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Simvastatin inhibits the monocyte expression of proinflammatory cytokines in patients with hypercholesterolemia

Domenico Ferro, MD^*, Sandro Parrotto, MD^*, Stefania Basili, MD, Cesare Alessandri, MD and Francesco Violi, MD^*

^* Istituto I Clinica Medica, Università "La Sapienza," Rome, Italy
Dipartimento di Terapia Medica, Università "La Sapienza," Rome, Italy
Istituto di Terapia Medica Sistematica, Università "La Sapienza," Rome, Italy

View larger version (19K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Tumor necrosis factor- expressed by monocytes of hypercholesterolemic patients at the baseline and after diet (left panel) or diet plus sinvastatin (right panel) treatment.

View larger version (17K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Interleukin-1ß expressed by monocytes of hypercholesterolemic patients at the baseline and after diet (left panel) or diet plus sinvastatin (right panel) treatment.