The impact of statins on biological characteristics of stem cells provides a novel explanation for their pleiotropic beneficial and adverse clinical effects

Two sides of the same coin: stem cells in cancer and regenerative medicine

(2014) Matthias Ilmer et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Statin-induced necrotizing myositis – A discrete autoimmune entity within the “statin-induced myopathy spectrum”

(2013) Philip D.H. Hamann et al.   AUTOIMMUNITY REVIEWS

Association of Statin Use With Cataracts

(2013) Jessica Leuschen et al.   JAMA Ophthalmology

Selected statins produce rapid spinal motor neuron loss in vitro

(2012) Beth B Murinson et al.   BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS

Prospective dual role of mesenchymal stem cells in breast tumor microenvironment

(2012) Christiane Senst et al.   BREAST CANCER RESEARCH AND TREATMENT

Telomere/Telomerase System: A New Target of Statins Pleiotropic Effect?

(2012) Fabiola Olivieri et al.   Current Vascular Pharmacology

Statin utilization according to indication and age: A Danish cohort study on changing prescribing and purchasing behaviour

(2012) Helle Wallach Kildemoes et al.   HEALTH POLICY

Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Inflammation Microenvironment Accelerates Hepatocellular Carcinoma Metastasis by Inducing Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition

(2012) Yingying Jing et al.   PLoS One

Association of statin use with peripheral neuropathy in the US population 40 years of age or older (美国40岁及以上人群的他汀使用情况与周围神经病变的关系)

(2012) Edward F. Tierney et al.   Journal of Diabetes

The elusive nature and function of mesenchymal stem cells

(2011) César Nombela-Arrieta et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Aging alters tissue resident mesenchymal stem cell properties

(2011) Eckhard U. Alt et al.   Stem Cell Research

Human adipose tissue-derived stem cells exhibit proliferation potential and spontaneous rhythmic contraction after fusion with neonatal rat cardiomyocytes

(2010) Roxana Metzele et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Characterization of hematopoietic potential of mesenchymal stem cells

(2010) Eva Freisinger et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY

Statins and risk of incident diabetes: a collaborative meta-analysis of randomised statin trials

(2010) Naveed Sattar et al.   LANCET

Persistent High Glucose Concentrations Alter the Regenerative Potential of Mesenchymal Stem Cells

(2010) Christopher Cramer et al.   STEM CELLS AND DEVELOPMENT

Both cultured and freshly isolated adipose tissue-derived stem cells enhance cardiac function after acute myocardial infarction

(2009) Xiaowen Bai et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Non-adherence to statin therapy: a major challenge for preventive cardiology

(2009) TR Bates et al.   EXPERT OPINION ON PHARMACOTHERAPY

Effect of freshly isolated autologous tissue resident stromal cells on cardiac function and perfusion following acute myocardial infarction

(2009) Eckhard Alt et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Isolation and Characterization of Human Muscle-derived Cells

(2009) Shing-Hwa Lu et al.   UROLOGY

Role of Smooth Muscle Cells in the Initiation and Early Progression of Atherosclerosis

(2008) Amanda C. Doran et al.   ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY

A Perivascular Origin for Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Multiple Human Organs

(2008) Mihaela Crisan et al.   Cell Stem Cell

Adherence to statin therapy and patients’ cardiovascular risk: a pharmacoepidemiological study in Italy

(2008) Elisabetta Poluzzi et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY

Angiotensin II-induced differentiation of adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells to smooth muscle-like cells

(2008) Young Mi Kim et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY & CELL BIOLOGY

Neuronal Differentiation Potential of Human Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells

(2008) Elena Anghileri et al.   STEM CELLS AND DEVELOPMENT

A Population of Multipotent CD34-Positive Adipose Stromal Cells Share Pericyte and Mesenchymal Surface Markers, Reside in a Periendothelial Location, and Stabilize Endothelial Networks

(2007) Dmitry O. Traktuev et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH