Role of vitamin D in vascular calcification: bad guy or good guy?

Vitamin D receptor activators inhibit vascular smooth muscle cell mineralization induced by phosphate and TNF- 

(2012) Y. Aoshima et al.   NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION

Serum fetuin-A and vitamin D in children with mild-to-severe chronic kidney disease: a cross-sectional study

(2011) J. Schaible et al.   NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION

Is the Vitamin D Receptor Found in Muscle?

(2010) Yongji Wang et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3-induced aortic calcifications in experimental uremia: up-regulation of osteoblast markers, calcium-transporting proteins and osterix

(2010) Hong Zebger-Gong et al.   JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION

Klotho Deficiency Causes Vascular Calcification in Chronic Kidney Disease

(2010) M. C. Hu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY

The dualistic role of vitamin D in vascular calcifications

(2010) M. Shawkat Razzaque   KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL

Vascular calcification and 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in non-dialysis patients with chronic kidney disease stages 4 and 5

(2010) C. Garcia-Canton et al.   NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION

Arterial and Aortic Valve Calcification Abolished by Elastolytic Cathepsin S Deficiency in Chronic Renal Disease

(2009) Elena Aikawa et al.   CIRCULATION

Upregulation of Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 in the Arterial Vasculature Contributes to Stiffening and Vasomotor Dysfunction in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease

(2009) Ada W.Y. Chung et al.   CIRCULATION

Vitamin D Affects Survival Independently of Vascular Calcification in Chronic Kidney Disease

(2009) D. V. Barreto et al.   Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

The calcimimetic R-568 retards uremia-enhanced vascular calcification and atherosclerosis in apolipoprotein E deficient (apoE−/−) mice

(2008) Ognen Ivanovski et al.   ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Serum fetuin-A concentrations are inversely related to cytokine concentrations in patients with chronic renal failure

(2008) Erkan Dervisoglu et al.   CYTOKINE

Vitamin D Receptor Activators Can Protect against Vascular Calcification

(2008) S. Mathew et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY

A Bimodal Association of Vitamin D Levels and Vascular Disease in Children on Dialysis

(2008) R. Shroff et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY

The effect of calcitriol, paricalcitol, and a calcimimetic on extraosseous calcifications in uremic rats

(2007) I. Lopez et al.   KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL