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SUBMITTER: Kwon DH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7247359 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kwon Duk-Hwa DH Ryu Juhee J Kim Young-Kook YK Kook Hyun H
International journal of molecular sciences 20200504 9
Vascular calcification (VC) is characterized by calcium deposition inside arteries and is closely associated with the morbidity and mortality of atherosclerosis, chronic kidney disease, diabetes, and other cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). VC is now widely known to be an active process occurring in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) involving multiple mechanisms and factors. These mechanisms share features with the process of bone formation, since the phenotype switching from the contractile to ...[more]