Osteoprotegerin, Pericytes and Bone-Like Vascular Calcification Are Associated with Carotid Plaque Stability

Jean-Michel Davaine; Thibaut Quillard; Régis Brion; Olivier Lapérine; Béatrice Guyomarch; Thierry Merlini; Mathias Chatelais; Florian Guilbaud; Meadhbh Áine Brennan; Céline Charrier; Dominique Heymann; Yann Gouëffic; Marie-Françoise Heymann

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0107642

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Osteoprotegerin, Pericytes and Bone-Like Vascular Calcification Are Associated with Carotid Plaque Stability

Jean-Michel Davaine ,

* E-mail: davainej@yahoo.fr

Affiliations INSERM, UMR 957, Nantes, France, Université de Nantes, Nantes atlantique universités, Nantes, France, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Nantes, France
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Thibaut Quillard,

Affiliation INSERM, UMR 957, Nantes, France
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Régis Brion,

Affiliations INSERM, UMR 957, Nantes, France, Université de Nantes, Nantes atlantique universités, Nantes, France, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Nantes, France
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Olivier Lapérine,

Affiliations INSERM, UMR 957, Nantes, France, Université de Nantes, Nantes atlantique universités, Nantes, France, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Nantes, France
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Béatrice Guyomarch,

Affiliations Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Nantes, France, Institut du Thorax, Nantes, France
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Thierry Merlini,

Affiliations INSERM, UMR 957, Nantes, France, Université de Nantes, Nantes atlantique universités, Nantes, France, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Nantes, France
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Mathias Chatelais,

Affiliations INSERM, UMR 957, Nantes, France, Université de Nantes, Nantes atlantique universités, Nantes, France
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Florian Guilbaud,

Affiliations INSERM, UMR 957, Nantes, France, Université de Nantes, Nantes atlantique universités, Nantes, France, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Nantes, France
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Meadhbh Áine Brennan,

Affiliations INSERM, UMR 957, Nantes, France, Université de Nantes, Nantes atlantique universités, Nantes, France
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Céline Charrier,

Affiliations INSERM, UMR 957, Nantes, France, Université de Nantes, Nantes atlantique universités, Nantes, France
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Dominique Heymann,

Affiliations INSERM, UMR 957, Nantes, France, Université de Nantes, Nantes atlantique universités, Nantes, France, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Nantes, France
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Yann Gouëffic,

Affiliations Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Nantes, France, Institut du Thorax, Nantes, France
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Marie-Françoise Heymann

Affiliations INSERM, UMR 957, Nantes, France, Université de Nantes, Nantes atlantique universités, Nantes, France, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Nantes, France
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Osteoprotegerin, Pericytes and Bone-Like Vascular Calcification Are Associated with Carotid Plaque Stability

Jean-Michel Davaine,
Thibaut Quillard,
Régis Brion,
Olivier Lapérine,
Béatrice Guyomarch,
Thierry Merlini,
Mathias Chatelais,
Florian Guilbaud,
Meadhbh Áine Brennan,
Céline Charrier

Published: September 26, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107642

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