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Chondrogenesis mediated by PPi depletion promotes spontaneous aortic calcification in NPP1-/- mice.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Apr 2005
Johnson Kristen, Polewski Monika, van Etten Deborah, Terkeltaub Robert
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OBJECTIVE: We recently linked human arterial media calcification of infancy to heritable PC-1/nucleotide pyrophosphatase phosphodiesterase 1 (NPP1) deficiency. NPP1 hydrolyzes ATP to generate PP(i), a physicochemical inhibitor of hydroxyapatite crystal growth. But pathologic calcification in NPP1 deficiency states is tissue-restricted and in perispinal ligaments is endochondral differentiation-mediated rather...
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