title: [Statins, and the vascular and valvular calcification].
abstract: Statins are currently approved for reducing the risk of cardiovascular diseases, clinically. These evidences were thought to be due to the lipid-lowering effects of the statins. But recently, the growing evidences showed the various effects of statins, such as inhibition of vascular and valvular calcification. How statins affects the bone forming proteins and genes are still not known.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geriatric Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Taro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kozaki
mesh_terms: D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006351:Heart Valves / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors