Title : Simvastatin exerts both anti-inflammatory and cardioprotective effects in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice.

Pub. Date : 2001 May 29

PMID : 11382730






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1 ApoE(-/-) mice fed a high-cholesterol diet exhibited higher blood cholesterol levels, which were not affected by short-term simvastatin treatment. Cholesterol apolipoprotein E Mus musculus
2 ApoE(-/-) mice fed a high-cholesterol diet exhibited higher blood cholesterol levels, which were not affected by short-term simvastatin treatment. Cholesterol apolipoprotein E Mus musculus
3 However, the increased leukocyte rolling and adherence that occurred in cholesterol-fed apoE(-/-) mice (P<0.001 versus control diet) were significantly attenuated by simvastatin treatment (P<0.01 versus vehicle). Cholesterol apolipoprotein E Mus musculus
4 Cholesterol-fed apoE(-/-) mice subjected to myocardial ischemia-reperfusion also experienced increased myocardial necrosis (P<0.01 versus control diet), which was significantly attenuated by simvastatin (P<0.01 versus vehicle). Cholesterol apolipoprotein E Mus musculus