Volume 76, Issue 1, Pages 18-22 (July 2009) Vitamin K deficiency in CKD patients: a modifiable risk factor for vascular calcification? Thilo Krueger, Ralf Westenfeld, Markus Ketteler, Leon J. Schurgers, Jürgen Floege Kidney International Volume 76, Issue 1, Pages 18-22 (July 2009) DOI: 10.1038/ki.2009.126 Copyright © 2009 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Human vascular calcification and ucMGP. (a) Human artery after von Kossa staining showing a medial lesion with vascular calcification. (b) Immunohistochemical detection of undercarboxylated MGP colocalizing with the medial calcification identified in (a). Original magnification × 10. Kidney International 2009 76, 18-22DOI: (10.1038/ki.2009.126) Copyright © 2009 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Schematic illustration of the vitamin K cycle. (modified from Stafford43) Kidney International 2009 76, 18-22DOI: (10.1038/ki.2009.126) Copyright © 2009 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions