Effect of pravastatin in mildly hypercholesterolemic young men on serum matrix metalloproteinases

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作者
Kalela, A
Laaksonen, R
Lehtimäki, T
Koivu, TA
Höyhtyä, M
Janatuinen, T
Pöllänen, P
Vesalainen, R
Saikku, P
Knuuti, J
Nikkari, ST [1 ]
机构
[1] Tampere Univ, Sch Med, Dept Biochem Med, FIN-33014 Tampere, Finland
[2] Tampere Univ Hosp, Dept Internal Med, Tampere, Finland
[3] Univ Helsinki, Dept Clin Pharmacol, SF-00250 Helsinki, Finland
[4] Tampere Univ Hosp, Dept Clin Chem, Lab Atherosclerosis Genet, Ctr Lab Med, Tampere, Finland
[5] Diabor Ltd, Oulu, Finland
[6] Turku Univ, Turku Pet Ctr, Turku, Finland
[7] Natl Publ Hlth Inst, Oulu, Finland
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10.1016/S0002-9149(01)01616-2
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Pravastatin decreases serum MMP-9 concentration in clinically healthy men. This may reflect reduction of nonsymptomatic chronic arterial inflammation.
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