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Low-dose fluvastatin reverses the hypoxic pulmonary adventitial fibroblast phenotype in experimental pulmonary hypertension.
American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology - 1 Aug 2012
Carlin Christopher M, Celnik Daniel F, Pak Oleg, Wadsworth Roger, Peacock Andrew J, Welsh David J
Abstract excerpt
Hypoxic pulmonary hypertension is a worldwide public health problem. Statins attenuate hypoxic pulmonary hypertension in animal models, but the mechanism of action and applicability of these results to human treatment are not established. In hypoxic models, pulmonary artery fibroblast proliferati...
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