Title : Oxidative stress-mediated platelet CD40 ligand upregulation in patients with hypercholesterolemia: effect of atorvastatin.

Pub. Date : 2007 Jun

PMID : 17388962






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1 CD40L upregulation was counteracted by atorvastatin in a dose-dependent fashion. Atorvastatin CD40 ligand Homo sapiens
2 Atorvastatin downregulated CD40L with an oxidative stress-mediated mechanism likely involving platelet NADPH oxidase, an effect that seemed to be independent of its cholesterol-lowering action. Atorvastatin CD40 ligand Homo sapiens