title: Ways of calcium reabsorption in the kidney.
abstract: The role of the kidney in calcium homeostasis has been reshaped from a classic view in which the kidney was regulated by systemic calcitropic hormones such as vitamin D3 or parathyroid hormone to an organ actively taking part in the regulation of calcium handling. With the identification of the intrinsic renal calcium-sensing receptor feedback system, the regulation of paracellular calcium transport involving claudins, and new paracrine regulators such as klotho, the kidney has emerged as a crucial modulator not only of calciuria but also of calcium homeostasis. This review summarizes recent molecular and endocrine contributors to renal calcium handling and highlights the tight link between calcium and sodium reabsorption in the kidney.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; and.
authors.forename: Matthias B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Moor
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; and Service of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland Olivier.Bonny@unil.ch.
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bonny
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D057167:Claudins / Q000378:metabolism; D025461:Feedback, Physiological / Q000502:physiology*; D006706:Homeostasis / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D053565:Hypercalciuria / Q000378:metabolism; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism*; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000378:metabolism; D044169:Receptors, Calcium-Sensing / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D057167:Claudins; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D044169:Receptors, Calcium-Sensing; D002118:Calcium
keywords: calcium; hypercalciuria; kidney stones; nephrocalcinosis; osteoporosis; sodium