Identification and characterization of vascular calcification-associated factor, a novel gene upregulated during vascular calcification in vitro and in vivo

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1851-1857

  Alexander, M Yvonne ^a   Wilkinson, Fiona L ^a   Kirton, John Paul ^a,b   Rock, Claire Farrington ^b   Collett, Georgina D M ^b   Jeziorska, Maria ^a   Smyth, J Vincent ^a   Heagerty, Anthony M ^a   Canfield, Ann E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Calcification; Genes; Novel gene; Pericytes

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PROTEIN; RNA LIGASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION ASSOCIATED FACTOR; VCAF PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CATTLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SUBTRACTIVE HYBRIDIZATION;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CATTLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA, ANTISENSE; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; OSTEOGENESIS; PERICYTES; PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 24144471041     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000175750.94742.46     Document Type: Article

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