title: [Kidney and bone update : the 5-year history and future of CKD-MBD. Progress in therapy of CKD-MBD with vitamin D receptor activators].
abstract: Reduction in serum 1,25 (OH) (2)D level plays an important role in the pathophysiology of altered bone and mineral metabolism among patients with advanced stages of CKD. The use of vitamin D receptor activators (VDRA) has brought great progress in medical management of CKD-MBD. A number of observational studies have shown that the nonuse of VDRA, and low serum concentrations of 1,25 (OH) (2)D or 25 (OH) D are the predictors of poor clinical outcomes in CKD patients including dialysis patients, raising a possibility that the pleiotropic actions of vitamin D may be systemically involved in the poor survival of patients with CKD-MBD. Randomized controlled trials are needed to clarify whether or not VDRA could be beneficial in the protection of the cardiovascular system and good longevity.
authors: Department of Geriatrics and Vascular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
authors: Tetsuo
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authors: Shoji
mesh_terms: D001851:Bone Diseases, Metabolic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D002762:Cholecalciferol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004872:Ergocalciferols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism; D008903:Minerals / Q000378:metabolism*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D018167:Receptors, Calcitriol / Q000819:agonists*; D012306:Risk; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004872:Ergocalciferols; D008903:Minerals; D018167:Receptors, Calcitriol; D014807:Vitamin D; D002762:Cholecalciferol; C097949:1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D