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Pathophysiological role of vascular smooth muscle alkaline phosphatase in medial artery calcification.
Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - 1 May 2015
Sheen Campbell R, Kuss Pia, Narisawa Sonoko, Yadav Manisha C, Nigro Jessica, Wang Wei, Chhea T Nicole, Sergienko Eduard A, Kapoor Kapil, Jackson Michael R, Hoylaerts Marc F, Pinkerton Anthony B, O'Neill W Charles, Millán José Luis
Abstract excerpt
Medial vascular calcification (MVC) is a pathological phenomenon that causes vascular stiffening and can lead to heart failure; it is common to a variety of conditions, including aging, chronic kidney disease, diabetes, obesity, and a variety of rare genetic diseases. These conditions share the common feature of tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase (TNAP) upregulation in the vasculature. To evaluate the role...
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