Lower Serum Irisin Levels Are Associated with Increased Vascular Calcification in Hemodialysis Patients
Background/Aims: Vascular calcification, which involves an active cellular transformation of vascular smooth muscle cells into bone forming cells, is prevalent and predicts mortality sten jacket m in dialysis patients.Its mechanisms are complex and unclear.We presume that irisin, a newly identified myokine also may play roles in vascular calcificat