Hypophosphatasia: Current Literature for Pathophysiology, Clinical Manifestations, Diagnosis, and Treatment

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Abdulai BanguraThomas Shuler

Abstract

Hypophosphatasia (HPP) is a rare inherited bone disorder identified by impaired bone mineralization. There are seven subtypes of HPP mainly characterized by their age of onset. These subtypes consist of perinatal (prenatal) benign, perinatal lethal, infantile, childhood, adult, odontohypophosphatasia, and pseudohypophosphatasia. Due to limited awareness of the condition, either misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis is common. Furthermore, the condition is frequently treated with contraindicated drugs. This literature illustrates the most recent findings on the etiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosing, and treatment for HPP and its subtypes. The etiology of the disease consists of loss-of-function mutations of the ALPL gene on chromosome one, which encodes for tissue nonspecific isoenzyme of alkaline phosphatase (TNAP). A decrease of TNAP reduces inorganic phosphate (Pi) for bone mineralization and allows for an increase in inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi) and phosphorylated osteopontin (p-OPN), which further reduces bone mineralization. The combination of these processes softens bone and mediates a clinical presentation similar to rickets/osteomalacia. HPP has an additional wide range of clinical features dependi...Continue Reading

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