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. 2020 Aug 6;7(3):88. doi: 10.3390/bioengineering7030088

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Pathways leading to the differentiation and mineralization of VSMCs to osteoblast-like cells. Factors and mediators shown include transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β), fetuin, hyperphosphatemia, hypercalcemia, bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs), and nuclear factor-κB ligand (RANKL) [31].