Evaluation of Coronary Artery Calcification and Gremlin-1 Serum Level Correlation in Patients with Chronic Ischemic Heart Disease

• Main Authors: Atefeh Rezapour (Author), Saeed Nazemi (Author), Fatemeh Mashhadi (Author), Seyed Mohammad Hassan Moallem (Author), Mohammad Afshar (Author), Sepideh Elyasi (Author), Gholamreza Mohajeri Moghaddam (Author), Azadeh Zaerzadeh (Author), Amir Hooshang Mohammadpour (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Research Center for Rational Use of Drugs (RCRUD), 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Available evidences have shown that bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs), particularly BMP 2 and BMP 4, are involved in vascular calcification. Gremlin 1 is one of the important endogenous inhibitors of BMPs. This extracellular antagonist of bone morphogenic proteins has a very complex and...