You are buying into language that Nissen undoubtedly wanted in the article. What it really says is "In conclusion, we show that chronic oral administration of mineral oil in a mouse model with human-like lipoprotein metabolism caused an increase in intestinal permeability, potentially leading to pro-inflammatory effects"
"Potentially leading to" does not mean there was increased inflammation. On the other hand there were statistically significant reductions in triglyceride levels and cholesterol concentrations with mineral oil. Not potential reductions but statistically significant reductions. Maybe REDUCE-IT results would have been even more significant with a corn oil placebo.
EVAPORATE is under attack as well - right before the ESC conf. too - this was published in the ESC's "European Heart Journal", equivalent to our AHA journal:
Read all of it - they accuse Budhoff for manipulating the randomization process, impugn his scientific integrity, and claim he didn't run the trial correctly. Again I ask who is behind these constant attacks on V research and what do they have to gain by discrediting AMRN and V?