Ghrelin Attenuates the Osteoblastic Differentiation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells through the ERK Pathway

• Qiu-Hua Liang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Qiu-Hua Liang, Yi Jiang

  Affiliation Institute of Metabolism and Endocrinology, the Second Xiang-Ya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, People's Republic of China

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• Yi Jiang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Qiu-Hua Liang, Yi Jiang

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, the Second Xiang-Ya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, People's Republic of China

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• Xiao Zhu,

  Affiliation Institute of Metabolism and Endocrinology, the Second Xiang-Ya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, People's Republic of China

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• Rong-Rong Cui,

  Affiliations Institute of Metabolism and Endocrinology, the Second Xiang-Ya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, People's Republic of China, Department of Pediatrics, the Second Xiang-Ya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, People's Republic of China

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• Guan-Ying Liu,

  Affiliation Institute of Metabolism and Endocrinology, the Second Xiang-Ya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, People's Republic of China

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• Yuan Liu,

  Affiliation Institute of Metabolism and Endocrinology, the Second Xiang-Ya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, People's Republic of China

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• Shan-Shan Wu,

  Affiliation Institute of Metabolism and Endocrinology, the Second Xiang-Ya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, People's Republic of China

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• Xiao-Bo Liao,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, the Second Xiang-Ya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, People's Republic of China

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• Hui Xie,

  Affiliation Institute of Metabolism and Endocrinology, the Second Xiang-Ya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, People's Republic of China

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• Hou-De Zhou,

  Affiliation Institute of Metabolism and Endocrinology, the Second Xiang-Ya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, People's Republic of China

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• Xian-Ping Wu,

  Affiliation Institute of Metabolism and Endocrinology, the Second Xiang-Ya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, People's Republic of China

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• Ling-Qing Yuan ,

  * E-mail: allenylq@hotmail.com (LQY); eyliao007@yahoo.com.cn (EYL)

  Affiliation Institute of Metabolism and Endocrinology, the Second Xiang-Ya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, People's Republic of China

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• Er-Yuan Liao

  * E-mail: allenylq@hotmail.com (LQY); eyliao007@yahoo.com.cn (EYL)

  Affiliation Institute of Metabolism and Endocrinology, the Second Xiang-Ya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, People's Republic of China

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