Targeted ablation of Fgf23 demonstrates an essential physiological role of FGF23 in phosphate and vitamin D metabolism
J. Clin. Invest. Takashi Shimada, et al. 113:561 doi:10.1172/JCI19081 [
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Figure 4Key molecules for serum phosphate and 1,25(OH)
2D levels. (
a) Northern blot analysis of renal 1α-OHase and 24-OHase mRNAs. The blots were reprobed with a GAPDH fragment to confirm integrity of the electrophoresed RNAs. (
b) TmP/GFR. Mice (6 weeks old) were reared in metabolic cages to collect urine samples for 24 hours. The results represent mean ± SEM. WT,
n = 6; heterozygotes,
n = 6; homozygotes,
n = 6. **
P < 0.01, evaluated by Dunnett’s method. (
c) Immunohistochemistry of renal NaP
i-2a protein at 6 weeks of age.