Statin toxicity: mechanistic insights and clinical implications

NC Ward, GF Watts, RH Eckel - Circulation research, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
There is now overwhelming evidence to support lowering LDL-c (low-density lipoprotein
cholesterol) to reduce cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Statins are a class of drugs …

Advancements in the treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)

L Rong, J Zou, W Ran, X Qi, Y Chen, H Cui… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a series of diseases, involving excessive lipid
deposition in the liver and is often accompanied by obesity, diabetes, dyslipidemia …

Role of bempedoic acid in clinical practice

CM Ballantyne, H Bays, AL Catapano… - … Drugs and Therapy, 2021 - Springer
Many patients do not achieve optimal low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels with
statins alone; others are unable to tolerate statin therapy. Additional non-statin treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond statins: New pharmacological targets to decrease LDL-cholesterol and cardiovascular events

E Raschi, M Casula, AFG Cicero, A Corsini… - Pharmacology & …, 2023 - Elsevier
The pharmacological treatment of dyslipidemia, a major modifiable risk factor for developing
atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), remains a debated and controversial …

Targeting AMPK by statins: a potential therapeutic approach

S Dehnavi, A Kiani, M Sadeghi, AF Biregani, M Banach… - Drugs, 2021 - Springer
Statins are a group of lipid-lowering drugs that inhibit cholesterol biosynthesis and have anti-
inflammatory, anti-tumor, and immunomodulatory properties. Several lines of evidence …

Japan Atherosclerosis Society (JAS) Guidelines for prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases 2022

T Okamura, K Tsukamoto, H Arai, Y Fujioka… - … of Atherosclerosis and …, 2024 - jstage.jst.go.jp
In Japan, a super-aged society, deaths from atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
(ASCVD), especially cardiac diseases including coronary artery disease (CAD) such as …

[HTML][HTML] Statin treatment-induced development of type 2 diabetes: from clinical evidence to mechanistic insights

U Galicia-Garcia, S Jebari, A Larrea-Sebal… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Statins are the gold-standard treatment for the prevention of primary and secondary
cardiovascular disease, which is the leading cause of mortality worldwide. Despite the safety …

[HTML][HTML] Cholesterol metabolism, pancreatic β-cell function and diabetes

C Perego, L Da Dalt, A Pirillo, A Galli… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cholesterol plays an essential role in determining cell membrane physico-chemical
characteristics and functions. A proper membrane structure is critical in pancreatic β-cells for …

Effectiveness of onabotulinumtoxinA (BOTOX®) for the preventive treatment of chronic migraine: A meta-analysis on 10 years of real-world data

M Lanteri-Minet, A Ducros, C Francois… - …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background This meta-analysis evaluated the real-world effectiveness of
onabotulinumtoxinA (BOTOX®), the first preventive treatment FDA-approved specifically for …

Statins for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: an overview of systematic reviews

P Byrne, J Cullinan, A Smith, SM Smith - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To synthesise evidence from exclusively primary prevention data on the
effectiveness of statins for prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD), including stroke, and …