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Taurine inhibits osteoblastic differentiation of vascular smooth muscle cells via the ERK pathway

✍ Scribed by Xiao-bo Liao; Xin-min Zhou; Jian-ming Li; Jin-fu Yang; Zhi-ping Tan; Zhuo-wei Hu; Wei Liu; Ying Lu; Ling-qing Yuan

Publisher: Springer
Year: 2007
Tongue: English
Weight: 310 KB
Volume: 34
Category: Article
ISSN: 0939-4451
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-007-0003-8

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