Chronic kidney disease: FGF-23 inhibits neutrophil activation

Nature Reviews Nephrology 12, 198 (2016). doi:10.1038/nrneph.2016.28 Author: Ellen F. Carney Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have an increased incidence of bacterial infections, but the mechanisms by which CKD leads to impairment of the immune system are not well defined. Now, Alexander Zarbock and colleagues report that increased levels of fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF-23)
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