Vitamin D and Calcium Supplementation Accelerate Vascular Calcification in a Model of Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum
Arterial calcification is a common feature of pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE), a disease characterized by <i>ABCC6</i> mutations, inducing a deficiency in pyrophosphate, a key inhibitor of calcium phosphate crystallization in arteries. Methods: we analyzed whether long-term exposure of Ab...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2022-02-01
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Series: | International Journal of Molecular Sciences |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/23/4/2302 |