Structural and functional brain connectivity, synaptic activity, and information processing
require highly coordinated signal transduction between different cell types within the …

Pericytes are vascular mural cells embedded in the basement membrane of blood
microvessels. They extend their processes along capillaries, pre-capillary arterioles and …

Medial arterial calcification (MAC) is a chronic systemic vascular disorder distinct from
atherosclerosis that is frequently but not always associated with diabetes mellitus, chronic …

Dental enamel is the hardest and most mineralized tissue in extinct and extant vertebrate
species and provides maximum durability that allows teeth to function as weapons and/or …

Vascular calcifications (VCs) are actively regulated biological processes associated with
crystallization of hydroxyapatite in the extracellular matrix and in cells of the media (VCm) or …

Intracellular ISG15 is an interferon (IFN)-α/β-inducible ubiquitin-like modifier which can
covalently bind other proteins in a process called ISGylation; it is an effector of IFN-α/β …

Perivascular space (PVS) burden is an emerging, poorly understood, magnetic resonance
imaging marker of cerebral small vessel disease, a leading cause of stroke and dementia …

Hypoparathyroidism is a disease characterized by inadequately low circulating
concentrations of parathyroid hormone (PTH) resulting in low calcium levels and increased …

Cardiovascular complications due to accelerated arterial stiffening and atherosclerosis are
the leading cause of morbimortality in Western society. Both pathologies are frequently …

The system of assigning locus symbols to specify chromosomal regions that are associated
with a familial disorder has a number of problems when used as a reference list of …