Mohammed S. Razzaque is currently a Professor of Pathology at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine at Erie, Pennsylvania (U.S.A.). He obtained a Doctorate (Ph.D.) in pathology from Nagasaki University (Japan) and holds a degree in medicine (M.B.B.S.) from Chittagong University (Bangladesh). Dr. Razzaque is a Visiting Professor of Department of Oral Health Policy & Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine (U.S.A.), International Kazakh-Turkish University (Kazakhstan), University of Antwerp (Belgium), Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (Kazakhstan), and an Honorary Professor at the University of Rwanda College of Medicine & Health Sciences (Rwanda). He also worked as a Professor of Pathology at the Saba University School of Medicine (Dutch Caribbean) and as an Assistant Professor of Oral Medicine at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. His research has focused on understanding phosphate regulation in health and disease, and his clinical interest is renal pathology. Dr. Razzaque is a recipient of an R01 grant as a Principal Investigator from the National Institute of Health (U.S.A.).

• Preface.- Chapter 1. Phosphate Metabolism: from Physiology to Toxicity (Mohammed S. Razzaque).- Chapter 2. Phosphate Burden and Inflammation (Sarah Erem , Satoko Osuka and Mohammed S. Razzaque).- Chapter 3. Extracellular Phosphate, Inflammation and Cytotoxicity (Toshimi Michigami, Miwa Yamazaki, Mohammed S. Razzaque).- Chapter 4. Phosphate-sensing (Yuichi Takashi and Seiji Fukumoto).- Chapter 5. Vitamin D and phosphate interactions in health and disease (Nuraly S. Akimbekov, Ilya Digel, Dinara K. Sherelkhan, Mohammed S. Razzaque).- Chapter 6. Fibroblast growth factor 23 as regulator of vitamin D metabolism (Shinya Nakatani; Ayumi Nakatani, Katsuhito Mori, Masanori Emoto; Masaaki Inaba; and Mohammed S. Razzaque).- Chapter 7. Phosphate and Cellular Senescence (Ming Chang Hu and Orson W. Moe).- Chapter 8. Phosphate toxicity and epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) (Eric Lewis, Faith Seltun, Mohammed S. Razzaque, Ping He).- Chapter 9. Phosphate & endothelial function: How sensing ofelevated inorganic phosphate concentration generates signals in endothelial cells (Nima Abbasian, Alan Bevington and Dylan Burger).- Chapter 10. Common dietary sources of natural and artificial phosphate in food (Ken-ichi Miyamoto, Joanna Oh, Mohammed S. Razzaque).- Chapter 11. Phosphate is a Cardiovascular Toxin (Maren Leifheit-Nestler, Isabel Vogt, Dieter Haffner and Beatrice Richter).- Chapter 12. Coordination of Phosphate and Magnesium Metabolism in Bacteria (Roberto E. Bruna, Christopher G. Kendra and Mauricio H. Pontes).- Index.

Mohammed S. Razzaque is currently a Professor of Pathology at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine at Erie, Pennsylvania (U.S.A.). He obtained a Doctorate (Ph.D.) in pathology from Nagasaki University (Japan) and holds a degree in medicine (M.B.B.S.) from Chittagong University (Bangladesh). Dr. Razzaque is a Visiting Professor of Department of Oral Health Policy & Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine (U.S.A.), International Kazakh-Turkish University (Kazakhstan), University of Antwerp (Belgium), Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (Kazakhstan), and an Honorary Professor at the University of Rwanda College of Medicine & Health Sciences (Rwanda). He also worked as a Professor of Pathology at the Saba University School of Medicine (Dutch Caribbean) and as an Assistant Professor of Oral Medicine at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. His research has focused on understanding phosphate regulation in health and disease, and his clinical interest is renal pathology. Dr. Razzaque is a recipient of an R01 grant as a Principal Investigator from the National Institute of Health (U.S.A.).

