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Impairment of linear growth occurs invariably in children with chronic renal failure. Recombinant human growth hormone and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (calcitriol) are widely utilized to improve linear growth in children. Large doses of calcitriol, however, have been shown to suppress chondrocyte proliferation and may lead to the development of adynamic bone. Substantial reductions of growth have been shown in children with chronic renal failure treated with intermittent calcitriol therapy. These findings suggest that calcitriol can modify chondrocyte proliferation and/or differentiation in epiphyseal growth plate cartilage and may counteract the effects of growth hormone therapy in increasing linear growth in children with chronic renal failure. Parathyroid hormone related peptide (PTHrP) and its receptor (PTH/PTHrP receptor) play critical roles in regulating chondrocyte differentiation in the growth plate. The expression of PTH/PTHrP receptor mRNA is downregulated in animals with chronic renal failure and advanced secondary hyperparathyroidism; calcitriol and growth hormone therapy may modify the expression of PTH/PTHrP receptor. This article summarizes the separate and combined effects of growth hormone and calcitriol on endochondral bone formation in chronic renal failure and secondary hyperparathyroidism.
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Received: 10 September 1999 / Revised: 23 December 1999 / Accepted: 30 December 1999
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Sanchez, C. Modulation of endochondral bone formation: roles of growth hormone, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D and hyperparathyroidism. Pediatr Nephrol 14, 646–649 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004670000354
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004670000354