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  • 1From the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Department of Cardiology (K.Z., Y.Z., W.F., R.C., J.W., H.H.) and Department of Radiation Oncology (J.C.), Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Guangzhou, China (K.Z., Y.Z., W.F., R.C., J.C., J.W., H.H.); and Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, British Heart Foundation (BHF) Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (R.M.T.).

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
|September 2, 2017
PubMed
Abstract

Keywords:
RNA, small interferingalkaline phosphatasebone morphogenetic protein 2interleukin-18vascular calcification

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