2023
Hereditary Hypophosphatemic Rickets with Hypercalciuria Presenting with Enthesopathy, Renal Cysts, and High Serum c-Terminal FGF23: Single-Center Experience and Systematic Review
Dodamani M, Memon S, Karlekar M, Lila A, Khan M, Sarathi V, Arya S, Jamale T, Thakare S, Patil V, Shah N, Bergwitz C, Bandgar T. Hereditary Hypophosphatemic Rickets with Hypercalciuria Presenting with Enthesopathy, Renal Cysts, and High Serum c-Terminal FGF23: Single-Center Experience and Systematic Review. Calcified Tissue International 2023, 114: 137-146. PMID: 37981601, DOI: 10.1007/s00223-023-01156-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle-center experienceHereditary hypophosphatemic ricketsRenal calcificationSLC34A3 mutationsSystematic reviewHypophosphatemic ricketsLow bone mineral densityC-terminal FGF23Median age 38 yearsBone mineral densityIron deficiency anemiaPhenotype-genotype correlationAge 38 yearsDisorders of phosphate homeostasisRickets/osteomalaciaNon-truncating variantsLow BMDNormal BMDBone involvementDeficiency anemiaSingle-centerMineral densityCase seriesElevated FGF23Initial misdiagnosis
2016
Impaired urinary osteopontin excretion in Npt2a−/− mice
Caballero D, Li Y, Ponsetto J, Zhu C, Bergwitz C. Impaired urinary osteopontin excretion in Npt2a−/− mice. American Journal Of Physiology. Renal Physiology 2016, 312: f77-f83. PMID: 27784695, PMCID: PMC5283892, DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00367.2016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOPN gene expressionUrinary excretionRenal phosphate wasting disordersHigh-phosphate dietPhosphate wasting disordersOral phosphate supplementationRenal gene expressionRenal stone diseaseGene expressionAdditional risk factorsOPN levelsRole of OPNWasting disordersStone diseaseUrine excretionMouse modelNpt2aRisk factorsMouse mutationPhosphate supplementationRenal phosphateMiceRestored to wild-type levelsExcretionNephrocalcinosisHypophosphatemia promotes lower rates of muscle ATP synthesis
Pesta DH, Tsirigotis DN, Befroy DE, Caballero D, Jurczak MJ, Rahimi Y, Cline GW, Dufour S, Birkenfeld AL, Rothman DL, Carpenter TO, Insogna K, Petersen KF, Bergwitz C, Shulman GI. Hypophosphatemia promotes lower rates of muscle ATP synthesis. The FASEB Journal 2016, 30: 3378-3387. PMID: 27338702, PMCID: PMC5024687, DOI: 10.1096/fj.201600473r.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMuscle ATP synthesisATP synthesisMuscle weaknessIsolated muscle mitochondriaSolute carrier familyWild-type littermate controlsSolute carrier family 34Carrier familyLower ratesInsulin-stimulated ratesMuscle mitochondriaChronic hypophosphatemiaHeart failureHypophosphatemic groupHypophosphatemic miceHypophosphatemiaLittermate controlsKnockout miceBlood PLow ratePlasma PPatientsSimilar findingsMember 1Plasma inorganic phosphate
2011
Case 33-2011 — A 56-Year-Old Man with Hypophosphatemia
Bergwitz C, Collins MT, Kamath RS, Rosenberg AE. Case 33-2011 — A 56-Year-Old Man with Hypophosphatemia. New England Journal Of Medicine 2011, 365: 1625-1635. PMID: 22029985, PMCID: PMC4907641, DOI: 10.1056/nejmcpc1104567.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2008
A Patient With Hypophosphatemia, a Femoral Fracture, and Recurrent Kidney Stones: Report of a Novel Mutation in SLC34A3
Page K, Bergwitz C, Jaureguiberry G, Harinarayan CV, Insogna K. A Patient With Hypophosphatemia, a Femoral Fracture, and Recurrent Kidney Stones: Report of a Novel Mutation in SLC34A3. Endocrine Practice 2008, 14: 869-874. PMID: 18996815, PMCID: PMC2773288, DOI: 10.4158/ep.14.7.869.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultFemoral Neck FracturesHumansHypophosphatemiaKidney CalculiMaleMutationSodium-Phosphate Cotransporter Proteins, Type IIcConceptsSLC34A3 geneClinical presentationNovel mutationsHistory of flank painMissense mutationsPatient's unusual clinical presentationUnusual clinical presentationPatient's clinical courseAtypical clinical presentationHereditary hypophosphatemic ricketsTreated with calcitriolRecurrent kidney stonesDisorder associated with mutationsGenomic DNA samplesStress fracturesSLC34A3 mutationsFlank painRecurrent nephrolithiasisInsufficiency fracturesClinical courseClinical improvementNaPi-IIcHypophosphatemic ricketsCompound heterozygotesGenetic analysisGenetic Evidence of Serum Phosphate-Independent Functions of FGF-23 on Bone
Sitara D, Kim S, Razzaque MS, Bergwitz C, Taguchi T, Schüler C, Erben RG, Lanske B. Genetic Evidence of Serum Phosphate-Independent Functions of FGF-23 on Bone. PLOS Genetics 2008, 4: e1000154. PMID: 18688277, PMCID: PMC2483943, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000154.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBone and BonesBone DensityCalcification, PhysiologicCells, CulturedFibroblast Growth Factor-23Fibroblast Growth FactorsGene ExpressionHypophosphatemiaMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMuscle, SkeletalOsteoblastsPhenotypePhosphatesSerumSkullSodium-Phosphate Cotransporter Proteins, Type IIaUrineConceptsFGF-23 geneFgf-23-/- micePhosphate homeostasisGenetic evidenceFgf-23-/-Regulation of phosphate homeostasisCrucial biological importanceFirst genetic evidenceSystemic phosphate homeostasisSkeletal mineralizationCellular functionsDouble mutantNew mouse lineMaster regulatorProtein abundanceGenomic ablationMolecular mechanismsDouble mutant miceChondrocyte differentiationTargeted disruptionSkeletal phenotypeBiological importanceGenesEnergy metabolismHomeostasis
2001
Familial isolated parathyroid adenoma in a consanguineous family
Bergwitz C, Bremer B, Soudah B, Mayr B, Brabant G. Familial isolated parathyroid adenoma in a consanguineous family. Journal Of Endocrinological Investigation 2001, 24: 349-355. PMID: 11407655, DOI: 10.1007/bf03343872.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary hyperparathyroidismSecond-degree relativesParathyroid adenomaMultiple endocrine neoplasia 1Recessive mode of inheritanceLeft lower neckRecurrent parathyroid adenomaGood healthGenetic testingSigns or symptomsGerm-cell mutationsBilateral hearing lossPre-term childrenSternocleidomastoid muscleSymptomatic hypercalcemiaMode of inheritanceOncocytic differentiationParathyroid massGentamicin treatmentGerm cell mutationsUltrasound scanRare formLower neckSubsequent autotransplantationEndocrine studies