Arterial calcification in chronic kidney disease: key roles for calcium and phosphate

CM Shanahan, MH Crouthamel, A Kapustin… - Circulation …, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc
Vascular calcification contributes to the high risk of cardiovascular mortality in chronic kidney
disease (CKD) patients. Dysregulation of calcium (Ca) and phosphate (P) metabolism is …

The role of the calcium-sensing receptor in human disease

BK Ward, AL Magno, JP Walsh, T Ratajczak - Clinical biochemistry, 2012 - Elsevier
Following the discovery of the calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) in 1993, its pivotal role in
disorders of calcium homeostasis such as Familial Hypocalciuric Hypercalcemia (FHH) was …

Integration Of Extracellular And Intracellular Signals Via The Calcium Sensing Receptor (CASR)

C Zhang - 2014 - scholarworks.gsu.edu
Abstract The Ca 2+-sensing receptor (CaSR) regulates the calcium homeostasis in the
human body via sensing fluctuations in the extracellular Ca 2+ concentration. Naturally …

Expression of adrenomedullin in human epicardial adipose tissue: role of coronary status

A Silaghi, V Achard… - American Journal …, 2007 - journals.physiology.org
Epicardial white adipose tissue (eWAT) is in close contact with coronary vessels and
therefore could alter coronary homeostasis. Adrenomedullin (AM) is a potent vasodilatator …

Calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR), its impact on inflammation and the consequences on cardiovascular health

SS Sundararaman, EPC van der Vorst - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The calcium Sensing Receptor (CaSR) is a cell surface receptor belonging to the family of G-
protein coupled receptors. CaSR is mainly expressed by parathyroid glands, kidneys, bone …

Agonist-driven maturation and plasma membrane insertion of calcium-sensing receptors dynamically control signal amplitude

MP Grant, A Stepanchick, A Cavanaugh… - Science …, 2011 - science.org
Calcium-sensing receptors (CaSRs) regulate systemic calcium homeostasis in the
parathyroid gland, kidney, intestine, and bone and translate fluctuations in serum calcium …

Extracellular calcium modulates in vitro bone marrow-derived Flk-1+ CD34+ progenitor cell chemotaxis and differentiation through a calcium-sensing receptor

A Aguirre, A González, JA Planell, E Engel - Biochemical and biophysical …, 2010 - Elsevier
Angiogenesis is a complex process regulated by many cell types and a large variety of
biochemical signals such as growth factors, transcription factors, oxygen and nutrient …

Molecular basis of the extracellular ligands mediated signaling by the calcium sensing receptor

C Zhang, CL Miller, R Gorkhali, J Zou, K Huang… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Ca2+-sensing receptors (CaSRs) play a central role in regulating extracellular calcium
concentration ([Ca2+] o) homeostasis and many (patho) physiological processes in multiple …

The calcium sensing receptor: from calcium sensing to signaling

C Zhang, CL Miller, EM Brown, JJ Yang - Science China Life Sciences, 2015 - Springer
Abstract The Ca 2+-sensing receptor (the CaSR), a G-protein-coupled receptor, regulates
Ca 2+ homeostasis in the body by monitoring extracellular levels of Ca 2+([Ca 2+] o) and …

[HTML][HTML] A calcimimetic (R-568), but not calcitriol, prevents vascular remodeling in uremia

N Koleganova, G Piecha, E Ritz, CP Schmitt… - Kidney international, 2009 - Elsevier
Renal insufficiency increases cardiovascular risk, accelerates atherogenesis, and causes
vascular wall remodeling. Here we evaluated the effect of the calcimimetic R-568 and non …