TY - BOOK AU - Jamal Mohamed Dammona AU - Amani Nabil Shafik , AU - Hisham Attia Awad , AU - Mostafa Mahmoud Khodeir , TI - Study of the possible mechanisms of action of atorvastatin in an air - pouch model of inflammation induced in rats / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Jamal Mohamed Dammona , KW - Anti - inflammatory KW - Atorvastatin KW - Mevalonate pathway N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pharmacology; Issued also as CD N2 - Statins exert favorable effects on lipoprotein metabolism but may also possess anti - inflammatory effects . Several reports have described the ability of statins to suppress acute and chronic inflammations . The aim of this study was to determine the anti - inflammatory effect of atorvastatin in the rat air - pouch model of inflammation and whether its action is on mevalonate pathway , affecting vascular permeability or beta receptors regulation UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -