OPG/RANK/RANKL signaling system and its significance in nephrology.

K Klejna, B Naumnik, K Gasowska… - Folia histochemica et …, 2009 - journals.viamedica.pl
Recent years brought the discovery of new members of TNF receptor superfamily-
osteoprotegerin/receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappaB and its ligand …

A cut-off value of plasma osteoprotegerin level may predict the presence of coronary artery calcifications in chronic kidney disease patients

M Morena, AM Dupuy, I Jaussent… - Nephrology Dialysis …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Background. Expression of bone proteins resulting from transdifferentiation of vascular
smooth muscle cells into osteoblasts suggests that vascular calcifications are a bioactive …

Does vascular calcification correlate with pulse wave velocity in hemodialysis patients?

B Di Iorio, E Cucciniello, F Aucella… - Nephrology …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Vascular calcifications have been previously shown to be an independent predictor of
mortality in dialysis patients and a similar association has been shown for arterial stiffness …

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