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A time course investigation of the statin paradox among valvular interstitial cell phenotypes.
American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology - 1 Oct 2012
Monzack Elyssa L, Masters Kristyn S
Abstract excerpt
Statin drugs are prescribed primarily for their ability to lower cholesterol, but may also exert beneficial side effects unrelated to cholesterol metabolism. Previous work has described a "statin paradox," where statin treatment decreased osteoblastic markers in valve myofibroblasts while increasing those same markers in preosteoblasts. However, valvular interstitial cells (VICs) themselves are a multipotent cell...
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