Figure 1.
Modeling human vascular calcification in mice. Human disease associated intimal and medial vascular calcification diagramed with plausible mechanisms and commonly used mouse models. ApoE−/− indicates apolipoprotein E‐deficient; Ca, calcium; CKD, chronic kidney disease; ldlr−/−, low‐density lipoprotein receptor‐deficient; P, phosphate; WT, wild type.