Blog - Cardiovascular disease

• 12 \ 08 \ 2019

  Procalcitonin: A new biomarker for the cardiologist

   

  Procalcitonin is a biochemical marker that holds great promise for the management of infectious diseases, particularly infections of the respiratory tract and sepsis. 

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• 01 \ 07 \ 2019

  Protein ENPP-1: What if works incorrectly?

  

  ENPP-1, as ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase/ phosphodiesterase family member 1, is a membrane-bound glycoprotein, expressed on the outer surfaces of mineralizing cells, such as osteoblasts and chondrocytes. This protein regulates bone mineralization by hydrolyzing extracellular nucleotide triphosphates to produce pyrophosphate (PPi), which inhibits hydroxyapatite crystal deposition.

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