Vitamin K is required to inhibit calcium accumulation in the arteries

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Vitamin K is required to inhibit calcium accumulation in the arteries:

New Paper in Thrombosis and Haemostasis

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Dec 03, 2008 (Hugin via COMTEX) -- December 3rd 2008, Lysaker, Norway -

A new publication by Schurgers et al., titled Matrix Gla-protein: The

calcification inhibitor in need of vitamin K elucidates the pivotal

importance of vitamin K in the activation of Matrix Gla Protein (MGP),

the most potent inhibitor of vascular calcification known.

The Role of MGP inhibiting Vascular Calcification This new paper,

authored by researchers at VitaK, the largest institute dedicated to

vitamin K research and part of the University of Maastricht, discusses

the recent discoveries associated with MGP and its involvement in the

regulation of calcium accumulation. MGP functions to keep the arteries

free from calcifications, thereby keeping them flexible and elastic.

" MGP's pivotal importance for vascular health is demonstrated by the

fact that there seems to be no effective alternative mechanism for

calcification inhibition in the vasculature, " explained Dr Schurgers.

" Importantly, what we have seen in population studies is that the form

of vitamin K indicated for a decrease in calcification is natural

vitamin K2, the menaquinones, and particularly the longer menaquinones

called MK-7, 8 and 9. "

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