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Do statins have a role in preventing or treating sepsis?

Statins have a variety of properties that are independent of their lipid lowering ability. These anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, immunomodulatory, and antiapoptotic features have been collectively referred to as pleiotropic effects. Severe sepsis is an intense infection-induced inflammatory syndrome...

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Autores principales: Novack, Victor, Terblanche, Marius, Almog, Yaniv
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1550787/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16469122
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc3972