
High phosphate-induced downregulation of PPARγ contributes to CKD-associated vascular calcification
Keywords: CKD; chronic kidney disease; PPARγ; peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma; VMSCs; mouse vascular smooth muscle cells; Mecp2; methyl-CpG binding protein 2; Runx2; runt-related transcription factor 2; BMP-2; bone morphogenic proteins-2; BUN; blo