Urinary Calcium Is Associated with Serum Sclerostin among Stone Formers.
Fernanda Guedes RodriguesMilene Subtil OrmanjiIgor Gouveia PietrobomAna Cristina Carvalho de MatosMartin H de BorstIta Pfeferman HeilbergPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2023)
The present findings disclose that in addition to hypertension and salt intake, serum sclerostin is associated with urinary calcium in stone formers, suggesting that in addition to the hormones traditionally thought to alter calcium reabsorption in the kidney, sclerostin may play a significant additional role, warranting further investigation.