Nature Communications (Mar 2022)

Aged bone matrix-derived extracellular vesicles as a messenger for calcification paradox

  • Zhen-Xing Wang,
  • Zhong-Wei Luo,
  • Fu-Xing-Zi Li,
  • Jia Cao,
  • Shan-Shan Rao,
  • Yi-Wei Liu,
  • Yi-Yi Wang,
  • Guo-Qiang Zhu,
  • Jiang-Shan Gong,
  • Jing-Tao Zou,
  • Qiang Wang,
  • Yi-Juan Tan,
  • Yan Zhang,
  • Yin Hu,
  • You-You Li,
  • Hao Yin,
  • Xiao-Kai Wang,
  • Ze-Hui He,
  • Lu Ren,
  • Zheng-Zhao Liu,
  • Xiong-Ke Hu,
  • Ling-Qing Yuan,
  • Ran Xu,
  • Chun-Yuan Chen,
  • Hui Xie

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29191-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 20

Abstract

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This study uncovers the role of extracellular vesicles from bone matrix as a messenger in the development of osteoporosis and vascular calcification (calcification paradox) during skeletal aging and menopause by transferring miR-483-5p and miR-2861.