Alkaline Phosphatase and Hypophosphatasia

Hypophosphatasia (HPP) results from ALPL mutations leading to deficient activity of the tissue-non-specific alkaline phosphatase isozyme (TNAP) and thereby extracellular accumulation of inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi), a natural substrate of TNAP and potent inhibitor of mineralization. Thus, HPP featu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Millán, José Luis, Whyte, Michael P.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Springer US 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4824800/