Vascular smooth muscle cells in the pathogenesis of vascular calcification

Circulation Research

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 710-711

  Hruska, Keith A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CELL PROTEIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; CRE RECOMBINASE; MATRIX GLA PROTEIN; OSTEOPONTIN; TRANSGELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN K DEPENDENT CARBOXYLASE; BMP2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; GRANULOMA PROTEIN, MOUSE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; OSTERIX PROTEIN, MOUSE; PROTEIN; RUNX2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SOX9 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MSX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; WNT PROTEIN; WNT3 PROTEIN; WNT7A PROTEIN, MOUSE;

AGING; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL LINEAGE; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EDITORIAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; MONCKEBERG MEDIAL CALCIFIC SCLEROSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; ANIMAL; ARTERY; CALCINOSIS; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; DOWN REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; CALCINOSIS; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CHONDROCYTES; CORE BINDING FACTOR ALPHA 1 SUBUNIT; DOWN-REGULATION; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VASCULAR DISEASES; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 64249102107     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.109.195487     Document Type: Editorial

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