A novel role for the mineralocorticoid receptor in glucocorticoid driven vascular calcification.

This study suggests that in mouse VSMCs, corticosterone acts through the MR to induce pro-calcification effects, and identifies 11β-HSD-inhibition as a novel potential treatment for vascular calcification. PMID: 27153999 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Vascular Pharmacology - Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Tags: Vascul Pharmacol Source Type: research