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Calcium Signalling in Heart and Vessels: Role of Calmodulin and Downstream Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases by Beghi, Sofia, Furmanik, Malgorzata, Jaminon, Armand, Veltrop, Rogier, Rapp, Nikolas, Wichapong, Kanin, Bidar, Elham, Buschini, Annamaria, Schurgers, Leon J

“…Cardiovascular disease is the major cause of death worldwide. The success of medication and other preventive measures introduced in the last century have not…”
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Uremic Toxins and Vascular Calcification-Missing the Forest for All the Trees by Rapp, Nikolas, Evenepoel, Pieter, Stenvinkel, Peter, Schurgers, Leon

“…The cardiorenal syndrome relates to the detrimental interplay between the vascular system and the kidney. The uremic milieu induced by reduced kidney function…”
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Hepatic and Vascular Vitamin K Status in Patients with High Cardiovascular Risk by Rapp, Nikolas, Brandenburg, Vincent M, Kaesler, Nadine, Bakker, Stephan J L, Stöhr, Robert, Schuh, Alexander, Evenepoel, Pieter, Schurgers, Leon J

“…Vitamin K dependent proteins (VKDP), such as hepatic coagulation factors and vascular matrix Gla protein (MGP), play key roles in maintaining physiological…”
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Menaquinone-7 Supplementation Improves Osteogenesis in Pluripotent Stem Cell Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Akbulut, Asim Cengiz, Wasilewski, Grzegorz B, Rapp, Nikolas, Forin, Francesco, Singer, Heike, Czogalla-Nitsche, Katrin J, Schurgers, Leon J

“…Development of clinical stem cell interventions are hampered by immature cell progeny under current protocols. Human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) are…”
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Altered vitamin K biodistribution and metabolism in experimental and human chronic kidney disease by Kaesler, Nadine, Schreibing, Felix, Speer, Thimoteus, Puente-Secades, Sofia de la, Rapp, Nikolas, Drechsler, Christiane, Kabgani, Nazanin, Kuppe, Christoph, Boor, Peter, Jankowski, Vera, Schurgers, Leon, Kramann, Rafael, Floege, Jürgen

“…Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is accompanied with extensive cardiovascular calcification, in part correlating with functional vitamin K deficiency. Here, we…”
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The BioHybrid Assay: A Novel Method for Determining Calcification Propensity by Jaminon, Armand M G, Akbulut, Asim C, Rapp, Nikolas, Reutelingsperger, Chris P, Schurgers, Leon J

“…Vascular calcification is an active pathological process, characterised by cellular dysregulation and subsequent changes to the extracellular environment. In…”
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