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Lene Pedersen

Area of research

  • cellular inorganic phosphate homeostasis
  • type III inorganic phosphate transporters and their physiologic and pathologic roles including in neurobiology and vascular calcification
  • inorganic phosphate in normal and pathologic mineralization
  • vascular calcification
  • familial idiopathic basal ganglia calcification (FIBGC) (Fahr’s disease)
  • causes of and effects of hyperphosphatemia
  • cardiovascular diseases; cancer; cell metabolism and aging
  • stem cells
  • osteblastic differentiation
  • retroviral infection
  • retroviral pathology
  • retroviral receptor functions
  • retroviral vector technology