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INTERNATIONAL UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY
Volume 51, Issue 3, Pages 519-526Publisher
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DOI: 10.1007/s11255-018-2050-3
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Chronic kidney disease-mineral and bone disorder (CKD-MBD); Sclerostin; Renal osteodystrophy (ROD); Calcium-phosphate disturbances; Haemodialysis patients
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- Medical University of Silesia in Katowice [KNW-1-004/N/7/0]
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PurposeData concerning the relation between increased levels of circulating sclerostin (a physiological inhibitor of bone formation) and bone turnover in patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) are limited. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate associations between plasma sclerostin levels and calcium-phosphate disturbances, markers of bone turnover as well as inflammation in haemodialysis (HD) patients.MethodsIn plasma samples obtained in 150 stable HD patients (92 men) aged 40-70 years, levels of sclerostin, fibroblast growth factor (cFGF23), osteocalcin, the N-terminal propeptide of type I procollagen, C-terminal telopeptide of the alpha chain of type I collagen (-CTx), and inflammatory markers (IL-6 and TNF-) in addition to routine parameters (calcium, phosphorus, parathyroid hormoneiPTH, 25-OH-D, alkaline phosphatase) were measured.ResultsPlasma sclerostin concentrations were significantly higher in HD men than women (2.61 vs. 1.88ng/mL, p<0.01). Patients with sclerostin levels above median were characterized by lower iPTH and IL-6, but higher cFGF23 and TNF- (significantly only in men) concentrations. Plasma sclerostin concentration positively correlated with serum 25-OH-D (=0.204), phosphorus (=0.1482), and TNF- (=0.183) and inversely with iPTH (=-0.255), alkaline phosphatase (=-0.203), IL-6 (=-0.201), and -CTx (=-0.099) levels. In multivariate regression analysis, variability of sclerostin levels was explained by sex and 25-OH-D and phosphorus levels.ConclusionsIncreased circulating sclerostin levels seem to reflect slower bone turnover in HD patients. Low levels of sclerostin are associated with vitamin D deficiency and good phosphates alignment.
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