Fetuin-mineral complex: a new potential biomarker for vascular calcification?
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1038/ki.2009.52.
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Abstract
Vascular calcification is prevalent in dialysis patients and is associated with a high burden of cardiovascular disease. Fetuin-A is a potent inhibitor of vascular calcification, but the precise mechanism by which it mediates vascular calcification in uremia is unclear. Matsui and colleagues demonstrate that circulating fetuin-A forms fetuin-mineral complex in the serum of uremic rats and thereby inhibits vascular calcification. This suggests that fetuin-mineral complex may reflect extraosseous calcification stress, opening new perspectives on vascular calcification in uremia.
Medical subject headings
- Calcinosis
- Minerals
- alpha-Fetoproteins