How Do Statins Work?
Could the answer, at least in part, be inferred from the following?
Statins appear to reduce the risk of sepsis and nosocomial pneumonia ; Antimicrobial and Immunomodulatory Attributes of Statins ; Unexpected Antimicrobial Effect of Statins ; Fungal rDNA Signatures in Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaques
It's quite an eye-opener, to glance through all the articles being published demonstrating links between good health or disease and the vast previously unappreciated hordes of microbes that live in and on us. And it makes you wonder what the President's Panel on Cancer was thinking when it prepared its report since, to anyone caring to look, the evidence that our ancient nemeses are responsible not just for acute infections but for a large part of cardiac disease and cancer is overwhelming.
