Calcifying nanoparticles promote mineralization in vascular smooth muscle cells: implications for atherosclerosis
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Calcifying nanoparticles promote mineralization in vascular smooth muscle cells: implications for atherosclerosis
BACKGROUND Nano-sized complexes of calcium phosphate mineral and proteins (calcifying nanoparticles [CNPs]) serve as mineral chaperones. Thus, CNPs may be both a result and cause of soft tissue calcification processes. This study determined if CNPs could augment calcification of arterial vascular smooth muscle cells in vitro. METHODS CNPs 210 nm in diameter were propagated in vitro from human...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Nanomedicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1178-2013
DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s63189