• In vascular smooth muscle cells paricalcitol prevents phosphate-induced Wnt/β-catenin activation 

      Martínez-Moreno, Julio M.; Muñoz-Castañeda, Juan R.; Herencia, Carmen; Montes de Oca, Addy; Estepa Nieto, José Carlos; Canalejo, Rocío; Rodríguez-Ortiz, Maria E.; Aguilera Tejero, Escolástico; Canalejo, Antonio; Rodríguez, Mariano; Almadén Peña, Yolanda; Pérez-Martínez, Pablo (American Journal of Physiology, 2012)
      The present study investigates the differential effect of two vitamin D receptor agonists, calcitriol and paricalcitol, on human aortic smooth muscle cells calcification in vitro. Human vascular smooth muscle cells were ...
    • TGF-β Prevents Phosphate-Induced Osteogenesis through Inhibition of BMP and Wnt/β-Catenin Pathways 

      Guerrero Pavón, Fátima; Herencia, Carmen; Almadén Peña, Yolanda; Martínez-Moreno, Julio M.; Montes de Oca, Addy; Rodríguez-Ortiz, Maria E.; Díaz Tocados, Juan Manuel; Florio, Mónica; López, Ignacio; Richards, William G.; Rodríguez Portillo, Mariano; Aguilera Tejero, Escolástico; Muñoz-Castañeda, Juan R. (Public Library of Science, 2014)
      Background: Transforming growth factor-b (TGF-b) is a key cytokine during differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) into vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC). High phosphate induces a phenotypic transformation of ...