Impact of oral simvastatin therapy on acute lung injury in mice during pneumococcal pneumonia

BACKGROUND: Recent studies suggest that the reported protective effects of statins (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors) against community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and sepsis in humans may be due to confounders and a healthy user-effect. To directly test whether statins are protective against Streptococcus...

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Autores principales: Boyd, Angela R, Hinojosa, Cecilia A, Rodriguez, Perla J, Orihuela, Carlos J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3438118/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22587610
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-12-73

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3438118/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22587610
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-12-73

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