People who get organ transplants often have high cholesterol and long-term inflammation, which together can damage their arteries in ways similar to heart disease — so statins might help by targeting both.

This study says statins might help heal damaged arteries in transplant patients not just by lowering cholesterol, but also by calming the immune system’s harmful reactions—exactly what the claim suggests. It doesn’t prove it works yet, but it strongly supports the idea that it could.