Cholesterol
Cholesterol-lowering statins boost bacteria-killing cells
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, November 30th, 2010
2010 NOV 30 -- Widely prescribed for their cholesterol-lowering properties, recent clinical research indicates that statins can produce a second, significant health benefit: lowering the risk of severe bacterial infections such as pneumonia and sepsis. A new explanation for these findings has been discovered by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, who describe for the first time how statins activate the bacterial killing properties of white blood cells.
The research is published in the November 18, 2010 issue of Cell Host & Microbe.
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