SynthesisMediators of inflammation2021
The Effect of Statins on C-Reactive Protein in Stroke Patients: A Systematic Review of Clinical Trials.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.
- The prevention of stroke by statins: A meta-analysis.Medicine · 2022Pooled it
- The effect of various types and doses of statins on C-reactive protein levels in patients with dyslipidemia or coronary heart disease: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Lipid metabolism, microglia, and stroke.Neural regeneration research · 2026Article
- Role of Residual Inflammation as a Risk Factor Across Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic (CKM) Syndrome: Unpacking the Burden in People with Type 2 Diabetes.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2025Review
- Association between stroke and systemic inflammation response index (SIRI): a National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Study 2015-2020.BMJ neurology open · 2025Article
- Genome-wide association study of therapeutic response to statin drugs in cardiovascular disease.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Mechanisms of inflammation after ischemic stroke in brain-peripheral crosstalk.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2024Review
- Role of High-Sensitivity C-reactive Protein (Hs-CRP) in Non-communicable Diseases: A Review.Cureus · 2022Review
- Regulatory Effects of Statins on SIRT1 and Other Sirtuins in Cardiovascular Diseases.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Diagnoses Based on C-Reactive Protein Point-of-Care Tests.Biosensors · 2022Review
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundStatins reportedly have anti-inflammatory effects aside from their lipid-lowering impact. We investigated the effects of statin therapy on the level of C-reactive protein (CRP) or highly sensitive CRP (hs-CRP), a liver-derived marker of systemic inflammation, among stroke patients.
methodsAn online search was performed in Scopus, PubMed/MEDLINE, ISI Web of Science, and Google Scholar up to November 2020 to recognize clinical trials investigating the effects of statins on the CRP level in stroke patients.
resultsOverall, nine studies (11 treatment arms) with 1659 participants met the inclusion criteria. Six out of 9 studies (8 out of 11 arms) were categorized as studies with a high-quality methodological approach using the Cochrane Collaboration's tool. Data from 5 treatment arms indicated a significant decrease in CRP concentration, and in one treatment arm, CRP concentration did not suggest any considerable alteration following statin therapy. Moreover, two treatment arms showed a significant reduction in hs-CRP concentration and three treatment arms revealed no significant alteration in hs-CRP concentration following statin therapy. Generally, results were heterogeneous and independent of the type of statin, statin dose, treatment duration, and changes in plasma low-density lipoprotein cholesterol concentration.
conclusionThe results suggest that statin therapy could reduce and, therefore, could be considered in these patients as potential anti-inflammatory agents.
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