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Correspondence | July 2013
Statins Reduce Lung Inflammation by Promoting the Clearance of Particulate Matter From Lung Tissues
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Robert P. Young, BMedSci, MBChB, DPhil; Raewyn J. Hopkins, RN, MPH
From the School of Biological Science and Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, The University of Auckland.
Correspondence to: Robert P. Young, BMedSci, MBChB, DPhil, School of Biological Science and Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand; e-mail: roberty@adhb.govt.nz
Financial/nonfinancial disclosures: The authors have reported to CHEST that no potential conflicts of interest exist with any companies/organizations whose products or services may be discussed in this article.
Reproduction of this article is prohibited without written permission from the American College of Chest Physicians. See online for more details.
Chest. 2013; 144(1):358-359. doi:10.1378/chest.13-0496 - Published online
To the Editor:
We read with interest the article by Miyata and colleagues<SUP>1</SUP> (February 2013) in which the authors reported that lovastatin attenuates lung inflammation in a rabbit model by attenuating macrophage and neutrophil recruitment and activation. We outline here why this is such an important finding.
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-Statins Reduce Lung Inflammation by Promoting the Clearance of Particulate Matter From Lung Tissues
FREE TO VIEW
Robert P. Young, BMedSci, MBChB, DPhil; Raewyn J. Hopkins, RN, MPH
From the School of Biological Science and Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, The University of Auckland.
Correspondence to: Robert P. Young, BMedSci, MBChB, DPhil, School of Biological Science and Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand; e-mail: roberty@adhb.govt.nz
Financial/nonfinancial disclosures: The authors have reported to CHEST that no potential conflicts of interest exist with any companies/organizations whose products or services may be discussed in this article.
Reproduction of this article is prohibited without written permission from the American College of Chest Physicians. See online for more details.
Chest. 2013; 144(1):358-359. doi:10.1378/chest.13-0496 - Published online
To the Editor:
We read with interest the article by Miyata and colleagues<SUP>1</SUP> (February 2013) in which the authors reported that lovastatin attenuates lung inflammation in a rabbit model by attenuating macrophage and neutrophil recruitment and activation. We outline here why this is such an important finding.
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