"Lovastatin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A fungal metabolite isolated from cultures of Aspergillus terreus. The compound is a potent anticholesteremic agent. It inhibits 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase (HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES), which is the rate-limiting enzyme in cholesterol biosynthesis. It also stimulates the production of low-density lipoprotein receptors in the liver.
| Descriptor ID |
D008148
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.426.559.847.638.400 D04.615.638.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Lovastatin- Lovastatin
- Mevinolin
- Monacolin K
- 6-Methylcompactin
- 6 Methylcompactin
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lovastatin" by people in Profiles.
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Statin therapy is associated with improved survival in patients with non-serous-papillary epithelial ovarian cancer: a retrospective cohort analysis. PLoS One. 2014; 9(8):e104521.
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Statins and downstream inhibitors of the isoprenylation pathway increase type 2 iodothyronine deiodinase activity. Endocrinology. 2012 Aug; 153(8):4039-48.
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Comparative study of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors on fibrinogen. Atherosclerosis. 2001 Apr; 155(2):463-6.
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Amelioration of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis in Lewis rats by lovastatin. Neurosci Lett. 1999 Jul 09; 269(2):71-4.
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Antiatherothrombotic properties of statins: implications for cardiovascular event reduction. JAMA. 1998 May 27; 279(20):1643-50.
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Lovastatin and sodium phenylacetate normalize the levels of very long chain fatty acids in skin fibroblasts of X- adrenoleukodystrophy. FEBS Lett. 1998 Apr 24; 426(3):342-6.
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Lovastatin and phenylacetate inhibit the induction of nitric oxide synthase and cytokines in rat primary astrocytes, microglia, and macrophages. J Clin Invest. 1997 Dec 01; 100(11):2671-9.
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Beneficial effects of statins. Lancet. 1996 Dec 07; 348(9041):1583.