Inhibition of HMGCoA reductase by simvastatin protects mice from injurious mechanical ventilation

BACKGROUND: Mortality from severe acute respiratory distress syndrome exceeds 40% and there is no available pharmacologic treatment. Mechanical ventilation contributes to lung dysfunction and mortality by causing ventilator-induced lung injury. We explored the utility of simvastatin in a mouse model...

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Autores principales: Manitsopoulos, Nikolaos, Orfanos, Stylianos E, Kotanidou, Anastasia, Nikitopoulou, Ioanna, Siempos, Ilias, Magkou, Christina, Dimopoulou, Ioanna, Zakynthinos, Spyros G, Armaganidis, Apostolos, Maniatis, Nikolaos A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4336762/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25848815
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-015-0173-y

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4336762/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25848815
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-015-0173-y

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