Title : Simvastatin causes endothelial cell apoptosis and attenuates severe pulmonary hypertension.

Pub. Date : 2006 Oct

PMID : 16698853






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1 In contrast, treatment of rats with established SPH with simvastatin markedly reduced mean PAP and right ventricular hypertrophy, and this reduction was associated with caspase-3 activation and pulmonary microvascular endothelial cell apoptosis. Simvastatin caspase 3 Rattus norvegicus
2 In rat primary pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells, simvastatin induced caspase 3 activation and Rac 1 expression while suppressing Rho A and attenuated levels of Akt and ERK phosphorylation. Simvastatin caspase 3 Rattus norvegicus