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Calcification of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells and Imaging of Aortic Calcification and Inflammation
Published on: May 31, 2016
Jie Chen1, Liyang Gu1, Yan Zhou2
1Department of Rheumatology, Renji Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Inflammation drives vertebral osteophyte growth toward the aorta in diseases like ankylosing spondylitis and Takayasu's arteritis. This aortic-vertebrae interaction is linked to new bone formation in inflammatory conditions.
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