Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) exhibit tremendously elevated risk for
cardiovascular disease, particularly ischemic heart disease, due to premature vascular and …

Both osteoporosis with related fragility fractures and cardiovascular diseases are rapidly
outspreading worldwide. Since they are often coexistent in elderly patients and may be …

Currently, an ultrastructural analysis of cardiovascular tissues is significantly complicated.
Routine histopathological examinations and immunohistochemical staining suffer from a …

Calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD) shows in the deposition of calcium phosphates in the
collagen-rich layer of the valve leaflets. This stiffens the leaflets and eventually leads to heart …

Introduction Though vascular smooth muscle cells adopt an osteogenic phenotype during
pathological vascular calcification, clinical studies note an inverse correlation between bone …

Atherosclerotic plaque calcification directly contributes to the leading cause of morbidity and
mortality by affecting plaque vulnerability and rupture risk. Small microcalcifications can …

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, including
vascular calcification, leading to higher mortality. The release of calcifying extracellular …

Background Macrophage heterogeneity plays an increasing role in the study of vascular
inflammatory responses. The CXCL4-induced monocyte/macrophage phenotype has …

The in vivo study was approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
(IACUC) at 123 Florida International University under protocol AN20-006 and conformed to …