18-kDa protein in calcified nodules from a bovine retinal pericyte; gene VCAF is upregulated during vascular calcification in vitro & in vivo; antisense VCAF gene delivery accelerates pericyte differentiation, implicating role for VCAF in this clinically significant pathological process; RefSeq mRNA Sequence NM_001008418; Source Sequence AY628649; Product NP_001008418