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Bone morphogenetic protein 7 (BMP7) gene polymorphisms are associated with inverse relationships between vascular calcification and BMD: the Diabetes Heart Study.
Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - 1 Oct 2009
Freedman Barry I, Bowden Donald W, Ziegler Julie T, Langefeld Carl D, Lehtinen Allison B, Rudock Megan E, Lenchik Leon, Hruska Keith A, Register Thomas C, Carr J Jeffrey
Abstract excerpt
Inverse relationships have been observed between BMD and vascular calcification (VC), suggesting an underlying metabolic pathway linking these processes. Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are potential candidate genes that may mediate this relationship. Four single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the BMP2 gene, 2 SNPs in BMP4, and 16 SNPs in BMP7 were tested for association with measures of VC using CT...
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