Calcification of human vascular cells in vitro is correlated with high levels of matrix Gla protein and low levels of osteopontin expression

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 379-388

  Proudfoot, Diane ^a   Skepper, Jeremy N ^b   Shanahan, Catherine M ^a   Weissberg, Peter L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Anatomy ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcification; Matrix Gla protein; Osteopontin; Pericytes; Vascular smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ALIZARIN RED S; ALPHA ACTIN; CALPONIN; OSTEOCALCIN; OSTEOPONTIN; RNA; SCLEROPROTEIN;

AORTA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONOCYTE; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0031893382     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.18.3.379     Document Type: Article

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