Simvastatin attenuates the lipopolysaccharideinduced inflammatory response of rat pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells by downregulating toll-like receptor 4 expression

• Li Yi,
• Ding Jian-yong,
• Ge Biao-xue,
• Miao Chang-hong

Affiliations

Li Yi

Department of Anesthesiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, PR China

Ding Jian-yong

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, PR China

Ge Biao-xue

Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, PR China

Miao Chang-hong

Department of Anesthesiology, Fudan University Shanghai cancer center; Department of oncology, Shanghai medical college, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, PR China