Pleiotropic effects of pitavastatin

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 518-535

  Davignon, Jean ^a  

^a CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dyslipidaemia; Hypercholesterolaemia; Pitavastatin; Pleiotropic effects; Statin

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; CERIVASTATIN; DICLOFENAC; EZETIMIBE; FLUINDOSTATIN; GEMFIBROZIL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MEVINOLIN; MIBEFRADIL; PHENYTOIN; PITAVASTATIN; PRAVASTATIN; ROSUVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEART FUNCTION; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIPID OXIDATION; LIPOPHILICITY; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL PROTECTION; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASCULITIS;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; QUINOLINES; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84858201871     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2011.04139.x     Document Type: Article

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