A historical perspective on the discovery of statins - PMC

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Cholesterol is essential for the functioning of all human organs, but it is nevertheless the cause of coronary heart disease. Over the course of nearly a century of investigation, scientists have developed several lines of evidence that establish the ...

Proc Jpn Acad Ser B Phys Biol Sci . 2010 May 11;86(5):484–493. doi: 10.2183/pjab.86.484 A historical perspective on the discovery of statins Akira ENDO Akira ENDO *1 Biopharm Research Laboratories, Inc., Tokyo, Japan. Find articles by Akira ENDO *1, † Editor: Teruhiko BEPPU Author information Article notes Copyright and License information *1 Biopharm Research Laboratories, Inc., Tokyo, Japan. † Correspondence should be addressed: A. Endo, Biopharm Research Laboratories, Inc., 3-41-3-501 Shimorenjaku, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-0013, Japan (e-mail: aendo@biopharm.co.jp ). (Communicated by Teruhiko BEPP

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