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. 2018 Mar;11(2):100-102.
doi: 10.1111/cts.12521. Epub 2017 Nov 15.

Repurposing Statins for Renal Protection: Is It a Class Effect?

Stephen J McWilliam  1 , Daniel J Antoine  2 , Munir Pirmohamed  2
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Repurposing Statins for Renal Protection: Is It a Class Effect?

Stephen J McWilliam et al. Clin Transl Sci. 2018 Mar.
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Mechanism of aminoglycoside‐induced cytotoxicity in proximal tubule epithelial cells, and proposed mechanism for inhibition by statins. Adapted from Biochemical Pharmacology, Antoine, D.J. et al. Statins inhibit aminoglycoside accumulation and cytotoxicity to renal proximal tubule cells, 79, 647–654, ©2010, with permission from Elsevier.
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