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| Title |
Is There Potential for Repurposing Statins as Novel Antimicrobials?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, August 2016
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| DOI | 10.1128/aac.00192-16 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Emma Hennessy, Claire Adams, F. Jerry Reen, Fergal O'Gara |
| Abstract |
Statins are a class of pharmaceutical widely used to treat high serum cholesterol. In addition, statins have so-called "pleiotropic effects", which include the reduction of inflammation, immunomodulation, and anti-microbial effects. An increasing number of studies are emerging which detail the attenuation of bacterial growth and in vitro and in vivo virulence by statin treatment. In this review, we describe the current information available surrounding the effects of statins on bacterial infections, and provide insight regarding the potential use of these compounds as anti-microbial therapeutic agents. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 13 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 31% |
| United States | 3 | 23% |
| Ireland | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 5 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 8 | 62% |
| Scientists | 4 | 31% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 113 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 113 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 14 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 11% |
| Other | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 25 | 22% |
| Unknown | 30 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 24 | 21% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 14 | 12% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 12 | 11% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 10 | 9% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 8 | 7% |
| Unknown | 39 | 35% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 23. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 February 2023.
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#1,678,926
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#610
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#29,513
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#27
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Altmetric has tracked 25,728,855 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 93rd percentile: it's in the top 10% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 15,641 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 8.2. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 96% of its peers.
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