Calcification of Human Vascular Cells In Vitro Is Correlated With High Levels of Matrix Gla Protein and Low Levels of Osteopontin Expression
- 1 March 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
- Vol. 18 (3) , 379-388
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.atv.18.3.379
Abstract
—The cellular and molecular events leading to calcification in atherosclerotic lesions are unknown. We and others have shown that bone-associated proteins, particularly matrix Gla protein (...Keywords
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