Circulating osteogenic proteins are associated with coronary artery calcification and increase after myocardial infarction.
Antonio Eduardo Pereira PesaroMarcelo KatzMarcel LibermanCarolina PereiraCristovão L P MangueiraAna Eduarda Zulim de CarvalhoKarina S CarvalhoCesar H NomuraMarcelo FrankenCarlos V SerranoPublished in: PloS one (2018)
Higher MGP and RANKL levels associate with CAC. These findings highlight the potential role of these proteins as modulators and markers of CAC. In addition, the post-MI increase in OPG and MGP, as well as of inflammatory proteins suggest that the regulation of these OPs is affected by atherothrombotic inflammation.