AGT and aortic aneurysm: (1) BMP- and Wnt/β-Catenin-Signaling have been implicated in regulating osteochondrogenic differentiation of VSMC under calcifying conditions and to promote angiotensin II (AngII) induced aortic aneurysm (AA) (Freise et al. 2016; Krishna et al. 2017; Towler 2017).