Don't judge a book by its cover: The role of statins in liver cancer

N Piekuś-Słomka, LP Mocan, R Shkreli, C Grapă… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Statins are a group of remedies developed to treat lipid disorders
associated with cardiovascular diseases. Thanks to their high efficiency, they are the primary …

Benefits and drawbacks of statins and non-statin lipid lowering agents in carotid artery disease

KI Paraskevas, P Gloviczki, PL Antignani… - Progress in …, 2022 - Elsevier
International guidelines strongly recommend statins alone or in combination with other lipid-
lowering agents to lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels for patients with …

Incidence and risk factors for venous thromboembolism in female patients undergoing breast surgery

AP Londero, S Bertozzi, C Cedolini, S Neri, M Bulfoni… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Despite the known multiple correlations between venous
thromboembolism (VTE) and breast cancer, only a limited number of studies have …

Time-dependent changes in proinflammatory mediators are associated with trauma-related venous thromboembolism

AR Mankame, KE Sanders, JC Cardenas - Shock, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Background: Tissue trauma and hemorrhage result in pronounced activation of the innate
immune system. Given known crosstalk between inflammation and coagulation, soluble …

The controlling nutritional status score and clinical outcomes in patients with heart failure: Pool analysis of observational studies

XW Huang, JJ Luo, B Baldinger - Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background and aims Malnutrition is very common in patients with heart failure (HF) and is
associated with a worse clinical outcome. The Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) score …

Associations between rs3480 and rs16835198 gene polymorphisms of FNDC5 with type 2 diabetes mellitus susceptibility: a meta-analysis

X Yang, L Ni, J Sun, X Yuan, D Li - Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background FNDC5 is a novel and important player in energy regulation related to glucose
metabolism and insulin levels. Thus, it may affect the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus …

[HTML][HTML] Statins during Anticoagulation for Emergency Life-Threatening Venous Thromboembolism: A Review

C Siniscalchi, E Imbalzano, T Meschi, A Ticinesi… - Medicina, 2024 - mdpi.com
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is the leading cause of morbidity and death worldwide,
after cancer and cardiovascular diseases. VTE is defined to include pulmonary embolism …

The association between diabetes mellitus and the risk of latent tuberculosis infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Q Liu, W Yan, R Liu, E Bo, J Liu, M Liu - Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background The estimated global latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) burden indicates a
large reservoir of population at risk of developing active tuberculosis (TB). Previous studies …

Significant decrease in plasmad‐dimer levels and mean platelet volume after a 3‐month treatment with rosuvastatin in patients with venous thromboembolism

T Alirezaei, H Sattari, R Irilouzadian - Clinical Cardiology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Inflammation has been considered as a possible mechanism for the initiation
and recurrence of venous thromboembolism (VTE). Statins have anti‐inflammatory and …

Diabetes mellitus affects the treatment outcomes of drug-resistant tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

G Xu, X Hu, Y Lian, X Li - BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023 - Springer
Background Both tuberculosis (TB) and diabetes mellitus (DM) are major public health
problems threatening global health. TB patients with DM have a higher bacterial burden and …