Article ; Online: Vitamin K and vascular calcification.
Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension
2021 Volume 30, Issue 4, Page(s) 430–436
Abstract: ... of vascular calcification implicate vitamin K-dependent proteins as important regulators in this process. This review ... evolving field.: Recent findings: Vitamin K deficiency is associated with increasing severity ... inconsistent. Vitamin K may reduce calcification propensity by improving the activity of vitamin K-dependent ...
Abstract | Purpose of review: Vascular calcification is a common and important cardiovascular risk factor in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Recent advances in the understanding of the biology of vascular calcification implicate vitamin K-dependent proteins as important regulators in this process. This review highlights recent key advances in vascular biology, epidemiology, and clinical trials in this rapidly evolving field. Recent findings: Vitamin K deficiency is associated with increasing severity of vascular calcification among patients with CKD, but the relationship with cardiovascular disease and mortality is inconsistent. Vitamin K may reduce calcification propensity by improving the activity of vitamin K-dependent calcification inhibitors or by down-regulating components of the innate immune system to reduce inflammation. However, recent randomized controlled trials in patients with diabetes, CKD, renal transplant, and on hemodialysis have failed to demonstrate improvement in vascular calcification or stiffness after vitamin K treatment. Summary: Current evidence does not support a clinically useful role for vitamin K supplementation to prevent or reverse vascular calcification in patients with CKD. Knowledge gaps remain, particularly whether higher doses of vitamin K, longer duration of supplementations, or use a vitamin K as a part of a package of measures to counteract vascular calcification might be effective. |
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MeSH term(s) | Humans ; Renal Dialysis ; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/therapy ; Vascular Calcification/drug therapy ; Vascular Calcification/epidemiology ; Vitamin K ; Vitamin K Deficiency/drug therapy ; Vitamin K Deficiency/epidemiology |
Chemical Substances | Vitamin K (12001-79-5) |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2021-03-31 |
Publishing country | England |
Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review |
ZDB-ID | 1151092-4 |
ISSN | 1473-6543 ; 1535-3842 ; 1062-4813 ; 1062-4821 |
ISSN (online) | 1473-6543 ; 1535-3842 |
ISSN | 1062-4813 ; 1062-4821 |
DOI | 10.1097/MNH.0000000000000712 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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