The following article article is a prospective study which shows that the levels of dephosphorylated uncarboxylated matrix Gla protein (dp-ucMGP) are associated with the degree of vascular calcification and the stage of chronic kidney disease (CKD). The article further says that the level of dp-ucMGP can be used as a marker for vascular calcification

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Schurgers, Leon J, Daniela V. Barreto, Fellype C. Barreto, Sophie Liabeuf, Cédric Renard, Elke J. Magdeleyns, Cees Vermeer, Gabriel Choukroun and Ziad A. Massy. “The Circulating Inactive Form of Matrix Gla Protein Is a Surrogate Marker for Vascular Calcification in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Preliminary Report." *Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology * 5, no. 4 (2010): 568-575. doi: https://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.07081009

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