Statinele - o clasă terapeutică cunoscută cu efecte pleiotrope noi

Abstract

The statin class are drugs typically used as anticholesterol medication. The word pleiotropic has become synonymous with clinical benefits beyond the effects of the drug on lipoproteins. Currently believed nonlipid-related pharmacological proprieties of statis include halting of atherosclerosis, antioxidant effects, anti-inflamatory effects, imunosuppressive activity, inhibition of cardiac hypertrophy, antiviral effect.