TY - JOUR AU - Katsumata, Shinichi AU - Katsumata, Rie AU - Matsumoto, Naoki AU - Inoue, Hirofumi AU - Takahashi, Nobuyuki AU - Uehara, Mariko PY - 2016 DA - 2016/06/07 TI - Iron deficiency decreases renal 25-hydroxyvitamin D3-1α-hydroxylase activity and bone formation in rats JO - BMC Nutrition SP - 33 VL - 2 IS - 1 AB - Dietary iron intake is associated with bone metabolism in human and animals. Previous studies have suggested that iron deficiency diminishes bone formation and causes bone loss in rats, however, the detailed mechanisms remain unclear. To clarify the mechanism of the diminishing bone formation in iron deficiency, we examined the renal 25-hydroxyvitamin D3-1α-hydroxylase (1α-hydroxylase) activity and femoral expression of bone formation-related genes in iron-deficient rats. SN - 2055-0928 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40795-016-0072-8 DO - 10.1186/s40795-016-0072-8 ID - Katsumata2016 ER -