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Statins: Old drugs as new therapy for liver diseases?
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In addition to lowering cholesterol levels, statins have pleiotropic effects, particularly anti-inflammatory, antiangiogenic, and antifibrotic, that may be beneficial in some chronic inflammatory conditions. Statins have only recently been investigated as a potential treatment option in chronic liver diseases because of concerns related to their safety in patients with impaired liver function. A number of experimental studies in animal models of liver diseases have shown that statins decrease hepatic inflammation, fibrogenesis and portal pressure. In addition, retrospective cohort studies in large populations of patients with cirrhosis and pre-cirrhotic conditions have shown that treatment with statins, with the purpose of decreasing high cholesterol levels, was associated with a reduced risk of disease progression, hepatic decompensation, hepatocellular carcinoma development, and death. These beneficial effects persisted after adjustment for disease severity and other potential confounders. Finally, a few randomised controlled trials have shown that treatment with simvastatin decreases portal pressure (two studies) and mortality (one study). Statin treatment was generally well tolerated but a few patients developed severe side effects, particularly rhabdomyolysis. Despite these promising beneficial effects, further randomised controlled trials in large series of patients with hard clinical endpoints should be performed before statins can be recommended for use in clinical practice.
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POSE MÉNDEZ, Elisa, TREBICKA, Jonel, MOOKERJEE, Rajeshwar p., ANGELI, Paolo, GINÈS I GIBERT, Pere. Statins: Old drugs as new therapy for liver diseases?. _Journal of Hepatology_. 2019. Vol. 70, núm. 1, pàgs. 194-202. [consulta: 14 de gener de 2026]. ISSN: 0168-8278. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/170967]