The cornucopia of "pleiotropic" actions of statins: myogenesis as a new mechanism for statin-induced benefits?

Circ Res. 2009 Jan 30;104(2):144-6. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.108.192500.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Editorial
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bone Marrow Cells / drug effects*
  • Bone Marrow Cells / immunology
  • Bone Marrow Cells / pathology
  • Cell Movement / drug effects*
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects*
  • Coronary Artery Disease / drug therapy*
  • Coronary Artery Disease / pathology
  • Coronary Artery Disease / physiopathology
  • Coronary Circulation / drug effects
  • Hemodynamics / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • Muscle Contraction / drug effects
  • Muscle Development / drug effects*
  • Myocytes, Cardiac / drug effects*
  • Myocytes, Cardiac / immunology
  • Myocytes, Cardiac / pathology
  • Pravastatin / pharmacology*
  • Regeneration / drug effects*
  • Stem Cells / drug effects*
  • Stem Cells / immunology
  • Stem Cells / pathology

Substances

  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
  • Pravastatin