• Preface.- Chapter 1. Phosphate Metabolism: from Physiology to Toxicity (Mohammed S. Razzaque).- Chapter 2. Phosphate Burden and Inflammation (Sarah Erem , Satoko Osuka and Mohammed S. Razzaque).- Chapter 3. Extracellular Phosphate, Inflammation and Cytotoxicity (Toshimi Michigami, Miwa Yamazaki, Mohammed S. Razzaque).- Chapter 4. Phosphate-sensing (Yuichi Takashi and Seiji Fukumoto).- Chapter 5. Vitamin D and phosphate interactions in health and disease (Nuraly S. Akimbekov, Ilya Digel, Dinara K. Sherelkhan, Mohammed S. Razzaque).- Chapter 6. Fibroblast growth factor 23 as regulator of vitamin D metabolism (Shinya Nakatani; Ayumi Nakatani, Katsuhito Mori, Masanori Emoto; Masaaki Inaba; and Mohammed S. Razzaque).- Chapter 7. Phosphate and Cellular Senescence (Ming Chang Hu and Orson W. Moe).- Chapter 8. Phosphate toxicity and epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) (Eric Lewis, Faith Seltun, Mohammed S. Razzaque, Ping He).- Chapter 9. Phosphate & endothelial function: How sensing ofelevated inorganic phosphate concentration generates signals in endothelial cells (Nima Abbasian, Alan Bevington and Dylan Burger).- Chapter 10. Common dietary sources of natural and artificial phosphate in food (Ken-ichi Miyamoto, Joanna Oh, Mohammed S. Razzaque).- Chapter 11. Phosphate is a Cardiovascular Toxin (Maren Leifheit-Nestler, Isabel Vogt, Dieter Haffner and Beatrice Richter).- Chapter 12. Coordination of Phosphate and Magnesium Metabolism in Bacteria (Roberto E. Bruna, Christopher G. Kendra and Mauricio H. Pontes).- Index.

Mohammed S. Razzaque is currently a Professor of Pathology at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine at Erie, Pennsylvania (U.S.A.). He obtained a Doctorate (Ph.D.) in pathology from Nagasaki University (Japan) and holds a degree in medicine (M.B.B.S.) from Chittagong University (Bangladesh). Dr. Razzaque is a Visiting Professor of Department of Oral Health Policy & Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine (U.S.A.), International Kazakh-Turkish University (Kazakhstan), University of Antwerp (Belgium), Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (Kazakhstan), and an Honorary Professor at the University of Rwanda College of Medicine & Health Sciences (Rwanda). He also worked as a Professor of Pathology at the Saba University School of Medicine (Dutch Caribbean) and as an Assistant Professor of Oral Medicine at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. His research has focused on understanding phosphate regulation in health and disease, and his clinical interest is renal pathology. Dr. Razzaque is a recipient of an R01 grant as a Principal Investigator from the National Institute of Health (U.S.A.).

• Preface.- Chapter 1. Phosphate Metabolism: from Physiology to Toxicity (Mohammed S. Razzaque).- Chapter 2. Phosphate Burden and Inflammation (Sarah Erem , Satoko Osuka and Mohammed S. Razzaque).- Chapter 3. Extracellular Phosphate, Inflammation and Cytotoxicity (Toshimi Michigami, Miwa Yamazaki, Mohammed S. Razzaque).- Chapter 4. Phosphate-sensing (Yuichi Takashi and Seiji Fukumoto).- Chapter 5. Vitamin D and phosphate interactions in health and disease (Nuraly S. Akimbekov, Ilya Digel, Dinara K. Sherelkhan, Mohammed S. Razzaque).- Chapter 6. Fibroblast growth factor 23 as regulator of vitamin D metabolism (Shinya Nakatani; Ayumi Nakatani, Katsuhito Mori, Masanori Emoto; Masaaki Inaba; and Mohammed S. Razzaque).- Chapter 7. Phosphate and Cellular Senescence (Ming Chang Hu and Orson W. Moe).- Chapter 8. Phosphate toxicity and epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) (Eric Lewis, Faith Seltun, Mohammed S. Razzaque, Ping He).- Chapter 9. Phosphate & endothelial function: How sensing ofelevated inorganic phosphate concentration generates signals in endothelial cells (Nima Abbasian, Alan Bevington and Dylan Burger).- Chapter 10. Common dietary sources of natural and artificial phosphate in food (Ken-ichi Miyamoto, Joanna Oh, Mohammed S. Razzaque).- Chapter 11. Phosphate is a Cardiovascular Toxin (Maren Leifheit-Nestler, Isabel Vogt, Dieter Haffner and Beatrice Richter).- Chapter 12. Coordination of Phosphate and Magnesium Metabolism in Bacteria (Roberto E. Bruna, Christopher G. Kendra and Mauricio H. Pontes).- Index.