This review focuses on the association between vascular calcification and arterial stiffness,
highlighting the important genetic factors, systemic and local microenvironmental signals …

The physicochemical deposition of calcium-phosphate in the arterial wall is prevented by
calcification inhibitors. Studies in cohorts of patients with rare genetic diseases have shed …

Glioblastoma remains one of the deadliest brain malignancies. First-line therapy consists of
maximal surgical tumor resection, accompanied by chemotherapy and radiotherapy …

Synthetic substitutes of bone grafts, such as calcium phosphate–based ceramics, have
shown some good clinical successes in the regeneration of large bone defects and are …

Background: Phylloquinone is a prenylated naphthoquinone that is synthesized exclusively
by plants, green algae, and some species of cyanobacteria, where it serves as a vital …

Abstract Zeolite imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) is a biomaterial that has been increasingly
studied in recent years. It has several applications such as bone regeneration, promotion of …

Chronic osteomyelitis (COM) is an inflammatory bone disease caused by bacterial infection.
Conventional treatment with antibiotics is prone to resistance and other side effects, and it is …

Vitamin K (VK), a fat-soluble vitamin, is well known as an anticoagulant in the clinic. It is
essential for the post-translational activation of VK-dependent proteins (VKDPs) because …

Aim Biallelic loss‐of‐function FAM20A mutations cause amelogenesis imperfecta (AI) type
IG, better known as enamel renal syndrome (ERS), characterized by severe enamel …

Keutel syndrome (KS) is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder that was first identified
in the beginning of the 1970s and nearly 30 years later attributed to loss-of-function …