geometric mean, 3.4 years). Active rickets (on radiographs and/or elevated plasma alkaline phosphatase) was present in 28%. Plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D was above 20 nmol/l in all patients. Concentrations of plasma FGF23, phosphate and other relevant biochemical analytes were measured in stored samples of fasting, early morning plasma and compared with those measured in samples collected from local children and stored under similar conditions.Results: The rickets patients had lower plasma phosphate, lower 25-hydroxyvitamin D, higher 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D and elevated total alkaline phosphatase than local children. Those with active rickets had raised parathyroid hormone concentration. The patients had significantly higher FGF23 concentration than local children (geometric mean (-1SID, + 1SD, range) RU/ml: 367 (87, 1552, 46-7052, n = 39) vs 51 (23, 112, 3-130, n = 30), p