ReviewCancers2023
Unraveling the Anticancer Potential of Statins: Mechanisms and Clinical Significance.
Review in Cancers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
30 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.
- The impact of statin use on colorectal cancer prognosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC gastroenterology · 2026Pooled it
- Association between statin use and the risk of colorectal cancer in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Pooled it
- The MASLD-Cardio-Oncology Triangle: Dietary Patterns, Metabolic Remodelling and Implications for Cancer Therapy Tolerance.Nutrients · 2026Review
- The Effect of Statin Therapy on the Overall Survival of Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Single-Center Experience.Cancers · 2026Article
- Prime time for the use of statins in MPNs: from comorbidity drugs to disease-modifying partners.Blood advances · 2026Review
- Repurposing statins for choriocarcinoma: targeting the mevalonate pathway to disrupt mechanosignaling and overcome therapeutic resistance.Clinical & experimental metastasis · 2026Review
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- Statin-Mediated Modulation of Nrf2 Signaling: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications in Atherosclerosis.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Review
- Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensors Based on the Molecularly Imprinted Technique for Simvastatin Detection.ACS omega · 2026Article
- Study on the effects of statin use in immunotherapy for elderly cancer patients on immune-related adverse reactions and quality of life.American journal of cancer research · 2026Article
- RHOA at the intersection of inflammation-driven and sporadic colorectal cancer.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Unveiling the potential benefits of statins in medulloblastoma treatment: A promising therapeutic approach.IBRO neuroscience reports · 2025Review
- Molecular and Immunomodulatory Mechanisms of Statins in Inflammation and Cancer Therapeutics with Emphasis on the NF-κB, NLRP3 Inflammasome, and Cytokine Regulatory Axes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Pharmacologic Potential of Statins in Cancer Prevention: Colo-Rectal Cancer Risk in Dyslipidemic Patients from a Korean Nationwide Cohort.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Simvastatin inhibits PD-L1 via ILF3 to induce ferroptosis in gastric cancer cells.Cell death & disease · 2025Article
- Enhanced Intranasal Delivery of Atorvastatin via Superparamagnetic Iron-Oxide-Loaded Nanocarriers: Cytotoxicity and Inflammation Evaluation and In Vivo, In Silico, and Network Pharmacology Study for Targeting Glioblastoma Management.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Chemopreventive Effects of Statins and Aspirin on Colorectal Cancer Among Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Evidence of a Synergistic Association from a Large Cohort.Clinical and experimental gastroenterology · 2025Article
- Statins and their impact on epigenetic regulation: insights into disease.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Review
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- Unlocking the Heterogeneity in Acute Leukaemia: Dissection of Clonal Architecture and Metabolic Properties for Clinical Interventions.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
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4 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Statins are an essential medication class in the treatment of lipid diseases because they inhibit 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase. They reduce cholesterol levels and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease in both primary and secondary prevention. In addition to their powerful pharmacologic suppression of cholesterol production, statins appear to have pleitropic effects in a wide variety of other diseases by modulating signaling pathways. In recent years, statins have seen a large increase in interest due to their putative anticancer effects. Statins appear to cause upregulation or inhibition in key pathways involved in cancer such as inhibition of proliferation, angiogenesis, and metastasis as well as reducing cancer stemness. Further, statins have been found to induce oxidative stress, cell cycle arrest, autophagy, and apoptosis of cancer cells. Interestingly, clinical studies have shown that statin use is associated with a decreased risk of cancer formation, lower cancer grade at diagnosis, reduction in the risk of local reoccurrence, and increasing survival in patients. Therefore, our objective in the present review is to summarize the findings of the publications on the underlying mechanisms of statins' anticancer effects and their clinical implications.
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