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Pitavastatin Reduces Inflammation in Atherosclerotic Plaques in Apolipoprotein E-Deficient Mice with Late Stage Renal Disease

OBJECTIVES: Chronic renal disease (CRD) accelerates atherosclerosis and cardiovascular calcification. Statins reduce low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol levels in patients with CRD, however, the benefits of statins on cardiovascular disease in CRD remain unclear. This study has determined the effect...

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Autores principales: Shibasaki, Manabu, Wang, Jian-Guo, Figueiredo, Jose-Luiz, New, Sophie E. P., Quillard, Thibaut, Goettsch, Claudia, Koga, Jun-ichiro, Sonoki, Hiroyuki, Matsumoto, Jiro, Aikawa, Masanori, Aikawa, Elena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4569429/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26367531
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0138047