CO-mediated cytoprotection is dependent on cell metabolism modulation

Carbon monoxide (CO) is a gasotransmitter endogenously produced by the activity of heme oxygenase, which is a stress-response enzyme. Endogenous CO or low concentrations of exogenous CO have been described to present several cytoprotective functions: anti-apoptosis, anti-inflammatory, vasomodulation...

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Main Authors: Cláudia Figueiredo-Pereira, Daniela Dias-Pedroso, Nuno L. Soares, Helena L.A. Vieira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-05-01
Series:Redox Biology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213231720301506