Cholesterol in Relation to COVID-19: Should We Care about It?

Characteristics of and Important Lessons From the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak in China

(2020) Zunyou Wu et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Clinical Characteristics of 138 Hospitalized Patients With 2019 Novel Coronavirus–Infected Pneumonia in Wuhan, China

(2020) Dawei Wang et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China

(2020) Chaolin Huang et al.   LANCET

Clinical course and outcomes of critically ill patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia in Wuhan, China: a single-centered, retrospective, observational study

(2020) Xiaobo Yang et al.   Lancet Respiratory Medicine

COVID-19, ACE2, and the cardiovascular consequences

(2020) Andrew M. South et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY

Anti-inflammatory Action of Statins in Cardiovascular Disease: the Role of Inflammasome and Toll-Like Receptor Pathways

(2020) Khadijeh Koushki et al.   CLINICAL REVIEWS IN ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY

An overview of statin-induced myopathy and perspectives for the future

(2020) Dragana Nikolic et al.   Expert Opinion On Drug Safety

SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, and inherited arrhythmia syndromes

(2020) Cheng-I. Wu et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Cardiovascular Implications of Fatal Outcomes of Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

(2020) Tao Guo et al.   JAMA Cardiology

Association of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) With Myocardial Injury and Mortality

(2020) Robert O. Bonow et al.   JAMA Cardiology

Potential Effects of Coronaviruses on the Cardiovascular System

(2020) Mohammad Madjid et al.   JAMA Cardiology

Association of Cardiac Injury With Mortality in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19 in Wuhan, China

(2020) Shaobo Shi et al.   JAMA Cardiology

Unrealistic Optimism in the Time of Coronavirus Pandemic: May It Help to Kill, If So—Whom: Disease or the Person?

(2020) Dariusz Dolinski et al.   Journal of Clinical Medicine

Brief recommendations on the management of adult patients with familial hypercholesterolemia during the COVID-19 pandemic

(2020) Maciej Banach et al.   PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Effect of Statin Therapy on Arterial Wall Inflammation Based on 18F-FDG PET/CT: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Interventional Studies

(2019) Matteo Pirro et al.   Journal of Clinical Medicine

Membrane Cholesterol Modulates Oligomeric Status and Peptide-Membrane Interaction of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Fusion Peptide

(2019) Geetanjali Meher et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Cholesterol is important for the entry process of porcine deltacoronavirus

(2018) Ji Hyun Jeon et al.   ARCHIVES OF VIROLOGY

Effect of statins on toll-like receptors: a new insight to pleiotropic effects

(2018) Afsane Bahrami et al.   PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Pathogenic human coronavirus infections: causes and consequences of cytokine storm and immunopathology

(2017) Rudragouda Channappanavar et al.   Seminars in Immunopathology

The Important Role of Lipid Raft-Mediated Attachment in the Infection of Cultured Cells by Coronavirus Infectious Bronchitis Virus Beaudette Strain

(2017) Huichen Guo et al.   PLoS One

The impact of statin therapy on plasma levels of von Willebrand factor antigen

(2016) Amirhossein Sahebkar et al.   THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS

Seasonal Influenza Infections and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality

(2016) Jennifer L. Nguyen et al.   JAMA Cardiology

Position paper Statin intolerance – an attempt at a unified definition. Position paper from an International Lipid Expert Panel

(2015) Maciej Banach et al.   Archives of Medical Science

Statin therapy reduces plasma endothelin-1 concentrations: A meta-analysis of 15 randomized controlled trials

(2015) Amirhossein Sahebkar et al.   ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Impact of statin therapy on coronary plaque composition: a systematic review and meta-analysis of virtual histology intravascular ultrasound studies

(2015) Maciej Banach et al.   BMC Medicine

Inflammation and plaque vulnerability

(2015) G. K. Hansson et al.   JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Mechanisms of Action and Efficacy of Statins against Influenza

(2014) Parvaneh Mehrbod et al.   Biomed Research International

Rationale of Statin Therapy in Septic Patients

(2013) Mariusz Piechota et al.   Current Vascular Pharmacology

Effect of Statin Therapy on Mortality in Patients With Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

(2013) Laurent Papazian   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

The influence of atorvastatin on parameters of inflammation left ventricular function, hospitalizations and mortality in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy – 5-year follow-up

(2013) Agata Bielecka-Dabrowa et al.   Lipids in Health and Disease

Correction: Fluvastatin Interferes with Hepatitis C Virus Replication via Microtubule Bundling and a Doublecortin-like Kinase-Mediated Mechanism

(2013) Naushad Ali et al.   PLoS One

Is Statin Use Associated with Reduced Mortality After Pneumonia? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

(2012) Vineet Chopra et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Statins as Anti-Inflammatory Agents in Atherogenesis: Molecular Mechanisms and Lessons from the Recent Clinical Trials

(2012) Alexios S. Antonopoulos et al.   CURRENT PHARMACEUTICAL DESIGN

Effect of pravastatin on the frequency of ventilator-associated pneumonia and on intensive care unit mortality: Open-label, randomized study*

(2011) Demosthenes Makris et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

SARS-coronavirus modulation of myocardial ACE2 expression and inflammation in patients with SARS

(2009) G. Y. Oudit et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Lipid rafts are involved in SARS-CoV entry into Vero E6 cells

(2008) Yanning Lu et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

SARS coronavirus entry into host cells through a novel clathrin- and caveolae-independent endocytic pathway

(2008) Hongliang Wang et al.   CELL RESEARCH