Statins and periodontal inflammation: a pleiotropic effect of statins or a pleiotropic effect of LDL-cholesterol lowering?

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¹ Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy; Center for The Study of Atherosclerosis, Bassini Hospital, Cinisello Balsamo, Italy; The Blizard Institute, Centre for Diabetes, Barts and The London School of Medicine & Dentistry, Queen's Mary University, London, UK. Electronic address: Danilo.Norata@unimi.it.
² Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy; IRCCS Multimedica, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: Alberico.Catapano@unimi.it.

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Giuseppe Danilo Norata et al. Atherosclerosis. 2014 Jun.

. 2014 Jun;234(2):381-2.

doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2014.03.017. Epub 2014 Mar 26.

¹ Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy; Center for The Study of Atherosclerosis, Bassini Hospital, Cinisello Balsamo, Italy; The Blizard Institute, Centre for Diabetes, Barts and The London School of Medicine & Dentistry, Queen's Mary University, London, UK. Electronic address: Danilo.Norata@unimi.it.
² Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy; IRCCS Multimedica, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: Alberico.Catapano@unimi.it.

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Keywords: LDL; Statin; periodontal inflammation; pleiotropic effects.

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