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ArticlePharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Atorvastatin Increases the Expression of Long Non-Coding RNAs ARSR and CHROME in Hypercholesterolemic Patients: A Pilot Study.

Isis Paez, Yalena Prado, Carmen G Ubilla, Tomás Zambrano, Luis A Salazar

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Article in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Isis PaezCenter of Molecular Biology and Pharmacogenetics, Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de La Frontera, 4811230 Temuco, Chile.
Yalena PradoCenter of Molecular Biology and Pharmacogenetics, Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de La Frontera, 4811230 Temuco, Chile.
Carmen G UbillaCenter of Molecular Biology and Pharmacogenetics, Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de La Frontera, 4811230 Temuco, Chile.
Tomás ZambranoDepartment of Medical Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, 8380453 Santiago, Chile.
Luis A SalazarCenter of Molecular Biology and Pharmacogenetics, Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de La Frontera, 4811230 Temuco, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-5112-6944
Universidad de La Frontera · CLUniversity of Chile · CL

Funding

Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico 1171765
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atorvastatin is extensively used to treat hypercholesterolemia. However, the wide interindividual variability observed in response to this drug still needs further elucidation. Nowadays, the biology of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) is better understood, and some of these molecules have been related to cholesterol metabolism. Therefore, they could provide additional information on variability in response to statins. The objective of this research was to evaluate the effect of atorvastatin on three lncRNAs (lncRNA ARSR: Activated in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) with sunitinib resistance, ENST00000424980; lncRNA LASER: lipid associated single nucleotide polymorphism locus, ENSG00000237937; and lncRNA CHROME: cholesterol homeostasis regulator of miRNA expression, ENSG00000223960) associated with genes involved in cholesterol metabolism as predictors of lipid-lowering therapy performance. Twenty hypercholesterolemic patients were treated for four weeks with atorvastatin (20 mg/day). The lipid profile was determined before and after drug administration using conventional assays. The expression of lncRNAs was assessed in peripheral blood samples by RT-qPCR. As expected, atorvastatin improved the lipid profile, decreasing total cholesterol, LDL-C, and the TC/HDL-C ratio (

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