Article: Research in the area of glomerulonephritis reported from Westmead Hospital.

"Statins are widely used for their cholesterol-lowering effects and for prevention of cardiovascular disease. Evidence indicates that these drugs also have immunomodulatory and other non-lipid lowering effects, with studies suggesting benefit in some animal models of immune (particularly T helper (Th)1)-mediated inflammatory disease and their corresponding human disease counterparts," scientists writing in the journal Nephrology report (see also Glomerulonephritis).

"We sought to evaluate the immunomodulatory effects and therapeutic potential of atorvastatin in experimental crescentic glomerulonephritis, a Th1-predominant animal model of glomerulonephritis. ...

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