New face of an old enzyme: Alkaline phosphatase may contribute to human tissue aging by inducing tissue hardening and calcification

Anatomical Record

Volumn 253, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 91-94

  Hui, Mizhou ^a   Tenenbaum, Howard C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Aging; Alkaline phosphatase; Brittle bone disease; Calcification; Hypophosphatasia; Osteogenesis imperfecta

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE;

AGING; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; BONE MINERALIZATION; CALCIFICATION; CELL CULTURE; DYSTROPHY; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

AGING; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; HYPOPHOSPHATASIA; KIDNEY; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA;

EID: 0031811994     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199806)253:3<91::AID-AR5>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Review

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