Objective: To investigate the effects of simvastatin (SIM) on pulmonary fibrosis and the expression of VE-cadherin (VE-cad), vimentin(VIM) and alpha-smooth muscle actin(α-SMA) in the pulmonary fibrosis tissue of rats. Methods: Sixty healthy male SD rats were randomly divided into control group(group A),bleomycin group(group B),5 mg SIM group (group C) and 10 mg SIM group (group D), 15 rats in each group. The model of rat pulmonary fibrosis was established by itraperitoneal injection of bleomycin(5 mg /kg). Since the first day of modeling,the r...