• Can statin therapy reduce the risk of melanoma? A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials 

      Bonovas, S.; Nikolopoulos, G.; Filioussi, K.; Peponi, E.; Bagos, P.; Sitaras, N. M. (2010)
      A growing body of literature suggests that statins may have a chemopreventive potential against melanoma through pleiotropic anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory, and antiangiogenesis mechanisms. Our aim was to examine this ...
    • Lipid metabolism and osteoarthritis: Lessons from atherosclerosis 

      Gkretsi, V.; Simopoulou, T.; Tsezou, A. (2011)
      Osteoarthritis (OA) is an age-related degenerative disease comprising the main reason of handicap in the Western world. Interestingly, to date, there are neither available biomarkers for early diagnosis of the disease nor ...
    • Statins and Infrainguinal Vascular Bypass Procedures 

      Paraskevas, K. I.; Giannoukas, A. D.; Mikhailidis, D. P. (2013)
      Statins exert several beneficial effects on patients with peripheral arterial disease, whether managed conservatively or undergoing open surgical/endovascular procedures. Statins improve perioperative and long-term mortality ...
    • Statins and outcome after hospitalization for COPD exacerbation: A prospective study 

      Bartziokas, K.; Papaioannou, A. I.; Minas, M.; Kostikas, K.; Banya, W.; Daniil, Z. D.; Haniotou, A.; Gourgoulianis, K. I. (2011)
      Background: Retrospective studies have shown that the use of statins is associated with reduced mortality and decreased hospitalizations from COPD, but data from prospective studies are lacking. Methods: We followed-up ...
    • Statins in bacteremia, sepsis and pneumonia: Have we found the holy grail? 

      Stamatogiannis, N.; Makris, D.; Zakynthinos, E. (2009)
      Statins, beyond their lipid lowering properties, have pleiotropic properties that may modulate the inflammatory cascade and potentially could be useful in the management of inflammatory conditions such as bacteremia and ...