Acetylated Low-Density Lipoprotein Stimulates Human Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Calcification by Promoting Osteoblastic Differentiation and Inhibiting Phagocytosis
- 10 December 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 106 (24) , 3044-3050
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.0000041429.83465.41
Abstract
Background— Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) in atherosclerotic lesions display an osteogenic phenotype, and calcification commonly occurs in association with lipid. We therefore tested the hyp...Keywords
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