• Dietary Mg Supplementation Decreases Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and Vascular Dysfunction in an Experimental Model of Metabolic Syndrome with Renal Failure 

      López-Baltanás, Rodrigo; Rodríguez-Ortiz, Maria E.; Díaz Tocados, Juan Manuel; Martínez-Moreno, Julio M.; Membrives, Cristina; Rodelo Haad, Cristian Roberto; Pendón-Ruiz de Mier, María V.; Pendón-Ruiz de Mier, María V.; Rodríguez, Mariano; Canalejo, Antonio; Almadén Peña, Yolanda; Muñoz-Castañeda, Juan R. (MDPI, 2023)
      whether a dietary Mg supplementation might attenuate vascular dysfunction through the modulation of oxidative stress and inflammation in concurrent MetS and CKD. Methods: A rat model of MetS (Zucker strain) with CKD (5/6 ...
    • 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 ...