The Emerging Role of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Vascular Calcification

• Main Authors: Changming Xie (Author), Liu Ouyang (Author), Jie Chen (Author), Huanji Zhang (Author), Pei Luo (Author), Jingfeng Wang (Author), Hui Huang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Vascular calcification (VC), characterized by hydroxyapatite crystal depositing in the vessel wall, is a common pathological condition shared by many chronic diseases and an independent risk factor for cardiovascular events. Recently, VC is regarded as an active, dynamic cell-mediated process, durin...