Indoxyl sulfate (IS) is a typical uremic toxin that extensively accumulates in the plasma of patients with seriously impaired renal function. This study seeks to clarify whether IS exerts a potent modulating effect on...
Progeria is a rare genetic disease that causes accelerated aging and death in children at a mean age of 13.5 years. An?aminobisphosphonate-statin combination has been shown to reduce the toxicity of the mutated protei...
supported by a grant from Kyung Hee University Research(20071618)
BACKGROUND:Our earlier study with cultured gallbladder epithelial cells demonstrated that statins(HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors)activate the expression of PPARαand PPARγ, consequently blocking the production of pro-i...