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Relationship between serum osteoprotegerin and vascular calcifications in hemodialysis patients

The Egyptian Heart Journal, 2017
Background: Uremia is a vasculopathic process, and both cardiac calcification and vascular calcification seen from the early stages of chronic kidney disease.
Tarek Z. El Baz, Osama A. Khamis, Amal El-Shehaby, Hussein Chahine, Ahmad Alaa Al-Din Ahmed, Mostafa A. Alsawasany   +5 more
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Impact of Alirocumab on Release Markers of Atherosclerotic Plaque Vulnerability in Patients with Mixed Hyperlipidemia and Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque

Medicina, 2022
Background and Objectives: Atherosclerosis is a disease in the pathogenesis of which plasma factors apart from elevated cholesterol levels play a keyrole. Such factors include osteopontin (OPN), osteoprotegerin (OPG), and metalloproteinases (MMPs), which
Michał Kosowski, Marcin Basiak, Marcin Hachuła, Bogusław Okopień   +3 more
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Endogenous Calcification Inhibitors in the Prevention of Vascular Calcification: A Consensus Statement From the COST Action EuroSoftCalcNet

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2019
The physicochemical deposition of calcium-phosphate in the arterial wall is prevented by calcification inhibitors. Studies in cohorts of patients with rare genetic diseases have shed light on the consequences of loss-of-function mutations for different ...
Magnus Bäck, Tamas Aranyi, M. Leonor Cancela, Miguel Carracedo, Natércia Conceição, Georges Leftheriotis, Vicky Macrae, Ludovic Martin, Yvonne Nitschke, Andreas Pasch, Daniela Quaglino, Frank Rutsch, Catherine Shanahan, Victor Sorribas, Flora Szeri, Flora Szeri, Pedro Valdivielso, Olivier Vanakker, Hervé Kempf   +18 more
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Osteoprotegerin Is more than a Possible Serum Marker in Liver Fibrosis: A Study into Its Function in Human and Murine Liver

Pharmaceutics, 2020
Osteoprotegerin (OPG) serum levels are associated with liver fibrogenesis and have been proposed as a biomarker for diagnosis. However, the source and role of OPG in liver fibrosis are unknown, as is the question of whether OPG expression responds to ...
Adhyatmika Adhyatmika, Leonie Beljaars, Kurnia S. S. Putri, Habibie Habibie, Carian E. Boorsma, Catharina Reker-Smit, Theerut Luangmonkong, Burak Guney, Axel Haak, Keri A. Mangnus, Eduard Post, Klaas Poelstra, Kim Ravnskjaer, Peter Olinga, Barbro N. Melgert   +14 more
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Osteoprotegerin and Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor-κB Ligand (RANKL) in the Serum of Healthy Adults

The International Journal of Biological Markers, 2002
Aims Osteoprotegerin and the receptor activator of the nuclear factor-κB ligand (RANKL) are decisive factors for maintaining the balance between bone formation and bone resorption.
K. Jung, M. Lein, K. v. Hösslin, A. Grosse, S. Roth, K. Possinger, D. Lüftner   +6 more
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EFFECT OF INFLIXIMAB ON PARAMETERS OF REMODELING OF ARTERIAL BLOODSTREAM, RANKL AND OSTEOPROTEGERIN LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

Научно-практическая ревматология, 2014
Objective. To study the effect of infliximab (INF) on serum levels of RANKL and osteoprotegerin (OPG), as well as on structural and functional properties of the vascular wall in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).Material and Methods.
Larisa Aleksandrovna Knyazeva, N S Meshcherina   +1 more
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Value of serum osteoprotegerin in the assessment of endothelial dysfunction in obesity

The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine
Objective Osteoprotegerin is a member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily. The study aimed to assess serum osteoprotegerin and endothelial dysfunction relationship in obese non-diabetic subjects.
Ahmed Mohammed Shennawy, Hany William Z. Hanna, Salma Raed, Randa Salam, Sama Ayman   +4 more
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Association of periodontitis with serum osteoprotegerin level in type 2 diabetic postmenopausal women

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Objective: To evaluate the association of periodontitis with serum osteoprotegerin level according to glycaemic state in postmenopausal type 2 diabetic women.
Dalia Kudier Abbas, Abdulkareem Hamady Issa   +1 more
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FEATURES OF STEROID REGULATION OF CONGENITAL PROTECTIVE FACTORS AND OSTEOTROPIC MEDIATORS OF ORAL FLUID IN PREGNANT WOMEN WITH INFLAMMATORY PERIODONTAL DISEASES

Кубанский научный медицинский вестник, 2018
Aim. To study changes in antimicrobial and osteotropic oral fluid mediators during pregnancy in women with chronic generalized periodontitis (CGР) of mild and moderate severity, taking into account the factor of steroid regulation by cortisol.Materials ...
V. A. PROHODNAJA, S. O. SURMENEVA, E. H. CHIBICHJAN, Y. V. BOLOCKIKH, A. A. OVSYANNIKOVA   +4 more
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Comparative Study of the Cytokine Profiles of Serum and Tissues from Patients with the Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament

Biomedicines, 2023
Background: The ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) is one of the contributing factors leading to severe cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM). The mechanism causing ossification is still unclear.
Li-Yu Fay, Chao-Hung Kuo, Hsuan-Kan Chang, Mei-Yin Yeh, Chih-Chang Chang, Chin-Chu Ko, Tsung-Hsi Tu, Yi-Hsuan Kuo, Wang-Yu Hsu, Chien-Hui Hung, Ching-Jung Chen, Jau-Ching Wu, May-Jywan Tsai, Wen-Cheng Huang, Henrich Cheng, Meng-Jen Lee   +15 more
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