Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 and Osteopontin Gene Expression in Epicardial Adipose Tissue from Patients with Coronary Artery Disease Is Associated with the Presence of Calcified Atherosclerotic Plaques.

We further demonstrated that the EAT also expressed both BMP-2 and BMP-4 mRNAs; the expression of both genes was higher in the EAT from CAD patients compared with controls, yet the difference for BMP-4 did not reach statistical significance.

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