Role of human heme oxygenase-1 in attenu
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Taketoshi Kushida; Giovanni Li Volti; Shuo Quan; Alvin Goodman; Nader G. Abraham
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Article
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2002
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Heme oxygenase (HO) is the rate-limiting enzyme in the formation of bilirubin, an antioxidant, and carbon monoxide (CO), a cell cycle modulator and a vasodilator. Cyclooxygenase (COX) is a hemeprotein that catalyzes the conversion of arachidonic acid (AA) to various prostanoids, which play an import