Magnesium Reduces Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in a Mouse Model of Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum: A Novel Treatment Biomarker

Clinical and Translational Science

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 259-264

  Kupetsky Rincon, Erine A ^a   Li, Qiaoli ^a   Uitto, Jouni ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ABCC6 gene; Biomarker in pseudoxanthoma elasticum; Carotid intima media thickness; Magnesium; Mineralizing disorder; PXE knockout mouse; Reducing cardiovascular risk factors; Translational biomarker in mouse model

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINERALIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOXANTHOMA ELASTICUM; STROKE; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTEOGLYCANS; PSEUDOXANTHOMA ELASTICUM; STAINING AND LABELING; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 84862215360     PISSN: 17528054     EISSN: 17528062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-8062.2011.00390.x     Document Type: Article

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