ReviewInflammopharmacology2023
The potential therapeutic effect of statins in multiple sclerosis: beneficial or detrimental effects.
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- Unraveling multiple sclerosis: a hidden interaction between intestinal microbiota and host lipid metabolism.Gut microbes · 2025Review
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- Altered Lipid Metabolism in CNS Demyelination and Remyelination Are Key Elements Driving Progressive MS.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Lipid Metabolism and Statin Therapy in Neurodegenerative Diseases: An Endocrine View.Metabolites · 2025Review
- Targeting of PP2 A/GSK3β/PTEN Axis in Alzheimer Disease: The Mooting Evidence, Divine, and Devil.Cellular and molecular neurobiology · 2025Review
- The Possible Role of Metformin and Fibroblast Growth Factor-21 in Multiple Sclerosis Neuropathology: Birds of a Feather Flock Together.The European journal of neuroscience · 2025Review
- Decrypting the Possible Mechanistic Role of Fenofibrate in Alzheimer's Disease and Type 2 Diabetes: The Truth and Mystery.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2025Review
- SREBF1, a target gene of multiple sclerosis and coronary heart disease: based on mendelian randomization study.Hereditas · 2025Article
- Immunocyte lipid metabolic reprogramming: a novel pathway for targeted intervention in autoimmune diseases.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Therapeutic Potential Effect of Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 Beta (GSK-3β) Inhibitors in Parkinson Disease: Exploring an Overlooked Avenue.Molecular neurobiology · 2024Review
- Defective autophagy and autophagy activators in myasthenia gravis: a rare entity and unusual scenario.Autophagy · 2024Review
- The potential role of brain renin-angiotensin system in the neuropathology of Parkinson disease: Friend, foe or turncoat?Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2024Review
- BDNF/TrkB activators in Parkinson's disease: A new therapeutic strategy.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2024Review
- Sleep disorders cause Parkinson's disease or the reverse is true: Good GABA good night.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2024Review
- A Dual Pharmacological Strategy against COVID-19: The Therapeutic Potential of Metformin and Atorvastatin.Microorganisms · 2024Review
- Pathogenic Role of Fibrinogen in the Neuropathology of Multiple Sclerosis: A Tale of Sorrows and Fears.Neurochemical research · 2023Review
- SARS-CoV-2 infection and dysregulation of nuclear factor erythroid-2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) pathway.Cell stress & chaperones · 2023Review
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Abstract
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic progressive disabling disease of the central nervous system (CNS) characterized by demyelination and neuronal injury. Dyslipidemia is observed as one of the imperative risk factors involved in MS neuropathology. Also, chronic inflammation in MS predisposes to the progress of dyslipidemia. Therefore, treatment of dyslipidemia in MS by statins may attenuate dyslipidemia-induced MS and avert MS-induced metabolic changes. Therefore, the present review aimed to elucidate the possible effects of statins on the pathogenesis and outcomes of MS. Statins adversely affect the cognitive function in MS by decreasing brain cholesterol CoQ10, which is necessary for the regulation of neuronal mitochondrial function. However, statins could be beneficial in MS by shifting the immune response from pro-inflammatory Th17 to an anti-inflammatory regulatory T cell (Treg). The protective effect of statins against MS is related to anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects with modulation of fibrinogen and growth factors. In conclusion, the effects of statins on MS neuropathology seem to be conflicting, as statins seem to be protective in the acute phase of MS through anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects. However, statins lead to detrimental effects in the chronic phase of MS by reducing brain cholesterol and inhibiting the remyelination process.
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