Publications by authors named "Akihiko Imura"
Background: The extracellular domain of klotho is cleaved and released into various extracellular fluids, such as blood, urine, and cerebrospinal fluid, as soluble α-klotho (sαKl).
Methods: We measured sαKl in 53 hemodialysis patients and 20 healthy controls to examine its role in mineral metabolism.
Results: The sαKl level of the hemodialysis patients was 430 pg/ml (386 - 540 pg/ml, which was lower than that of healthy controls 740 pg/ml (550 - 913 pg/ml, p < 0.