Teaching Old Drugs New Tricks : Statins for COVID-19?

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The COVID-19 pandemic has driven unprecedented efforts to identify existing treatments that can be quickly and effectively repurposed to reduce morbidity and mortality. In this issue of Cell Metabolism, Zhang et al. (2020) report an association between statin use and improved outcomes in a large observational study of hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Given the widespread availability, low cost, and safety of statins, this promising result should be further investigated in randomized controlled trials.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:32

Enthalten in:

Cell metabolism - 32(2020), 2 vom: 04. Aug., Seite 145-147

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fajgenbaum, David C [VerfasserIn]
Rader, Daniel J [VerfasserIn]

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Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

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Date Completed 17.08.2020

Date Revised 18.12.2020

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.cmet.2020.07.006

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM313308128