Research Article
Statins Reduce Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Cytokine and Inflammatory Mediator Release in an In Vitro Model of Microglial-Like Cells
Table 1
Chemical structure and properties of the commonly prescribed statins [
7].
| Statin | Molecular structure | Lipophilicity | Half-life |
| Atorvastatin | | Lipophilic | 14 h | Fluvastatin | | Lipophilic | 2.3 h | Pitavastatin | | Lipophilic | 12 h | Pravastatin | | Hydrophilic | 2.7 h | Rosuvastatin | | Hydrophilic | 19 h | Simvastatin | | Lipophilic | 3 h |
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