CV Lattes
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Has experience in Internal Medicine and Nephrology, focusing on Medicine (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Statins are widely used for dyslipidemia treatment. Because these drugs inhibit intracellular cholesterol production, it is believed that they generate, as a secondary effect, an increase in the quantity and activity (up-regulation) of LDL receptors (LDLR) in the cellular surface, as this enhances the absorption of LDL structural cholesterol. Despite their high therapeutic efficacy, stati…
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