Statin Treatment Is Associated with Reduction in Serum Levels of Receptor Activator of NF-κB Ligand and Neutrophil Activation in Patients with Severe Carotid Stenosis

• Main Authors: Sébastien Lenglet (Author), Alessandra Quercioli (Author), Mathias Fabre (Author), Katia Galan (Author), Graziano Pelli (Author), Alessio Nencioni (Author), Inga Bauer (Author), Aldo Pende (Author), Magaly Python (Author), Maria Bertolotto (Author), Giovanni Spinella (Author), Bianca Pane (Author), Domenico Palombo (Author), Franco Dallegri (Author), François Mach (Author), Nicolas Vuilleumier (Author), Fabrizio Montecucco (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Systemic and intraplaque biomarkers have been widely investigated in clinical cohorts as promising surrogate parameters of cardiovascular vulnerability. In this pilot study, we investigated if systemic and intraplaque levels of calcification biomarkers were affected by treatment with a statin in a c...