Osteomodulin attenuates smooth muscle cell osteogenic transition in vascular calcification.
Nikolaos T SkenterisTill SeimeAnna WitaspEva KarlöfGrzegorz B WasilewskiMarina A HeuschkelArmand M G JaminonLoureen OduorRobert DzhanaevMalin KronqvistMariette LengquistFrederique E C M PeetersMagnus SöderbergRebecka HultgrenJoy RoyLars MaegdefesselHildur ArnardottirEva BengtssonIsabel GoncalvesThomas QuertermousClaudia GoettschPeter StenvinkelLeon J SchurgersLjubica MaticPublished in: Clinical and translational medicine (2022)
regions of calcified cardiovascular tissues, induced by pro-inflammatory and pro-osteogenic stimuli, while the presence of OMD in extracellular environment attenuated SMC calcification.