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BONEKEY REPORTS
Volume 4, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
INT BONE & MINERAL SOC
DOI: 10.1038/bonekey.2015.39
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- National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
- Jacquot Foundation Postgraduate Research Scholarship
- Monash University
- Royal Melbourne Hospital Foundation
- Amgen
- Baxter
- Jacquot Foundation
- Kinkaid-Smith fund
- Gilead
- Novartis
- Shire
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Calcium and phosphate are the principle ions involved in the deposition of mineral in the human body. Inhibitors of mineralisation are essential for the prevention of ectopic mineral precipitation and deposition. In the past decade, through in vitro, in vivo and clinical observation studies, we have come to appreciate the importance of fetuin-A (Fet-A), a circulating glycoprotein, in preventing ectopic calcium phosphate mineralisation. Moreover, the detection of Fet-A-containing mineral complex, termed calciprotein particles (CPPs), has provided new ways to assess an individual's calcific risk. The pathophysiological significance of CPPs in disease states is yet to be defined, but it provides an exciting avenue to further our understanding of the development of ectopic mineralisation.
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