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. 2020 Sep 29;12(10):624. doi: 10.3390/toxins12100624

Table 2.

Repository of studies investigating MM towards their effect on VC, as well as their effects on VC related processes in VSMC.

Calcification
-In Vitro
Calcification
-In Vivo
Calcification
-Clinical Studies
Osteogenesis Oxidative Stress Inflammation Apoptosis Senescence Proliferation Migration Atherosclerosis
APN ↓[31,32,33]
—[34]
↓[35,36] ↑[37,38,39]
↓[40,41]
—[42,43,44]
↓[31,36] ↓[45] ↓[33,35] ↓[46,47] ↓[48,49] ↓[49,50]
ADM ↓[51,52] ↓[51,53] ↓[53] ↓[54,55] ↑[56,57]
↓[58,59]
↓[60,61]
ET ↑[62] ↑[62,63,64] ↑[65,66,67] ↑[68,69,70] ↑[69,71] ↑[72]
↓[73]
↑[74,75] ↑[76,77] ↑[78,79]
IL-8 ↑[80] ↑[81]
—[82]
↓[83] ↑[84,85] ↑[84,85]
IL-18 ↑[86,87] ↑[88,89,90] ↑[86,87] ↑[91] ↑[92,93] ↑[94,95] ↑[96,97] ↑[98,99]
IL-1β ↑[100,102]
~[103]
↑[101,104,105] —[101,102,106] ↑[100,102]
~[107]
—[108] ↑[109,110] ↑[111,112] ↑[102] ↑[113,114] ↑[114,115] ↑[101,116]
IL-6 ↑[117,118,119,120,121,122] ↑[118,119,123] ↑[41,106,124,125,126,127,128,129] ↑[118,120,122,130] ↑[131] ↑↓[130] ↑[132,133] ↑[121] ↑[134,135] ↑[135,136] ↑[118,120]
PTH ↑[137,138] ↑[137,139,140]
↓[141,142]
↑[129,143]
—[144]
↑[137] ↓[141] —[145]
TNF ↑[107,146,147,148,149,150,151,152] ↑[149] ↑[126,129]
—[44,128]
↑[107,146,149,153] ↑[154,155] ↑[156,157] ↑[158,159] ↑[160,161] ↑[160,162] ↑[163,164]

↑ = increase, ↓ = decrease, — = tested, but no effect, ~ = unclear effect, Abbreviations: Adrenomedullin = ADM, Endothelin = ET, Interleukin = IL, Parathyroid hormone = PTH, Tumor necrosis factor alpha = TNF-α, Adiponectin = APN.