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VSMCs release EVs that initiate and propagate vascular calcification in the ECM. Upregulated levels of Runx2, annexins, Ca2+, and inorganic phosphate (Pi) promote calcification. Low levels of calcification inhibitor MGP is found in calcifying VSMCs
