@Lejeboca said:
@Ena Would you happen to have a reference to your saying that statins possess antibacterial properties? (The paper in the OP does not have this claim.) Thank you.
I didn't have a reference. I just remember seeing it while looking into statins in general after my doctor suggested them to me. I have just googled again, and it is really interesting to read that when Akira Endo discovered the first statins, he was specifically screening fungal antimicrobial agents (antibiotics). The first statin compound was isolated from Penicillium citrinum, so here comes the antibacterial connection.
I ended up discarding statins for myself. But at a follow-up session just a few days ago, another doctor suggested I try red yeast rice. I'd never heard of it before.
But what a coincidence - red yeast rice is mentioned in the very same article about statins I was just reading.
https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/25/1/466
I haven't had time to look into red yeast rice yet, but will do.
The LL-37 peptides, which make neutrophils completely absorb endotoxins, also sound very interesting. That's new to me too.
