• 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 ...
    • Magnesium Replacement to Protect Cardiovascular and Kidney Damage? Lack of Prospective Clinical Trials 

      Muñoz-Castañeda, Juan R.; Pendón-Ruiz de Mier, María V.; Rodríguez, Mariano; Rodríguez-Ortiz, Maria E. (MDPI, 2018)
      Patients with advanced chronic kidney disease exhibit an increase in cardiovascular mortality. Recent works have shown that low levels of magnesium are associated with increased cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in ...
    • 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 ...