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Editorial
. 2023 May 26;12(11):3687.
doi: 10.3390/jcm12113687.

Ectopic Calcification: What Do We Know and What Is the Way Forward?

Birgitta M G Snijders  1 , Mike J L Peters  1   2 , Huiberdina L Koek  1
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Editorial

Ectopic Calcification: What Do We Know and What Is the Way Forward?

Birgitta M G Snijders et al. J Clin Med. .

Abstract

Ectopic calcification, or ectopic mineralization, is a pathologic condition in which calcifications develop in soft tissues [...].

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1
Schematic overview of proposed mechanisms of ectopic calcification in rare hereditary calcification disorders. Abbreviations: PXE = Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum, ABCC6 = ATP Binding Cassette Subfamily C Member 6, GACI = General Arterial Calcification of Infancy, ATP = Adenosine Triphosphate, ENPP1 = Ectonucleotide Pyrophosphatase/Phosphodiesterase 1, AMP = Adenosine Monophosphate, NT5E = 5’-Nucleotidase Ecto, ACDC = Arterial Calcification due to CD73 Deficiency, TNAP = Tissue-Nonspecific Alkaline Phosphatase, PFBC = Primary Familial Brain Calcification, SLC20A2 = Solute Carrier Family 20 Member 2, XPR1 = Xenotropic And Polytropic Retrovirus Receptor 1, MYORG = Myogenesis Regulating Glycosidase (Putative), JAM2 = Junctional Adhesion Molecule 2, PDGFB = Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Subunit B, and PDGFRB = Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor Beta.
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