Haptoglobin and hemopexin inhibit vaso-occlusion and inflammation in murine sickle cell disease: Role of heme oxygenase-1 induction.

During hemolysis, hemoglobin and heme released from red blood cells promote oxidative stress, inflammation and thrombosis. Plasma haptoglobin and hemopexin scavenge free hemoglobin and heme, respectively, but can be depleted in hemolytic states. Haptoglobin and hemopexin supplementation protect tiss...

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Main Authors: John D Belcher, Chunsheng Chen, Julia Nguyen, Fuad Abdulla, Ping Zhang, Hao Nguyen, Phong Nguyen, Trevor Killeen, Sylvia M Miescher, Nathan Brinkman, Karl A Nath, Clifford J Steer, Gregory M Vercellotti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5919001?pdf=render