The role of statins in lung cancer.

Amin, Fatemeh; Fathi, Farzaneh; Reiner, Željko; Banach, Maciej; Sahebkar, Amirhossein

Lung cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer-related mortality in the 21st century. Statins as inhibitors of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase not only reduce the cholesterol levels in the blood and decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease but may also play an important role in the prevention and treatment of lung cancer. Statins have several antitumor properties including the ability to reduce cell proliferation and angiogenesis, decrease invasion and synergistic suppression of lung cancer progression. Statins induce tumor cell apoptosis by inhibition of downstream products such as small GTP-binding proteins, Rho, Ras and Rac, which are dependent on isoprenylation. Statins reduce angiogenesis in tumors by down-regulation of pro-angiogenic factors, such as vascular endothelial growth factor. In this review, the feasibility and efficacy of statins in the prevention and treatment of lung cancer are discussed.

REDUCTASE inhibitors; LUNG cancer; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases; VASCULAR endothelial growth factors; G proteins; APOPTOSIS inhibition; STATINS (Cardiovascular agents)

Archives of Medical Science, 2022, Vol 18, Issue 1, p141

1734-1922

Academic Journal

10.5114/aoms/123225