Genetic studies in animals and humans indicate that gene mutations that functionally perturb
transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) signaling are linked to specific hereditary vascular …

Vascular calcification is associated with atherosclerosis, chronic kidney disease, and
diabetes, and results from processes resembling endochondral or intramembranous …

Transforming growth factor β (TGFβ) family members are involved in a wide range of diverse
functions and play key roles in embryogenesis, development and tissue homeostasis …

The transforming growth factor type-β (TGF-β) superfamily of ligands, receptors, binding
proteins and ligand traps together plays a key role in the maintenance of normal blood …

Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are secretory proteins belonging to the transforming
growth factor-β (TGF-β) superfamily. These proteins play important roles in embryogenesis …

Objective—Collagen accumulation and calcification are major determinants of
atherosclerotic plaque stability. Extracellular vesicle (EV)–derived microcalcifications in the …

IL-20 belongs to the IL-10 family and plays a role in skin inflammation and the development
of hematopoietic cells. Little is known about its other biological functions and clinical …

Background: This study aims to evaluate the performance of chitosan/anorganic bovine
bone (C/ABB) scaffold seeded with human jaw bone marrow‐derived mesenchymal stem …

Several studies have reported an association between infectious agents and
atherosclerosis. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most commonly implicated viral pathogen …

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are tiny, endogenous nucleotides that bind to mRNA and induce
translation repression within metazoan cells. Since their discovery in 1993 in …