Vitamin K is traditionally connected with blood coagulation, since it is needed for the
posttranslational modification of 7 proteins involved in this cascade. However, it is also …

Pathological calcification of cartilage is a hallmark of osteoarthritis (OA). Calcification can be
observed both at the cartilage surface and in its deeper layers. The formation of calcium …

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory arthropathy associated with
articular damage and attendant comorbidities. Even although RA treatment has advanced …

Vitamin K health benefits have been recently widely shown to extend beyond blood
homeostasis and implicated in chronic low-grade inflammatory diseases such as …

In postmenopausal women and elderly men, bone density decreases with age and vascular
calcification is aggravated. This condition is closely associated with vitamin K2 deficiency. A …

Objective—Inhibition of mineral crystal formation is a crucial step in ectopic calcification.
Serum calciprotein particles (CPPs) have been linked to chronic kidney disease (CKD) …

Vitamin K is a multifunctional micronutrient implicated in age-related diseases such as
cardiovascular diseases, osteoarthritis and osteoporosis. Although vitamin K-dependent …

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is one of the most powerful predictors of premature
cardiovascular disease (CVD), with heightened susceptibility to vascular intimal and medial …

Vitamin K is a cofactor for the function of the enzyme γ-glutamyl carboxylase, necessary for
the activation of multiple vitamin K dependent-proteins. Vitamin K dependent-proteins …

Abstract Vitamin K1 (VitK1) and Vitamin K2 (VitK2), two important naturally occurring
micronutrients in the VitK family, found, respectively, in green leafy plants and algae (VitK1) …