
The Correlation of ectopic calcification signatures in the ageing eye and cardiovascular system
Maekawa Tomoki, PhD, DDS; Anna Tan Cheng Sim, MBBS; Ricardo A. Pena-Silva, PhD
Competition Sponsor: Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
Ageing has contradictory effects on calcium metabolism, causing bone demineralization (osteoporosis) while in blood vessels and soft tissues proinflammatory cytokines activate osteogenesis and biomineralization, resulting in ectopic calcification.…