Evidence from a Randomized Trial That Simvastatin, but Not Ezetimibe, Upregulates Circulating PCSK9 Levels

• Heiner K. Berthold ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Heiner K. Berthold, Nabil G. Seidah

  * E-mail: heiner.berthold@charite.de

  Affiliations Charité University Medicine Berlin, Evangelical Geriatrics Center Berlin (EGZB), Berlin, Germany, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Virchow Clinic Campus, Lipid Clinic at the Interdisciplinary Metabolism Center, Berlin, Germany

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• Nabil G. Seidah ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Heiner K. Berthold, Nabil G. Seidah

  Affiliation Laboratory of Biochemical Neuroendocrinology, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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• Suzanne Benjannet,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Biochemical Neuroendocrinology, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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• Ioanna Gouni-Berthold

  Affiliation University of Cologne, Center for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Preventive Medicine, Cologne, Germany

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