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Statins of Different Brain Penetrability Differentially Affect CSF PLTP Activity

Simona Vuletic, Robert G. Riekse, Santica M. Marcovina, Elaine R. Peskind, William R. Hazzard, John J. Albers

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders · 2006 · 66 citations · 50 references

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Abstract

Our data indicate that statins differentially affect two key lipid transfer proteins in the brain, and that effect on PLTP activity depends on statin BBB penetrability.

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