Atorvastatin, Losartan and Captopril Lead to Upregulation of TGF-β, and Downregulation of IL-6 in Coronary Artery Disease and Hypertension

Zahra Sepehri; Mohammad Masoumi; Nazanin Ebrahimi; Zohre Kiani; Ali Akbar Nasiri; Farhad Kohan; Mahmood Sheikh Fathollahi; Mohammad Kazemi Arababadi; Gholamreza Asadikaram

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0168312

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Atorvastatin, Losartan and Captopril Lead to Upregulation of TGF-β, and Downregulation of IL-6 in Coronary Artery Disease and Hypertension

Zahra Sepehri,

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran
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Mohammad Masoumi ,

* E-mail: masoomi@kmu.ac.ir, masoomidr@yahoo.com

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Center, Institute of Basic and Clinical ‎Physiology Sciences, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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Nazanin Ebrahimi,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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Zohre Kiani,

Affiliations Student Research Committee, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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Ali Akbar Nasiri,

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran
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Farhad Kohan,

Affiliation Student Research Committee, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran
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Mahmood Sheikh Fathollahi,

Affiliations Immunology of Infectious Diseases Research Center, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran, Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
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Mohammad Kazemi Arababadi,

Affiliations Immunology of Infectious Diseases Research Center, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran, Department of Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Paramedicine, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
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Gholamreza Asadikaram

Affiliation Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Institute of Basic and Clinical Physiology Sciences, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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Atorvastatin, Losartan and Captopril Lead to Upregulation of TGF-β, and Downregulation of IL-6 in Coronary Artery Disease and Hypertension

Zahra Sepehri,
Mohammad Masoumi,
Nazanin Ebrahimi,
Zohre Kiani,
Ali Akbar Nasiri,
Farhad Kohan,
Mahmood Sheikh Fathollahi,
Mohammad Kazemi Arababadi,
Gholamreza Asadikaram

Published: December 29, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0168312

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