"Pravastatin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An antilipemic fungal metabolite isolated from cultures of Nocardia autotrophica. It acts as a competitive inhibitor of HMG CoA reductase (HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES).
| Descriptor ID |
D017035
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.426.559.847.638.930 D04.615.638.930
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| Concept/Terms |
Pravachol- Pravachol
- Elisor
- Selektine
- Lipostat
- Pravacol
- Pravasin
SQ-31000- SQ-31000
- SQ 31000
- SQ31000
- SQ-31,000
- SQ 31,000
- SQ31,000
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pravastatin" by people in Profiles.
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Differential effects of pravastatin and simvastatin on the growth of tumor cells from different organ sites. PLoS One. 2011; 6(12):e28813.
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Simvastatin inhibits the activation of p21ras and prevents the loss of dopaminergic neurons in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease. J Neurosci. 2009 Oct 28; 29(43):13543-56.
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Blockade of adaptive defensive changes in cholesterol uptake and synthesis in AML by the addition of pravastatin to idarubicin + high-dose Ara-C: a phase 1 study. Blood. 2007 Apr 01; 109(7):2999-3006.
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Tracking regression and progression of atherosclerosis in human carotid arteries using high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging. Magn Reson Imaging. 2004 Nov; 22(9):1249-58.