On an apoE (−/−) mouse model of abdominal aneurysm induced by angiotensin-II (Ang-II) infusion, the oral treatment with calcitriol reduced the aneurysm formation and all altered parameters observed during abdominal aneurysm were decreased, including macrophages infiltration, expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), angiogenesis, monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (CCL2), CCL5, and CXCL1 chemokines and synthesis of matrix metalloproteinase-2 and 9 (MMP-2 and 9) [43]. This evidence concerns the gene VEGFA and aneurysm.