Piotr Piotrowski
ORCID: 0000-0001-9973-559X
· 2 papers in corpus
article
2010
CONTEXT: Statins are competitive inhibitors of 3-hydroxy-3methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase, with antimitotic, antioxidant, antiinflammatory, and immunomodulatory properties. Recent studies have shown that statins reduce the growth of hum…
article
2006
Statins Inhibit Growth of Human Endometrial Stromal Cells Independently of Cholesterol Availability1
Endometriosis is characterized by ectopic growth of endometrial tissues. Statins, inhibitors of 3-hydroxy-3methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase (HMGCR), have been shown to decrease proliferation of several mesenchymal tissues. Actions of sta…