title: Can the NK family of osteoblast homeodomain transcription factors signaling be a magic bullet to reverse calcification-induced vasculopathy in diabetes?
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiological Sciences, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA.
authors.forename: Souad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Belmadani
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiological Sciences, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA matrouk@evms.edu.
authors.forename: Khalid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matrougui
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000378:metabolism*; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000235:genetics*; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000235:genetics*; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D051957:MSX1 Transcription Factor / Q000235:genetics*; D032389:Myocytes, Smooth Muscle / Q000378:metabolism*; D058628:Myofibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism*; D061205:Vascular Calcification / Q000235:genetics*; D059289:Vascular Stiffness / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D051957:MSX1 Transcription Factor; C084119:MSX2 protein; C484084:Msx1 protein, mouse