Pitavastatin reduces intestinal fibrosis in chronic colitis and inhibits colon fibroblast activation by enhancing MMP-9 expression via the IGF-1/IGF-1R pathway

Statins have been shown to have antifibrotic effects on various tissues and organs, but their ability to improve chronic colitis-associated intestinal fibrosis and their mechanisms of action remain unclear. The objective of this study was to investigate the role of pitavastatin in chronic colitis-as...

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Main Authors: Mengran Zhang, Hongping Lu, Jun Cheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2025-08-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2025000100660&tlng=en
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