Atorvastatin therapy modulates telomerase activity in patients free of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases

• Main Authors: Irina Strazhesko (Author), Olga Tkacheva (Author), Dariga Akasheva (Author), Ekaterina Dudinskaya (Author), Ekaterina Plokhova (Author), Valentina Pykhtina (Author), Anna Kruglikova (Author), Natalia Kokshagina (Author), Natalia Sharashkina (Author), Mikhail V. Agaltsov Agaltsov (Author), Daria Kashtanova (Author), Vladimir A. Vygodin Vygodin (Author), Irina Ozerova (Author), Dmitry Skvortsov (Author), Daria Vasilkova (Author), Sergey Boytsov (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background- Telomerase activity (TA) is considered as the biomarker for cardiovascular aging and cardiovascular diseases. Recent studies suggest a link between statins and telomere biology that may be explained by anti-inflammatory actions of statins and their positive effect on TA. Until now this e...